Topics

1

Mach4 General Discussion / Jog buttons not obeying incremental mode

« on: April 01, 2023, 12:08:50 PM »

I have a behaviour I don't understand.
I have mapped some buttons to Jogging in Mach4.
Buttons are connected to a Pokeys as matrix keyboard and then mapped to Jog inputs in Mach4 inputs config.
They work but always as continuous jogging even if jog mode is toggled to incremental.
Anyone any idea why this is and how I can get these buttons to work in incremental mode?

2

Mach4 General Discussion / mpg "Velocity mode"

« on: March 18, 2023, 11:50:22 AM »

I'm just starting to try Mach4 moving from Mach3.
I have an mpg connected to Pokeys57U.
In Mach4 I don't see any way of running mpg with "Velocity mode" per Mach3, which I found to be a very useful mode of operation for larger moves and rough positioning before switching to incremental mode for slow fine positioning.
As far as I can tell Mach4 only works with mpg in incremental mode which will easily "wind up" causing potential long continuation of motion after mpg stopped.
Is there a way to implement the Mach3 mpg Velocity mode in Mach4?

Thanks Peter 

3

Mach4 General Discussion / Set focus to DRO

« on: January 14, 2022, 06:43:39 PM »

I'm trying to convert from Mach3 to Mach4 on my 3 axis mill.
I have a CNC panel with buttons and keypad. I'd like to set focus to a DRO from a buttons on the panel. This is to enter values in to the DRO.
I had this working on Mach3 but cannot find how to set focus to a control in Lua.
Does anyone know how this can be done?

Thanks

Pete 

4

VB and the development of wizards / Changing toolpath view programatically

« on: September 10, 2013, 05:10:35 AM »

I would like to change the toolpath view programmatically in Mach3. i.e. zoom in or out, pan and tilt etc.
Is there a way to do this from VB for instance?
Background: I have a cnc setup without touch screen and am trying to eliminate need to use mouse input but need some ability to manipulate the toolpath view from button inputs.