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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: Homing - switch lights up but won't stop movement

« on: October 01, 2017, 12:35:17 PM »

where do you see it light up in the mach screen or else ware. thats first and what version of mach are you running.
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: System Requirements for Mach4

« on: September 29, 2017, 10:22:25 PM »

hello i use an intel nuc its a mini pc kit. i use one of the smaller ones 5cpyh for regular mills and am thinking of going to a 6? for the bigger machines. these are a godsend sure you have you assemble it and i add wires to move the led and the push button to the outside dont do this unless you are very good at soldering or find the connector i have yet to find. the point is it is very delicate. the reason i love the nuc is i can put it in my operator control panels it being 4" square doesn't draw allot of power and cooling has not been a problem. go a step further and use a solid state hdd and no moving parts. the old days i was always shoe horning a computer some ware now i use the nuc and an ethernet cable and i love the results.
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Mach4 General Discussion / tool changer tips and tricks

« on: September 29, 2017, 10:05:18 PM »

hi all i havent posted for a while just finishing a machine with a new controller and it fought me fyi if you have rf noise and you dont know where it is check that your fuses are all tight you have no idea how long it took me to find that and that was luck. onward i am doing a cincinati milicron mill with a 20? position tool changer and i have to write a tool change program in lua of course so i am going to write down the sequence and start programming but i was thinking i have written tool changers before with mostly good results but that was VB not lua. several concerns i have are the best way to go about an array or table for mach 4 to accomplish two things make sure mach knows which tool is where and the best way for the program to take the shortest route to the next tool. i have seen posts about tool changer programs some times they get help sometimes they dont. so i thought some of you have written tool changers or have some ideas and if you would post your insights would really help me to design the best tool changer or the problem spots you have had. this also might help others to write a tool changer i thank you in advance for any insight you might have and when i have finished writing the sequence of events i will post it.
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: lua error or is it

« on: September 17, 2017, 08:07:52 PM »

thanks for the reply so in a nutshell basic lua plc debug will call an error where none exists because it doesnt have the whole picture. for me just good to know as my lua is iffy and i count on debug to save me from myself.
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: lua error or is it

« on: September 13, 2017, 06:40:37 PM »

hi my script additions which are basic still trying to get a handle on lua but getting better. had fun this morning lua error missing a comma after an end thought they weren't needed however in the right context they are. i believe the problem is when you run debug on plc script twice as it doesnt error the first time. to check my work i uninstalled mach4 3233 and reinstalled just mach no plug ins no machine computer only and no changes to any script the error is consistent i dont know if it is a problem or if its just a nuesence.
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Mach4 General Discussion / lua error or is it

« on: September 12, 2017, 11:14:49 PM »

hello i was scripting and ran debug on plc script thats the first half then ran debug again thats the second half error on line 3. so i went back to basics straight install opened default mill profile went into edit ran the debug on a virgin plc script twice and this is what happened

Output: "C:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Temp\le1AF.mcc"
Waiting for client connection...
Client connected ok.
At Breakpoint line: 1 file: C:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Temp\le1AF.mcs
mcLua ERROR: Lua: Error while running chunk
[string "C:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Temp\le1AF.mcs"]:3: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'testcount' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
   [string "C:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Temp\le1AF.mcs"]:3: in main chunk

so the question is it really an error or does the program just think it is. build 3233
thanks

Debug session finished.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mach4 gcode editor

« on: September 12, 2017, 01:08:53 AM »

thanks never thought of that.
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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Unknown word where unary operation could be

« on: September 11, 2017, 12:50:44 AM »

hi if i remember right unknown word where unary operation could be did happen to me turned out to be a corupt file i would check files you have written and re install mach it will ovewrite the files in question and fix any that are corrupted. luck
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Mach4 General Discussion / mach4 gcode editor

« on: September 08, 2017, 10:35:57 PM »

hi i was just wondering when i open the gcode editor it opens in a small window does anybody know how to make it open in a bigger window say one that doesnt take up the whole screen but that i can edit in like notepad. i tried to find the defaults to do this but no luck yet. thank you

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tool carousel does not move on referencing but....

« on: August 14, 2017, 12:55:52 AM »

one thing i can say about screen leds once you get them programed it is comforting to be able to see the input working or not working leaves the guessing out
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