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General Mach Discussion / Re: mach3 lathe teach

« on: January 26, 2020, 10:18:07 AM »

Hi fred,

For Mill the teach file is stored;  C:/Mach3/GCode/MDITeach.tap  I assume Turn is the same. If your Turn MDI screen does not have the Teach buttons then you could use a screen editor to add them.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Anyone using an Arduino to receive up to 32 inputs?

« on: January 25, 2020, 04:51:23 AM »

Sounds very interesting.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and NVUM on Win 10 64-bits

« on: January 24, 2020, 01:25:45 AM »

Hi Kazimir,

Sorry but as Craig has mentioned we do not provide support for Novusun products here. Please contact me by PM if you have a genuine Mach3 license.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / MOVED: Mach3 and NVUM on Win 10 64-bits

« on: January 24, 2020, 01:22:42 AM »

This topic has been moved to General Mach Discussion.

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=42429.0

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General Mach Discussion / Re: G31 command stops since moving to Ethernet SmoothStepper

« on: January 23, 2020, 07:15:31 AM »

As I understand it, the probe input is "wired in" to the stepping engine in M3 via the parallel port, so that stepping stops instantaneously when the probe is triggered.  This is essential to make sure that the probe doesn't overrun and to get an accurate reading.  The functionality of the M3 stepper engine isn't used through the ESS, the ESS does it instead, so this is probably an ESS issue rather than Mach 3.

Nice thought John but Mach3 cannot stop instantly without loosing position - it has to be a controlled stop (using deceleration) and there will be overrun. The contact 'trigger point' is stored in a variable rather than taken from the DRO reading to allow for this.
In reality (dependant on the axis acceleration setting and axis speed) the overrun is very small but it has to be allowed for in the probe design.

Tweakie.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Plugin that works for Chinese mpg pendant

« on: January 23, 2020, 04:12:07 AM »

 

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / MOVED: Modify Mach4 Wizards?

« on: January 23, 2020, 01:54:32 AM »

This topic has been moved to Mach4 General Discussion.

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=42420.0

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Plugin that works for Chinese mpg pendant

« on: January 23, 2020, 01:49:22 AM »

It was some 8 years ago now but if anyone is interested in circuit board positioning and local system rotate the thread is here;
       https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=22932.msg160769#msg160769

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Red/CAM PDMX 122

« on: January 22, 2020, 04:40:41 AM »

Mach3 Minimum Recommended Requirements...

Requirements if using the parallel port for machine control:
Desktop PC with at least one parallel port
(Laptops are not supported)
32-bit version of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
(64-bit versions will not work)
1Ghz CPU
512MB RAM
Non-integrated Video Card with 32MB RAM
(Large G-code files, especially 3D files will require a video card with 512MB RAM or higher)

Requirements if using an external motion device for machine control:
An appropriate external motion controller
(options can be found on the Plugins page)
Desktop or Laptop with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.
1Ghz CPU
512MB RAM
Video Card with 32MB RAM
(Large G-code files, especially 3D files will require a video card with 512MB RAM or higher)



An external motion controller is probably the best way forward but choose one that also supports Mach4 (you may wish to move to Mach4 in the future) and is of EU or US manufacture - avoid the cheap Chinese controllers.

Tweakie.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Serious problems with G76 cycle in Mach4 Lathe and CSMIO IP S

« on: January 22, 2020, 02:43:41 AM »

Please contact the help desk by email. http://support.machsupport.com/en
Please describe the problem in as much detail as you can.

Mach4 is a fully supported product, the help desk is there to specifically help resolve any problems users may have with Mach4.

Please accept my apologies for being blunt in my earlier posting, I had not realised you were using a translator.

Tweakie.