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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing Macro?

« on: September 10, 2011, 10:05:00 PM »

I did the same editing process on the "Run" screen and it worked beautifully. Thanks all.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing Macro?

« on: September 10, 2011, 10:02:28 PM »

OK I am back, both ways worked just like described. I ended up going back to the 1 Ya-Nvr-No wrote. Most likely because it seems safer to raise the Z first, then X & Y simultaneously. This does prevent crashing into the vise or workpiece. I do notice that this works on the "Load" screen but not on the "Run" screen. Do I have to modify the same button on different pages? Maybe I will go look there too.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Homing Macro?

« on: September 10, 2011, 09:54:04 PM »

Thanks all of you! I used Ya-Nvr-No's approach and it worked great. I would have tried the 3 axis simultaneous homing but I dont really understand what to copy of Hood's response, just type in RefCombination (7) or does the statement or reasoning have to be in there also. I guess it is easy enough to change. I will try it right now. Thanks again, I am dangerous now.

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General Mach Discussion / Homing Macro?

« on: September 10, 2011, 07:18:09 PM »

I would like to have my homing routine (RefAllHome) go either all simultaneously or the Z first and then X & Y at the same time. From what I understand I needed to clone my screen and then edit the RefAllHome buttons script. I have cloned the screen successfully on a new experimental xml. All of the prior features work. I believe from here I would select "Operator/EditButton Script/press the RefAllHome button at which point the VB editor window pops up, which in my case due to using the tutorials displays "Msgbox"This is the new RefAllHome button script". From here  I would think I would delete the wording, replace it with the correct script for all of the homing, click save and close the editor, click "view"and then "Save Current Layout. Close Mach and reopen and see if it all works. I need to know 2 things so far.
1. The correct script to acheive the homing sequence I would like (either all simultaneous or Z first then both)

2. If there are any steps explained above that were missed and or misunderstood.

Again as always, thanks for any and all of your help!

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Clone Screen button values?

« on: September 10, 2011, 09:34:18 AM »

Dave, Thanks so much for that tutorial. It was very thorough and visual for us less knowledgable (me) in these areas. Again thanks. I am sure it wont get rid of me, but it will get me closer to understanding the customization features.

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Clone Screen button values?

« on: September 09, 2011, 11:18:16 PM »

I would like my mill to simultaneously home all axis'.
My understanding is to do that I have to first clone the screen. Does a cloned screen have no button values yet assigned? Do I have to rebuild the whole page or all 6-7 pages of buttons just to change the homing routine/sequence?
Write a script and install it in the macros/custom for the ref all home button.
I have no experience in code. I have read quite a few chapters many times over trying to grasp the concept. Still seems quite foreign. If this isnt the proper place to ask this, would you direct me there? Is the process the same regardless of whether it is Mach or MSM?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Profiles with different kernel speeds?

« on: August 10, 2011, 07:01:51 PM »

Dave, I did assume that. I am just trying out some digital drivers. 5056D Keling

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General Mach Discussion / Profiles with different kernel speeds?

« on: August 10, 2011, 06:03:09 PM »

Can I run different kernel speeds on different profiles? I notice that I have quite a few profiles and some are running different kernel speeds. I typically run the default of 25 but want to use a higher speed on an upcoming profile I will be tuning. Is there any problem with doing this? For that matter, could I run 2 similar profiles with different kernel speeds and get faster travels with the higher kernel speed?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: motors not turning - please help (newbie)

« on: June 01, 2011, 12:48:10 PM »

Motor tuning can be the culprit too. Too fast of an accel and or speed will cause stalling.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: RPM to Mach via USB

« on: May 31, 2011, 06:44:50 PM »

I know it has been a while but vistacnc does make a USB tachometer that works with Mach via a plug in.