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General Mach Discussion / Re: direct stepper control with Max NC10wave driver

« on: November 22, 2009, 05:46:15 PM »

Hi, David

When you select Max NC Wave in Mach, Pin's 2-5 "Z", 6-9 "X", 1,14,16,17 "Y" are auto selected.

Read through this Post it should help. http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,9816.0.html

Chip

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z late getting to final depth

« on: November 21, 2009, 12:30:10 AM »

Hi, Joe

Post your problem G-code and DXF files your having issues with, Use the REPLY button and Attach option, Welcome aboard.

Chip

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FAQs / Re: Milling Machine Retrofit

« on: November 18, 2009, 10:12:40 PM »

Hi, RossF

Did a little searching, Maybe this will help. http://industrial.panasonic.com/ww/i_e/25000/fa_pro_acs_e/fa_pro_acs_e/a4.html

Your servos are most likely +- 10 volt type control, You would need some +- 10 volt to step/dir interface boards to use Mach3.

Chip

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dwell for the spindle

« on: November 17, 2009, 08:51:10 PM »

Hi, Bryson

Well the a.01 didn't work hear ether prob. not a big enough move to show, Use g0 a0.1 and g0 a0

There is another way use some .m1s macro's, It's more involved, We'll look at it if needed.

Chip

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dwell for the spindle

« on: November 17, 2009, 06:51:53 PM »

Hi, Bryson

Ports & pins, Turn it on and assign pin's and port #, You'll need some G-code to insure it's off to start with.

Then G0 A.01 for on and G0 A0 for off, You may need to change the Dir Low active to get the on/off correct.

Chip

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dwell for the spindle

« on: November 17, 2009, 06:24:55 PM »

Hi, Bryson

A small move in A axis pos will turn Dir pin high and a neg turn will turn it off.

In the end you may need a positive way to shutoff the glue flow at the nozzle.

Chip

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dwell for the spindle

« on: November 17, 2009, 06:07:17 PM »

Hi, Bryson

Theirs been allot of discussion with laser users on this, You could use the A axis direction pin and do away with the M3/M5's completely in your G-code.

Chip

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General Mach Discussion / Re: dwell for the spindle

« on: November 17, 2009, 03:51:26 PM »

Hi, Bryson

Are you venting the residual air pressure when you turn off the air to the glue gun. ?

Take out the G4p0 and you may need to put the M5 earlier in your G-code.

O17
G0 G91 G17 G40 G54 G64
M3 (Glue ON)
G01 Y12.23 F160
X.155 Y.155 r .175 F300
G01 X1.48 F160
Y-.155 X.155 r .175 F300
G01 Y-11.48 F160
X-.155 Y-.155 r .175 F300
G01 X-1.48 F160
M5 ;-----------------------(Glue OFF)
X-.155 Y.155 r .175 F300
;--------------------------G4P0
;--------------------------M5 (Glue OFF)
G01 Z -.02
G01 X.1
G01 X-.1
G01 X.1
M99
%

Chip

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe

« on: November 15, 2009, 05:26:55 PM »

Hi, Rich

Hears what I was talking about.

N10 (Z AXIS TEST NO 2 )
N20 G20 G40 G49 G61 G80 G90 G94
N30 M98 P01 L10 ; it should be looking for "O1"
N40 M30
%

O12 ; So let's say you made an error with the O12 instead of O1

N60 G32 Z-0.9995 F.1
N70 G95
N80 G4 P4
N90 G00 Z0.001
N100 G32 Z-1.0 F.1
N110 G95
N120 G4 P4
N130 G00 Z0.0
N140 M99
%

O01 ('OK, So why is it loading this.)

N60 G32 Z-0.9995 F.1
N70 G95
N80 G4 P4
N90 G00 Z0.001
N100 G32 Z-1.0 F.1
N110 G95
N120 G4 P4
N130 G00 Z0.0
N140 M99
%

O13

N60 G32 Z-0.9995 F.1
N70 G95
N80 G4 P4
N90 G00 Z0.001
N100 G32 Z-1.0 F.1
N110 G95
N120 G4 P4
N130 G00 Z0.0
N140 M99
%

Sintex Errors ?

There is another interesting issue that crop's up from time to time, If you have loaded a G-code file and then used the File, Close File(s) option, Then when you load another G-code file and Edit it, Mach will Open 2 Files in 2 separate windows, The old one and the new one, Which ever one you close last is used as the current loaded G-code.

Still trying to sort this one out so it's repeatable.  

OK, I think I figured this one out, You can inadvertently "Mouse Click" open up multiple Edit window's, Mach is not sensing that there is already a open file for editing and allowing multiple copy's, When you close the top one Mach covers up the others.

Maybe theres a simple Fix for this. 

Chip  

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems threading on the lathe

« on: November 14, 2009, 08:37:10 PM »

Hi, Rich

After my phone call I played with your file some more and can get it to load, Then it wont load, Then it will and so on.

I think this is a problem that has been in Mach for a long long time, I'll play with it some more and see if I can get a step by step list so we can look at it.

It's pretty much a file load/unload/edit issue, I'll give you a call tomorrow.

Chip