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VB and the development of wizards / Re: vb script tutorial help

« on: May 30, 2019, 01:31:17 AM »

There is a lot of information, including examples, in the Mach2 Customisation Manual and this may be a good tutorial to start with.

 https://www.machsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mach2_6.11_Custom.pdf

Tweakie.

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Mach Screens / MOVED: How to add the plasma screen configuration panel to a Mach4 screen set

« on: May 29, 2019, 12:54:41 AM »

This topic has been moved to Mach4 General Discussion.

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=41162.0

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Newbie here GCODE 101 Help

« on: May 28, 2019, 05:38:39 PM »

Take a read of the old Mach2 Documentation (towards the end) - that should at least answer some of your questions. https://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/product-manuals/

Tweakie.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: vba and vb-differences

« on: May 28, 2019, 06:25:45 AM »

 

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: vba and vb-differences

« on: May 28, 2019, 04:16:50 AM »

Hi Fred,

As Craig suggests best to learn Lua and look toward the future.

The Mach3 scripts are written in Cypress Enable which is a subset of Visual Basic. It is almost identical to VB but, as you are aware, there are some important differences.

DoOemButton(169) is the equivalent of pressing an on-screen button which will close the current file.

You will find the OemButton codes and Cypress Enable documentation in the Members Documents section of the forum.

Tweakie.

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Mach3 under Vista / MOVED: machturn...problem to star cycle G....

« on: May 27, 2019, 01:05:52 AM »

This topic has been moved to General Mach Discussion.

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=41152.0

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / MOVED: cnc oxy fuel help

« on: May 24, 2019, 01:23:16 AM »

This topic has been moved to General Mach Discussion.

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=41140.0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motors stalling /growling

« on: May 22, 2019, 01:44:13 AM »

As Russ has mentioned, if your drivers require 5 Volt TTL signals and your Parallel Port is only outputting 3.3 Volt TTL then your CNC machine will never work correctly.

You could perhaps add a PCI Parallel Port card which outputs the required 5 Volt TTL – there is a guide here;  https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=34848.0

Or

AsCraig has suggested, buy and use a suitable motion controller.

(there are BoB's and converters that will transform a 3.3V TTL to 5V TTL but they are more of a patch than a solution).

Tweakie.

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Finished Screens / Re: Mach3 2010 Screenset - Now available

« on: May 20, 2019, 05:11:30 AM »

My friend has just loaded XP pro in to his cnc but cant get Mach 3 to work is he missing something??

Obviously he has missed something. 

May I suggest that he reads the Mach3 Manual which contains quite detailed installation and setting-up instructions.  https://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/product-manuals/ 


Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Do you use a Charge Pump?

« on: May 18, 2019, 11:09:35 AM »

The difference between EStop and AllStop can perhaps be likened to 'turning off the switch' and 'pulling the plug'.