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Mach4 General Discussion / Re ESS and Mach 4

« on: June 16, 2016, 12:11:21 PM »

I am having trouble getting my charge pump to work on my break out board ,it will not activate i have it in the plugin as pin 9 port 1 and have identified it as charge pump .


And in Mach i have output #9 ,,ESS, Charge pump am i missing something here?

Running MACH 4(V2 )  and original SS plugin for Mach 4 I think the outher one is still Beta .

I am about to abandon this mess and go back to Mach 3 And SS !

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: A axis brake Macro

« on: July 05, 2013, 12:08:00 AM »

Hi everyone ,i finally got around to putting a brake on my A axis and i am trying to write a Macro .

I have gotten the output to come on with the Macro but i can not get it to shut the output off ,i need the brake to be on when stationary and release when a G01A move is called and then activate again after the A Move.

I have been looking around at script ,do i need a separate Macro for the release of the brake ?

And i am not sure how to write the release part :Code "G01A" and then Deactivate (Output 1) and do i need a While Is Moving in there.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thank You Woffler 

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / re crop circles in wizard radius turn

« on: June 14, 2013, 08:09:12 PM »

Hi everyone i am having the crop circle problem in turn with the latest version of Mach turn R3. 043,66, i read all i could on the subject and i am in ABS ,IJ Incremental mode and i have the reverse tool post box unchecked but it keeps coming out with a inverted circle on the end of the shaft.
I am currently getting a post modified for turn and i got the threading fixed but now i have this problem and am a little lost as as what to try ,the inverted circles are coming from the wizard and the preview looks weird.

I have attached a g code sample file with the offending code .

Thank's to all who reply or take a look

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Share Your GCode / 1/2 tapered pipe thread lathe

« on: June 04, 2013, 11:25:44 AM »

This is a known good 1/2 pipe thread for use.

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SmoothStepper USB / RE: spindle encoder on ESS

« on: June 02, 2013, 08:25:47 PM »

Hi everyone ,i am trying to research the encoder function of the ESS for spindle sync of my lathe spindle , i want to use the C53 board from CNC4 PC .   http://www.cnc4pc.com/Store/osc/product_info.php?products_id=483
 What i am wanting to know is has anyone done this and how did it work for them ?

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General Mach Discussion / Scripter compile errors

« on: May 15, 2013, 01:44:49 PM »

Hi everyone ,I am getting a lot of scripter compile errors in Mach with mill and lathe on two different PC,S with the current lock down version of Mach and the current ESS plugin
 I am not sure what is causing this, I recently went to a ESS and this started , never had it from the parallel port's .

So I am not sure if it is Mach or the ESS plugin causing this, it is really bad in lathe from the NFS wizards happens most of the time.

It just started doing it with MSM when probing ,just crashed the probe into the table and again when probing a pocket 

These mill has been in service running from the parallel port for over 4 year's with no major problems I can never remember seeing a scripter compile error before.

Thank's Woffler

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Need post for BOBCAD lathe V24

« on: March 18, 2013, 09:06:58 PM »

Hi everyone i need a post for BobCad V24 lathe inch and diameter mode, i have tried all i can find no luck yet .
A fanuc post was about as close as i can get but mach still throwing errors .
Thanks Dusty
 

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General Mach Discussion / re : Mach turn ,tool radius index too big

« on: December 28, 2011, 01:25:16 PM »

I am just starting to use mach turn ,have used mill for years, problem when using outside post proc. i get this Tool radius index too big line 40 .   How ever there is no line 40, it seems to buck line N19 ,i am posting the g code please look it over and let me know what i am doing wrong ,so i can fix it .


Thank You Dusty

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General Mach Discussion / A axis ignoring moves

« on: November 06, 2011, 04:18:20 PM »

I am having some trouble with Mach version 3.043.37, i will post the code for you to look at . This is a simple index program and i am not sure if this is a Mach problem or a Post Pross. problem.

It will rotate for the first 45 degree move and then it will skip all subsequent ( A ) axis moves! driving me nut's !!! could someone either test this with there (A) axis or look and see if they can find out what's going on.


Thank's to all Dusty

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General Mach Discussion / version 3.043.022, skiping G 53 command's

« on: August 31, 2011, 03:11:25 PM »

I downloaded the newest lock down version and it is skipping right through a G53Z0 command and a G53 X0Y0 command , i can provide file if need be. 

 Thank,s