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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The "Mach4" 3D Laser Build

« on: May 16, 2016, 09:40:11 AM »

file size limited per post

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The "Mach4" 3D Laser Build

« on: May 16, 2016, 09:37:31 AM »

Thank You, nice to have a new toy, I'm having fun.

Few more varies burns, testing and finding limits

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The "Mach4" 3D Laser Build

« on: May 06, 2016, 11:41:03 AM »

Thought id update this thread with an image of my latest test burn
3" diameter .171" deep in Hard Maple
40watt (K40 laser tube and power supply)

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General Mach Discussion / Has to be a record (way too funny)

« on: December 28, 2015, 02:43:06 PM »

 
I found that "Limit Switch Issues" thread and can not believe it  
Need an emoticon that bangs it head in to a limit switch.
In two days, 15 pages of    
thanks for the holiday cheer,

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: I messed up with my new bench: EMF

« on: December 27, 2015, 10:17:38 AM »

Most typical noise issues are on the E-stop or limit switches lines. Based on the photo I suspect the E-stop wire that is looped around the back of the monitor, (inherently emits high emf & generated voltage of over 300 volts to drive the screen). Or If you have a separate monitor try to unplug the one in the cabinet and use one off to the side to see if that monitor is an issue. But id suspect it is something simple. Not like you changed anything in the computer connections. Just rearranged things.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Screen Set Ideas

« on: December 15, 2015, 11:18:16 AM »

found where to set position 

its under ManTabs, forgot I guess, like i said its been months. 
 

machiner: the only thing that can be read and controlled is what is in the list on the left. here is where I am reading the register.
but from your original question, you made it sound like the button did not work. (it does, just pretty much limited at this time)
could be pretty cool tool with some additional options.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Screen Set Ideas

« on: December 14, 2015, 12:40:55 PM »

LOL, that's one step backwards to me! used to be able to do it from the screen edit page.

I fought that issue before when i was playing with creating screens. And created a function that made sure that the groups were in location in the load script. Maybe its just that new mach4 screen set as I just used it as a test for the text box for machiner.
Left the warning for others to beware and enlightened.

Not sure why they dropped that edit position feature or at least made it default 0,0 position for the whole page group, I just assumed i'd never have to edit the xml file any longer now that they have copy, paste, export, import & insert abilities.

I have not edited a screen in months so it was kind of a ______ experience.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Screen Set Ideas

« on: December 14, 2015, 11:17:05 AM »

the only thing i see that can be done, is reading a register. (so not sure what id use a text box for other than reading and I assume writing to a register, sorry)

And not sure why i can not re-position the whole group of items in the screen set, they got moved down on the last save, testing this text box out.
(warning always make sure you scroll to the top of the screen before saving a screen set)

now i can not find where the position controls are for the whole group. 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Screen Set Ideas

« on: December 14, 2015, 08:51:34 AM »

Seemed to work for me. 

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: How do I write to or change a specific part of a file?

« on: November 04, 2015, 12:24:44 PM »

is this what your wanting?

x1 = getdro(0)
y1 = getdro(1)
z1 = getdro(2)
Print #1, "Here are the X, Y and Z coordinates"
Print #1, "My X = ", x1
Print #1, "My Y = ", y1
Print #1, "My Z = ", z1