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General Mach Discussion / Skip Code?

« on: January 14, 2014, 11:42:42 AM »

Hello everyone,

I'm building a somewhat(actually very much so) custom Cylinder cutter. I'm trying to automate as much of the process as possible. Basically, when the cylinder gets cut, I would like it to hit a microswitch as it falls off. This microswitch would (Hopefully) give an input to Mach3, then Mach3 would use that input to skip the current line of code it is on and move to the next line of code.

Is there such functionality in Mach3? I've looked in the VB guide and done a little(Very little) research on Brains, but I haven't been able to find my answers. Can someone here help me?

Thanks for your time.

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General Mach Discussion / Help programming inputs

« on: January 10, 2014, 02:55:06 PM »

Hello, I'm trying to program an input into Mach3. Basically, I want to make a wait statement. Where do you go to configure the usage of OEM triggers or Inputs? Also, does Mach3 support any kind of "Wait for Input" feature? I cannot find a G-code for any kind of wait statement.

To give you a better Idea of what I'm trying to do, I want a program to run a set number of codes, send an output to an alternate program, and then halt Mach3's operation until the other program sends a signal back to Mach3 to continue operation. I understand this can be done manually with an M0 or M1 code, but I need it to automatically restart after the break.

Keep in mind: this is my first post on this forum, and I'm not sure where it goes. Keep in mind I just got this Mach3 software. I am certainly not a CNC pro either.