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General Mach Discussion / Re: Path not correct

« on: June 12, 2008, 06:56:32 AM »

Hi Maurizio,

Do you also get a false path on the computer screen when things go wrong?
If yes, you are facing the same problems I had.
In my case the problems were solved after I set the "Look ahead" (Config screen) to 1

Good luck

Jan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 current command interrupting

« on: April 22, 2008, 06:47:14 AM »

Hi,

I think you are facing the same problems as described in the following topic
http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,6369.0.html
Spinnetti and myself have found similar problems
The actual toolpath does not stay on the programmed path (Visual on the screen), and it happens not all the time but occasionally

I dont know what the actual problem is, but after I set the "look ahead" (in the config file) to 1 it did not happen to me anymore (?)

Jan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: wierd behavior

« on: April 13, 2008, 05:20:46 AM »

Hi,

What you describe here. is similar to what Spinnetti  has posted on another topic on this forum (Code wanders off)
In my case setting the "look ahead" to 1 seemed to help

Jan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Code wanders off?

« on: April 09, 2008, 05:45:53 PM »

Brian,

Running the file from my C drive did not fix the problem. The first time I ran the file it messed up
After I changed the "look ahead" to 1, the problems seems to dissappear (running on my home PC, not the mill)

I ran the file approx 20 times without problems.
This does not mean I am 100% sure the problem is fixed, because during my last production run of 200 pieces, only 4 pieces went wrong

Anyway, it looks promising, I hope it works as well for Spinnetti

Thanks

Jan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Code wanders off?

« on: March 28, 2008, 05:28:48 PM »

Brian,

I run from a local hard drive.
I attached my XML file

As I told before I made 200 parts, and 4 or 5 times the system failed (so 98% is OK).
I think this will make it hard to find the problem.

Jan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Code wanders off?

« on: March 27, 2008, 05:32:06 PM »

Hi,

I forgot to mention that I use 3.039

Jan

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Code wanders off?

« on: March 27, 2008, 05:29:57 PM »

Hi,

Here is my code, with in parenthesis what happened on several occasions

N100 T6 M06
N110 G00 Z2.000
N111 G00 Y70.000
N112 G00 X148.000
N120 G00 X113.000 Y43.000
N130 G01 Z-4.500 F100
N140 G03 X107.000 Y43.000 I-3.000 J0.000 F150
N150 G01 Y41.000
N160 G03 X113.000 Y41.000 I3.000 J0.000
N170 G01 Y42.950
N180 G00 Z2.000
N190 G00 X38.000 Y43.000
N200 G01 Z-4.500 F100
N210 G03 X32.000 Y43.000 I-3.000 J0.000 F150
N220 G01 Y41.000
N230 G03 X38.000 Y41.000 I3.000 J0.000
N240 G01 Y42.950
N250 G00 Z2.000
N1020 G00 X-3.000
N1025 G00 Y-3.000
N1030 G01 Z-4.500 F100
N1040 G01 Y30.000 F350
N1050 G01 X15.000
N1060 G03 X17.000 Y32.000 I0.000 J2.000
N1070 G01 Y65.000 F200
   (*After completing this line no move to X53,)
   ( but a move started to the -Y direction, until I hit Esc)
N1080 G01 X53.000
N1090 G01 Y22.000
N1100 G03 X55.000 Y20.000 I2.000 J0.000 F350
N1110 G01 X90.000
N1120 G03 X92.000 Y22.000 I0.000 J2.000
N1130 G01 Y65.000 F150
   (*In the middle of this move to Y65, the mill started to)
   ( move in the +X direction suddenly, until I hit Esc)

   (*After completing this line no move to X128,)
   ( but a move started to the +Y direction, until I hit Esc)
N1140 G01 X128.000 F200
N1150 G01 Y32.000 F200
N1160 G03 X130.000 Y30.000 I2.000 J0.000 F350
N1170 G01 X148.000
N1180 G01 Y-3.000
N1190 G00 Z2.000
N1200 G00 Y70.0000
N1210 G00 X148.0000

M30


Jan