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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Macro Question...
« on: March 30, 2019, 11:24:51 PM »
I got it figured out, thanks.

Matt

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VB and the development of wizards / Macro Question...
« on: March 30, 2019, 03:55:21 PM »
I found a VB script that will email me when executed. Most people set it up as an M30 macro. I am wanting to set it up as an M03 macro instead. My question is how do I get it to make the subject line of the email the next line in the G-Code? The reason for this is that Vectric Aspire will put the name of the step that it is running after every line with M03. I want an email to be sent to me every time a new step is ran with the subject line being the name of the step which requires reading that next line. Here is a sample of the applicable lines of G-Code as it is generated by aspire:

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...
N350G00Z0.2000
N360S16000M03
(Step 1 - 8th - Inside Holes)
()
N390G00X4.0365Y4.7133Z0.2000
...
 

AND

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...
N90880G00Z0.2000
N90890S16000M03
(Step 2 - 8th - Slow Profile Cut)
()
N90920G00X0.8160Y92.2155Z0.2000
...

Any help with reading the following line after the M03 so I can use it in my code like this would be appreciated:

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Set objMessage = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
objMessage.Subject = <<LINE IN G-CODE FILE AFTER LINE CONTAINING THE M03 THAT TRIGGERED THE MACRO GOES HERE>>
objMessage.From = """Me"" <me@my.com>"
objMessage.To = "******************xx@*********xx.com"        *******************Insert Your Email address
objMessage.TextBody = "This is some sample message text.." & vbCRLF & "It was sent using SMTP authentication."

Thanks,
Matt

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Axis Calibration...
« on: May 13, 2016, 09:52:04 AM »
Thanks Royce, a search in Youtube did not seem to return a Mach4 calibration video, do you happen to have a link to it? I found a link in a thread but it was broken.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 Axis Calibration...
« on: May 13, 2016, 03:37:06 AM »
I saw some discussion about Mach4 not having the same calibration wizard to calibrate your axis steps that Mach3 has. Those discussions are a year old now, did that ever get implemented into Mach4?


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General Mach Discussion / Re: Dust Collector blowing fuses...
« on: April 29, 2016, 01:37:37 AM »
The opto22 is a solid state relay. The motor is 120v and 2 H.P.


Depends on the Opto22 relay type. Is it a solid state type or contacts? Is the motor 120 or 220V and what is the HP? The blower motor probably takes 2 or 3 seconds to reach full speed which is fast enough not to cause relay overloading damage. The problem occurs when the motor is turned on and the relay contacts arc for a few millisecond. This causes contact pitting over time and eventual failure. 

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Great thanks! what should I do with the neutral wire from the 220v wall outlet? Do I leave it on the ground lug on the VFD as shown in the photo or should I move it to the 'T' terminal?

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geh7552 thank you for answering this question (and my other questions too)... should I add a current limiting resistor? What you say makes perfect sense because now that I think about it the only times it has happened is on cold starts. If I shut it off and then back on it doesn't trip the breaker.. The question I guess then is how do I prevent this since the MFG did not seem to put the current limiting resistor on the capacitors

Thanks.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Dust Collector blowing fuses...
« on: April 28, 2016, 04:41:58 PM »
Do you think that start up current would fry my Opto22 relay which is rated at 25A?

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What is an external BOB?

The panel on my shop does not have the neutral and ground busses connected but they are connected on the house box. I remember because subpanels are not supposed to have the ground and neutral connected.

I do not understand what you mean about a "positive earth ground". The 220v coming into the VFD has two hots and a ground, I confirmed that the 220 ground wire does connect to the sub-panel ground do I need to ground the VFD ground with the Chassis ground in the control box (which is the grounding bus for everything in the box including the 120v ground)?

I think what confuses me the most is how the VFD shielding can effect anything considering it is only connected on one side, there is nothing for it to conduct.

What should I do in my setup to fix this or do you recommend keeping the VFD shielding not connected to anything?


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So is this an indication of another problem or should I just leave the resistor off and call it good?

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