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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Homing doesn't set DRO's to zero

« on: January 16, 2020, 02:31:46 PM »

I have neither; however, it seems to reset to zero now. Having all sorts of issues with offsets. left an email with support.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 Homing doesn't set DRO's to zero

« on: January 13, 2020, 12:03:43 PM »

Can someone tell me why, when I Ref All Home, and the machine homes to the switches, Mach4 doesn't zero the DRO's?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 Fixture Offsets

« on: January 13, 2020, 12:02:12 PM »

Can someone tell my why my G54 offset doesn't save? I enter a Z value in G54 and exit Mach4 and when I load Mach4, the Z value is 0.

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Linear Encoder HELP

« on: September 15, 2006, 08:32:05 AM »

Chad,

Thank you for your very detailed and understandable explaination and please accept my appologies for not fully understanding this technology, yet  .

Now a follow-up:  Since I am moving the filler using VB code, shouldn't I be able to "close the loop" by issuing a move command and then checking the DRO before issuing a fill (coolant on/off) command?  If I am not where I compute that I should be, I would, lets say, attempt to reposition 3 times before giving up.

Mike

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Re: Linear Encoder HELP

« on: September 14, 2006, 04:35:55 PM »

OK, now I am really confused.  I was under the impression that the encoder could return a series of pulses that could be used to tell the software that a given movement took place.  Why would that be any different then the rotorary encoder on the back of a motor?  If the motor got a command to move .3" and the encoder moved .2" wouldn't the software issue additional pulses to the motor?

Mike

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Third party software and hardware support forums. / Linear Encoder HELP

« on: September 14, 2006, 12:45:47 PM »

Can anyone help me add a linear encoder to my xy table?  As I research this issue, I know, in theory, how to get the job done, but I could use some advise/suggestions on what encoder to buy.

I am using a modified XY router table to fill a tray of chemical with a grid spacing of .3 inches and a hole size of .22 inches.  My filler is a bank of three nozzles .083 inches, spaced .3 inches apart.  I am using a Mach3 and a VB script to position, activate/deactivate a coolant relay to trigger my filler, and delay before moving to the next position.

This setup works for filling the 600 containers on my tray; however, without feedback, I cannot be sure that the gantry moved!  I have had couplings break or come loose and motor shafts break, so using a rotary encoder on the motor shaft doesn't give me the comfort I would like.

Any help with the electrical specs and hints on how to connect an encoder to Mach3 would be greatly appreciated.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Calling another .tap file

« on: February 16, 2006, 10:09:06 AM »

I am still having a problem with M98 and calling an external subroutine.  I have tried:

M98 (SLAVE.TAP) L10

As suggested by a member and it simply gives me "Cannot Load original File" when I try to load the g-code

If I try M98 PSLAVE.TAP L10 I get

Unknown word starting with s in Line number #3

Is it possible to call another g-code file using M98?  If so, how?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Coolant Issue

« on: February 16, 2006, 08:33:31 AM »

Well, I would love to say that you won the prize, but...

I noticed that to and after double checking the config screen, I changed the xml to enable output #1 and asign it to pin 14.  Guess what happened.  The enable #1 led lit on the diagnostic screen!?!?!?! And would you believe there is no enable tags in the xml?

Remember that I said that with the xml the way it is, the Flood Toggle on the diagnostic screen actually toggles the Output 1 LED.

The problem does not seem to be that I cannot toggle the correct LED, just that the signal is not passed to the parallel port.

Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Coolant Issue

« on: February 15, 2006, 03:00:45 PM »

Here is my xlm file.  Good luck.

Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Coolant Issue

« on: February 14, 2006, 04:22:50 PM »

I have coolant working well in mach2 but cannot seems to get Mach3 to activate my coolant.  I have configured Ports and Pins, Output Signals so that Output #1 is active with port 1 pin 14. On the Spindle tab, I have Flood using output #1.  When I use the diagnostic screen, when I press the flood button I get a output #1 led.  Still nothing at pin 14 at the controller.  Like I said earlier, Mach2 activates coolant on pin 14 without a problem.  Any Ideas?

Mike