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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Probing not working

« on: April 21, 2020, 07:01:51 PM »

quick update for you. Ive downloaded the latest verion of mach4 and the probe is working again. I would suggest trying that yourself.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Probing not working

« on: April 21, 2020, 06:30:16 PM »

Seems like this is Broken completley. This used to work fine before.
Im using the Industrial version and its also stalling the whole machine.

unbeleivable that no one has replied to this.

I just tested a previous release of mach4 that I still have here and it works. build 4155

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / My Custom 5 axis Machine using (only possible with mach4 industrial)

« on: September 26, 2019, 02:13:34 PM »

Thought I'd show my current machine in action. Makes use of Mach4 Industrails MacroB programming features.
I Have a Custom Post that allows me to not repost Gcode just cause of a tool change. (which can get old at times.)

2 videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HITi_qITigY&t=161s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz0i6Nit5HE

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Liener scale Feedback

« on: November 30, 2018, 02:56:50 PM »

Boy I am really sorry i never replied. I didn't get a message from the server stating there was a reply to this thread.

If you have Linear scales you want to go from the Linear scales to the 7737 board. You also have to make sure your linear scales are relative, not absolute. They also have to be quadrature encoders.

My setup is a little different than yours. I have clearpath servo motors. they keep track of their own positions. So All i do is connect my linear scales to the 7737 board.

it does affect the gcode. thats the whole point. after every move it compensates for the error so that there is no large build up as the code runs. It does not create problems. In my experience its actually better with thatn without.

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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Liener scale Feedback

« on: October 19, 2018, 06:47:28 PM »

I have  a Hicon with closed loop and magnetic linear scales.
It works. The annoying thing is that when you are jogging you don't want this feature on. because it tries to compensate each time you try to jog. Causing a small jump every time you do so. That is my only gripe with the whole system. There is no easy way to toggle this feature on and off. As far as i know.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How do you set pound variables to #0 in LUA?

« on: August 29, 2018, 10:55:37 PM »

I guess ill have to use mc
CtlgcodeExecutewait   .
And set it using macro variables

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Mach4 General Discussion / How do you set pound variables to #0 in LUA?

« on: August 28, 2018, 04:57:34 PM »

Hello everyone. Im wondering how to set a pound variable to #0
In mach4 lua. I know how to set a pound variable to a number.... but how
Do you do you set it to null?

Anyone try this before?

Thanks.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: is a subprogram or Macro faster in the file itself or read from disk?

« on: August 17, 2018, 02:29:22 PM »

i will check my settings tonight and get back to you guys!
thanks for the replies!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: is a subprogram or Macro faster in the file itself or read from disk?

« on: August 16, 2018, 04:20:18 PM »

so ive been investigating a little more and i guess when you inlcude them in the same file they are called subroutines.
so the real question then would be...are subroutines faster than subprograms?

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Mach4 General Discussion / is a subprogram or Macro faster in the file itself or read from disk?

« on: August 16, 2018, 03:44:31 PM »

I want to know if a subprogram or Macro, that is included in the same gcode file will run faster than a subprogram or Macro saved on disk.
I've just noticed that every time i run a Macro using G65 Mach4 pauses for a second. does this have to do with MST? or is the fact that the subprogram is saved to disk?

before i ran a bunch of tests, thought i would ask in the forums in case anyone knows the answer.

thanks!