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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Delay in G-code - can't seem to eliminate it

« on: March 07, 2013, 09:56:52 AM »

The GCode I posted at the start, the XML I'm unsure of, is this the configuration file for Mach3?

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Delay in G-code - can't seem to eliminate it

« on: March 07, 2013, 09:28:54 AM »

The M3 code was "SpinCW()" - or something very similar. No timing commands.

I checked the values for delay in Mach3 and they all seem to be 0 - is there a place I may have missed?

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Delay in G-code - can't seem to eliminate it

« on: March 06, 2013, 03:17:48 PM »

Not sure what you mean - how would I check that?

I thought the G-Code was pretty much the lowest level.

Steve

P.S. I recently went from a router to a spindle, and I played with the settings. At the same time I moved to a different G-Code generation processor - so before both of those changes everything was fine.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Delay in G-code - can't seem to eliminate it

« on: March 06, 2013, 01:48:57 PM »

I will do that again, I was pretty sure that they were all set to 0.

When I get back tonight I will take a look.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Delay in G-code - can't seem to eliminate it

« on: March 06, 2013, 01:17:07 PM »

I guess the easiest thing to do would be to delete the M03 command from the G-code processor definition - I start the spindle manually so I don't really need it.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Delay in G-code - can't seem to eliminate it

« on: March 06, 2013, 12:22:02 PM »

It's been doing it for several days now, so I don't think restarting is the issue.

Good idea on the G-code though - there's the rest of it...

N160S12000M03

N170(Toolpath:- center2_pocket)
N180()
N190G94
N200X0.0000Y0.0000F50.0
...

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Delay in G-code - can't seem to eliminate it

« on: March 06, 2013, 11:09:13 AM »

Hi,

I'm not in front of the machine right now, but I've been having a problem recently with a 6-8 second delay before the machine starts to cut.

In the following G-code:

(Toolpaths used in this file:)
(center2_pocket)
(center2_cut)
(Tools used in this file: )
(1 = End Mill {0.125 inch})
N110G00G20G17G90G40G49G80
N120G70G91.1
N130T1M06
N140 (End Mill {0.125 inch})
N150G00G43Z0.8000H1

N160S12000M03  << This line waits

I'm assuming it is a "spin-up" delay for the spindle, but I've set everything back in Mach3 to 0.

I don't see anything in the preceding G-code that would override the values in the settings - does anyone have any ideas why it is still waiting?   

Thanks,
Steve

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Mach3 controlling CO2 Laser - progress and some tips on alignment

« on: December 10, 2012, 09:10:38 AM »

I didn't quite understand from your description but your picture made it very clear - makes perfect sense - thanks!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange 8 second delay on M03

« on: December 05, 2012, 01:38:36 PM »

I can check on that later today - it doesn't stop me from working, but just delays things a bit ;-)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange 8 second delay on M03

« on: December 05, 2012, 01:27:21 PM »

It was the "new" plugin for the Huanyang vfd.

I will go back and check the General Config page, but I'm pretty sure I cleared all the values I entered.