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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach did again!
« on: September 30, 2010, 08:20:02 PM »
I never use the Ref All Home, I set the table where I want it and the use the ZeroX,Y,Z buttons. Did yuo see anything weird in my M6 macros?
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I am getting confused, one minute the DROs are the same the next they are moving.
Really I think you have to be very methodical in noting down what you see and describing it when things go wrong. What you need to note is where the DRO and Toolpath say the axis is and whether or not it is actually there. Forget the return to zero as all that is telling you is you have lost position, we need to try and work out why you have lost position.
As for the pulsing too fast, was Mach running at the time?
Hood
1 question, When this last happened and MACH wondered off, did you see the wandering off in the toolpath display as well?
I did not notice this.
AND did the dros show that it had wondered off the programed toolpath?
No, they showed exactly what the G Code stated at the time of the tool change
Have you tired to reload a known good backup of the XML?
No I haven't
IF you do not have one build a brand new XML from scratch using all the setup info that you have in your old one.
IF that does not work then do a completed reload of mach. BUT FIRST document precisely how it happens NEXT TIME it does it
IT is important when testing that you do not jump around doing a lot of different things at the same time. ONLY a methodical test approach will find your problem. NOTES as Hood said LOTS of noted describing each step you take. AND do them them one step at a time.
I typically change one thing at a time
You explanation is somewhat all over the place as Hood said. Settle down and we can get to the bottom of the problem.
I think what the problem is I am not saying what I exactly mean. Or this is a miscommunication in the question vs. the answer.
(;-) TP