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Mach Screens / Re: problem with screen4

« on: January 18, 2007, 09:47:07 AM »

I think that you have to go to "Defaults" up on the menu and tell it where the Mach folder is located.

Regards,

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Mach Screens / Re: Screen Designer Quirks?

« on: January 18, 2007, 09:45:21 AM »

Thanks,

I just opted to go with a small dot LED on the part of the button that doesn't "press".    If you have a flashing state LED on the button, it seems to work ok then.

When the flash screens are done, will we be able to customize them easily with an editor of sorts (similar to now)?

Regards,

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Mach Screens / Re: Screen Designer Quirks?

« on: January 17, 2007, 07:35:17 PM »

I've noticed that image buttons have the bad habit of staying "pressed" looking.  It's as if they don't refresh because if you minimize the screen or open another such as a wizard, when you bring the screen back they are fine.  Kind of annoying, especially since I was wanting to use some button text as a led that was a two state led.

Regards,

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Mach Screens / New screen & arrow keys

« on: January 17, 2007, 01:21:09 PM »

Hi,

I'm working on a custom screen and I'm currently just working on the main front page.  I can't get keyboard arrow key movement to work with it.  Do you need to have some other thing in place to allow it to work?  Do you have to have a complete tab page?  The DRO's advance with a file or command, but not with the arrow keys.  The only way I can get a response is to have hot keys assigned to a button either on the main page or the tab page.

Thanks for any help.

Regards,

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Version 2.00.035 -- ReadME..( From ART)

« on: January 12, 2007, 07:55:03 PM »

Art,

I'm finding with .035 that sometimes I have to hit cycle start twice because execution will pause at a S word and M3 like the sample below from V-Carve Pro's PP.  I'll also get a VB error for starting the router/spindle and after hitting OK on the error the VB scripter will open and the Mach will start running the file.  This only happens with a file generated from VectorCam's isov10us post.  Example below also.  These problem will go away with a restart of Mach, but will come back usually after editing a file.

I've also noticed that anytime you open a wizard, post code, and exit that Mach does an Estop and has to be reset.
Edited to say that I just backed down a version to check this and then reinstalled .035 and the Estop after a wizard/macro seems to be ok now. 

VCP's post

 G00 G20 G17 G20 G90 G40 G49 G80
 G70
 T8 M06
 G00 G43Z1.0000H8
 S16000 M03
 G94
 X0.0000 Y0.0000 F100.0
 G00 X1.9375 Y2.8058 Z0.1250
 G01   Z-0.2500 F45.0
 G01 X1.9375 Y2.8443  F100.0
 X2.0244 Y2.8564
 X2.0880 Y2.8641.....

Vector's post

 T0 D00 L00 S19000 F80. M06 (I don't use the T0 D00 L00 in case anyone is wondering why they are set to 0.)
 M3
 G00 X1.6266 Y1.6000 Z1.0000
 G40 X1.6266 Y1.6000 Z0.1000
 G01 X1.6266 Y1.6000 Z-0.1875 F45.
 G03 X1.7857 Y1.5371 I0.4748 J0.9681 F80.
 X1.8402 Y1.5224 I0.2482 J0.8104
 G01 X1.8801 Y1.5130 Z-0.1875
 G02 X1.9619 Y1.4792 I-0.0630 J-0.2682
 G01 X2.0000 Y1.4557 Z-0.1875.....


Regards,

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General Mach Discussion / Re: its gonna be one of those days.

« on: January 12, 2007, 12:17:42 PM »

Hi guynamedbathgate,

You need to remove the line number in front of the sub routines and it should work then.  The O line cannot have a line number.

Regards,

77

General Mach Discussion / Re: Set Z to zero automatically?Auto tool zero questions

« on: January 10, 2007, 04:48:15 PM »

I (and I'm pretty sure this goes for Gary also) use carbide tooling all the time and if you use a slow probe feedrate and an aluminum or brass plate, you should be fine.  I've never had a chipped cutter (yet).    I use a strip of flexible adhesive backed non-ferrous magnet on the back of my plate which allows me to stick it to the side of the machine when done with it.  I just add the total thickness of the plate and magnet strip to the plate thickness setting.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Set Z to zero automatically?Auto tool zero questions

« on: January 09, 2007, 12:37:55 AM »

Dwayne,

In the script, I have comments stating where you can change or hard code the variables if you don't have any of the DRO's in your screen set.

For the plate thickness, you would replace GetUserDRO (1151) with the thickness of your plate.   It would look like this...PlateThickness =0.125 or whatever the thickness of your plate is.

For the feedrate...ProbeFeed=20 or whatever speed you want

And for the height after setting, in the script where it reads....Code "G0 Z2.0" 'Change the Z retract height here, just change it to G0 Z whatever you want.  You could also use a variable at the beginning for this instead. 

Hope this helps,

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Set Z to zero automatically?Auto tool zero questions

« on: January 06, 2007, 10:28:49 PM »

Hey Dwayne,

Here's the script I'm using now.  You can adapt it to your needs if you want. 

Regards,


'Z zeroing macro by Scott Worden - Timber Lake Creations (and a little "Probe Var" tip from Brian ;-).


CurrentFeed = GetOemDRO(818) 'Get the current feedrate.
PlateThickness = GetUserDRO(1151) 'You could put your z-plate thickness here instead
ProbeFeed = GetUserDRO(1152) 'You could put a probing feedrate here instead.


Code "G90 F" &ProbeFeed

If GetOemLed (825)=0 Then
Code "G4 P5" 'Time to get to the z-plate
Code "G31Z-5 F" &ProbeFeed
While IsMoving()
Wend
Code "G4 P0.25"
ZProbePos = GetVar(2002)
Code "G0 Z" &ZProbePos
While IsMoving ()
Wend
Call SetDro (2, PlateThickness)
Code "G4 P0.5" 'Pause for Dro to update.
Code "G0 Z2.0" 'Change the Z retract height here
Code "(Z axis is now zeroed)"
Code "F" &CurrentFeed
Else
Code "(Z-Plate is grounded, check connection and try again)"
Exit Sub
End If

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Set Z to zero automatically?Auto tool zero questions

« on: January 06, 2007, 10:21:31 PM »

Hi Dwayne,

Yes, hook it up to use the "Probe" input and in "Ports and Pins", set the proper port and pin number with active low.  Then just set up a button with the needed script.  I have found that I still need to fudge the plate thickness just a little (by way of a user DRO on the settings page), so you may need to experiment a little to find that sweet spot.  Other than that, I have had no problems with noise.

Regards,