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FAQs / Re: 5th axis display

« on: August 06, 2016, 01:14:59 PM »

That is what I had concluded and it's not a problem. I just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed something. Many thanks for your help.

Walt

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FAQs / Re: 5th axis display

« on: August 06, 2016, 04:16:40 AM »

Another way to say this is: The first time I hook my machine to Mach3, how do I put in some reasonable values for machine coordinates? Sorry to be a pest, but I'm stumped.

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FAQs / Re: 5th axis display

« on: August 06, 2016, 04:02:49 AM »

Thanks. I guess my real question is: Is there any way to directly enter values into the machine coordinate DRO's? I can't seem to find any way.

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FAQs / Re: 5th axis display

« on: August 06, 2016, 03:45:52 AM »

Thanks, I'll look into that. Meanwhile, I can set some hotkeys to jog and look at the 5th axis on the diagnostic display which is good enough for now. I was just hoping there was a way to see it on the run display.

Perhaps you can help me with something else. I'm new at this and have run into a bit of a snag. In order to initialize the machine, I can see how you can use G28 or Reference to set Mach3 to home. However, if the home position has been lost, then it is  required that you disengage the physical drives after moving manually to home, and then use G28, etc. Is there any way you can set values in the machine coordinate DRO's? As far as I can see, you can't zero the DRO's  or enter values from the keyboard.

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FAQs / 5th axis display

« on: August 05, 2016, 06:24:22 AM »

I'm trying to set up steppers on the A and B axes under Mach3. The 4th axis DRO on the display  only shows the A axis and I can't seem to find out how to switch it to display B or C. I'm sure there must be a way to do this otherwise they would have just labelled it A rather than 4. I know I am going to feel really stupid when one of you tells me how to do this. Many thanks.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: A problem writing macros

« on: October 20, 2011, 11:30:22 AM »

Fantastic, it works! I just couldn't see where I was going wrong. Many many thanks.

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General Mach Discussion / A problem writing macros

« on: October 20, 2011, 11:09:38 AM »

I am trying to convert my mill with Mach3 and I've run into a bit of a problem. I want to toggle an output bit to control a solenoid to lock my Z axis. I wrote two macros ( M64 and M65) as follows:
M64
ActivateSignal(output4)
and M65
DeactivateSignal(output4)
I set up the output to connect to the right pin and put these in my profile macro folder as M64.mls and M65.mls. I can't see that there is anything else to do but when I try these under MSI nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? I would be very grateful for some help.