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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Touch Probe documentation
« on: May 03, 2018, 12:37:23 PM »
OK, yup, that is the TouchOff module. You can also open the doc for it by clicking on Help in the top left corner of the TouchOff UI dialog itself.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Touch Probe documentation
« on: May 03, 2018, 09:16:13 AM »
Are you using the TouchOff module (accessed by the "Touch" button) or the built in probing in some of the default screens (accessed by the "Probing" tab)?

If using the TouchOff module the docs for it are included in the C:\Mach4Hobby\Docs folder. It is named TouchOffHelp.pdf


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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: lua code help please
« on: April 26, 2018, 11:47:36 PM »
Another way to do it would be to build a function in the screen load script and then call that function passing a parameter for the output to turn on in each of the buttons. I try to build functions then have the buttons just run those functions especially when the buttons work together as in this example. It makes screen edits easier and you can spend the time you would spend scripting buttons making the function more robust or adding features. In the function below it doesn't take much imagination to see where you could programmatically change the state of just as many buttons as the outputs your controlling (assuming you named the buttons something that would work). For the example below my buttons would be named TurnOn5, TurnOn6, etc. Try it and see.


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-- button script
TurnOneOn(5) --5-8


function TurnOneOn(OutToTurnOn)
local firstoutput = mc.OSIG_OUTPUT5
for v = 5, 8, 1 do --Start, End Increment
local hReg, rc = mc.mcSignalGetHandle(inst, firstoutput)
if (rc == 0) then

if (v == OutToTurnOn) then
rc = mc.mcSignalSetState(hReg, 1)
else
rc = mc.mcSignalSetState(hReg, 0)
end
if (rc ~= 0) then
mc.mcCntlSetLastError(mcErrorCheck[rc]) --Get the returned error string
break
end
firstoutput = (firstoutput + 1)

else
mc.mcCntlSetLastError(mcErrorCheck[rc]) --Get the returned error string
break
end
end
end

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mcCntrlGcodeExecuteWait fail
« on: April 26, 2018, 11:03:57 PM »
Does this help?

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--Button script
CreateNewFile()

function CreateNewFile()

local MyNum = wx.wxGetNumberFromUser("Select or enter a feed rate", "Feed Rate:", "Enter Feed Rate", 50, 1, 1500) --Default, min, max
local MyGcode = string.format("(File created using CreateNewFile function)\nF%0.4f", MyNum)
local MyFile = wx.wxGetCwd() .. "\\GcodeFiles\\MyFile.tap" --Define the file name and location
file = io.open(MyFile, "w+") --Open the file in update mode, all previous data is erased
--file = io.open(MyFile, "a+") --Append update mode, previous data is preserved, writing is only allowed at the end of file.
file:write (MyGcode) --Write the Gcode file
file:flush (MyFile) --Save written data
file:close (MyFile) --Close file

end

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Tangent Corner / Re: Tight on space.
« on: April 26, 2018, 10:47:31 PM »
Well if I was that guy I would be asking who put a dining table and couch in my shop! The nerve of some people!  ;D

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Sounds like a bouncy switch or a little EMI (noise).

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mcCntrlGcodeExecuteWait fail
« on: April 20, 2018, 05:55:28 PM »
I do not know if there is a limit to string length but imagine there is. Is there a reason you are not just creating a gcode file then loading it and running it?

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Tangent Corner / Re: Thread views.
« on: April 15, 2018, 04:34:17 PM »
I doubt you knowing what he made of it would matter. What would be important is that everyone else knew what he made of it.  ;D

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: My File is running real slow
« on: April 12, 2018, 07:53:16 PM »
You could put a dro on the screen and in the plc script look at one dro, do some math and set another dro to the product of the math. To convert RPM to IPM you would need a third dro to enter diameter or possibly look at machine cords of the depth axis and use its value in the math. It's the same as MPH changing with tire diameter while RPM stays the same.

An example can be found in the wxRouter screen. It takes decimal and converts them to fractional numbers in the DecToFrac function in the screen load script which is called by each of the decimal DROs On Update script. So, it is ran each time any decimal DRO value changes. The DecToFrac function writes the product to 3 labels for each axis instead of a single dro.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: My File is running real slow
« on: April 12, 2018, 06:03:38 PM »
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What would it entail to add a DRO to translate rotational RPM into RPM

Not sure what you meant here. RPM = RPM Maybe you meant DPM to RPM? Or maybe RPM to IPM?

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