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Share Your GCode / Re: How to speed up simple G Code

« on: February 06, 2013, 02:29:38 AM »

Hi Jack,

It is as John has said - these commands are indeed faster but the M11P*/ M10P* command set execute in a different way and are perhaps primarily intended for laser switching.

The M3/M7/M8 are ‘stand alone’ commands (they will execute when called).

The M11P1 (turn on Output #1), M11P2 (turn on Output #2) etc. are ‘linked’ commands (they will only execute after an axis has started it’s movement).

So it may be possible to increase speed by using these commands but it would depend on the design of your machine and the speed of the solenoid operation etc. etc.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Skipped Parts

« on: February 04, 2013, 08:07:16 AM »

Hi Wilfried,

As far as I am aware – if it shows in the toolpath window then Mach3 will output the correct step and direction signals to follow that display.

My guess is that you are either loosing communication between your PC and the machine or else that your PC is off doing another task whilst it is running the Mach3 GCode.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Isolation Routing PCB's and Local System Rotate.

« on: February 03, 2013, 01:35:58 AM »

Hi Richard,

I am pleased that you have managed to resolve the problem. 

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.

« on: February 02, 2013, 07:23:49 AM »

At the risk of rambling on a bit, I have been closely following the absolutely excellent and quite pioneering work which is being done with low power diode lasers by John, Jeff, Dave and others in different parts of the world - for those that may be interested these threads relate;

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,23456.0.html
http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,23584.0.html

Whilst I am quite certain that it can be done, replicating their work using a CO2 laser is not without it’s difficulties (cracking a nut with a lump hammer comes to mind) but, hopefully, I will get there.  

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z Height Setting Woes

« on: February 02, 2013, 03:11:01 AM »

Hi Gerry,

I am absolutely certain that there is no fault or problem with your Probing code - the issue I am suspecting lies with later versions of mach3.

I do a lot of engraving work which necessitates my use of a probing script after every tool change or when engraving different thickness laminates and I noticed a similar problem (to the one mentioned here) at the beginning of last year.

It appears that one of the Mach3 feed-hold flags is not cleared by the ‘Cycle Start’ or ‘Reset’ buttons, it becomes persistent but it can be cleared by the ‘Stop’ button. This particular flag does not affect the running of Program GCode but it does affect the way in which CB scripts perform.

My solution / work-around was to include the stop command within my probing script and this magically resolved the problem I was encountering.

I have no idea if the problem mentioned in this thread will be resolved by the same course of action but CNCjunky now has ‘DoOemButton(1003)’ added to his script and I await the results of his tests.

Tweakie.

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Isolation Routing PCB's and Local System Rotate.

« on: February 02, 2013, 01:51:20 AM »

Hi Richard,

In Config / Config Plugins – for the WebCamPlugin click on ‘CONFIG’ and check the ‘Keep focus on Mach’ box.
Then when you open Klause’s window the focus is automatically transferred to the Mach screen and the keyboard jogging is enabled.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z Height Setting Woes

« on: February 01, 2013, 06:52:06 AM »

Could you attach a copy of the probing script that you are using please.

Tweakie.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Cambam generated gcode rendering badly

« on: February 01, 2013, 02:22:27 AM »

Hi Rick,

In Config. / General Config.  change the IJ mode from Absolute to Inc

That should do the trick. 

Tweakie.

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Spanish / Re: Problemas al realizar referencia

« on: January 31, 2013, 01:47:03 AM »

Hola Stefan,

Windows 7 está bien para la versión de 32 bits.

La versión de 64 bits de Windows 7 requiere un controlador de movimiento externo.

Espero que esto ayude,

Tweakie.

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

« on: January 31, 2013, 01:26:42 AM »

Hi Stefan,

The topic is now continued in the Spanish section.

Tweakie.