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General Mach Discussion / Screen Button Problem
« on: October 08, 2009, 04:35:44 PM »
Hi all,
I have been running a licensed copy of Mach3 for about 18 months now and find it great. However, I recently decided I wanted to try using a different screen. I downloaded and installed the "Aqua" screen set which is very close to what I was after. However, none of the buttons would function with my pendant control. So I set about customizing the screen shortcuts to adapt to the settings I had for my pendant. I have had about 99% success, but I have one issue which has me confused. I designed the screen on my main PC with an unlicensed copy of Mach3 and all the buttons work great with my pendant. Mist and Flood work well, as does X/Y/Z and Start/Pause. Spindle Speed works great as does feed rate and jog speed. BUT, I cannot get the spindle to turn on and off. Well, I can, but it only turns on once and then turns off once. When I turn it off, the output turns off no problems, however the LED remains on and then the output refuses to go on again unless I hit the Screen E/Stop. If I do that, I can turn it on once and off once and then the LED stays on, output goes off and I can't turn it on again.
I have checked all my settings in Screen4 and have checked the Mach3 configurations of my design PC and of my PC on the CNC and they appear to be identical but the problem still exists.
I really want to change PC's as the old PC has some issues and I want to change screens because I want to start using my new touch screen.
Can anyone offer any advice?
Cheers!
Dwane
I have been running a licensed copy of Mach3 for about 18 months now and find it great. However, I recently decided I wanted to try using a different screen. I downloaded and installed the "Aqua" screen set which is very close to what I was after. However, none of the buttons would function with my pendant control. So I set about customizing the screen shortcuts to adapt to the settings I had for my pendant. I have had about 99% success, but I have one issue which has me confused. I designed the screen on my main PC with an unlicensed copy of Mach3 and all the buttons work great with my pendant. Mist and Flood work well, as does X/Y/Z and Start/Pause. Spindle Speed works great as does feed rate and jog speed. BUT, I cannot get the spindle to turn on and off. Well, I can, but it only turns on once and then turns off once. When I turn it off, the output turns off no problems, however the LED remains on and then the output refuses to go on again unless I hit the Screen E/Stop. If I do that, I can turn it on once and off once and then the LED stays on, output goes off and I can't turn it on again.
I have checked all my settings in Screen4 and have checked the Mach3 configurations of my design PC and of my PC on the CNC and they appear to be identical but the problem still exists.
I really want to change PC's as the old PC has some issues and I want to change screens because I want to start using my new touch screen.
Can anyone offer any advice?
Cheers!
Dwane
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