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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: add condition on Gcode

« on: January 05, 2021, 08:30:39 PM »

You can do it with an Mcode in hobby or use macro B in industrial .

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Modbus Programming guidance needed

« on: January 05, 2021, 08:44:08 AM »

Mike, We are trying to make a system that will need no real settings. It is a really cleaver setup and I think you will like it better. This will make for a much shorter development cycle.

Chris,
I have sent you a message off list and we can make a time for me to poke around your machine. I hope we can get this rolling and others will be able to get something from this.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M6 Script Problem

« on: January 04, 2021, 05:10:21 PM »

Hello,
Is this with the ESS ? if so you need to change a setting in the config.. Don't know what it is off the top of my head

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: What is the best way to backup and migrate Mach4 config to another laptop?

« on: January 04, 2021, 03:00:20 PM »

Go to help -> Support -> Package current Profile

When you want to load it use the profile loader and the import profile button.

Hope that helps
Brian

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Modbus Programming guidance needed

« on: January 04, 2021, 10:16:24 AM »

I can't tell you that I will not miss some but I am going to try to hit this one message board on a regular basis. So if you have something you would like to see I will be around.  I forgot how much fun I had solving problems .

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Modbus Programming guidance needed

« on: January 04, 2021, 09:30:07 AM »

Here you are Chad... it is not code that will change the world or anything but it should give you what you need as a base to start from. The cool part is that it shows you how you can read data from the line of the Mcode! The only thing I could not do for you is set the max Hz or set the register that would set the value.

Please tell me if this works for you ..

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function m8(hParam) --The param is a P value called from Gcode. M8P50 for example would be 50%, No value will be 100%.
local inst = mc.mcGetInstance()
local varP = 100.00 -- default is 100%
if (hParam ~= nil) then
local flagP, rc = mc.mcCntlGetLocalVarFlag(inst, hParam, mc.SV_P)
if (flagP == 1) then --Check that the flag has been set so we do not get an unexpected value for mc.SV_P
varP = mc.mcCntlGetLocalVar(inst, hParam, mc.SV_P)
end
end
mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, string.format("P val == %.0f",varP))
local handle = 0;
handle = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst,"0Regs0/test")-- TODO  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Set Modbus register value here
if (handle ~= 0)then
local MaxVFDSpeed = 7000
local val =  MaxVFDSpeed*varP/100
val = string.format("%.0f",tonumber(val))-- Get Val as an int
mc.mcRegSetValue(regH ,tonumber(val))-- Set the speed of the pump
end
handle = 0;
handle = mc.mcSignalGetHandle(inst, mc.OSIG_COOLANTON)
if (handle ~= 0)then
mc.mcSignalSetState(handle, 1)
end
end

if (mc.mcInEditor() == 1) then
    m8()
end


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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Run a lathe and a mill on same computer (not simultaniously)

« on: January 03, 2021, 08:08:41 PM »

You can unplug the ess and run the other machine. We do it all the time here we have computers that have run multiple machines per day here . The thing we don’t do is have the computer connected to both machines at the same time. That has not been tested but would be easy enough.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Modbus Programming guidance needed

« on: January 03, 2021, 08:02:09 PM »

Are you guys tapping the lines here? I have been taking with someone about a project for a simple serial communication. We are looking at a simple command set so you can easily send control panel commands. I won’t mention any names in the event we don’t follow through. This seems like it could be a bunch of fun for people.

Mike wound that work for you? You can do it now but you would need to use the serial plugin.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Modbus Programming guidance needed

« on: January 03, 2021, 12:47:42 PM »

I was going to use a click PLC to get my screen shots. I have one on the bench all setup. If you guys have some drives you would like examples of I could make an appendix in the manual to show people what the settings are for a few devices. I am thinking click PLC , automation direct drives and then a few of the Chinese ones that people seem to use. I know this sounds dumb but I did a VFD on a coolant pump before. It was really cool! I set it so you could do m8 p50 and get 50% flow

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Update?

« on: January 03, 2021, 12:42:53 PM »

That is a cool machine!