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Mach4 General Discussion / 4th (A) axis DRO not showing correct value

« on: April 07, 2022, 02:52:34 PM »

Hi all,

I've got my 4th axis setup for testing. After getting my servo drive and mach4 motor 3 setup, I am able to move the axis very accurately. However, the DRO is way off (e.g. moving from 0 to 65 degrees moves the axis to 65 degrees, but the DRO reads approximately 2.0791). I can't find any other settings in Mach that would account for this weird scaling. The DRO is using the 'A Multiple Pos' setting. Any ideas?


-Mark

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Multiple Mach4 Installations

« on: March 16, 2022, 08:35:25 AM »

Thanks for the quick reply! I will give it a try.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Multiple Mach4 Installations

« on: March 16, 2022, 08:28:48 AM »

Hi all,

I have Mach4 Industrial, along with a Hicon Integra controller. I want to upgrade the Hicon firmware/plugin, but I also need to upgrade my Mach4 installation. Is there an issue with installing Mach4 to a different directory and leaving the current one alone? In case I have to roll back the firmware for whatever reason, it would be nice to have my old Mach4 installation ready.

Thanks,

Mark

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Where to put cycle/start script?

« on: December 09, 2020, 12:13:04 PM »

Thanks again, Chad! I got everything working.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Where to put cycle/start script?

« on: December 09, 2020, 11:18:38 AM »

Thanks Chad. So, I assume I would do the same for CycleStart()? Basically, I want to prevent cycle start and any manually activated spindle functions if the doors are open. I'll move my code into the functions in the screen load script and go from there. Thanks!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Where to put cycle/start script?

« on: December 09, 2020, 10:54:34 AM »

Hi all,

I added some code to my spindle start button to check a couple of things before being able to manually start the spindle. Basically checking for a door switch to be closed. Code below:

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local inst = mc.mcGetInstance() --new
if(mc.ISIG_INPUT5) and (state == 1) then -- need to map door switches to input 5...NPN input, so use ground and map input to active LOW
-- if the state is high then throw and error and exit
mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Error: Make sure doors are closed before attempting to start spindle") -- mew
do return end
else
SpinCW() -- original...this line only
end
I've got it in the the 'Left Up Script' where the factory 'SpinCW()' command is. Unfortunately, the code I added doesn't seem to do anything. I can start the spindle regardless of the state of this switch. Is this the correct location for this script or should it be somewhere else?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Disable cycle Start button using external input

« on: December 08, 2020, 05:25:35 PM »

Yes, I agree with you 100%. Error messages are nice. Thanks for the tips!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Disable cycle Start button using external input

« on: December 08, 2020, 05:14:16 PM »

Hi there,

Thanks for the reply. That's what I ended up doing as well, as I couldn't find a way to add another enabled condition for the button.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Disable cycle Start button using external input

« on: December 08, 2020, 09:38:03 AM »

Hi guys,

This is probably simple, but how do I disable the Cycle Start button using an external input? I see there are multiple 'Enabled States' states for the button in the screen editor, but I want to also disable this button based on an external input to my Hicon controller. Can this be done?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Cutter compensation issue

« on: December 02, 2020, 06:27:37 PM »

Yes, the smallest part radius is larger than the tool radius.