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

« on: December 21, 2012, 02:14:20 AM »

Hi Regularjo,

It is best to place any questions as a new topic in the General section as this is only the place for introductions.

Mach3 will accept .txt / .nc / .tap file extensions - so as long as your GCode is in the right format for Mach to understand there is no problem.
If your code does not run you will probably have an error message in the status panel (bottom of Mach window) and this gives the clue to the reason it will not run.
Perhaps take a look at the sample GCode programs (Mach3 / GCode folder) and verify that your GCode is in the same format etc.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How do you change motor direction.

« on: December 20, 2012, 03:13:40 AM »

Check that you have the correct Port & Pin allocation for Step and Direction for each axis (Config / Ports & Pins / Motor Outputs).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with gcode exported to MAch from pcb-gcode...

« on: December 19, 2012, 06:22:01 AM »

As Hood has said.

May be best to Zip your code (assuming it is lengthy) and add it as an attachment in addition to your .xml file.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Precipitous Loss of Zero

« on: December 19, 2012, 02:26:30 AM »

As I see it  possible causes could include;

a) The drill bit moving in its collet.

b) The Z axis loosing steps (possibly due to the velocity / acceleration settings being set too high for that axis).

(Assuming there are no positional errors for the X and Y axis, which may be difficult to see, then false steps caused by electrical noise could be considered unlikely).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thinking of a new wrapper function for MAch3.

« on: December 17, 2012, 08:43:46 AM »

It might be a good idea to also post what Mach3 version any project was developed with and any version it was tested with. History has proven things pop up to cause issues with some versions.

I was using Mach Version R3.043.066 with a kernel speed of 25kHz for the tests.

Tweakie.

( Is TP really a Granddad now ??  )

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thinking of a new wrapper function for MAch3.

« on: December 17, 2012, 07:45:44 AM »

Hi Terry,

I changed the rotary Vel. & Acc. within the button to get my feed-rates equal on X & A(Y) and it's perfect.

My congratulations. 

(I'm on holiday now until the new year so will have plenty of time to play and do some more testing with this excellent idea of yours).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thinking of a new wrapper function for MAch3.

« on: December 17, 2012, 04:11:33 AM »

Hi Terry,

It didn’t quite get the steps per unit right (should be a rectangle) but I could easily adjust that.

As you suspected - the main snag appears to be with the rapids (G0) as the Y axis Vel. & Acc. are applied to the rotary (A) axis and the A axis Vel. & Acc. are applied to the Y axis. No problem if the rotary will run as fast as the Y axis but unfortunately mine is a bit slower. Again that is easily adjusted but it would be nice if the Wiz. did it automatically.

Great work my friend.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thinking of a new wrapper function for MAch3.

« on: December 17, 2012, 02:06:50 AM »

Hi Terry,

Looks good to me - I will try it out later today and report back. 

Just one point - the wiz transfers the Port and Pin assignments correctly but not the Low Active state. 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thinking of a new wrapper function for MAch3.

« on: December 16, 2012, 02:41:24 AM »

Hi Terry,

I think the wizard approach would be the easiest for the inexperienced to understand and use so may appeal to a greater cross section of Mach3 users (myself included).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thinking of a new wrapper function for MAch3.

« on: December 15, 2012, 03:52:30 AM »

Hi Terry,

I think it is a great idea and look forward to following your progress. 

Tweakie.