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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M0 (M00) Issue

« on: January 07, 2020, 02:22:57 AM »

Hey, look at that...it works with a later version.

I didn't know these versions existed, as the download link is the version I had.

Installed the latest version I could find from the FTP and voila.

Thanks for your help guys, now I can finish my evaluation and make a decision on which way to go with the retrofit.

...so long as there are no more surprises.

regards, Oz

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M0 (M00) Issue

« on: January 06, 2020, 06:06:00 AM »

Firstly thank you both for your replies...much appreciated.

Below are 2 links to screencasts of the issue, each starting with the G-code not having an M0, then editing and loading with the M0.

https://1drv.ms/v/s!AiHDBQb9cvIthKQMyOOfaSuFTeIpfA?e=TgS7tZ
https://1drv.ms/v/s!AiHDBQb9cvIthKQLHYYk9BjSPWk1dQ?e=B2teuo

I have done 2 so you can see the loading stops relative to where the M0 is in the code.

The code (Start M0) is:
f100.000000
g0x0.000000y0.000000z10.000000
m3 (start Spindle)
s10000
m0
g43h5
g0x0.000000y0.000000z5.00000
g0x0.000000y0.000000z-0.100000
g1x10.000000y10.000000z-0.100000
g1x0.000000y0.0000000z0.000000
m5
g0x0.000000y0.000000z10.000000
m2


@Craig; I usually program with whitespaces also for the same reason (has become habit after 30+ years around CNCs. I admit I did program in Caps initially as I was just modifying the sample program (Roadrunner), but it made no difference going to lowercase.

Regards, Oz

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Mach4 General Discussion / M0 (M00) Issue

« on: January 03, 2020, 05:21:57 PM »

Hello All,

I am currently looking at options to retrofit my CNC, and as I am considering Mach4, downloaded the demo of Mach4 Hobby.

As I don't want to purchase the hardware until I have evaluated software options, I am using it in sim mode and have hit a snag.

If I place either an M0 or M00 (tried both) anywhere in a g-code file, the toolpath loading hangs when it reads the program stop command. If it is commanded in MDI, the movement stops, but cycle time continues to count, and cycle start does not make it continue.

In either case, after pressing reset, the operation of the GUI then becomes erratic with issues such as homing all axes will only home Z and X then say it is finished or exiting the GUI closes the window but it keeps running in the background.

Am I doing something wrong?

Is this sim related issue, or can I expect it to be the same with a controller attached?

FWIW, the Mach4 build is 4300 32 bit version on 64 bit PC (machine will be 32 bit PC).

Regards, Oz