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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Teach File

« on: November 05, 2017, 11:46:23 AM »

Thanks Craig....I've been able to kind of copy and paste and make a few things work for me...Right now i'm trying to configure a few buttons...one is a new file I have it figured out how to erase all the data and start a new teach.tap but i'm trying to add GO and G1 Feedrates ...I would like those to be in their own DRO's where when I push New teach file it grabs theme out of there writes them to teach.tap and Loads the file. 

I have my G0 and G1 buttons where they are writing to the file and loading but every time it loads it starts back at the top.  Id like to have the code in there where every time I hit those buttons it would get the current line and set the next like +1.

So Technically my goal is to everytime you teach a point is always on the very last line and then i'm wanting to add forward and backwards buttons where you could step though the taught program to verify.

Sorry to be a pain but as it turns out Lua is much more complex than the old Mach 3.  I have all this in mach 3 but I know it's not nearly as expandable as Mach 4 is.  Thanks for all the help it is greatly appreciated!!!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Teach File

« on: November 04, 2017, 08:44:39 PM »

You're the man.  It does work!!!  I have a long ways to go but a great start.  Think you could point me in the right direction to where i could find out how to create a new file and end it.  Any kind of manual or post that is doing something similar.  Thanks you've been a huge help!!  If you'd like to do some work on the side let me know I would sure pay you for your work.  Thanks again

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Teach File

« on: November 01, 2017, 05:02:11 PM »

Yes I would jog to a point and I had two buttons one was for a rapid and another was for linear  movements and I would grab the speed for those out of two other dros.  It would create a g code program that I could run.  I just would use the append teach.tap and it would add each point to the bottom. 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach 4 Teach File

« on: November 01, 2017, 04:35:13 PM »

I am coming out of Mach 3 and wonder does mach 4 have anything close to the teach.tap.  I have some machines that I would Jog around and create point to point programs by hitting a button that would get the dros and write them to the teach file.  Has anyone come up with anything like this yet?  Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Screen tabs

« on: May 01, 2017, 01:29:28 PM »

Ok so i picked up a new controller and it fixed it.  The last controller worked but it was from and xbox 360 game console.  So i went and bought a brand new one with the wireless usb for windows and it worked.  Pretty weird but that fixed it!!!??  Who knows thought I would post this just in case someone else ever has the problem.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Screen tabs

« on: April 29, 2017, 11:25:06 AM »

Yeah when I disable the plugin and restart everything works fine.  What is weird is that sometimes I can start up home the machine and I can click through them until I move it with the Xbox then when I try to click it does nothing.  I'm sure it's prob some kind of setting or something off I just haven't been able to find it.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Screen tabs

« on: April 27, 2017, 01:14:52 PM »

So I did a little more messing around with it.  Come to find out when I turn off the Xbox Shilling Plugin it doesn't do it everything works fine.  When i turn it back on home it and jog any at all I cannot click any tabs.  The main screen works and runs but it would be nice to have access to the diagnostics page.  Any info would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Mach 3 Screen tabs

« on: April 25, 2017, 11:57:56 PM »

I'm having trouble getting any of the screen tabs to work in Mach 3.  Everything was working and I come in today and the A axis is reversed and non of the tabs will work(mdi, diagnostics etc). I click and they do nothing.  They were all working a day ago but have no clue what I did or what happened.   Wondering if anyone out there would know what caused it or if this has ever happened to anyone else. Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Mach 3 6 Axis 7 Motor? How to?

« on: May 09, 2016, 12:17:20 AM »

Is mach only capable of controlling 6 Axis.  I have a 6 Axis machine and I am wanting to slave my X Axis.  Is my only option to daisy chain the signal to my other X axis drive.  Or is there a way to slave it in mach?  Im only seeing XYZABC in ports and Pins