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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: Adamus on March 04, 2021, 06:12:06 PM

Title: Prevent Cycle Timer from zeroing?
Post by: Adamus on March 04, 2021, 06:12:06 PM

Hi.
I have a MACH4 question.

As the title says, I would like to stop cycle time when the program ends, but without resetting it to zeroes, as it does every time at the moment. Is it at all possible? I have been trying editing G-Codes for this, but no luck so far. Thanks for any suggestions...

Title: Re: Prevent Cycle Timer from zeroing?
Post by: daniba73 on March 05, 2021, 02:42:59 AM

I'd like to know too.

Title: Re: Prevent Cycle Timer from zeroing?
Post by: SwiftyJ on March 05, 2021, 05:10:06 AM

What version of Mach are you using? Looking at the change log there were some recent changes to how this works..

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4564 - 4570
Core: Change run timer characteristics to:
      1. clear upon reset
  2. clear upon file load.
  3. clear upon rewind/run (M99)
  4. clear upon cycle start after rewind.
  5. clear upon cycle start in MDI.


Title: Re: Prevent Cycle Timer from zeroing?
Post by: Adamus on March 05, 2021, 10:25:48 AM

Thanks for support. I am overdue for update, but currently using 4.2.0 4517

Title: Re: Prevent Cycle Timer from zeroing?
Post by: Adamus on March 05, 2021, 10:28:57 AM

Quote from: SwiftyJ on March 05, 2021, 05:10:06 AM

What version of Mach are you using? Looking at the change log there were some recent changes to how this works..

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4564 - 4570
Core: Change run timer characteristics to:
      1. clear upon reset
  2. clear upon file load.
  3. clear upon rewind/run (M99)
  4. clear upon cycle start after rewind.
  5. clear upon cycle start in MDI.


So where should I set one of the characteristics, please? It seems as it would do the job... Is it in screen editing under operator?

Title: Re: Prevent Cycle Timer from zeroing?
Post by: jbuehn on March 05, 2021, 12:11:42 PM

I don't believe you need to set anything. That list is just telling you each action that will clear the run timer.

Title: Re: Prevent Cycle Timer from zeroing?
Post by: Adamus on March 05, 2021, 12:37:01 PM

Great news.  So I hope after updating the version the cycle timer will stop zeroing itself after the job finishes. Unless something is wrong with my settings and I don't know about it. Thanks a lot for your help.