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Mach4 General Discussion / Tool table issue

« on: August 23, 2019, 04:03:27 AM »

Hi
I have some strange tool table issue which has driven me crazy. After i have set all tools in my tool table (lathe) everything works great, but after I shut down mach4 and later on open the application again the tool table has reset... example tool 1 i have X value of -50.0450 (in mm) and after i restart mach4 it suddenly becomes -50.0000 and for tool 3 I have set -35.5437 which comes -35.0000 after reset and so on.... I really don't want to write these values every time I start up mach4 and would be interested what is causing this issue?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Lathe threading issue

« on: April 22, 2018, 02:18:00 PM »

Hi
I been using Mach4 with Pokeys57CNC for my mill, but now that I been trying to get my lathe work with Pokeys57U with external IO for steppers and Mach4 I have some strange issues with threading. I use indexer with pokeys and it reads RPM fine. When I try to make threads (metric) with the canned cycles which is built in mach4 I can't get threads right at all.  If I example put 1.75 for pitch and let it run it will make 1mm threads. (actually whatever pitch I use it will always make the same 1mm pitch threads expect if I use pitches under 1mm then it makes threads with smaller pitch). Does anyone have any idea what could cause this? (oh and sorry for bad writing... I am quite tired as I did try to fix this all day)

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Mach4 General Discussion / Pokeys57CNC and probing

« on: June 29, 2016, 02:49:16 PM »

Hi

I have been running succesfully pokeys57cnc controller to drive my cnc router, but now that i have been trying to get probing to work i have seriously "hit a wall". Whatever settings i have tried it says either no contact with probe or that probe is obstructed. When i check the machine diagnostics and pokeys own input diagnostig it seems work well and in mach it shows that probe input gets activated when i close the switch (i am using NO switch to test the probing function). I took log of what is happening and will past it here so if anyone can help me to find out what is causing this error.

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2016-06-29 18:48:54.528 - API: mcCntlEnable(true) called.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.530 - Signal id 1018, (Enable #0), changed from LOW to HIGH.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.541 - Signal id 1019, (Enable #1), changed from LOW to HIGH.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.548 - [PoKeys] Axis enabled changed 1

2016-06-29 18:48:54.552 - Signal id 1020, (Enable #2), changed from LOW to HIGH.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.564 - [PoKeys] Updating enable output signals
2016-06-29 18:48:54.569 - Signal id 1021, (Enable #3), changed from LOW to HIGH.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.583 - [PoKeys] Axis enabled changed 7

2016-06-29 18:48:54.586 - Signal id 1120, (Machine Enabled), changed from LOW to HIGH.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.596 - [PoKeys] Updating enable output signals
2016-06-29 18:48:54.612 - [PoKeys] Axis enabled changed 15

2016-06-29 18:48:54.627 - [PoKeys] Updating enable output signals
2016-06-29 18:48:54.640 - [PoKeys] PoKeys Pulse engine enabled
2016-06-29 18:48:54.652 - [PoKeys] Enabling motion - Buffer with 0 moves is being cleared!
2016-06-29 18:48:54.668 - [PoKeys] Updating motion parameters in device
2016-06-29 18:48:54.706 - All motors marked as still.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.707 - All motors marked as still.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.707 - All motors marked as still.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.707 - All motors marked as still.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.708 - All motors marked as still.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.708 - All motors marked as still.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.708 - All motors marked as still.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.709 - All motors marked as still.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.710 - API: mcMotionSync() called.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.710 - SyncPosition()! Clearing planner.
2016-06-29 18:48:54.710 - [PoKeys] Switching to RUNNING state...
2016-06-29 18:48:59.644 - API: mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait() called. (G0 G90 G40 G80)
2016-06-29 18:48:59.848 - Attempt transition from "Idle" on event "MDI Start" Controller.cpp:1961
2016-06-29 18:48:59.849 - S_IDLE_on_exit
2016-06-29 18:48:59.849 - MACH_STATE_start_mdi
2016-06-29 18:48:59.849 - S_MDI_RUNNING_on_entry
2016-06-29 18:48:59.849 - S_MDI_RUNNING2_on_entry
2016-06-29 18:48:59.851 - Signal id 1114, (Gcode Running), changed from LOW to HIGH.
2016-06-29 18:48:59.966 - Attempt transition from "MDI Running" on event "Stop" GcodeExec.cpp:943
2016-06-29 18:48:59.966 - S_MDI_RUNNING2_on_exit
2016-06-29 18:48:59.966 - Signal id 1114, (Gcode Running), changed from HIGH to LOW.
2016-06-29 18:48:59.967 - S_MDI_RUNNING_on_exit
2016-06-29 18:48:59.967 - MACH_STATE_stop
2016-06-29 18:49:00.035 - S_IDLE_on_entry
2016-06-29 18:49:00.036 - API: mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait() called. (G43 H1)
2016-06-29 18:49:00.241 - Attempt transition from "Idle" on event "MDI Start" Controller.cpp:1961
2016-06-29 18:49:00.241 - S_IDLE_on_exit
2016-06-29 18:49:00.241 - MACH_STATE_start_mdi
2016-06-29 18:49:00.241 - S_MDI_RUNNING_on_entry
2016-06-29 18:49:00.241 - S_MDI_RUNNING2_on_entry
2016-06-29 18:49:00.242 - Signal id 1114, (Gcode Running), changed from LOW to HIGH.
2016-06-29 18:49:00.362 - Attempt transition from "MDI Running" on event "Stop" GcodeExec.cpp:943
2016-06-29 18:49:00.362 - S_MDI_RUNNING2_on_exit
2016-06-29 18:49:00.362 - Signal id 1114, (Gcode Running), changed from HIGH to LOW.
2016-06-29 18:49:00.363 - S_MDI_RUNNING_on_exit
2016-06-29 18:49:00.363 - MACH_STATE_stop
2016-06-29 18:49:00.426 - S_IDLE_on_entry
2016-06-29 18:49:00.428 - API: mcCntlGcodeExecuteWait() called. (G31,0 Z-50,5000 F50,0)
2016-06-29 18:49:00.632 - Attempt transition from "Idle" on event "MDI Start" Controller.cpp:1961
2016-06-29 18:49:00.632 - S_IDLE_on_exit
2016-06-29 18:49:00.632 - MACH_STATE_start_mdi
2016-06-29 18:49:00.632 - S_MDI_RUNNING_on_entry
2016-06-29 18:49:00.633 - S_MDI_RUNNING2_on_entry
2016-06-29 18:49:00.634 - Signal id 1114, (Gcode Running), changed from LOW to HIGH.
2016-06-29 18:49:00.649 - Attempt transition from "MDI Running" on event "Stop" GcodeExec.cpp:994
2016-06-29 18:49:00.649 - S_MDI_RUNNING2_on_exit
2016-06-29 18:49:00.649 - Signal id 1114, (Gcode Running), changed from HIGH to LOW.
2016-06-29 18:49:00.650 - S_MDI_RUNNING_on_exit
2016-06-29 18:49:00.650 - MACH_STATE_stop
2016-06-29 18:49:00.712 - S_IDLE_on_entry
2016-06-29 18:49:00.714 - API: mcCntlEStop() called.
2016-06-29 18:49:00.715 - API: mcCntlEnable(false) called.
2016-06-29 18:49:00.718 - Signal id 1018, (Enable #0), changed from HIGH to LOW.
2016-06-29 18:49:00.733 - Signal id 1019, (Enable #1), changed from HIGH to LOW.
2016-06-29 18:49:00.735 - [PoKeys] Axis enabled changed 14

2016-06-29 18:49:00.744 - Signal id 1020, (Enable #2), changed from HIGH to LOW.
2016-06-29 18:49:00.751 - [PoKeys] Updating enable output signals
2016-06-29 18:49:00.761 - Signal id 1021, (Enable #3), changed from HIGH to LOW.
2016-06-29 18:49:00.779 - [PoKeys] Axis enabled changed 8

2016-06-29 18:49:00.781 - Signal id 1120, (Machine Enabled), changed from HIGH to LOW.
2016-06-29 18:49:00.789 - [PoKeys] Updating enable output signals
2016-06-29 18:49:00.818 - [PoKeys] Axis enabled changed 0

2016-06-29 18:49:00.834 - [PoKeys] Updating enable output signals
2016-06-29 18:49:00.850 - [PoKeys] PoKeys Pulse engine disabled
2016-06-29 18:49:00.864 - [PoKeys] Disabling motion - Buffer with 0 moves is being cleared!