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Mach Screens / Copying Screens

« on: May 17, 2020, 01:30:40 PM »

How do you copy a screen built on one computer to another computer? I built my screen on my desktop computer but when I go to copy it on to a thumbdrive to take to my CNC computer I get an error. TIA

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General Mach Discussion / Tuning Slaved Axes Motors

« on: January 04, 2017, 11:24:28 AM »

What is the procedure for tuning the two motors of a slaved axes? Do I tune each motor individually while unhooked from the axes? Or do I tune the motors while hooked up to the axes (gantry)? Should the velocity, acceleration, etc numbers (of the two identical motors) on the Motor Tuning Config pages be the same?

Thanks,

Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Input pin and Zero Plate

« on: August 28, 2011, 11:14:05 PM »

Hi. I'm setting up a zero plate and I am having a hard time getting my head around the process.
I have edited the Auto Tool Zero button script by copy/pasting script from another post. I made the plate and wired it to my G540 pin 13. My question...How does the vb script in Auto Tool Zero button know I'm using pin 13 for my touch plate? This is the script I'm using:

 CurrentFeed = GetOemDRO(818) 'Get the current feedrate.
PlateThickness =0.059
ProbeFeed = 5

Code "G90 F" &ProbeFeed

If GetOemLed (825)=0 Then
Code "G4 P2" 'Time to get to the z-plate
Code "G31Z-5 F" &ProbeFeed
Code "G4 P0.25"
While IsMoving()
Sleep(100)
Wend
ZProbePos = GetVar(2002)
Code "G0 Z" &ZProbePos
While IsMoving ()
Sleep(100)
Wend
Call SetDro (2, PlateThickness)
Sleep(100)
Code "G4 P0.5" 'Pause for Dro to update.
Code "G0 Z0.25" 'Change the Z retract height here
Code "(Z axis is now zeroed)"
Code "F" &CurrentFeed
Else
Code "(Z-Plate is grounded, check connection and try again)"
Exit Sub
End If


Thks 

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General Mach Discussion / Slaved Axis Direction

« on: August 10, 2011, 11:01:23 PM »

I built a CNC router with rack and pinion axis. I want to slave my X axis and its parallel A axis. I bought cncrouterparts rack and pinions. When I move the X axis both motors move in the same direction...as they should. The problem is when the motors are mounted on the machine the face each other so when one motor is going north the other is going south. How do you change the direction of A axis so that the motors move in the same direction when mounted on the machine?