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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Is G04 (dwell) time utterly inaccurate? Below a certain value, pauses are equal.
« on: June 16, 2011, 09:48:57 PM »
Sorry guys, I wasn't clear on my previous post. I'm running the scribe with a pneumatic cylinder, and controlling it with a selenoid from the #2 output.
The mechanics all work beautifully. I ran some Gcode test moves today, and I can get approx 500ms pause with a Go4 command, or no pause at all. This is exactly the same issue the original poster had, when trying to get a 100 - 300 millisecond pause.
It appears that a 500ms pause is no problem... anything less, and mach wont do it.
After reading some other threads on the same issue, it appears that a VB script marco, with a sleep command WILL do the short pauses... that a G04 command wont.
Now.... since I have no idea how to write a macro, could someone offer me a few pointers on the basics?
All I'm looking for is a macro that has a "sleep 100" line that will work, and I can modify the pause length.
thanks for the help!
Jim
The mechanics all work beautifully. I ran some Gcode test moves today, and I can get approx 500ms pause with a Go4 command, or no pause at all. This is exactly the same issue the original poster had, when trying to get a 100 - 300 millisecond pause.
It appears that a 500ms pause is no problem... anything less, and mach wont do it.
After reading some other threads on the same issue, it appears that a VB script marco, with a sleep command WILL do the short pauses... that a G04 command wont.
Now.... since I have no idea how to write a macro, could someone offer me a few pointers on the basics?
All I'm looking for is a macro that has a "sleep 100" line that will work, and I can modify the pause length.
thanks for the help!
Jim