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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CNC Plasma NOT Working Error Code Please Help.

« on: May 03, 2021, 02:53:07 PM »

I don't remember. Haven't used it in a while. It's not the optical connection I'm talking about that has no metal contacts. It's the cable going from the plasma UNIT itself to the POKEYS board. The cable that plugs into the back of the plasma cutter has metal contacts.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CNC Plasma NOT Working Error Code Please Help.

« on: May 03, 2021, 02:26:14 PM »

Honestly, I don't remember where I left off with this. Haven't used the cnc plasma in a long time. I switched back to my original computer, but from what I do remember is that my contacts from the plasma to the control cable going to the cnc were a little oxidized so if you're having the same problem it might be a signal problem.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Setting up Soft Limits Help

« on: January 21, 2021, 05:59:25 PM »

Thanks Joe, that did it. Pretty neat.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Setting up Soft Limits Help

« on: January 20, 2021, 11:22:23 PM »

As I said I do home the machine and it does get referenced to micron precision every time. I mean a home depot branded tape measure is accurate, right? It's orange so that's good.

I didn't know you had to enable it in the File Ops Tab, that's what I was missing. Thanks!!! I'll try it tomorrow.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Setting up Soft Limits Help

« on: January 20, 2021, 07:48:28 PM »

So I've never used soft limits, but now I have a VistaCNC Pendant and want to setup them up on my Mori Seiki Lathe. From what I'm reading in the Mach 4 manual I use the numbers from the DRO in Machine POS Toggle. Well with my tool changer in the upper right hand corner of my lathe and then backed off the limit switches for safety I'm using -.125 for both X and Z, then for X max, I jog my machine near the max X limit switch which is X-3.4 and Z is -7.8. So input those into the soft limits the only way Mach allowed me and saved it and restarted mach for extra measure and then homed the machine and when I restarted I tried jogging toward the soft limit and it did nothing. I went right past them. What am I doing wrong? See pic for my settings.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Fanuc 6 Axis Robot Arm Help with Concept

« on: January 15, 2021, 09:45:35 PM »

Thanks for the reply. I ended up not getting it. i left it to be re-consigned. That thing was MASSIVE!! Way too big for what I wanted to do. This is an automotive type robot.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Allowing for Tool Numbers in Lathe Canned Cycles

« on: January 15, 2021, 02:55:18 PM »

LOL ok good to know. Keep up the good work!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Allowing for Tool Numbers in Lathe Canned Cycles

« on: January 15, 2021, 02:30:04 PM »

Cool. Good to know. Will I have to install new a version of Mach 4 when it's ready?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CNC Plasma NOT Working Error Code Please Help.

« on: January 15, 2021, 12:42:00 PM »

I'm assuming the 'ticketing system' is the NFS help desk free email support?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Allowing for Tool Numbers in Lathe Canned Cycles

« on: January 15, 2021, 12:40:45 PM »

Yes the Mach Motion Wizards in Mach 4. They don't crash I just get errors when posting, they are the same errors every time. So Let's say I post a code for threading the RPM will be 1200 instead of me putting 400. Or most of the time, I post for OD turning with tool T0714, it'll post T0707 so I have to go into the code and change the tool number. I posted here about it years ago and I think one of the people involved with making the Mach Motion tried helping and they couldn't figure it out.

Also sometimes when do a turn OP and then a drill OP it'll start the drill OP way back where the carriage goes for a tool change so it starts pecking at like Z6 instead of Z0.