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Flash Screens / movieclip over toolpath and gcode

« on: August 23, 2009, 01:01:55 AM »

Hi,
I have tried to create my own flash screen for mach3 and found some problems I dont know how to solve:

1) Im using the smart labels toolpath_mov and gcode_mov as in Mach Nation to show gcode and toolpath. The problem is that they seem to be always on top, even when I put something on a layer above them.
What Im trying to acomplish is to display a dragable popup keyboard to enter values, like in Mach Ultimate Screen. Anyone knows how to create a movieclip that shows over the toolpath display?

2) I want to write my own flash gcode display, but I cant find any doccumentation about how to interface to mach (where to get the gcode lines from)

3) Is there any doccumentation out there that shows all fscommand arguments used by the flash plugin?

Thanks in advance 
Pablo

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General Mach Discussion / Problem with pulse width

« on: July 11, 2008, 01:51:52 PM »

Hi,

I'm trying to convert a Chinese router that has its own custom controller to Mach3.
I have already succeeded in driving the stepper motors with Mach3, but when moving at feed rates higher than 5000mm/min they sometimes lose steps.
I have compared the signals from Mach3 and those from the original controller with an oscilloscope and they seem to be equal in level and frequency, but the original controller has a pulse width of 50us that I can not find a way to configure with Mach3.
I have tried different settings, including the Sherline mode, but the pulse width is never higher than 20us.

How can I do to set a pulse width of about 50us?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Pablo