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General Mach Discussion / Re: z home switch for toolchanger

« on: May 18, 2011, 08:00:37 PM »

wow, that took a long time to get thru

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General Mach Discussion / Re: z home switch for toolchanger

« on: May 18, 2011, 07:13:15 PM »

help me................

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General Mach Discussion / Re: z home switch for toolchanger

« on: May 18, 2011, 06:16:56 PM »

what is xml?   lol

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General Mach Discussion / Re: z home switch for toolchanger

« on: May 18, 2011, 05:52:33 PM »

the ref button just zero's the axis. it does not drive the z up to the switch.
what would cause that?

thanks a ton for your help on this!

what is the z safe?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: z home switch for toolchanger

« on: May 18, 2011, 04:22:55 PM »

ya, i got it so when the switch is tripped then the yellow light comes on.

so the ref all on the machine cor. sets the switchs once and thenb the machine cord are what the tool changer runs to?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: z home switch for toolchanger

« on: May 18, 2011, 03:31:51 PM »

some screen shots....

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General Mach Discussion / Re: z home switch for toolchanger

« on: May 18, 2011, 03:14:47 PM »

do i hit ref all in machine cord. or no?
either way no z movement but it does zero all 4 axis.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: z home switch for toolchanger

« on: May 18, 2011, 02:55:33 PM »

it will have an auto but for now i just want to set mach to start hold or whatever and then i can use the power drawbar.

i assume the changer will have a comand in the macro?
for now if i can just drop in a line of code to achieve this i would be happy!

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General Mach Discussion / z home switch for toolchanger

« on: May 18, 2011, 02:24:27 PM »

i have a switch on the quill for the tool changer home postion. it is about .100" before the limit switch.  pin 15 on the bob.

i need the quill to run up to this switch for tool change.

what setup do i need? i have the inputs tab enabled for the z home. pin 15
the switch works on the diagnostic page.

is there a g code comand to tell it to rapid to home switch.

i have searched but the ref home and such makes no sense to me. i just want a comand to z switch.

thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: so why does mach3 alter my gcode!

« on: October 17, 2010, 06:10:27 PM »

nice, thanks
what does ij stand for?