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SmoothStepper USB / ESS and Mach4
« on: February 16, 2015, 10:18:19 AM »
So this machine has been running Mach4 with the ESS for sometime now.  I just upgraded it to Mach4 build 2223 and the ESS plugin on the Warp9 website.  This plug in was a little newer than the one i had installed.  See the video for my new issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyPJp9YoB5U

That ticking sound is the relay on pin 1 of port 1 when the y axis is jogged (pin4 step and pin 5 dir).  Pin1 was being used for the reverse signal to the vfd, that is now disconnected, and I uncofigured pin 1 in the ess plugin and the output signal in mach4.  the video is in that that, nothing should be doing anything on pin1.  the spindle doesn't work at all now.  very annoying.  this all worked fine, foward and reverse prior to the update.  my assumption is something is screwy in the plugin.  anyone experienced the same thing?

In a bind now, have parts that need to get made NOW.  I should know by now not to upgrade prior to a job, but mach4 really needed to be updated.

Thank you for any help and ideas.

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VB and the development of wizards / Need help: VB macro compile error
« on: July 25, 2013, 06:39:06 PM »
I'm in the last stages of a Mach3 retro on a machine that I had running ok under the Industry Controls version of Mach3.  Everything is pretty much up and running except the tool changer.  I edited the m6start macro that I used in Industry Controls  to work in Mach3, there are some very slight differences.  Also in the conversion the a axis became the c axis.  The macro runs fine from the VB window, both stepping through with F7 and running with the play button.  However when I call an M6 from Mach I get a compile error in the message window.  Any ideas?  This was a running macro.  The changes made were removing a door interlock, changing a to c, changing an m code for enabling position control of the spindle, changing "codesingle()" to "code()" in all instances.  I think that's it for changes.

Any help is greatly appreciated.  Thank you.

TOM

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Need Help! DSPMC Setup
« on: March 29, 2013, 02:13:57 PM »
Setting up a DSPMC with Delta servos and drives.  I have the drives set to speed control mode with ±10V input.  X Y and Z are wired to Ch0, 1, 2 respectively.  Differential encoder outputs from the drives wired to their respective inputs on the DSPMC.  I'm having trouble getting the DSPMC to arm.  I gives me a constant Estop signal in Mach regardless of the position of the estop button.  I can see the estop input turn on and off as it should on the diagnostics page.  The limits/home switches are also set properly.  Everytime I hit the reset button it flashes and jumps back into the reset mode.  The dros/encoder counts jump a little and the servos do move some.  I must be missing something, probably something simple I'm sure.  I'm going to head out to re-check all the connections...again.  And review the servo parameters again.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

TOM

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VB and the development of wizards / Password protect a button?
« on: January 21, 2010, 07:56:22 AM »
I'm using a button to toggle screens using ToggleScreens().  I'd like to password protect the button so operators can't get to the set up screens.  I've got the password working fine using the Inputbox Function and TextBox Statement (done it both ways, works either way).  My problem is getting the input box to display password characters (i.e. " * ") instead of the actual typed characters.  Does anybody know how to do this, or if it is even possible?

Thanks for the help.

TOM

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General Mach Discussion / Couple of questions about loading GCode
« on: January 19, 2010, 11:55:42 AM »
Working on 'dummy' proofing a new Mach3 powered VMC.  I'm making screens so that the operator wont see GCode or any axis DROS.  Basically, trying to prevent human error on the operators part.  We have many problems with operators changing code on other machines in the factory.

Is there a way to have Mach load a certain gcode file automatically when the software starts?  Once set up this machine will not be running anything else except the occasional ball bar.

Thanks

TOM

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