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Finished Screens / Re: Ultimate Screen Mill/Lathe/Plasma (TouchScreen and/or Mouse and/or keyboard)

« on: November 07, 2008, 08:58:00 AM »

iam sorry for my late reply.
and thanks for the response.

as far as the setup is concern.we received MachMotionPro1.0.1A.exe at first via email.later it got updated to MachMotionPro1.0.2B.exe
we had issue with both the versions.
Like:
in A:
1.wizards not working
2.not able to add tool length
3.not abe to load keyboard from sub menu.
 
and in B:
1.same as above wizards not working
2.keyboard not at all working(even at mdi)
3.not able to load G-code

so currently we are running the system using old A version.

and VB method never worked to bring up keyboard(tried on B version)

so when ur going to release Version 1.2.0.i need to solve all these issues as soon as possible.
Regards

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Finished Screens / Re: Ultimate Screen Mill/Lathe/Plasma (TouchScreen and/or Mouse and/or keyboard)

« on: October 26, 2008, 03:17:08 AM »

OK.
This you can take as feed back.
My friend (a machine manufacturer) just mailed me abt this screen.he said that there are some errors in it.

like no able to load wizards,on screen key board is not loading at some places and password is not getting accepted at Diagnostics Section etc.
can i have some help here.
This screen is sure Dam good,and we don't mind if it costs more than the basic software.but at the same time we expect the screen to be complete bug free.

i hope some one can help us here.bcz iam also planning to go with this screen.
Regards

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motor tuning and Limits in series

« on: September 21, 2008, 02:10:25 PM »

As safety is main criteria here for me and by keeping ur suggestions in my mind,i think 
i'll place 2 limits at the extreme ends and will use one of them as home switch.so using soft limits,i''ll limit the travel.worst case scenario if the soft limits is disables the other extreme limit switch will stop the axis.
and for using one switch as both home and limit,i'll connect NO contact of limit switch to home input and NC contact to limit input.
http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newbitmapimagenp4.gif

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motor tuning and Limits in series

« on: September 21, 2008, 09:55:57 AM »

thanks hood.
so only a single limit switch will be enough to home and limit the axes.
i guess ppl are using one limit switch along with the home switch just for more safety.
so how shld i place my limit and home switches.imean home switch towards X+ and limit switch towards X-.or both of the at one side only(then which comes first).

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motor tuning and Limits in series

« on: September 21, 2008, 04:09:15 AM »

Thanks for the reply hood.
I'll do that trail and error method for motor tuning.

and regarding the jogging issue.i thought,that if i place 2 limits for each axis,and  i click Limit over ride,it won't let me jog in the wrong direction.but it seems if i use limit over ride condition,it will completely disable the  limit switches.and the system will let me jog any direction.which is much more dangerous for me.
so softlimits is the only thing which can save me here i guess.then how can i configure them.imean how to setup soft MAX and MIN.on what basis.
(actually iam making small demo machines for students,which i want to make completely fool proof.say by mistake if they jog in the wrong direction,the axis will come out  )

Regards

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General Mach Discussion / Motor tuning and Limits in series

« on: September 21, 2008, 02:22:10 AM »

Hello all,
I have some general doubts in mach config and motor tuning.
Regarding the motor tuning,on what factor one shld decide the velocity and acceleration settings.
Steps per unit can be calculated my considering the steps of motor(full or half) and ball screw pitch.but how abt vel and acceleration.
iam driving my motor(at half stepping) at 12v @1A with 1mm pitch lead screw.(motor is rated at 5V@1A)

and i already asked below question at CNCzone.but didn't get any reply.so iam just posting it here.

i agree using the limits as home switches(as mach is capable of doing that)
but what abt wiring the limits in series(which i found most of the users doing).
say iam jogging towards X+ and touched that side limit.now iam supposed to jog towards X-(using limit override function).here how the mach know which side iam jogging.as the limits are in over ride condition and we wired them in series mach dosen't know which side is to jog and which side to stop.
i tried this on my machine.the axis touched the X+ limit,so i clicked limit override and again jogged toward X+ and it crossed the limit.
so how safe it is.(am i doing something wrong here)
i was planning for another parallelport,so that i can assign separate input for each limit switch.imean for X+ and X-
so wiring the limits in series,how fool proof it is

Regards

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Works in progress / Re: 3 Axis Simple Screen setup 1.0 (Also good for TouchScreens)

« on: September 18, 2008, 10:16:50 AM »

and as Loui said,
spindle control is required.(coolant might not be that impotent )

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Works in progress / Re: 3 Axis Simple Screen setup 1.0 (Also good for TouchScreens)

« on: September 18, 2008, 10:15:35 AM »

looking forward for final release of this screen.
Edit-G code worked fine for me.but jog is a real problem.
except this rest is awesome.

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Works in progress / Re: Screenset for my touch screen

« on: September 18, 2008, 10:14:26 AM »

oops my mistake.

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Works in progress / Re: Screenset for my touch screen

« on: September 18, 2008, 10:06:27 AM »

thanks for the quick silver response.
i'll do that for carbon screen.
at the same time,are u still working on 3-axis-simple screen.as there are still some bugs.(jog is a big issue).rest is worked for me.
i'll bve waiting for the final release of that screen.
Regards