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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mach 4 crash

« on: July 23, 2016, 12:24:12 AM »

well i figured this much out i installed on a windows 7 machine and after the first start mach 4 crashes. so i started playing with the screen sets if i copy the lathe profile and leave the screen set blank same thing. if i create a profile from scratch and use the wxLathe set it opens and runs so far in windows 7 and 10 so there must be something not quite right on the original install. i am happy it is working the only concern is if i am missing something by going to a complete create profile i doubt it.
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mach 4 crash

« on: July 20, 2016, 09:59:33 PM »

note i just installed on a machine running windows vista service pack 2 seems fine will let you know on 7
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Mach4 General Discussion / mach 4 crash

« on: July 20, 2016, 09:30:40 PM »

Hello
i am configuring for a lathe and waiting for an updated plug in from cs-labs. so i have a windows 10 updated lenovo computer i installed mach 4 build 4.2.0.3112 pre release i just used this on a mill works good. anyway i click on the lathe icon it loaded the first time ok now it loads screen elements then loading mach motion canned elements loads about 1/3 then crashes by crashes i mean windows 10 comes up and says mach 4 cnc gui has stopped working and you have to close you cant continue. i found a work around when mach 4 is booting click on one of the menu items multiple times got me in but this didnt work every time i made my own profile i havent tried this on a different computer. i will try this on a windows 7 computer and let you know. also this computer is not hooked up to a machine or controller yet. has anybody else had this problem thank you
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Re ESS and Mach 4

« on: July 13, 2016, 12:52:01 AM »

hmm do you have a good grip in what input it is on physically, then smooth stepper config if it is on there, see if you can get the ess diag to come up the last time i played with it you had to not be in estop and it might hang the computer but i did get it to come up a few times if you can manage this you can trigger the input and see it operate in real time. this would be the best scenario if not in mach and i may be all wet set a hot key to emulate the input also that way you can see it work without the actual input and you will know if your settings are in the ballpark. i dont think you need to go after the electronics as it worked before assuming you have not rewired or changed anything good luck
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MPG

« on: July 03, 2016, 12:18:56 AM »

thank you for all the replies i have finished the lua script and tested the setup. i had to do a bit of tweaking on the script but everything works fine now. i do something a little different my increment switch goes 1 .1 .01 .001 i do it this way because this is a stepper bridgeport and that is the entire resolution of the machine. the thing that threw me is i upgrade both stepper and servo machines so when i see encoder 0 the first thing i think of is X axis i have not to date done a stepper with encoders however that leads to the question with a ess if i were to add encoders to stepper motors or axises can the ess do that and what would the final config look like.
happy chips
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MPG

« on: July 01, 2016, 08:02:03 AM »

well lo and behold it is morning and i set the mpg to encoder 0 and i finally have movement thank god. i wonder does anybody know about the aux encoders labeled aux encoder 0 (mpg or other) this caused me allot of grief not complaining just jazzed it works thank you
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MPG

« on: June 30, 2016, 11:26:10 PM »

one more thing i will check out tomorrow in the pdf it says encoder 0 phase a encoder 0 phase b however in the smooth stepper input signals just below spindle encoders it says aux encoder/mpg or something like that so that is where i set the mpg a and b we shall see if that is it thank you
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MPG

« on: June 30, 2016, 03:08:55 PM »

thanks for the help it mostly works however i cannot get mpg to jog an axis i am going to clear a few things up but i am sure they are not the problem. i use a c22 pendant interface board but instead of a pendant i hook directly to two rotary switches and the mpg these are on my operator control panel. the mpg is directly connected to pin 2 and 3 = to parallel port pin 2 and 3 from the ethernet smooth stepper the switches work fine with a mod for estop the mpg i turn and turn and turn. so config from ess i set up port 2 pin 2 and 3 i have seen this in the ess diagnostics screen however the screen hangs the computer as often as not right now so i want to stay out of there i mapped inputs 8 and 9 in mach 4 to the mpg and added two leds on the screen so i can see that the mpg is outputting pulses and it works. now in the mpg tab i set to mpg 0 enabled ESS/AuxEncoder0 4 counts per detent accel 20 velocity 20. that covers it ? does it possible need a plug in what files should i post so you can take a look at them or do you have any ideas thank you
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Mach4 General Discussion / MPG

« on: June 29, 2016, 12:13:25 PM »

hello
i need help with an mpg. i have an ethernet smooth stepper connected to a cnc4pc pendant board and mach 4. i have the signals coming to mach i can see port2 input 2 and 3 in ess diagnostics so i know i have a signal. there is also a mach setup tab for mpg. the problem is i cant get the machine to jog on mpg i have tried to set up many different ways and done multiple lua script changes. allot of what i have read seems contradictory but i will take what i can get to work. all i want is a simple jog on one axis i can program the rest. please help before i have to take a hammer to Mr microchips.
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Mach4 General Discussion / mpg

« on: June 22, 2016, 09:26:29 PM »

hi
i am writing an mpg in signal script under SigLib. it has rotary switches x y z a and 1 .1 .01 .001 four positions as this is a stepper machine and this is the resolution i can get the mpg to work in smooth stepper diagnostics screen but have yet to convince mach to see it may not be programmed properly yet. also i am programming rotary switches the question is which is proper or better this

[mc.ISIG_INPUT0] = function (state)
      if (state == 1) then
         have to figure out what to put here
      end
end,

or this

[mc.ISIG_INPUT0] = function (on_off)
      if (on_off == 1) then
         have to figure out what to put here
      end
end,

there is allot of information some conflicting some confusing. is signal script being used or is it mostly or all screen load script
thank you
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