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VB and the development of wizards / Writing coordinates to a file
« on: May 05, 2008, 12:45:24 AM »
Ok, so I got Mach3 setup to my mill table, and use a ModIO which I hooked up a laser displacement sensor mapped through an analog input to a DRO (haven't figured out which one yet, so just using the manual feed override DRO as instructed in the tutorial videos.

I'm just stuck ion two more points and was wondering if anyone could offer any advice.

First off.......Can I map an analog input to a DRO such as my A-axis readout on the main screen?? 

Second.......is there a tutorial around that demonstrates how to take the X, Y and Laser displacement value and write them to a file??    I'm a VB.net guy, so the legacy vb is a bit rough for me, but I'm looking for something very similar to the digitizing wizard, but instead of the Z value, it would record the analog input.

Any advice?? 

Thanks a lot, this program is killer and I plan on making my purchase soon!


Dan

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General Mach Discussion / Question about Mach3 and inputs
« on: July 08, 2007, 03:32:11 AM »
Hello all, first post here.

I just recently acquired 2 laser displacement sensors  with a 4" working range that I would like to fit to a 2 axis table I'm constructing (I might add a moving z-axis if I need later).   The purpose is for laser scanning objects.   I would have gone touch-probe, but I picked up the sensors for a remarkably good price.

The question I have is about Mach3 and inputs.  The output is a 4ma-20ma, and it comes with a 249ohm resistor to give me a 0-5V result. 

I noticed the Gecko breakout boards have an analog input.

If I used a board with an input such as that, does Mach3 have the ability to record the points for generating a point cloud?

I'm just trying to find if there is software that does this before I take the long route and code it myself.   I've heard great things about Mach3 and am hoping it has this type of option for analog inputs.

Thanks in advance.

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