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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Hobby Autotouchplate function
« on: March 28, 2019, 03:30:57 PM »
Works perfectly for me.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Hobby Autotouchplate function
« on: March 26, 2019, 09:08:41 PM »
I have configured it to the specs of the touchplate.  I know the touchplate can be made to work, as it is simply accepting input from touching each side of the plate and reading the input signal.  Heck, a homemade touch plate would work if you had exact spec on it. 
The issue is the script self terminates with the error I mentioned above.  If it can find the centre of the touchplate and the Z individually, but fails on the combined part of the script, wouldn't that suggest the error is in the script itself?
Mike

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Hobby Autotouchplate function
« on: March 24, 2019, 10:41:36 PM »
I have.  Their last statement to me was that there would be Mach4 support “soon.”
That was 3 months ago.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Hobby Autotouchplate function
« on: March 24, 2019, 10:21:52 PM »
Nope, all I got was crickets after this post.  The issue still remains.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Touch/corner finding
« on: January 17, 2019, 03:28:28 PM »
Hi everyone,
I have a touchplate and want to corner find from the inside edges rather than the outside.  Currently when I go into the settings for Touch, the only option available is Outside with Z.  Is there any option available for Inside with Z? 
If there isn't, how can I enter the size of the touchplate, as without it, it cannot find the corner properly (or at least it doesn't seem to).  The height is there, but width option is not.
Thanks
Mike

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 Hobby Autotouchplate function
« on: January 15, 2019, 05:19:56 PM »
Hi everyone.  I have a CNC Router Parts 4896 Pro machine with the Plug and Play ESS electronics package.
I have everything working wonderfully in Mach3, including the touchplate and a diode laser for engraving.  I run Windows 7 and no issues whatsoever with Mach3.
I am trying to move to Mach4 for the improved laser functions. 
I am running into a few issues, the current main issue being Auto Zero functioning with edge finding.
In Mach3, the script will find the top of the material and the corner automatically (although it only uses the X+ and Y+ sides rather than finding the actual centre, as it has the width of the plate programmed in the script.)
However, in Mach 4, it will not work properly.  If I do a Z only, it works fine.  If I find the centre of the touchplate only, it works fine.
But when I try to find the bottom/left corner with Z, it will do a Z probe, retract, do a Y- move, make contact, then move Z to the touchplate and stop with an Error: Unexpected Probe Touch message.  The history file reports:
" Z axis is performing a touch move.ESS: Successful Probe0 Strike.  Probing finished.Z Axis Offset Set to: -1.1236220472441.RetractingY axis is performing a Level 2 prep move.ESS: Successful Probe0 Strike.  Probing finished.Z axis is performing a Level 1 prep move.ESS: Successful Probe0 Strike.  Probing finished.ERROR: Unexpected probe touch".
Given that the single functions work fine, I'm guessing there is some sort of error in the script, but I am not a programmer. 
Any help please?
Thanks
Mike Poling

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Go to Zero not working Mach 3
« on: November 13, 2018, 08:54:12 PM »
Was set to Machine Coordinates instead of Work Coordinates!  Good call!  Changed it to Work Coordinates and its all good.

Thanks!
Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Go to Zero not working Mach 3
« on: November 13, 2018, 11:03:11 AM »
Hi all,
Having a problem with the Go To Zero button in Mach3.
It worked up until about 2 weeks ago.
Now when I hit it, the Z-axis lifts until it hits the limit switch, then triggers and stops.  It never homes X or Y.
I have changed nothing and no updates have been done.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Mike

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 demo will not load
« on: July 25, 2018, 06:30:27 PM »
Thanks Bryanna,
No, still not working on either.  I even uninstalled BitDefender on one.
But my Mach machine, which is Windows 7, runs it fine with BitDefender.  It appears to be a Windows 10 issue.
Mike

Hello Mike,

We have had several Microsoft updates causing trouble for us lately, so I just updated my computer to verify that that wasn't to blame for the issue you're seeing. I'm all updated and able to load Mach4 without issue. The most common culprit is AV software. Are you sure that Bitdefender is completely disabled when you are using Mach4? You also mentioned running as administrator, which is something you definitely want to do. To clarify what I mean by "running as administrator," you should right-click the shortcut you use to open Mach4, go to Properties, Advanced, and select 'Run as Administrator.'

A fresh install might be a good idea as well. Make sure Bitdefender is disabled (I am not anti-Bitdefender by any means, but it is known to cause a world of headaches when used with Mach4) and reinstall. If that has no effect than we will keep digging.

Thank you,
Bryanna

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 demo will not load
« on: July 25, 2018, 06:28:34 PM »
Same thing.  It runs in demo mode.  Whatever you call it, its not working.

Hi,

Quote
Is something wrong with the latest Demo?
There is no Demo version, but rather
just the standard Mach4, which will run for a limited time only until licenced.
The version you are running is exactly the same as I would run..... its just I have a licence.

Craig

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