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General Mach Discussion / Re: Un expected pop up window during tool change

« on: August 17, 2011, 04:17:02 PM »

I have rerun the program and this time it has worked as always.  What the H*&@ is going on. 

John B.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Un expected pop up window during tool change

« on: August 17, 2011, 01:27:23 PM »

In the general Config I have "stop for tool change and wait for cycle start"  checked.  In the mean time if it happens this time how do I respond so I can restart where it left off?

BTW I am running .nc code generated by MeshCam.

John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Un expected pop up window during tool change

« on: August 17, 2011, 11:36:10 AM »

I think I did an update in the last month or two but don't remember any changes I made. What is this called in config and is it in the manual?

John B

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General Mach Discussion / Un expected pop up window during tool change

« on: August 17, 2011, 11:22:04 AM »

I am using the latest version of Mach 3. During a tool change I had a pop up window that displayed a tag for each axis with what looked like the distance I jogged from the position that motion stopped when the "Tool Change Stop" happened. At the bottom of the pop up were two choices:  "OK" or Cancel. Since I had never seen this window I selected "Cancel" then hit the start button as usual. Unfortunately the spindle did not start and before I could get the stop button hit I snapped the tool.

What is this window?

Help, I am afraid to start this job over again ( it runs over 4 hours )

John B

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Error Message: Bad Character used line 0

« on: January 31, 2010, 12:26:42 PM »

Everything is fine.  Something was corrupted somewhere but all is good.

Thanks

John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Error Message: Bad Character used line 0

« on: January 31, 2010, 08:41:02 AM »

I think I may have had a corrupted file.  I deleted the Mach3 folder and reloaded everything ( PITA ) but it is now loading correctly.  I still have some configs to do but looks like it is back up.  I will repost when I am sure its ok.

John

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Error Message: Bad Character used line 0

« on: January 31, 2010, 07:46:41 AM »

Ok, here is a snipit, but I don't think the code is the problem.  When I load it Mach removes all the line numbers.

N0000 (Filename: driver pattern.tap)
N0010 (Post processor: Mach2.post)
N0020 (Date: 1/30/2010)
N0030 G20 (Units: Inches)
N0040 G40 G90
N0050 F1
N0060 (Part: Driver Pattern)
N0070 (Process: Inside offset CUT2, 1/2" Ball nose, 0.375 in Deep)
N0080 G00 Z0.5000
N0090 X0.0000 Y0.0000
N0100 (1/2" Ball nose)
N0110 T225 M06  G43 H225
N0120 M03 S20000
N0130 G00 X0.0000 Y0.0000 Z0.5000
N0140 X5.5150 Y4.5000
N0150 Z0.0197
N0160 G01 Z0.0000 F50
N0170 G03 X5.5073 Y4.6247 Z-0.1250 I-1.0150 J0.0000
N0180 X5.5150 Y4.5000 I-1.0073 J-0.1247 F25.0
N0190 X5.5073 Y4.6247 Z-0.2500 I-1.0150 J0.0000 F50.0
N0200 X5.5150 Y4.5000 I-1.0073 J-0.1247 F25.0
N0210 X5.5073 Y4.6247 Z-0.3750 I-1.0150 J0.0000 F50.0
N0220 X5.5073 Y4.6247 I-1.0073 J-0.1247 F25.0
N0230 G00 Z0.2500

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Error Message: Bad Character used line 0

« on: January 31, 2010, 07:28:33 AM »

I guess posting code might help but any code generates the same problem.  I ran code in the morning and the same code gave the same results in the afternoon.

John

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General Mach Discussion / Error Message: Bad Character used line 0

« on: January 30, 2010, 07:58:08 PM »

I loaded a new job today and got an error message.  I thought I might have a bad save so I tried another job that I had already run and got the same message.  In fact I get it with every job I try and load.  They all load fine on my office computer!!  I need help.

John Buckwalter
Florida