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General Mach Discussion / Re: Sudden stop

« on: November 16, 2009, 01:12:04 PM »

Sorry for the delay in replying.  I did not take note of any warning messages if they were there.  All I saw as the reset flashing.

When I had problems like this some time ago, I rec'd the following message from Art:

"Turn off the watchdog in config/general. If the CPU gets too bogged down
that error can occur, you may want to also turn off toolpath display if a
file is longer than 20 megs or so."

Anyway I keep the display on and turned the watchdog off.  So far I have done 2 similar items without a problem.

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General Mach Discussion / Sudden stop

« on: November 14, 2009, 08:57:23 AM »

I was machining a small detailed piece and the machining suddenly stopped.  The file size is about 4 meg, with 320,000 lines of GCode.

I seem to remember something about the display being a problem, but I have been machining similar files without a stop.

Is there any way to find what makes Mach3 stop?

Are newer versions better? (I am running version R2.0.047)

Thanks,

Richard

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VB and the development of wizards / Macro will not run

« on: March 15, 2009, 04:04:18 PM »

I tested out the elapsed time macro on my office Mach3, and everything worked fine, but when I loaded the macros in my shop the g-code file does not execute them.  (I have the same Mach3 version on both computers)  I can execute them manually in the shop using the VB Script Editor.

I'm sure there is something simple wrong here -- any suggestions?

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Here is a TRUE part Elapsed time, date file creator macros

« on: March 15, 2009, 01:34:04 PM »

You may have to check the length of the string, since there are not always a constant number of characters...

Like 03/09/2009 vs. 3/9/2009

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Here is a TRUE part Elapsed time, date file creator macros

« on: March 15, 2009, 12:16:59 PM »

If I change the Write #1 to Print #1, it eliminates the first and last quotes.

There are still quotes on the start  date and time for some reason.

Richard

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Here is a TRUE part Elapsed time, date file creator macros

« on: March 15, 2009, 09:46:25 AM »

If you want to keep AM and PM on you computer clock, you can eliminate them in the write file by:

a = InStr(StartTime, " ")  'finds the first space in StartTime, which will be just before the AM or PM
StartTime = Mid$(StartTime, 1, a - 1)   'truncates the StartTime string to just before the space

Richard

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: New user questions

« on: February 15, 2007, 09:07:40 AM »

Thanks, I have it now. 

Is there any way to select more than one chain at a time?

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: New user questions

« on: February 14, 2007, 04:57:30 PM »

I do not see that version.  Where is it located?

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: New user questions

« on: February 14, 2007, 10:55:38 AM »

Thanks.  I tried that -- I downloaded the setup for 1.84.002, but it loads the .000 version.  I even uninstalled Mach3 and ran the setup file again.  I still get the .000 version, and there is no Lazycam (of any kind) in the Mach3 folder -- I assume that is where it would be.  The setup file is called Mach3VersionR1.84.002, so it should be correct.

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LazyCam (Beta) / New user questions

« on: February 13, 2007, 09:36:33 AM »

1.  I see 2 LC's in the FTP folder.  What is the difference?

2.  I am trying to clean up a dxf file that is a complete drawing with 2 views and title block, etc.  I want only one view so I can machine it.  On an old LC version, I can click on the view I want, move it to a new layer, then click on the original layer and delete everything I don't want in one step.  In the latest version, the layer breakdown is different for some reason, and I have to click on each line and delete it one at a time.

Is there any way to select several lines or chains and delete them all at once?

Thanks (and it looks like a great program, once I get the hang of it).