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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 on a laser cutter...

« on: September 19, 2018, 02:37:11 AM »

Engraving on a laser means cycling the beam (dot) on and off very rapidly and sometimes changing the power while moving the X and Y.  Mach3 I am sure is not anywhere close to fast enough. You can do a solid line engraving, or cutting without issue I am sure.  But in this regard the Chinese DSP controller is the way to go, along with the software for that controller.

I have to disagree.
Whilst the DSP controller may be superior to Mach when it comes to laser control Mach3 can, for example, perform laser engraving operations with great precision. This laser produced lithophane is just 50mm square.

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Screen Sets / Re: Super Simple Screen Set

« on: September 18, 2018, 04:14:27 AM »

OK got it loaded and working.  But the Homing does not work right and some of the pull down windows like Motor Tuning do not work.  So it came from a school... oh well it look nicd on to something else.

Problem resolved. This thread refers; http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,38340.msg260054.html#msg260054

Tweakie.

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Post Processors / Re: Vectric post processor for Mach 4 laser operation.

« on: September 18, 2018, 01:13:44 AM »

Hi,

Has mach4 got to the point where you can control a laser without the delay turning the last on and off?  I've never got Mach3 to work without the long delays...

Yes.
For Mach3 the commands are M11Px / M10Px and for Mach4 they are M62Px / M63Px (x being the Output# being switched). These commands switch the laser at the instant of axis movement so there is no delay.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pul and Dir pins short

« on: September 17, 2018, 07:03:01 AM »

 

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: looking for more fonts for Mach 4 engrave wizard

« on: September 17, 2018, 01:34:27 AM »

This topic has been moved to Mach4 General Discussion.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=38351.0

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: shall I download VC++ 2008 x86 or x64 version ?

« on: September 16, 2018, 01:32:41 AM »

It's under the SDK tab here;

http://www.machsupport.com/software/downloads-updates/

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No Motor Tuning Menu after Installing Simple Screen Set

« on: September 15, 2018, 01:54:55 AM »

If it’s any help, the School Screen ‘Home Machine’ button invokes the OEM code 105 which is the standard Home Z, X, Y …  routine.

If you use a screen editor that button function could be changed from an OEM button to a VB Script button then, within Mach you could use the Operator / Edit Button Script function to insert the same script you already have for your original screen’s Home button (if that makes sense).

Tweakie.

EDIT; The attached .zip has a modified School screen. Unzip and copy this .set file to your Mach folder (over write the existing file) then you can insert your own script into the Home button using the Mach3 Edit Button script function.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Windows 10 update -- don't do it

« on: September 15, 2018, 01:32:27 AM »

Hi Chuck,

I am pleased to hear that you have it working.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No Motor Tuning Menu after Installing Simple Screen Set

« on: September 14, 2018, 08:02:10 AM »

Maybe a new install of the correct version again for the Warp9 ESS?

I think that is the way.

Installing a screen.set file and associated bitmaps will not affect the operation of Mach3.

Tweakie.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: shall I download VC++ 2008 x86 or x64 version ?

« on: September 12, 2018, 10:27:13 AM »

when I mounted the ISO file it did not need to burn DVD and I could install from mounted ISO file

Excellent