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General Mach Discussion / Re: What's the best way to determine motor velocity?

« on: April 26, 2006, 12:03:32 AM »

Yo Brian!

OK, I think I added the LED.  It's next to the Feed % DRO.  Do I need to create a DRO to input the max number for the F???

I used OEM code 1000.  Check it out and let me know what's next

Thanks,
Sid

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What's the best way to determine motor velocity?

« on: April 25, 2006, 03:48:51 PM »

Brian,

You are the Man! 

I have played around with Screen4 and can do some basic modifying and would like to be able to learn more about what you are going to do.  Is there something I can do to help? 

Thanks!

Sid

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What's the best way to determine motor velocity?

« on: April 25, 2006, 01:02:35 PM »

OK, I figured it out and got it to work.  Here's what happened...

When I clicked on the link for the macro you posted, the "SAve As" dialog popped up and the default file type was set to .txt

So, when I copied that file into the Mill Macros folder it had a .txt extension and therefore was not being recognized as a macro file.  Now it works good. THANK YOU!

So, next question.  Is there a way to make the 125 value in your macro a variable field value?  Could we then create an input box on the settings screen in which this variable value could be plugged in- kinda like the way you can type in a Safe Z value?

Obviously my comprehension of the programming capabilities in this area are limited so please forgive me if this is a Lame question.

Thanks again Brian.

Regards,
Sid

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What's the best way to determine motor velocity?

« on: April 24, 2006, 11:07:48 PM »

   It didn't work.  I followed your instructions.  Do I need to call out the macro in my Gcode?

Thanks,
Sid

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Motor Speed Wizard in M3

« on: April 23, 2006, 06:07:13 PM »

It's on the settings page.  Lower right hand corner- look for the button!

Sid

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What's the best way to determine motor velocity?

« on: April 23, 2006, 06:06:13 PM »

Brian,

Thank you for thinking about this and offering a solution!

2 things... idon't know what a macro pump is.  I'm going to crack open the manual and see if I can learn about it.

The second item is, I think this programming tweak does resolve my request to place a limit on the max FRO but, if I understand how you propose to do it, I forsee it as being done in a restrictive way.

A 125% max FRO might work for a certain program cutting a specific material but what happens if the material changes and you want more (or less) FRO limit?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What's the best way to determine motor velocity?

« on: April 22, 2006, 02:22:03 AM »

I have a Dream....

Hey Brian,

After messing around a bit, I was able to determine my max velocity before missing steps but, there is another consideration. 

I cut different types of materials, sometime wood, sometimes foam, sometimes casting resin.  Each of these materials will use different feed rates and, of course, only allow for a certain FRO before things get 'hairball'.

That being said, is there a way to create some kind of a user definable "Max FRO" input box someplace (maybe on the settings page)?  Then if someone was runing the program and they tried to run the FRO up, they could not go past the Max FRO?  (kind of like those stupid govenors they put in all the rental trucks)

The absolute best would be if somehow, someway you could use a Gcode to set this limit and could write that limit/Gcode into each program.  I know that this idea is probably not realistic but hey, I said it was a dream.

Lemme know what you think we can do?

Thanks,
Sid

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Message line="Safe Z turned off-ignoring safe z move" but it's not turned off

« on: April 21, 2006, 09:52:39 AM »

What part are you confused about?  I'm not an expert but, I'll try to help if you can more accurately state your problem

Sid

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Habla Español?

« on: April 21, 2006, 09:50:30 AM »

Yeah, you're probably right...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Habla Español?

« on: April 21, 2006, 01:21:48 AM »

Well, I see that nobody has much to say about the availability of Mach 3 in spanish.  Sad, Sad, Sad     

I'd just like to take minute to convey some info in hopes that it might inspire.

Most Widely Spoken Languages in the World
Language                        Approx. number of speakers
 1. Chinese (Mandarin)      1,075,000,000
 2. English                       514,000,000
 3. Hindustani                  496,000,000
 4. Spanish                      425,000,000
 5. Russian                       275,000,000
 6. Arabic                        256,000,000
 7. Bengali                       215,000,000
 8. Portuguese                 194,000,000
 9. Malay-Indonesian          176,000,000
10. French                       129,000,000

Seems like there's a market for a spanish version-??