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General Mach Discussion / Re: Zero X & Y axis based on laser cross

« on: February 09, 2008, 12:25:05 PM »

Hood:

I have homoing sensors on all axis, to reference against, and from there I have set my softlimits, and this works OK

What I am looking for is like you say set the tool on the corner of the material and Zero X & Y dros (not machine coor.), and work from here.

The thing is, that I have a laserpointer mounted on the side of my motormount on the z axis, aprox 49 mm on the X and 129 mm on the Y ofset from the tool.

So for conveniant use I want to jog the axis to get my laser pointer to the corner of the material and by a click of the "laser button" put on my sreen/layout execute the vb script taking the tool to t the position the laser was pointed and zero the dros for X & Y axis.

Hope this explains my problem better?

Cory

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Simple toolchange position

« on: February 08, 2008, 06:40:42 PM »

Thanx Hood, that worked great.

BTW, could you explain to me the difference of Incremental an absolut postioning, advantages vs disatvantage?, or are there any links to a thread on the forum or videos explaining this?

Cory

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General Mach Discussion / Zero X & Y axis based on laser cross

« on: February 08, 2008, 06:34:47 PM »

I have fairly large table on my machine, and use different positions to clamp my material according to size.
I saw a video on Youtube about aligning the laser at the corner of the object to work on and then make that the center of the spindle, this would make this X0 Y0, if you know what I mean, an offset so to speak.

The problem is that I dont know how to set it up, and I do not want i to be a homing position as I only run softlimits and sometimes work the pieces out of True X0 an Y0

Could anyone point me in the right direction?

I havemade a seperate button in my Screenset for this so I can choose this whenever I want, but need some scripters to help me out her:)

Cory

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Simple toolchange position

« on: February 08, 2008, 04:42:09 PM »

What is the xml file, profile or som kinda config file?

Here it is

Cory

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Simple toolchange position

« on: February 08, 2008, 04:00:19 PM »

Yupp, here it is

Xtcp= GetUserDro (1200)
Ytcp= GetUserDro (1201)
Ztcp= GetUserDro (1202)
Feed= GetDRO(18)

MsgBox " You are moving to the TCP, make sure path is clear"     'Warning you it is about to move

Code"G0"                  ' Feedrate You can change this to your choice just change the number after the F or just use a G0 instead of G1
Code"G53 Z"&Ztcp
While IsMoving
Wend
Code"G53 Y"&Ytcp
While IsMoving
Wend
Code"G53 x"&Xtcp
While IsMoving
Wend

Setdro(18,Feed)
 
Cory

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Simple toolchange position

« on: February 08, 2008, 01:30:12 PM »

Hi guys.

I put a button on my screenset using Screen4, as you brilliantly described Hood, thanx, but when i paste the vb script I found in an earlier post of this thread, and try to run the script I get the error msg: "Cannot use g53 Incremental"


Am I missing som settings in config here?

And while we are at it, just for fun I tried to load the screenset for Q (as it has the Big tool button on in,that i like) could this actually work?

Cory

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LazyCam (Beta) / Re: Different tool on specific layers

« on: February 07, 2008, 04:20:11 PM »

That did the trick, Thanx RC

Best reg
Cory

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Noise during auto tool zero

« on: February 07, 2008, 09:43:54 AM »

Well....for how long did Adam stay in Paradise...?

It is now back to noise problems, (guess I didnt test it to many times before writing solved all over this post9

i have found a way to overcome it by putting an opto coupler on 24 volts and using a switch, but then I would have to design a mushroom shaped steady switch, that doesnt build to much in height.

Would reslly love to have just the simple plate that grounds to hte bit.

Havent found any good schematics on this pullup resistor, or the size of it for running directly on the printer port.

Would sure appriciate some help here

Best reg
Cory

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LazyCam (Beta) / Different tool on specific layers

« on: February 07, 2008, 09:25:03 AM »

Mabye I am just plain stupid, but if I want to cut 2 chains/layers, example; a circle within a circle and want to use 2 different tools on this,I run in to a problem

If I choose a tool from the tooltable and set the depth and so on, and then mark the other chain to select the tool for this path, the first one changes to whatever tool I chose last.

in other words, I cannot get 2 different tools in the same project.

What settings have I got wrong?

Best reg
Cory

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Configuring Start Button as Push Button

« on: January 23, 2008, 11:05:35 AM »

He he, you beat me hood by 3 min:)

Cory