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PoKeys / Re: New Pokeys plugin, analog signal mapped too?

« on: November 28, 2012, 11:59:00 PM »

Here is what my brain does.

If my feed over ride pot is between 95% and 105% the Mach3 feed rate well be locked at 100%. If  I turn the pot so that it is between 85% and 95% the feed over ride will be 90%. so on and so on. I had it setup for 10% increments until it was below 5% at which point it would signal a feed hold.

I had this working fine when I was using the older plugin from back in June of this year. The analog signal was mapped to ModIO 126.

After installing this latest plugin it no longer works. This is since all the configurtion of the pokeys was moved to the plugin in Mach3. I assumed that the analog signal is no longer mapped to ModIO 126 any more. I was just wondering were it is mapped to now. Or at least where I can read the value of that signal in a brain.

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Hardware Spindle Start/Stop Buttons

« on: November 27, 2012, 10:11:50 PM »

Hello,

I have hardware buttons setup through a pokeys 56U. I have one that is for Start spindle CW and another setup as stop. I have done some searching but have not found how I can have individual buttons for those functions. Right now both buttons toggle the spindle on and off. I don't like having a toggle on/off via one button on my machine. My hardware start switch has a flapper over it so you can't accidentally turn the spindle on.

Am I going to need to write a brain that determines which state the spindle is in before it decides to either start the spindle if it is not running or do nothing if it is running. Also we need  to the same for the stop button.

Or is are there some separate spindle commands that I couldn't find. I looked through all the options in the pokeys plugin and didn't see anything that look relevant.

Thanks

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PoKeys / Re: New Pokeys plugin, analog signal mapped too?

« on: November 27, 2012, 10:01:10 PM »

Little help please.

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PoKeys / Re: Mach3 not responding to button presses

« on: November 27, 2012, 10:00:43 PM »

Still haven't figured this one out.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Possible to add a delay to Mach's reset?

« on: November 27, 2012, 09:59:11 PM »

Thanks for the replies guys. Sorry about my late posting back on this. Been a busy few days with the holiday weekend.

BR549 - You are total right about the delay. I use Mach3 on my router but don't have homing switches on it. All the jobs I do I'm at the machine and they don't run very long. Being a machinist by day I was trying to setup my metal mill to be more like the machines that I work with everyday.

Hood - Thanks for the snip it of code. I have something to play with now. I have a couple jobs lined up for manual work at the moment so not going to be able to try this out until the weekend.

ger21 - That is a good idea I will have to give that a try also. Might be easier then the VB script.

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General Mach Discussion / Possible to add a delay to Mach's reset?

« on: November 20, 2012, 11:38:03 PM »

Hello, I have finally cut some metal on my 1980 Hurco KMB1 mill. I still have a few loose ends to clean and at a point that I need a couple pointers.

Here is what I have for a system.
Ethernet SS
PMDX-126
PMDX-107
DG2S-16035 (servo drives)

I need to some how add a delay to axis movement when I hit reset. Here is what happens.

I hit reset in Mach3, the PMDX-126 actives the drives reset line for 2 secs, the drive takes 2-3 seconds to run through its reset cycle before it will move the motors. The issue is I can hit reset and hit jog and Mach thinks it moving even though the drives have not finished resetting yet.

I would like add around a 5 second delay on reset in Mach so that I can't jog the machine until the drives reset.

I have looked at my drives and they don't have a ready to run line. They do have an error line which I have connected to the PMDX-126 and it works. But the error line doesn't show when the drive is done resetting and ready to run it only shows when the drive has faulted.

Is this something I could do with a brain?

Any ideas? I have done some searching here and on the net and have not seen anything that looks related.

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PoKeys / Mach3 not responding to button presses

« on: November 20, 2012, 01:13:51 AM »

I have pokeys working for the most part. One issue I'm having is my spindle lower RPM is not working. Spindle raise RPM works just fine.

I can lower the spindle rpm by pressing the "-" key on the number pad or pressing the lower spindle icon on the screen.

I have verified that the button I'm using is working by looking at the pokeys configuration digital screen.

I even tried changing the plugin so that my spindle raise rpm button was going to lower the rpm instead and that didn't work either. Either i'm missing something or there is a bug in the latest plugin.

Button 164 and Button 163 are the two that I have assigned to my two buttons in the pokeys plugin config, but only one works.

Any ideas?

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PoKeys / Re: New Pokeys plugin, analog signal mapped too?

« on: November 19, 2012, 12:44:48 AM »

Still haven't found where I can read this value with a brain.

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PoKeys / Re: New Pokeys plugin, analog signal mapped too?

« on: November 11, 2012, 12:56:49 PM »

Yes the pin is setup as analog, using pin 45. I can see the value change in the pokeys config that is inside Mach3. I can assign it to the FRO DRO and it I can adjust the feed rate with it. But what I want to do is make so that my pot only changes the feet rate in 10% increments and I want to great a buffer area around 100% so that my feed override LED stops flashing since you can't adjust the pot to be at exactly 100% with out really trying. I had this all working with a brain on the older plugins.

So my question is were can I read the analog signal value that I can use in a brain. Or is there a way that I can some how assign the analog signal to my own user DRO that I can then read in a brain to set the FRO DRO.

Thanks
    -Wes

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PoKeys / New Pokeys plugin, analog signal mapped too?

« on: November 11, 2012, 03:14:40 AM »

Hello,
I have a pot setup for my FRO.  I had a brain working that would increment my FRO by 10% depending on what the analog signal was. I was reading the analog signal through MODBUS. With the latest plugin this is not working any more. Did the analog signal get mapped some were else?

If so were can I read that signal for my brain to work.

Thanks
    -Wes