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Mach Screens / Re: custom DRO that automatically updates its value

« on: April 20, 2011, 09:53:54 PM »

It worked (had to close and reopen mach3) Thank you for your prompt reply. Macropump is a very useful feature..

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Mach Screens / custom DRO that automatically updates its value

« on: April 20, 2011, 09:22:01 PM »

Hi,

I am struggling a bit with this and was unable to find anything on the forums. I want a DRO that displays the Z axis position minus a value that I program into another DRO. So my "code" would look something like this:

SetUserDRO(1200,GetOEMDRO(802)-GetUserDRO(1100)) ' sets 1200 user-defined DRO to Z-axis position - 1100 user-defined DRO

However, I would like it to automatically update my DRO and keep track of this value while Mach3 is running without me needing to press a button to run a VB script. Is this possible?

Thanks.

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Re: Buttons that execute g-codes

« on: August 17, 2010, 09:59:18 PM »

Thank you!

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Re: Buttons that execute g-codes

« on: August 17, 2010, 06:52:41 PM »

Hi Gerry,

The button simply executes a G-code, G0Z.5G1X.5. I want the Z to travel with rapid position (G0) and the X to travel with linear motion at feed rate (G1).

I'm sorry if i'm not being clearer, I'm new to this!

Thanks again.

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Buttons that execute g-codes

« on: August 17, 2010, 05:10:35 PM »

Hi,

I am desigining a screen with several buttons that will execute G0 codes for rapid linear motion. However, I cannot get my CNC motors to move rapidly, amd it behaves the same as G1 and it is determined by the feed rate.

When I enter G0 manually in the MDI, or run a text file containing G0, it works in both cases.

Any help on this issue would be very much appreciated.

I am using MachScreen V 1.43.3