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General Mach Discussion / Re: saving dro readouts

« on: January 26, 2008, 06:38:41 AM »

thanks hood
i had thought as much but wasnt sure if i had to do anything else besides
so what does set next line do...is it to lock the position into the mach 3 ?

     thank you thats a great help
ciao f now

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General Mach Discussion / saving dro readouts

« on: January 26, 2008, 05:04:55 AM »

hi folks
can i save my settings for a job to open in the same state upon reboot if i have shut down midway through a job
i see the save settings button but im think thats just general ...can i save positions ?
at twentfive thousand lines on average they run beyond work time and i keep noting the dros and running from there
but now a then another worker shuts down and dosent read the dros...losing my values.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: serial port ?

« on: November 24, 2007, 02:01:02 PM »

thanks  hood
at least i know which way to go ..so its off to cpc then . thanks very much matey thats a great help and a lot off me plate
the boss is convinced he can do it by altering the com settings and resetting the pins mind you he spent two hours today trying to configure a camera with no drivers ..in and out of wizards with  me saying d-o-w-n-l-o-a-d the drivers from sweex every ten minutes
then low and behold he produces the disk from his desk......!!!!!//////???  

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General Mach Discussion / serial port ?

« on: November 24, 2007, 10:15:54 AM »

hello chaps
hi ive just swapped pc's and the pc i want to use only has 9pi serial port besides usb's can i use the 9 pin jobby ?? i just searched for posts but the ones ive found appear to in double dutch ..or geekspeak..he he ....
please can somone tell me how to configure the prog through the 9 pin port ??..that has a 25 pin adapter on it to the machine..
and/or is it possible to run through the usb with a converter
do i need to reassign the pins?...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: ho hum

« on: June 30, 2007, 05:38:37 AM »

thanks dan
ill try that when i get a chance forgive me for not responding to quickly im all over the place....

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General Mach Discussion / ho hum

« on: June 23, 2007, 07:32:26 AM »

forgive my ignorance but is it possible to invert the z information within  a code without manually altering the lines
is there some sort of routine or macro for this or am i just going to have to wait until they unlock my software licnence
in my tool path generator.....  .... im using tap extension     
please dont hit me ...im really just thick ..

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General Mach Discussion / Re: hi guys

« on: May 23, 2007, 05:35:21 AM »

thanks guys
ill check it all out and have a look for shuttle pro or maybee a joystick?? anyway another question is can i install a sensor for tool positioning so that i can home and locate zero after (manual ) tool change ive seen this gear on the roland machines but am not sure what it is called
thanks for the links
regards "H" at niges

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General Mach Discussion / hi guys

« on: May 22, 2007, 05:33:18 AM »

hello
please forgive my ignorance I have neglected to explore this forum for a while and am still getting to know mach3 although we are mightily impressed at last we can conrtoll the mill without getting frustrated even thogh weve not used many of the features or settings in mach3 we are beggining to see all the answers to our questions ...using mps pro2003 was like riding a trike with the stableisers still on remember when you were three?? ....ha ha now its like I have a trike with a v8..... mmmmm maybee!!!!..(not that mps isnt good for breaking the milk teeth becuase it is...I just wish the reseller had realised mach 3 was out there it would have done him a lot of good to think ahead.
anyway Ii have a question ... is there a list of keyboard short cuts? or more to the point can I rotate A from a key ? and can I plunge also from a shortcut?? if I put a joystick on will that give me greater controll i have plenty of little jobs that require manual operation i know the arrow keys operate XY but Ii need ZA too im sure it can be ??
thanks you very much
regards "H"@Niges

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General Mach Discussion / Re: LAPTOP GRAPHICS DISPLAY

« on: December 11, 2006, 08:30:02 AM »

thanks hood
will try to sort out.........when machine is not busy... screen is no problem as we have many machines its just that the old prog ran on that lappy so even if we have to change it its no big deal im switching between two pc's at the mo 
one question
would it be ok to offer my services on the forum i work part time at the mo and am a reasonable modeller using a variety of cad cam progs is there a section for this type of service ??
 

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General Mach Discussion / LAPTOP GRAPHICS DISPLAY

« on: December 09, 2006, 11:28:28 AM »

HI ALL
is it posible to put mach 3 on my laptop its on old compaq armada m300 running win2k i tried to install but thr prog only shows some of the gui i have only 640 480 or 800 by 600 pixels ? or do i (can i) get / need other drivers ??