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Mach4 Plugins / Re: mcX360 Plugin for Lua
« on: May 11, 2018, 05:53:01 AM »
Hi DazTheGas,

I'm using your plugin with TomL21's  XboxPMC and it works. Since I can view the Regs within Diagnostics->RegFile I
don't need the debug output in mach4's last error. Is there a way to turn off the debug messages ?

Helmut

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Spindle at Speed
« on: May 09, 2018, 11:19:33 AM »
Hi

thanks Steve

this was the trick:

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The signal based waiting also does NOT require a custom m3.mcs script.  If you have a m3 script, it will override the default behavior of the Core and you will have to duplicate the default behavior. 

I did not delete the m3.mcs, I just commented out all lines.


Helmut

 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Spindle at Speed
« on: May 07, 2018, 08:10:21 AM »
Hi,

as I said earlier, my VFD is connected via modbus and I found now documentation how to do that with modbus.


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Rubbish. The Signal is defined its Action is not....you the machine integrator have to decide what action is correct and code it accordingly. Mach4 IS NOT LIKE Mach3, its not
plug and play.


No Rubbish, At least mcSignalWait(..) is not working with the signals "Spindle At Speed" and "Spindle At Zero".
Remember I have a Mach4Hobby license and for a Hobby User I can expect some out of the box functionality.
I could live with the restrictions but there is also no documentation. Can you tell me where can I find this "The Signal is defined its Action is not...."
in the documentation.

Everything I have done so far was by trail and error or by looking in the forum. The documentation is for sure rubbish !!!

Helmut

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Spindle at Speed
« on: May 06, 2018, 10:06:18 AM »
Hi Craig,

I have read that thread. But still, it make no sense to me to define the signal,"Spindle At Speed" and "Spindle At Zero" when you can't use it.
Like hakan said, it's a bug/or unfinished software.

BTW: I changed my m3,m4 and m5 like you suggested, and it works for now.

Helmut

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Mach4 General Discussion / Spindle at Speed
« on: May 06, 2018, 08:26:49 AM »
Hello,

I have a Hitachi VFD connected via modbus to Mach4, and almost everything works as it should.
The VFD has two coils Mach4 spindel_at_speed and spindle_at_zero.
I can see them in the modbus monitor. But when I connect the modbus coils to mach4 "Spindle At Speed" and
"Spindle At Zero" mach4 does not wait for the signals. Instead is starts immediately with the gcode moves.

Why can I connect the modbus coils to the input signal, if they doing nothing ?
Is this a bug or a feature ?

Helmut

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