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Mach4 General Discussion / "Probe interrupted"

« on: August 11, 2017, 08:14:44 PM »

Hi

As title states i have a probe error, and now i am trying to get this fixed once and for all, tired of not having my probe working.

I am running the famous pokeys57cnc board, and boy how that one performs... i wish.. ohh well, it performs well for motions and working just as i want, except for probing.

Have been checking forums and all, and cant see that anyone else mentions this error.

I have now stripped my board down, disconnected EVERYTHING just to see if i can find the source of my error, So now i only have my pokeys57cnc, power to it from 12v psu, ethernet cable for connection, emergency button and my probe.. thats all, all drivers and limits and so on are disconnected and shut down.

Still i do get this error when testing, works some times, but most of the times i get "Probe interrupted" and then the Z axis doesnt stop on probe hit, it just continues untill it reaches abit then stops on error.

Have checked my lines for noise with osciloscope and cant find any noise even down to the largest resolution i can get.
I just got a new file from polabs to test, same result on that one.


Anyone else getting this error ?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Raise the Z first / "SafeZ"

« on: June 09, 2017, 10:08:29 AM »

Hi, is it possible to have the Z axis raised first when i am done with a job ?

My code from cam states:

G28 G90 Z0
G28 X0 Y0
M30

And all 3 axis moves at the same time. What i would like it that the Z axis moves to home first, Then X/Y axis combined.


I also would like to know if it is possible to change the G28 location ? As my home location is at the front, And when i use my plexi shield, i dont want the spindle to rush forward and crash into it.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 stopping (Licensed and not demo)

« on: June 04, 2017, 04:10:21 PM »

When trying to run a test file on my new installed Mach4, I get this error everytime it is about to start a new task (at this file it was from facing, and over to making some holes. All with the same bit)
Cant get past that point. This happends to other files as well.

And yes, It's registered and not a demo.

(Read status point, something about the same tool)

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 needs reset all the time

« on: May 29, 2017, 01:27:09 PM »

Hi, Bought Mach4 yesterday and i do like it for now as i still doing some setup, Have connected the mister on relay, and dust collector (not assigned an M code yet)

Homing works great, probing doesnt (and lots have problems with it)

But what is really annoying is:

If i do homing, I have to push reset after
If i use an MDI command, i need to reset after
If i run a test file i need to reset... guess you see the point by now.

Also, when i do run some of my older files in "Airmode" for testing, it kinda stops on M codes all the time.. then i have to push reset and then Cycle start again.. This cant be right ?
I noticed this between 2 different cuts on one file, One was roughing and next one was a finnishing cut.. and it stopped after roughing and didnt continue with the finnishing cut.. i then had to push reset and then cycle start again.
The file doesnt change tool or anything, only cut speed and dept mainly..

Also, anyone got a toolchange script like the 2010 screenset for mach3 ? Anyone working on it ?