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PoKeys / Re: Two questions about 57CNC board with mach 4
« on: September 11, 2015, 12:32:03 PM »
Update: the new plugin is now available.

Just copy the plugin files into the Plugins folder of Mach4.

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PoKeys / Re: Two questions about 57CNC board with mach 4
« on: September 11, 2015, 11:06:42 AM »
Mach4 just release build 2686 and the plugin is not yet compatible with this version. The updated plugin should be released in a few days.

For the gantry, just assign two different motors to the same axis in Mach4 settings. There is however a limitation that all motors on the axis must have the same motion parameters (it has to do with how PoKeys device does autonomous operations like homing, probing, etc.).

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys 57E Encoder reset
« on: September 05, 2015, 01:11:54 PM »
Instead of setting DRO to zero, save the current value of the DRO in your own variable. This is offset that you subtract from encoder DRO to get your new position, which you can save to a new DRO.

So, for example, you determine that the encoder value of 1234 should be showing 0. Save 1234 to a offset variable and subtract this value from then on. The encoder value of 1244 will then read +10.

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PoKeys / Re: Mach3 and Pokeys Error Code 200702 and 9991
« on: September 05, 2015, 10:56:53 AM »
Try clearing the settings (there is PoKeysMachConfig.xml file in your Windows user AppData\Local folder, that you can delete to clear the settings of the plugin completely).
The plugin should be active on the startup of Mach3.

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys 57E Encoder reset
« on: September 05, 2015, 10:53:48 AM »
Hi, George

Encoders are handled in the PoKeys device itself and the plugin merely forwards the values to Mach3. It is not possible to set the encoder value from Mach3.

Since you are not using MPGs for jogging, you can assign the encoder value to an unused DRO slot and handle the resetting in your script.

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys 56U as Pendant - MPG does not work
« on: August 31, 2015, 03:12:28 PM »
First, make sure you are running the latest PoKeys firmware, Mach3 plugin and Mach3 software.

Did you select 'External 4ch with IO' in the pulse engine configuration screen of the Mach3 plugin?

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PoKeys / Re: Mach3 and Pokeys Error Code 200702 and 9991
« on: August 24, 2015, 02:49:08 PM »
Update Mach3 to the latest version first. PoKeys requires it.

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PoKeys / Re: Mach3 and Pokeys Error Code 200702 and 9991
« on: August 24, 2015, 02:28:49 PM »
Which version of Mach3 and PoKeys software are you using?

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PoKeys / Re: PoBlocks and Stepper motor controller
« on: August 21, 2015, 02:13:44 PM »
First configure the Pulse engine (activation, type, motion parameters) using the PoKeys software - click on 'Save configuration' button in the Pulse engine dialog to send the settings to the device. The motion parameters must be confirmed by pressing enter in the fields (or else the background will be displayed in red color).

Then load the attached file in PoBlocks and send it to the device. First two axes should move in two second intervals, while the third axes should move based on the analog value on the input 41.

There are four PoIL code blocks used - one to start the pulse engine and the others for setting the reference values. To view the code, simply double-click on any of them. The PoIL code reference can be found in the PoIL.pdf document in the PoKeys installation folder.

Matevž, PoLabs

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PoKeys / Re: PoBlocks and Stepper motor controller
« on: August 20, 2015, 01:36:04 PM »
Hi, James

Yes, you can.

Pulse engine has a long list of options and we haven't released a graphical block to support it. However, it can still be accessed from PoIL code.
Can you give more description on what you want to achieve? We might assist you then.

Matevž,
PoLabs