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General Mach Discussion / Automatic feedrate change during program execution

« on: September 06, 2013, 06:04:37 PM »

How can i get mach to change the feedrate while a program is running, I want to have the feedrate go from 5% at the start of the program to 100% at the end
this is for surface milling, when i start in the center of the job the feedtate is too fast and breaks the cutter. Standing there and manually changing the feedrate works, but some programs run for hours and i sometimes forget to go change the feedrate.
any help would be appreciated

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PoKeys / Re: OEM Button 186, Select Y axis for MPG1 not working

« on: October 01, 2012, 07:47:30 AM »

hi NeoTO,
Yes i am using an old USB pokeys55 serial 10218, loaded with the latest firmware
Thanks Friedrich

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PoKeys / Re: OEM Button 186, Select Y axis for MPG1 not working

« on: September 30, 2012, 04:13:33 PM »

Hi NeoTO,
I loaded the beta SW, but the problem remained, BUT i found the problem, on my pokeys pin 13 remains lo and does not change state, so i programmed pin 19 for selecting MPG Y axis, how ever even with pin 13 selected as "not used" it would keep mach from seeing button 186 being pressed, i reprogrammed pin 13 to a different button and made the the pin not used, then it all works fine
So you need to look at your plugin when a pin is programmed as not used, to automatically program it to "none" and not to hold the previous programmed function
In conclusion , before a pin is programmed to "not used" set the function to "none"
Thanks Friedrich

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PoKeys / OEM Button 186, Select Y axis for MPG1 not working

« on: September 28, 2012, 04:03:09 PM »

OEM Button 186, Select Y axis for MPG1 not working
I have the pokeys USB ,the latest version of pokeys plugin (downloaded - 11/8/2012) and mach V062
i want to use pokeys for a mpg, select axis  oembutton185 works, so does 187,188
if i load pokeys software the port(19) does toggle when i push the button
i created a screen with oem button 186, clicking it with the mouse, does switch to MPG y axis, so its not mach
any ideas
thanks Friedrich

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys and mach 3 not working

« on: September 07, 2012, 07:03:21 AM »

ok, I think i found a solution, after doing the configuration of the pokeys, you must restart Mach before you try changing the feedrate, yes sounds simple but it works
Thanks
Friedrich

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys and mach 3 not working

« on: September 07, 2012, 06:57:32 AM »

hi, I have done all that you have sugested, but no luck
I have the latest mach v062 and the latest pluging from pokeys
I want to use the analog input on pin 44 to control the feedrate, when i go to config plugin and set pin 44 as analog input,offset to 0 , a gain of 250 and Dro to 821 when i turn the pot the corrected value changes, this is all fine, however when i exit the config in mach the feedrate does not change and when i go back to config the values also dont change
can any one help
thanks Friedrich

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hour Meter DRO

« on: May 05, 2012, 05:05:59 PM »

hi guys go look here http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,7328.0.html
i use it and it works great
Friedrich

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Wiring of 2 wire proximity switch

« on: May 29, 2010, 05:04:13 PM »

I recently done a Danford-Mach upgrade, attaced is the circuit i used to supply an input signal to a 24V BOB input
good luck
Friedrich

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Screen

« on: February 19, 2010, 02:47:48 PM »

My humble opinion, is that anyone not voting for Machscreen, haven't used it, yet

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Lathe feed rate overide not working?

« on: January 08, 2010, 10:12:32 AM »

Thanks Hood at least i know the screenset is ok