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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 11, 2010, 12:42:07 PM »

Rich,
Thank's A Billion, just what I was looking for.
As for the PC, I don't want to get into details on this fourm,BUT, it was the backup drive that took a $$it. Go figure. And thanks for the solution you had mentioned. I think I will invest in a B.U. seperate from the PC.  Thanks Again,    Hank S.

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LazyTurn / Re: LazyTurn

« on: December 11, 2010, 09:51:23 AM »

Hi All,
I had a disaster on my PC, and lost everything, files, dxf's, cad, mach, and just is unbelievable what happened. Now tring to get back some, if not most of the things I lost. RICH, or anyone else, know where I can get the last LazyTurn, Lathe up to date file .zip so I can at least get going on doing some part programming again. Your Help is Greatly Appreciated.   Thanks So Much,   Hank S.

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Screen Not Working, No Moves...

« on: October 11, 2010, 08:29:52 PM »

Dave,
I just run 3 parts on the new screen,''MSM'' and run real good far as i know right now. I did do more scouting around to find what was causing the Z to go to1.5000, and in settings, click spindles, and tangitial knife control, there is ,or was 1.0000 in the box for lift knife,rotation was at 45* and changed the lift portion to 0.0000, and clicked enter,and run the 3 programs . Funny that something that sinple is to cause such a error. I knew that this was not doing it in any of the Mach screens that I had used brfore, just being alittle observant. So I think I shall give it a rest for now, and fire it up in the AM for running parts. Glad you are so patient with all the fixes and your support, and putting up with grimlins, that I would just like to say; THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Go Rays....    Thanks ,  Hank S.

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Screen Not Working, No Moves...

« on: October 11, 2010, 02:39:30 PM »

Dave,
I had a chance to figure out what I was doing wrong,and finally got the screen to work. ''However'' in loading the screen from the mach loader,I find that the divice manager, the tell's you to choose printerport, or no devices, freezes, and the do not show me this again, I cannot click on it to do so. It wont let me, clicling on any of the buttons dont work, and just goes to the WhiteScreen and the loads. Next is the tool offset height, I always use 0.1 above the workpiece and is in the z safety at 0.5 which is in my programs GCode,never changed,and the result is, it is going 1.5 above the work piec and should'nt, I look all over the setting pages and status bars and cannot find how to change the setting. All the ZYZ A B C axis's are at 0.0000. loading a GCode that I always use,and did so before switching to MSM in the .1024 screen will not produce the 1.0000 rise in Z. Tried everything I know,and maybe thtas not enough,but dont know where esle to look. As for the screen itself, Great, just two things I cannot figure out.   Thanks,   Hank S.

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Screen Not Working, No Moves...

« on: October 10, 2010, 06:58:07 PM »

Dave,

AhHa,
Let me read the manual again,and see, If I am right, mach std mill is the only one, of the few others, that are in the mach loader.
This may seem likly the problem... Thanks for the heads up. I just was fooling with it again since noon, and will leave the rest of my hair in my head now. Good reference.    Thanks,   Hank S.

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Screen Not Working, No Moves...

« on: October 10, 2010, 09:59:44 AM »

Dave et All,

OK here is the jist of what Ihave seen and gone through. Pulley set too fast is pulley 4 and set to is 25000,is just set to pulley 1 set to 255000 for my bridge mill, and the speed is 25500 I set this and still get the error? never had a problem running the 1024 screen set and should work either in the blue screen, or whatever, Just Won't work For Me...... That said ,how come if I change screens and use different machine's without MSM losded,I get everything to work and don't have to go thhrough all my settings again and again, to get things to work. Something is not appling itself to the MSM, when it is to be used. Just that simple. AS for now,when something else come's along ,and is proven to work without reconfiguring the whole lot, I might give it a shot,but the way things stand,and my setups, with different machine xml's, I'm not going to go through the agrivation of doing so. Thought it would be easy to just apply the MSM and be off. Well, I guess WRONG. Now I'm staying with what I have and that's that.   Aint gunna work HERE.    And I Really don't think Mach has Anything to do with it............  end of story.  As for the White screen, won't happen with MSM not loaded, so, and all Mach screens load and work fine, Blue or Otherwise,same with settings, all are fine.     Thanks,  Hank S.

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Screen Not Working, No Moves...

« on: October 08, 2010, 04:06:25 PM »

Dave,

I'll Post when You Return. Sent re.  PM.  Thanks,    Hank S.

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Screen Not Working, No Moves...

« on: October 08, 2010, 11:48:12 AM »

Ger21,
I thought about that, in the beginning, and the config's are the same. It will work on one screen set Mach3.42.32, while on another it will not Mach 3.43.22. It will run on one screen set, and errors on MSM, and Mach3.43.22 when upgraded.    Thanks,   Hank S.

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Screen Not Working, No Moves...

« on: October 08, 2010, 11:42:12 AM »

Dave,
I thought about this, and if you want to work through this, I'm Game, just to see whats up with MY configuration, or what. Give me a PM, and I'll call you on a phone (MY DIME) and see if we can sort through this, if you want. Still seems as though someething is screwed up.     bossproduction@comcast.net            Thanks,    Hank S.

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Screen Not Working, No Moves...

« on: October 08, 2010, 10:32:11 AM »

Dave,
I have tried MSM again,and have it loaded on a new PC for the machine only. I ran the latest setup on the House PC and get th esame thing also. Load a file, and proceed to run, press cycle start, and goes to thee first line, and just quits, searches, and then runs a few lines, without doing anything ,and stops again. OK while it is in stoped mode,I am lookng for what might be happening on the screen, to see whats going on, first at the top, it says pulley too fast for.. clicking on path, to enlasrge the screen, it takes off again, and then stops.. Tried this on the Machine PC, and the same thing happens, only it is supposed to cut a small hole, but is in some kind of arc mode, and the tool path is way bigger than the whole part is. Says there is an error, I J command, but on the other PC it just stop's. Uninstalled both MSM and Mach 3.43.22 and went back to 3.42.32 and everything is fine..Except when the screen loads, Mach flash is first, then a White screen, for about 9 seconds, then the screen set loads. I'm going back to the screen s that I have, and will just wait, for somemore fixes. Just not willing to make a postive disicion as of yet. I think i had posted this before, when MSM first came out. Maybe It's Just My Stuff Too!    Thanks,   Hank S.