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General Mach Discussion / Re: "Another" Soft Limits issue/problem

« on: July 26, 2013, 11:08:40 AM »

Hmm

Maybe.

Scott

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "Another" Soft Limits issue/problem

« on: July 26, 2013, 10:50:57 AM »

That is weird , I wonder why that would not work at the machine.

Again
Thank you very much !  all is well.


Scott

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "Another" Soft Limits issue/problem

« on: July 26, 2013, 10:30:40 AM »

I do not have the standard screenset so I tried your xml with my screenset.

SUCSESS !!!!

All seems to be working again.
I can not thank you enough for your help on this, it is truly appreciated.
Out of curiosity what did you change in the xml ?
I had tried changing the value of oemdro119 and oemled119 from 0 to 1 but that did nothing so I changed it back.

Once again

Thank you


Scott

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "Another" Soft Limits issue/problem

« on: July 26, 2013, 09:55:08 AM »

3.042.029

Scott

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "Another" Soft Limits issue/problem

« on: July 26, 2013, 09:39:09 AM »

Bummer

I disabled homing inputs on all 3 axis , Hit ref all, it zeroed where it was, all lights went green.
Tried turning on soft limits........same error " Machine out of limits for soft limit activation "

Scott

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "Another" Soft Limits issue/problem

« on: July 26, 2013, 08:17:37 AM »

Thanks Hood
I really appreciate it !

Scott

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "Another" Soft Limits issue/problem

« on: July 25, 2013, 10:34:26 PM »

Hi Gerry

It will error anywhere at any position. I have jogged to numerous positions and tried to turn it on and it errors even the exact middle of all 3 axis.

Scott

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "Another" Soft Limits issue/problem

« on: July 25, 2013, 07:02:17 PM »

Hood
Thank you for your reply.
In the attached screenshot, the machine was homed, I switched to machine coordinates it read 0,0,0. ( which is technically outside of the soft limits but they are not on yet. )
I then jogged each axis away from the limits about an inch and a half and tried to turn on soft limits. ( now I am within the soft limits )
It has worked with these settings for the last several years, I can't figure out what happened or what has changed.

I will try the "Home Offsets" But am unclear on why I would have too. Should I uncheck auto zero ?

Thanks again

Scott

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General Mach Discussion / "Another" Soft Limits issue/problem

« on: July 25, 2013, 04:12:17 PM »

Hi Folks

I am having an odd soft limits issue. I can not turn soft limits on without getting the "Machine out of limits for soft limit activation" Error
It used to work fine then one day I turned it off for some reason and now I can't turn it back on.
Basics
Machine is referenced
all limit switches are working properly
I home to the upper right hand corner of my envelope so all moves away from home are negative.
The machine coordinates zero when homed.
In the attached screenshot the dro's are showing that it is indeed away from the limits ( in machine coordinates )
Machine setup units are inches

It has worked this way for years and then it won't turn back on.
I have tried changing the button function from having the radio button "SoftLimits Toggle" to OEMCode 119 to Execute VBScript DoOembutton119 all with the same result. I can't turn it back on.

I am really hoping I just missed something obvious

Thanks for any assistance

Regards

Scott

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Stand alone wizards ?

« on: February 09, 2007, 01:52:55 PM »

Hi Guys

I recently purchased a Tormach PCNC1100, it has not arrived yet. ( Oh the waiting.....)

So I have been playing with Mach2 / 3 and I really like it !!!   Good work guys !!!

My buddy has an old Kiwa VMC with a Fanuc 6m controller ( No drip feed , 16k memory ) and he really likes the wizards in Mach. Is there a standalone version of the wizards ? I mean without Mach ? He would gladly purchase such a package. Even at the advertised price of the Mach package. He just does not need Mach.
 Also on this topic, he has been having a problem with the wizard outputting to many decimals to the right of the decimal. The 6M controller chokes on anything past 7 digits to the right. The write wizard often generates code in excess of 8 places. Is there a way to limit the output to say 5-6 places ?

Please let us know

And thanks again for some great software !!



Scott