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Brains Development / Re: Terminate a brain with "run macro M650.m1s" ???????

« on: March 26, 2013, 10:43:19 AM »

Kenneth, I think you are wanting leds assigned to each axis that turn on when that axis is moveing.  Is that correct?

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Panasonic servo drive help

« on: March 26, 2013, 10:21:07 AM »

USPS said you should have some line drivers Thursday or Friday.  They weren't real clear which Thursday or Friday though.  I'm hoping they were meaning this Thursday or Friday.  I have my fingers crossed for you!   

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hard Limits & Home positions

« on: March 25, 2013, 10:55:14 PM »

Lots of ways to skin this cat Gary.  I like the idea of haveing the limit switches normally closed in the estop loop so that no matter what, all motion and spindles stop if they are broken.  But, you will want some good quality switches for repeatability in homeing so, why not keep the limit switches in the estop loop for your limits and add one homing switch to each axis for your homing?  You can use a single input for all home and limit switches to Mach.  In the homing routine it sends the axis home in order until the state of that pin changes, backs off and repeats for next axis.  When not in homing a change of state on that pin throws a limit alarm and stops Mach.  If the machine can't tear itself apart if it overtravels, useing a single pin for limits and homes is a neat cheap way to go.  If it has the ability to tear it's self apart, I would consider it mandatory to add the limits to the estop loop.

Brett

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Mach Screens / Re: Screen with Probe Support plus Pop-up keypad for touch screen

« on: March 24, 2013, 11:40:06 PM »

That's some very nice work you have done there 10k!  I just looked at the presentation for the monitor mount and the news letter. Very nice!   Hate I missed this earlier.

Thanks for sharing!

Brett  

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Gecko g540 Question

« on: March 24, 2013, 10:22:50 PM »

Post the xml you used before the gecko 540 and the xml your useing with the gecko 540.

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New type Mach3 conversational PAGE

« on: March 24, 2013, 05:57:55 PM »

From this page you can create a Gcode program directly into Mach3 and VIEW the toolpath  ONSCREEN  as you add to the File.

Nice TP!

Brett

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Chiron FZ12 on its way sometime soon(ish)

« on: March 24, 2013, 05:55:27 PM »

Thats some good looking nasty there!   

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Panasonic servo drive help

« on: March 24, 2013, 01:52:34 PM »

Bretts been thinking about that for Years Rick, just he has not managed to complete the 10 million spreadsheets he feels compelled to do before a project

Hood

But I'm at 327,638............ means I'm not too far off from finishing one of them.   

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Panasonic servo drive help

« on: March 24, 2013, 01:08:50 PM »

So does this mean I'm not the only one thinking of machine #2 before #1 is finished?
                        Rick

Absazactly! 

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Panasonic servo drive help

« on: March 24, 2013, 12:07:42 PM »

Rick, I don't even know what your talking about..................  everything looks fine to me.

Yea Brett,
    I've seen that done by folks that have a diy cnc machine that works, sure wish I had one.
             Rick


Just a little joke,please don't take offense.

   I know, my point exactly, that's why you've got to hurry up!  You need a CNC to help you build more CNCs.