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Finished Plugins for Download / Re: 3d Video Probe

« on: April 20, 2020, 04:38:18 AM »

Hallo,
Is there any more said over this subject hr in mach4 forum?

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General Mach Discussion / home switches to critical

« on: March 02, 2019, 11:55:27 AM »

Hallo all,
I have a homemade CNC machine. There are 6 limit switches all connected in series.
3 of them are dubbing as home switches.
Homing is working perfect, when I "home all" the machine. it is properly going to machine 0.0000 as it should do, but when there is a sudden vibration on the machine frame it says home switch activated and stops. Also when a  program starts after homing all, the screen says home switch activated and stops.
Contrary when i "home all" the machine, and manually move the machine (even mm) away from the home switches, then the same vibration is not doing anything and all program runs work properly.
Now as you all know, at homing, the machine runs past the limit switches, opening the switch and than returns to the closed position and stops setting the machine dro to 0.0000. I think that at this point the switch is barely closed so that it can be shortly opened by a vibration.
Is there a way to make the machine runs an extra little bit past "closed position"?

Thank you,

Willy

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "run from here" problem

« on: February 13, 2015, 09:37:31 PM »

1Acn,
 i did not do it, I only CNC ones in a wile.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "run from here" problem

« on: February 09, 2015, 12:09:33 PM »

Ok I 'll use .062.
It has been so long ago that i installed Mach3 that i forgot alot of the details. My memory is allso not up to top enymore, I am 71, but I remember something of the configuration file and the key file, but am not sure abaout that.
so: If I uninstall this 067, what files do I have to safe before i uninstall? I do not want to purchase a new key and I do not want to set all the parameters again, and what else?


Thanks for all the reply's,

Willy

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "run from here" problem

« on: February 09, 2015, 03:13:18 AM »

Dear All, I really use R3.043.067. (this is a coppy/past from the program info.

But is there an answer to my real quastion? Please see first post?


Thank you,

Willy

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General Mach Discussion / "run from here" problem

« on: February 08, 2015, 06:41:56 PM »

Hi All, I do not run my cnc router allot, and Mach3 is goooood, therefore i am not seen in this forum allot.


But now I have a problem: in the "program run screen" (the first screen) When i set a line number in the space above "run from here", it works perfectly as long as the line number is below around 920.000. If i press 1.320.000 for instance, then the machine always want to start at line 920.000 whatever i do. also, i get a red flashing reset button. (It is not exactly 920.000, but somewhere close to that)
I am running Version R3.043.067 on an old windows XP.

Can I do something to get it working. This is a particularly boring situation when a thin tool brakes in a 1400.000 line program.

At the moment I solve this by deleting 80.000 line in the program editor.

Thank you,
Willy 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Machine not working after development install

« on: August 03, 2008, 12:43:06 PM »

Yes, the dro's are moving

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General Mach Discussion / Machine not working after development install

« on: August 03, 2008, 12:35:26 PM »

Dear Art,

I wrote to you privately about this before, after you response I tried the following:
Here is what the problem is: After installing the development version on a working machine, the machine was not responding.

Now I tested the machine by reinstalling the lock down version (on the same xml file). Then the machine works without problem. I then saved the working xml file. Installed the development version again copied the xml file to the mach3 folder but again no response of the machine. reinstalled the lock down version and again the machine worked.

Art or somebody, is this a bug or is there a setting that has changed on the latest versions? remember, with the same xml file it works on the lock down, but not on the development!

Willy
   

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Prope set script

« on: February 18, 2006, 07:15:31 PM »

Thank you Francis

But, I am not long in CNC and have no knowledge of scripting. So I do have a number of questions.
Where do I get the "Auto Toll Zero" button? Or how do i create it?
How do I connect the program to the button or the button to the program?

Sorry for so much ignorance, but it is allot to learn at once in CNC. I consentrate on the cutting at the moment.

if IsSuchSignal (22) Then      'What is signal (22) 

Thanks

Willy

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General Mach Discussion / Prope set script

« on: February 18, 2006, 11:41:56 AM »

Hi Brian,

You liked it in here?

I am trying to used the toolset macro of the file section.

The problem is that the Z axis refuses to set to anything other than the original set position. Electronically everything works fine, the z movement stops when the tool touches the top of the probe-plate and then returns to the home position.

Here is what I do:
I home the z axis
I set then tool to close to the top of the work peace and re-zero z Then lift the z and place my 15mm probe plate on top of my work piece Then run the script. The setting in the z DRO is not changing.
When I run "GOTO Z" the probe is going to the originally set 0 position close to the work piece as set in the beginning.

Then I step trough the program,

When the probe stops at the top of my probe, then I then put 15 in the z DRO and run the rest of the program, it stays like that and the top of the work peace is set to 0.

So what am I doing wrong?

I inlude what I am using here:

Zmove = 1.5
Zpos = GetDRO(2)
Tool = GetDRO (24)
ZOffset = GetVar (1000)

If Tool = 0 Then
   Response = MsgBox ("Did you zero off the part First?", 4 , "Set up offset")
   If (Response = 6) Then ' Yes
   ZPos = Zpos - ZMove
   Code "G31 Z" & ZPos & " F20.0"
   While IsMoving()
   Wend
   Zpos = GetVar(2002)
   Call SetVar (1000,ZPos)
   
   Else
   MsgBox "Set zero on the top of the part and run again"
   End If
   
Else
   
   OldZpos = Zpos
   ZPos = Zpos - ZMove
   Code "G31 Z" & ZPos & " F20.0"
   While IsMoving()
   Wend
   Zpos = GetVar (2002)
   Code "G00 Z" & Zpos
   While IsMoving()
   Wend
   If Zpos = OldZpos - ZMove Then
      responce = MsgBox ("ERROR! The tool did not hit the probe and DRO was not set" , 4 , "Probe ERROR!" )
   Else
      SetDRO (2,ZOffset)
   End If
   

   
End If
Code "G00 G53 Z-.1"





 

 


Thank you,

Willy