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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: February 19, 2014, 08:18:28 PM »

Thanks Guys. Overloaded solved my problem with persistent DROs.

Here is a more difficult one:
I got a PCB contact plate connected to a parallel input pin set active low and set as the probe input.
Together with a VB button script, it works very well.

I would like to add an LED indicator on the main screen next to the Auto Tool Zero.
Nothing fancy, the LED would just show the status of the probe allowing me to test the probe before running the script.
At this point, I have no idea on how to customize screens.

Any idea where to buy small parallels. 1/4" to about 1"?

Thanks

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New people welcome !! Come in here and introduce your self!

« on: February 19, 2014, 01:54:58 PM »

Hi
My name is Bernard, I am a new user. I just got started with this new hobby and just starting with milling. I just received a brand new Taig CNC from Soigeneris.
I do electronics project and I plan to have fun building PCB prototypes, enclosures for my projects and more. I have zero milling experience.
Actually, I drilled one hole in a PVC pipe yesterday !

I have been playing with Eagle, CamBam, Mach3 and CutViewer for the past few weeks while waiting for my Taig.
Using CutViewer as a virtual milling tool, I now feel comfortable to start experimenting with the real thing.

I have one support question. I do not have limit or home switches. I do not think I need them. I still like to use the soft limits.
I have them set-up and I manually zero out the machine coordinates close to the "corner".  For my application my machine coordinates do not have to be precise.
I have to perform this function every time I re-open Mach3 since it looses the machine coordinates when I close and boots with a zero value.
My workaround is to send the machine Home before I close the program. To do this, I use a G55 offset (0,0,0) and then I goto Zero.

There has to be a better way to do this... like saving machine coordinates between program runs or a simpler way to go HOME (machine zero) without limit switch.

It you can help me, that would be great.
Thanks