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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Jogging in Mach3 while paused using M0
« on: February 23, 2018, 07:43:18 PM »
Hi,
Thank you in advance for your help.
About 5 years ago I loaded Mach3 into a PC to control a CNC router. I wrote G code files to control the machine and used M0 to pause the program while the spindle is still running. I then was able to jog the spindle a safe distance away and secure the pattern that I was cutting with retaining screws. Upon completing this I could resume operating the file and the spindle would automatically travel back to its original location (the coordinates on the line prior to the M0 command).
I had a problem with the motherboard in the old PC and so replaced the computer. In the meantime I licensed another copy of Mach3. Now when the program pauses at the M0 command I am unable to jog the spindle.
Has the Mach3 program been altered in the intervening 5 years to disable the jogging function while the M0 command is active?
I have written at least several hundred G-code programs in the meantime and would like to avoid having to alter all of them to accommodate such a change.
Thank you in advance for your help.
About 5 years ago I loaded Mach3 into a PC to control a CNC router. I wrote G code files to control the machine and used M0 to pause the program while the spindle is still running. I then was able to jog the spindle a safe distance away and secure the pattern that I was cutting with retaining screws. Upon completing this I could resume operating the file and the spindle would automatically travel back to its original location (the coordinates on the line prior to the M0 command).
I had a problem with the motherboard in the old PC and so replaced the computer. In the meantime I licensed another copy of Mach3. Now when the program pauses at the M0 command I am unable to jog the spindle.
Has the Mach3 program been altered in the intervening 5 years to disable the jogging function while the M0 command is active?
I have written at least several hundred G-code programs in the meantime and would like to avoid having to alter all of them to accommodate such a change.