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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Filter for Start LED, OemLed(804)

« on: September 05, 2011, 09:36:02 PM »

Mum's the word.  Thanks again

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Filter for Start LED, OemLed(804)

« on: September 05, 2011, 08:57:27 PM »

Well, that works quite nicely.  Thanks a bunch!  The bad part is that appears that 179 is a "secret LED", as it doesn't show up in any of my lists or even the MachMAD pull down, and now I'm afraid the Men In Black are going to show up at my door and nerualize me.

I've been working off of the spreadsheet I downloaded from here named Mach_OEM_codes...maybe a year or two ago.  Is there a better, more complete list out there?

Thanks again!

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VB and the development of wizards / Filter for Start LED, OemLed(804)

« on: September 05, 2011, 06:49:38 PM »

OK, you smart fellers, maybe you can help me out.
OEM LED 804 is on when running a g-code program, but it also flickers on when you load a new g-code program or regen toolpath.  Is there a different LED, or something with which I can filter 804 so I can tell ONLY when I'm actually running a program vs. performing a regen?

(BTW, if anyone is customizing their system and hasn't spent the $10 on MachMAD, I can tell you it'll be the best $10 you ever spend.  I just picked it up and it has already proven useful.  Nice work, Pappa.)

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Brains Development / Re: Most basic Brain queston - selection of items in editor

« on: March 25, 2011, 06:40:17 AM »

Ah! Thanks Greg.

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Brains Development / Most basic Brain queston - selection of items in editor

« on: March 24, 2011, 11:10:16 PM »

How do you selecto two "boxes" to perform a combined operation like an AND.  Shift + click doesn't work.  Watched the videos, but can't tell what keys Art's using.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie. What am I doing wrong?

« on: February 12, 2011, 10:39:21 AM »

Nametags for the kiddies was my first CNC project too.  I figured that made up for the year of utter neglect while I got the machine running. 

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Mach Screens / Re: Reprogram Jog Button code to not move if Z is < variable height

« on: December 28, 2010, 11:11:45 PM »

Wow.  I'm surprised someone hasn't helped you out with this one yet.  Let me give it a shot, though I'm one of the least qualified.

You'll want to make the button to run VB code edited in Mach 3

For the X+ jog button the script should be something like...

If GetOEMDRO(802)>[your value here] then
DoOEMButton(307)
End if

X- DoOEMButton (308), Y+ and Y- are 309 and 310.

This may also be completely wrong.  For example, I'm not sure how continuous jog mode will work with this.  Test carefully.

Maybe one of the smart guys will take this opportunity to point out the errors in my thinking.

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Mach Screens / Re: What displays the G-code filename?

« on: December 28, 2010, 10:57:36 PM »

Cool.  Thanks guys.

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Mach Screens / Re: What displays the G-code filename?

« on: December 27, 2010, 10:31:38 AM »

Ok, so the text itself is the link to the data... I see it now... and in a few other locations on the screen as well.  Is there a list out there of items that can be displayed in this manner?

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Mach Screens / What displays the G-code filename?

« on: December 26, 2010, 11:02:29 PM »

On the stock mach 3 screens, what loads the g-code file name into the box right below the g-code box?  When I look at that text display, it doesn't seem to have any scripting associated with it. 

I must be missing a trick here somewhere?