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General Mach Discussion / G Code Error

« on: November 25, 2009, 04:52:19 PM »

I have the following code that I'm running as a test just to see if everything moves the way it's supposed to.    I'm getting the following error...

R ijk words all missing for arcline 15.

The program stops on line 15 and generates this error.  I'm not sure what this means considering that this line is a Z retract move, not an arc in the XY plane.  Has anyone seen this error before?  Other than this error, the machine runs the program as it should.

Thanks...

N0 T1M6
N1 G0 X0.0000 Y0.0000
N2 G0 X18.5195 Y12.4166
N3 G0Z-0.125 M3 G4P1
N4 G3 X18.0140 Y11.9222 I-0.0020 J-0.5036 F120.0
N5 G2 X16.5481 Y8.0635 I-5.9863 J0.0664
N6 G2 X12.3093 Y5.9928 I-4.5431 J3.9260
N7 G2 X8.0635 Y7.4519 I-0.3134 J5.9952
N8 G2 X5.9928 Y11.6907 I3.9260 J4.5431
N9 G2 X7.4519 Y15.9365 I5.9952 J0.3134
N10 G2 X11.5374 Y17.9975 I4.5431 J-3.9260
N11 G2 X16.2534 Y16.2531 I0.4648 J-5.9905
N12 G2 X18.0140 Y11.9222 I-4.2339 J-4.2445
N13 G3 X18.5084 Y11.4167 I0.5036 J-0.0020
N14 M5
N15 Z0.125    (Generates Error Here)
N16 G0 X0.0000 Y0.0000
N17 G0X0Y0
N18 M30

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General Mach Discussion / Macro Question

« on: November 22, 2009, 05:38:48 PM »

I'm guessing that a macro is the way to go here, but not sure how to use them.  I want to execute a script from within a G-code program.  Would I write the script as a macro, name it...say M123, place it in the macro folder, then call it from G-code by placing M123 in the code?  I know how to use button scripts, just not sure how to execute VB script from G-code.

Thanks...

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General Mach Discussion / Hotkey error

« on: November 20, 2009, 08:02:39 PM »

When I set a button to the number 7 on the keypad, I get an error when that key is pressed.  The error appears on the Mach screen and says "Scripter Compile Error. In:".  Does anyone know what that means or how to get at the script in question to see what's going on?

What ever it is, it is specific to that key, key code 103.  Any function I assign that key to generates the error when the key it pressed.

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Enter key (13) as hotkey

« on: November 19, 2009, 06:36:02 PM »

Can the enter key be used as a hotkey?  It doesn't seem to be working.  I went to screen designer and changed the hotkey for the run button to code 13, enter key, but it doesn't seem to work.  Other keys work fine, just not the enter key.  Is it a system thing that the enter key can not be used as a hot key?  Thanks.

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General Mach Discussion / List of suitable PCI parallel ports

« on: November 18, 2009, 01:26:51 AM »

I remember reading somewhere that there was a list of suitable PP's that work well with Mach.  I've been searching but can't come up with it.  Does anyone have a link saved?  I'm looking for a bi-directional port so I can use pins 2-9 as input.  I have two cards here and both work fine other than neither one supports 2-9 as input...unless there is a trick to making that happen.  I did enable that in ports and pins and I didn't see any jumpers on the cards.

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Source for servo motors

« on: November 17, 2009, 03:13:56 PM »

Does anyone have a good source for servo motors and encoders?  Looking for something that would be compatible with the Gecko servo drives, so less than 80V, 20A.  Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Second parallel port for use with THC

« on: November 13, 2009, 10:08:40 AM »

Hi All..

I seem to be having an issue with the second parallel port.  It seems to install fine and device manager thinks it's working.  If I check IO addresses from a DOS command prompt using debug it looks like the second port is at 0x278 but when I look at its resources in device manager, there are two lines.  The first is 9000 - 9007 and the second is 9400 - 9407.  I've tried 278, 9000 and 9400 in Mach with no luck. I'm coming to the conclusion that the PP is no good and I've got another (better) one on the way.

In the mean time, is there a simple way to test the PP port in Mach by grounding certain pins?  If so, which pins and where would I look in Mach to see results?  Any other thoughts on the topic would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks very much....