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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach 4 screen sets
« on: December 13, 2019, 08:06:53 AM »
Can you use Mach 3 screen sets with Mach 4? If not how can i go about getting a screen set for use with a touch screen?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 variables
« on: November 16, 2017, 03:48:36 PM »
Thank you guys for the quick reply, much appreciated

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach 4 variables
« on: November 16, 2017, 02:37:04 PM »
Where would one find the variable definitions for programming Mach4 interface. I need to know what "2035" means but can't find any reference to it. I am trying to modify the Z axis Set button to allow me to enter the value for my reference tool length, instead of it being pulled from the current tool length register. CurHVal=mc.get...(inst, 2035) I'm not sure what this 2035 means. I want to create a text field that I can set the length of my ref tool and have it use that as my value, as sometimes I may forget to set the currents tool manually and would create a bad situation with my tool length offsets and setting my Z work offset.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Strange occurence in Mach 4
« on: October 11, 2017, 01:46:50 PM »
No not yet. I have a couple of jobs to finish before I can take my machine down. Hopefully I will be able to get to it this weekend. I will keep you posted.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Strange occurence in Mach 4
« on: October 07, 2017, 12:05:18 PM »
Thanks Craig, I will have to check out the PID loop and try to lower my Integral gain and see what performance that yields.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Strange occurence in Mach 4
« on: October 06, 2017, 07:28:31 PM »
Thanks for the explanation. I wish this was a matching setup servo to drive. Unfortunately these two items are from two separate manufacturers. To make matters worse the instructions are lacking as far as I'm concerned. I followed the instructions but can't seem to get the desired results and when contacting tech support, forget about that. I have tried to contact the drive manufacturer and he never returns my emails. Although some others have stated that his support is excellent. All I can say is that maybe the case previously but not anymore. I have also tried to go through his US distributor CNC4PC and he is also very hard to get in tough with. What ever happened to support. When I used to have a problem I would call support and they would gladly walk me through the problem and get the issues resolved. Now everything is "send me an email and I will return it if and when I feel like it" meanwhile all this equipment you paid good money for is going to waste and costing you money if that is what you are using to make your living with. I guess this is why people pay more money to go with companies like Haas, Fadal, Fanuc, etc.. I really wish there was a better alternative to the servo drives than Gecko, cncdrive, and all the stuff that is currently out there that is lacking usability and support. Sorry I didn't mean this to turn into a rant but these issues are really frustrating and not being able to get real help just pisses me off. rant is over. Joeaverage and the rest of the guys on here who have lended support this is in no way meant for you. I appreciate all the help you have provided me. It is meant towards the guys who take your money and then forget you exist when you have issues.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Strange occurence in Mach 4
« on: October 06, 2017, 04:12:47 PM »
Joeaverage, LOL! I've had plenty of pulling my hair out over servo tuning when I initially installed them. I had them running fairly well. The only one I had a problem with was the Z axis and it was only going in the down position. Once I moved the Z back up a few clicks it would stop the oscillating, but now it has since creeped into the X axis as well and I'm not understanding how this has just started getting worse without me changing anything. I am new to servos. My previous installations and experience has been strictly with steppers. Which I never had these problems with them, but I was told that I should be using servos as they are far superior. So I decided that with this build I will give them a try and for the most part they work well, except for this oscillation issue developing.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Strange occurence in Mach 4
« on: October 05, 2017, 10:46:06 PM »
I'm using the DG4S-08020 DC Servo Drive by cncdrive.com also sold by cnc4pc.com. https://cnc4pc.com/dg4s-08020-dc-servo-drive.html The servos I am using are made by kelinginc they are NEMA34 850 oz/in Dual Shaft DC Servo (KL34-170-72) SKEWED ROTOR DESIGN https://www.automationtechnologiesinc.com/products-page/nema-34-dc-servo-motor/kl34-170-72/ . Ok I will give that a try thanks for the quick reply.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Strange occurence in Mach 4
« on: October 05, 2017, 05:40:06 PM »
I have been having an issue with my mill. The servo motors seem to have a slight oscillating when the machine is running. Lets say I jog the X axis from left to right. The axis will move as commanded but when it stops sometimes it will oscillate for anywhere from a few seconds or until I move the axis in the other direction slightly. It usually only happens with my Z axis, but now I've noticed it with my X axis as well, although still not as much as Z axis. Now this afternoon I had my controller running and PC running but Mach 4 was not running for about 2.5 hours. During this time I had not noticed the issue, event when I tried to move the axis by hand. It seemed very stable. Does anybody have any insight as to what could possibly be the problem?

Rod 

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When setting up the tooling I followed the instructions in the video produced by Artsoft regarding lathe tool setup. Everything seemed to go well until I hit the cyclestart button. It appears that something is not right with Mach4 Lathe or the instructions they gave for setting up X axis offset. I have a 1" part in the chuck, and I used that value for my master tool (only tool) during setup. When I hit the cyclestart button the tool stays off the diameter of the part by .5". Which leads me to believe that somewhere it is using radius for something. I just can't figure out what or where to modify this in the settings. I have the mill setup to use Lathe (Diameter) mode in the settings. Now if during setup of X axis tool offset I use the radius, the part will machine as it is supposed to. Keep in mind that my setup and CAM programming are setup to use Diameter not radius.

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