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General Mach Discussion / 3D probe not working

« on: March 16, 2014, 08:04:24 PM »

So I tried using Art's 3D probe plugin but it doesn't work. I filled the parameters and it asked to check if the probe is working and that's fine then it moves either in the x or the y stops and says " Previous seq, not yet complete then it shuts my drives down and I have to get out of Mach3.
My version of Mach is R3.043.067 any help would be appreciated.
Ray.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Arduino or Pokeys

« on: February 18, 2014, 04:56:31 PM »

Hi Hood, what about the one you have created, does that work ok.
Ray.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Checking your CNC for squareness and accuracy

« on: February 17, 2014, 09:44:12 PM »

Sorry guys, the renishaw QC 10 is a stand alone system and is 6 dec places. there is no manual method of testing a machine that would come close. For $300.00 you can have your machine checked xy, yz, xz.
Ray.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Arduino or Pokeys

« on: February 17, 2014, 09:08:51 PM »

This is not really a hobby, I just want to get these two machines running were I can use them without weird stuff happening, I know it's not a Fanuc, you get what you pay for, I guess the stepper method is a no brainer until you talk analog motion control then it's a whole different story, I just thought after 20,000 controls sold I could just buy stuff and plug it in. Getting back to my last question, will any touch screen work with any screen set?
Thanks. Ray.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Arduino or Pokeys

« on: February 17, 2014, 03:04:53 PM »

Ok so I will use my Pokeys 56 that I bought last year. I haven't touched the bloody machine since last year, and I mean last year... DSPMC has drove me up the wall with treading problems, MPG problems. I liked the RU LCD shuttle from Russia because I didn't have to try to figure out how to wire switches it had 16 + shift 32 buttons + LCD but it doesn't work with DSPMC, It almost works but NOT! buttons work but not the MPG or jog to rapid function which would have been nice, you could rotate the out ring up to 70 degrees slow or fast and that controlled the jog up to a rapid. So now I have to remember how to turn the machine on again and figure out the pokeys, wish I could find some video on hooking up simple stuff like jog switches and stuff, nothing fancy or is it that simple, don't want to read the manual that all foreign to me. Just ordered a mini keypad with track ball that should help, now looking at buying a touch screen monitor, will any touch monitor work, any thoughts? I'm fed up pending money on stuff that doesn't work.
Regards, Ray.

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General Mach Discussion / Arduino or Pokeys

« on: February 17, 2014, 01:49:11 AM »

After a year of screwing around with my MPG (from Audrey in Russia, and by the way, it's a nice piece of kit with the LCD and 16 buttons) and now I find out that DSPMC motion controller doesn't support USB MPG's after I don't how many emails back and forth, Oh well. So now I have to connect some buttons and a joy stick and stuff, I have a pokeys56 but don't see much in the way of help yet I see loads of help on U tube for the Arduino, is this the same thing?
What should I use as I am not very good when it comes to electronics, pity that bloody MPG didn't work would have solved all my problems.
Ray.

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: MPG and DSPMC hook up problem

« on: February 06, 2013, 10:29:31 AM »

Tried it at 4 and no empty spaces for increments in general config still nothing.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with pop out jog/mpg

« on: February 06, 2013, 10:25:54 AM »

But I can still use the step or continuous or MPG and they work but the LED doesn't come on so I can't see what mode I am in, same for the MPG X &Z.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with pop out jog/mpg

« on: February 05, 2013, 11:17:34 PM »

Here it is.

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dspMC/IP Motion Controller / Re: MPG and DSPMC hook up problem

« on: February 05, 2013, 08:16:49 PM »

the encoder is 100ppr, I set the the counts to 400?