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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Motion plugin for virtual hardware(for tests) - lets share our knowledge

« on: June 29, 2012, 07:35:28 AM »

Well - I do not remember. I think they should work as both hot keys and Mach buttons end up calling same motion function

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: MachIncudes VS C 2010

« on: June 24, 2012, 01:37:55 PM »

Use plugin wizzard - it has these includes.
I have it described in my docs if you need details  - http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,19697.0.html

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: USB plugin don't fill Trajectories array

« on: March 01, 2012, 04:06:17 AM »

It is operational  and I have opened the code - so you can have a look at it.
It has been there for some time - I do not continue its development it as there was not much interest.

Note - it has not been heavily tested, but basic operation do work.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: USB plugin don't fill Trajectories array

« on: February 29, 2012, 10:08:37 AM »

See Home() function in the plugin template - it is called for homeing

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: USB plugin don't fill Trajectories array

« on: February 29, 2012, 10:08:01 AM »

The bad news is that once you make motion plugin you have to code the homing motion yourself - Mach will not do it for you. See my code - I had to calculate everything myself and send my own motion commands to my hardware controller.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: USB plugin don't fill Trajectories array

« on: February 29, 2012, 05:23:57 AM »

Well, home function is being called once you tell Mach  to home axis.
The basic idea is that you configure your inputs as "home inputs" so Mach knows which inputs to use when executing home procedure

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: USB plugin don't fill Trajectories array

« on: February 29, 2012, 05:05:53 AM »

No idea - but this you can easily debug and trace producing such code.

But - M3 is related to spindle control - whay do you ask about homing ( which is something different)

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Motion plugin for virtual hardware(for tests) - lets share our knowledge

« on: January 31, 2012, 02:12:09 AM »

Kind of:

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,19697.0.html

I have created real motion controller and shared the code. But due to small interest I have not developed it further ( it does work, but it would require much more testing)

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Motion plugin for virtual hardware(for tests) - lets share our knowledge

« on: November 25, 2011, 02:22:04 AM »

USB is not ideal - I agree. I sometimes use galvanically isolted USB ( Analog devices provides chip with trafo coupling e.g. ADUM3160 ), but it still does not help if you use plasma cutter because USB does not handle gracefully mess on physical layer.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Step2Mach - My DIY ethernet controller for Mach

« on: November 25, 2011, 02:20:27 AM »

Ethernet connection is *always* trafo coupled. I use jack with embedded trafo. Current version of plugin supports just one "converter" - if you need more then you can either connect two ( needs software modification, also only one would provide step/dirs ) or use bigger chip ( with more io,also needs software changes)

About the plugin - see the link in the beggining, there is a link to source code so you can check for yourself.