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Mach4 General Discussion / Do I need Hobby or Professional?

« on: November 30, 2020, 11:55:57 PM »

I am planning to upgrade my Mill software from Mach 3 to Mach 4. I need to determine if I need the Hobby or Professional version.  Here are the 3 needs I have that I am not sure will be supported by the Hobby version.

1) I have custom z-height setting code with buttons that I added to the screen to run the custom button scripts I wrote.  Will I be able to add buttons to the screen and implement new code to do this?

2) I have encoders on both gantry motors so I can detect a motor stall and then issue an e-stop to prevent significant racking.  I wrote this as a brain in Mach 3. I realize Mach 4 does not have a brain, but will I be able to write code to read encoders and issue an e-stop command?

3) I have a custom wizard for cutting dovetails. Will I be able to write my own wizards?

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Brains Development / Reading Spindle RPM via Modbus

« on: November 28, 2017, 12:08:56 AM »

I am using a Hitachi x200 VFD and I have a brain set up that controls the direction and speed of the spindle. I would like to read the RPM of the spindle and display it in Mach 3. I did not write the brain I have and know little about Modbus. I would be glad to purchase a plugin if available. Does anyone know of a plugin or can you point me in the direction regarding how I modify the setup to read back the RPM?

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General Mach Discussion / Mach Not Closing After Enabling Modbus

« on: December 06, 2016, 12:14:55 PM »

I am implementing Modbus control of a spindle. Once I check the Modbus InputOutput Support box on the Config - Ports and Pins screen I have a problem closing Mach. It appears to close, but when I try to start Mach again it will not open. I have to go into task manager and end the task for Mach.

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VB and the development of wizards / Counting Pulses on an Input

« on: August 23, 2016, 11:51:36 PM »

The newly released Gecko G214 drive has an output signal (FULLSTEP OUT) that will send out a pulse each time the drive passes a full step. I want to write a macro that will count the FULLSTEP pulses and compare that to  the distance moved over a given period of time to determine if steps were lost.

Does MACH have the ability to count/accumulate pulses on a given input?