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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Script to Orientate Spindle
« on: March 19, 2024, 09:10:02 AM »
Here is an example of the orientate macro we're running on one of our mills.

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Hey guys,
https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=47198.0

The thread above is the easiest way to do this, I know it seems intimidating however there's a document included.
It's really easy and this is a perfect application.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Cutting corners, Mach4 versus Mach3
« on: September 25, 2023, 02:57:57 PM »
For a lot of things, just changing to exact stop will get you the results you desire. (non rounded corners)

I would try that first, in the event that doesn't work I would try the wizard.

Also within the FileOps tab in the MACH4 screen, you have a HELP DOCS button which will bring you to all the MACH manuals. This includes the GCODE manuals for your machine type.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Ballscrew driven dual stepper motor Y axis
« on: September 25, 2023, 02:52:29 PM »
Inside MACH you slave motors together, and the answer is yes.
You can have different tuning parameters for your master and slave axis.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Cutting corners, Mach4 versus Mach3
« on: September 25, 2023, 02:47:20 PM »
This is constant velocity VS exact stop.
Check the GCODE programming manual for the difference.

There is also a CV tuning wizard for advanced users. Located under wizards, a brief description is given before the wizard starts.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Keyboard enabled on startup?
« on: September 19, 2023, 01:54:59 PM »
If you private message me I will tell you how to do this another way.

I won't post it here as it's a concern of safety, say you have machine enable assigned to spacebar. You also have jogging on your arrow keys.

You had set a book on the keyboard last night, now this morning you start up the machine without removing the book.

Now you decide to walk to the torch and swap the consumables while MACH boots.
Well the keyboard plugin doesn't know that, and since the book pressed the space and arrow keys and kept them held, well. It might not be a pretty sight for operator or machine.
I hope this helps, and I do understand the want for this. It's just dangerous.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Set GCODE Line using Lua scripting
« on: August 29, 2023, 09:55:03 AM »
The way to do this is using MACRO B. This means you'd have to have industrial.
https://www.amazon.com/Fanuc-Custom-Macros-Peter-Smid/dp/0831131578

Above I've linked you to the reference material MACH's MACROB adheres to.
I'm relatively sure the API call not working as you'd expect is due to the trajectory planner.  (Note: The API does state this call cannot be used during GCODE execution.)

For instance, when the planner gets to the point where it's lookahead sees the macro it cannot look into the macro and predict the line you're attempting to go to.
Whereas using the MACRO B function GOTO the planner can see that and interpret it, then plan accordingly.

Perhaps you can use a #VAR if you need to change the line it's going to. I'm not going to pretend to be an authority on this matter though and smurf would likely give a much better explination :) Hope this helps!

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Hey guys, I've had a bunch of people messaging me still about using this card with MACH4.
With the latest builds of MACH4 this plugin is currently making the machine jog without any input. It's dangerous and XHC hasn't made any corrections in some time despite numerous attempts to contact them.
Please do not buy this controller to use with MACH, there are a lot of good options with actual support and development.
I will update this thread if XHC decides to reach out to us and correct the issues.
joeaverage listed some controller alternatives please use one of those.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Alpha Cam Post Processor
« on: July 26, 2023, 03:00:56 PM »
Hey guys, It's come to my attention that a few of our customers need some help getting a post together for Alpha Cam.
I was wondering if anyone in the community had anything for me to take a look at, even if it's only a starting point.
I know this is a far reach, either way thank you for your time!

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