Messages

661

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Minor Stops after each GCode Line

« on: April 25, 2020, 07:32:44 AM »

Is CV turned off

662

General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3, G31 probe on Z axis, and variable 2002

« on: April 25, 2020, 07:24:45 AM »

Do you have a length offset active, if so that will be included in the #2002 value you could do a G49 before you do the G31 G91 Z-1. move

663

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 use with XHC card

« on: April 21, 2020, 07:22:15 PM »

Some pictures of the machine would be a help

If all the axis are driven the same then all the values for steps/per should be the same only the acceleration and velocity could be different.

 

664

VB and the development of wizards / Re: Turn tool turret macro

« on: April 21, 2020, 07:50:23 AM »

In Mach3 macros you need to give it time to update DRO's so when you set the SetCurrentTool() or any other DRO you need to do a short Sleep() of say 50 to 100 to allow Mach3 to update in the background.

665

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 on a Millright Mega V: What do I need?

« on: April 21, 2020, 07:42:24 AM »

All you will need is a motion controller, Smoothstepper, or CSLabs or one of the many others out there it all comes down to your budget.  Very few if any of the cheep Asian ones work with Mach4 so stay clear.

666

VB and the development of wizards / Re: Turn tool turret macro

« on: April 21, 2020, 07:37:52 AM »

Mach3 lathe is the same T0203

667

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 use with XHC card

« on: April 21, 2020, 07:09:05 AM »

What is the date on the wxMach file you are using?  you should have more than that on screen.

668

VB and the development of wizards / Re: Turn tool turret macro

« on: April 21, 2020, 06:54:20 AM »

To change tool on Mach4 lathe there is no M6 command just call T0203 for tool 2 offset 3 and I think there are different #vars for the tool and the offset number so you could pick that up and send that to the PLC.

669

General Mach Discussion / Re: IMS im2000f - Vision 2448 router

« on: April 20, 2020, 08:22:31 PM »

Mach3 can drive step and direction through a parallel port or drive various motion controllers as long as the plug in is available.  If your machine has Stepper motors and drives the its not usually a problem, if its servo motors and drives then it can be more complicated as some are 0-10V analogue some a pwm and some are step and direction.

670

General Mach Discussion / Re: How do I create Vectric Aspire Post Processor for Mach 3 file to load in Aspire?

« on: April 20, 2020, 08:14:34 PM »

I would try the Fanuc 6 post processor or the Vectric forum