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General Mach Discussion / Changing the Jog% while jogging.

« on: November 01, 2011, 06:53:17 PM »

Is there a way to change the jog% while jogging. I've noticed that when you jogging and you change the jog%, the jog speed does not change until I release the jog and start it again. I need to have jog speed change without having to cycle the jog. I know this sounds strange, but there is a good reason I want to do this. I have an inexpensive analog joystick and I want to use it to jog with throttling. You know. Move the joystick a little, the axis moves slow. Move the joystick a bunch, the axis moves fast. I'm using a analog port on a modbus and have created a Brain that changes the Jog% and starts the jog but, the jog speeds do not change even though the Jog% changes. Any ideas?

Thanx...

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys boken with 10.6.3

« on: January 24, 2011, 10:32:52 AM »

Have you been able to fix this?

I have the same problem, with one catch. If I let my system sit for an hour or so with Mach3 running. Something happens and the delay disappears and pokeys work in real time, on delay. I have not been able to figure out what is causing this.

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PoKeys / Re: Pokey55 and MPG issues

« on: January 09, 2011, 01:45:01 PM »

Arturo,

The instruction are much more clear, except pk13, I think you meant pk54 (Axis 6 for output trigger 10). Also, is db25 pin14 supposed to be gnd or +5v, on my motherboard db25 pin14 is connected to db25 pin16. You my also note in the instruction to make sure that the ModIOMPG brain is not active.

I'm still unable to get the axis/speed selector switches to work. The MPG and E-Stop work great as long as only the "E-Stop_WO_AutoResetLPT2" Brains is activated. I think the problem is not with Mach3, but somewhere else. I watch the Brains control for "Axis_JogRes_SelectorLPT2" and nothing happens when I select an axis and hit the enable button. I watch the Brains control "E-Stop_WO_AutoResetLPT2" and see that the output trigger #8 turns green when hit the E-Stop button. I also watch the output in the pokey configuration program and see no output when I select and axis and hit the enable button. The only output I see form the pokey cnfig program is from the MPG and the E-Stop.

What should I check from here?

Zack

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PoKeys / Re: Pokey55 and MPG issues

« on: January 06, 2011, 10:07:57 AM »

Arturo,

I'm using the pinouts form "M2R4_User_Manual.pdf" which has x-axis selector on prokeys pin 46 and corresponds to db25 connector pin 7, grounded through the enable switch and db25 pin 14/prokeys gnd. But when I look at the m2r4 motherboard traces I see a trace between db25 pin 14 and 16, making db25 pin 14 +5v and not gnd. I have been able to see this by changing prokey pin 46 to an analog input and monitor the outputs (using the prokey program) and when I have the selector on axis x and push the enable button I see the voltage jump. The prokey documentation wants switches grounded and I have not found in the documentation how to handle powered switches. Still reading...

Also as a quick note, I've added answers to your question on your tech support system on your sight.

Zack

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PoKeys / Re: Pokey55 and MPG issues

« on: January 05, 2011, 04:28:32 PM »

Did you get your problem resolved? I'm having the exact same problem. I have the M2 rev 4 motherboard and the 6 axis pendant.

Zack