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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How do you make a screen button turn on and off a relay?

« on: January 19, 2023, 08:51:14 AM »

In the signal library section of the screen script, you can use an INPUT for the button, then have it trigger your output.

Here's an example of a button triggering the coolant pump relay. You'll just have to figure out how to trigger YOUR OUTPUT.

----------Mach4 Input 17 PoKeys Pin 17-----
----------Toggle Coolant M8----------------
[mc.ISIG_INPUT17] = function (state)
if (state == 1) then
     local inst = mc.mcGetInstance();
     local sigh = mc.mcSignalGetHandle(inst, mc.OSIG_COOLANTON);
     local sigState = mc.mcSignalGetState(sigh);
     if (sigState == 0) then
         local OSigCool = mc.mcSignalGetHandle (inst,mc.OSIG_COOLANTON)
         mc.mcSignalSetState(OSigCool,1)
         mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Coolant On")
     else
         local OSigCool = mc.mcSignalGetHandle (inst,mc.OSIG_COOLANTON)
         mc.mcSignalSetState(OSigCool,0)
         mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Coolant Off")
     end
end
   
end,

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How does G30 work?

« on: January 19, 2023, 08:37:19 AM »

I've been using this for a while with the Fusion 360 post, wonder where I got the pound variables? My guess is Chad Bird!! Somehow he/we figured it out a few years ago when working on Fusion posts:)

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 V5000 G91 causing problems

« on: January 17, 2023, 08:19:16 AM »

Over on the Warp9TD forum, Andy is suggesting there may be an issue with 5000 and is recommending 4809.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M4 update to 5000 version, result: system failures

« on: January 09, 2023, 12:53:03 PM »

One thing I'll say is Mach4 runs your machine WAY better than Mach3. Perhaps you could try again, you can run Mach3 and Mach4 alternately, so you'd have a fallback position!! Then if you use my method upgrading Mach4, renaming folders, then you'd always be able to get back to the last working environment.

Might be worth a try!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How to trigger "action" with an input?

« on: January 09, 2023, 09:43:42 AM »

Here's some of mine. PoKeys, but yours could be whatever pin.

----------Mach4 Input 17 PoKeys Pin 17-----
----------Toggle Coolant M8----------------
[mc.ISIG_INPUT17] = function (state)
if (state == 1) then
     local inst = mc.mcGetInstance();
     local sigh = mc.mcSignalGetHandle(inst, mc.OSIG_COOLANTON);
     local sigState = mc.mcSignalGetState(sigh);
     if (sigState == 0) then
         local OSigCool = mc.mcSignalGetHandle (inst,mc.OSIG_COOLANTON)
         mc.mcSignalSetState(OSigCool,1)
         mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Coolant On")
     else
         local OSigCool = mc.mcSignalGetHandle (inst,mc.OSIG_COOLANTON)
         mc.mcSignalSetState(OSigCool,0)
         mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Coolant Off")
     end
end
   
end,

----------Mach4 Input 14 PoKeys Pin 14--
----------Toggle Mist M7----------------
[mc.ISIG_INPUT14] = function (state)
if (state == 1) then
     local inst = mc.mcGetInstance();
     local sigh = mc.mcSignalGetHandle(inst, mc.OSIG_MISTON);
     local sigState = mc.mcSignalGetState(sigh);
     if (sigState == 0) then
         local OSigMist = mc.mcSignalGetHandle (inst,mc.OSIG_MISTON)
         mc.mcSignalSetState(OSigMist,1)
         mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Mist On")
     else
         local OSigMist = mc.mcSignalGetHandle (inst,mc.OSIG_MISTON)
         mc.mcSignalSetState(OSigMist,0)
         mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Mist Off")
     end
end
   
end,

------------Mach4 Input 8 PoKeys Pin 8----------------
------------Toggle SpinCW-----------------------------
[mc.ISIG_INPUT8] = function (state)
if (state == 1) then
     local inst = mc.mcGetInstance();
     local sigh = mc.mcSignalGetHandle(inst, mc.OSIG_SPINDLEON);
     local sigState = mc.mcSignalGetState(sigh);
     if (sigState == 1) then
         mc.mcSpindleSetDirection(inst, 0);
     else
         SpinCW()
     end
end


Might help!

Tom

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M4 update to 5000 version, result: system failures

« on: January 07, 2023, 12:14:13 PM »

Might be too late, but when you upgrade Mach4, rename the Mach4Hobby folder to something like Mach4Hobby_4612, then install the new version. It'll make a new Mach4Hobby folder and install. Open both those folders in File Explorer and copy over your stuff, licenses, screens, profiles, macros, modules, and it should be good. AND......with a simple folder rename, you can go back to a running version if something like this happens!! Personally, I would never install Mach4 over a previous install, but, hey, that might just be me.

I believe there is also a way to load saved profiles that Mach4 makes, but don't recall offhand how to do that. Someone will chime in here, maybe.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Go To Work Zero button not working.

« on: January 07, 2023, 12:08:03 PM »

Try right clicking the icon you use to start Mach4 and choose Run as administrator, then try your edit to the screen.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Help mazh4 z-axis act-up

« on: August 21, 2022, 05:22:06 PM »

Then you got me. Is it a stepper losing steps with the rapid back and forth or something, eventually catching up with soft limits?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Help mazh4 z-axis act-up

« on: August 21, 2022, 06:33:07 AM »

Is the Z axis homed when you do this?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mach 4 and Smooth Stepper homing with limit switches

« on: August 01, 2022, 10:17:10 AM »

You've read thru this, right?

https://warp9td.com/index.php/gettingstarted/setting-up-the-smoothstepper-and-mach4

Some things to look for are go to the diagnostics page and see if your switches, limit and homing, show on there when you press/activate them by hand. Be sure your switches are assigned to axes and active and all.

I believe Andy at Warp9td has a default profile for a G540, you might just start with that.

Otherwise, if you still have questions, you might try the Warp9td forum, Andy provides the best support you could hope for.