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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Lua Macro Parameters
« on: February 25, 2017, 09:19:42 PM »
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Could you point me to where I can study up on what and how to make and use modules?

This may help

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The likely difference in the laptop and desktop is one profile is active low and the other is active high for the estop input.

Another note, the estop input cannot be disabled. If you go back and look it will be re-enabled. Assign it to pin 0 if your not using it (which I do not recommend).

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when I checked "Pins & Ports"  down in the bowels of the pin set up

Lol, ports and pins are the very tip of the iceberg. Many will never need to go deeper but it is much, much deeper.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Getting started with Mach 4
« on: February 17, 2017, 03:57:37 PM »
Good advice RT,

Not that you need any of the following crchisholm, but if others view this topic it may be helpful to them. The things I see that makes it tough for some are listed below.

I would add that being able to at least read Gcode and understand what it is telling the machine to do (even if you have to use a reference manual to translate it) really is not an option. Many think because they have CAM software that will generate Gcode they can skip this bit. Nothing could be further from the truth unless you have someone to train you in defined instances/ work flows. Not understanding Gcode and having CAM software is the same as having a calculator and not understanding math.

Understanding electronics, or anything electrical is a big plus. If you understand how your hardware works, what happens when you send X volts to pin X of X component has X effect or does X then the rest of it comes much, much easier. A ryme I made up years ago.......

It all boils down to IO
Some high, some low
Some fast, some slow
It all boils down to IO

With any type of automation, controller, PLC, CNC,etc. (even a simple relay) all any of them can do is receive inputs, do some magic using those inputs and send outputs. This is all it is at its foundation.

The only thing any software can do is change bits of data, 1s to 0s and 0s to 1s. You have to use hardware to convert the 1s and 0s to anything we would find useful in the outside world (like voltage) and convert things we find useful to 1s and 0s (the only thing the software understands). Some hardware will receive input signals and convert those signals to data and send that data to the control. Other hardware will receive data output from the control and convert the data into useful output signals. Some hardware will do both.

Understanding how the hardware you are using works to some degree is mandatory. To what degree you will need to understand it depends on what you are doing but it is impossible to know too much about it and very easy to know to little. Read your hardware's documentation and if some things don't make sense google the word, phrase, etc., talk to friends about it, read books on the topic, search and/or ask on this and other forums etc. until it does make sense. Once you understand how the hardware works, what makes it tick...... controlling it is pretty straight forward.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Sound on completion of a Gcode file
« on: February 14, 2017, 09:12:20 PM »
I think this is what your looking for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EdsVgbuC1k

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MDI Problems
« on: February 14, 2017, 04:42:10 PM »
Have you done any customizing? If you have done any customizing you will have to think about what you did and undo it until its sorted. I would likely test with an unedited default profile, screen, modules, macros and all to see if that works right first.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: CV G64 and Exact Stop G61
« on: February 13, 2017, 11:42:26 AM »
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Is the output feed rate determined by the value entered into the CV wizard or is it limited by the feed rate set by the gCode? Or by whatever value is lesser?

Yes, whichever is less.

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Here is an example of using a ModBus capable PLC with Mach4.

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,27660.0.html

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: TouchOff UI
« on: February 13, 2017, 08:49:08 AM »
FWIW, I am running the PokeysCNC board with plugin and the touchUI works for me. I do have one issue (posted this in December and got no replies) When I use the Z touch off during a tool change mid-program, as soon as I click the find Z button the next line of code to run resets to 1. The g code window does not move and the correct line is still highlighted blue, but I have to click a different line and then the correct line to set it before I can continue the program.

Afraid the touch module was never intended to be part of or used in a M6. If you want to do tool touch offs in your M6 you will need to write the touch script and add it to your M6. This may change in the future but not sure if or when.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Touch button problems
« on: February 10, 2017, 03:13:51 PM »
Well, if you have been customizing things no one else can say. Best practice is to try with a unedited clean install of Mach4 using default profile, screens, modules, etc. (nothing at all modified). If it works as it should then you have to start removing your modifications until the error goes away. Or copy all the defaults and start putting the mods back in until it breaks.



When that message pops up you can go to the line it reports is the problem and see what you can figure out. To look at it go to Operator, Lua Script and see what line 655 has in it and all things related to it. But if you have been editing any scripts, it may not still be line 655.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH4 EGDE FINDING
« on: February 08, 2017, 06:12:18 PM »
If your using the touch button a video (and link to a manual) can be found here.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA49atQNzmg&t=3s

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