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Mach4 General Discussion / Needing help with screens

« on: December 03, 2014, 10:39:41 AM »

Gerry I did not copy buttons(could NOT figure out HOW to copy from screenset to screenset) I created everything from scratch. I did HAVEgo back into  working buttons on a working screenset and write down all the options that seemed to make it work AFTER I could not figure out WHY the buttons did not work correctly. But as I found out there is a bit of scripting needed behind the VISUAL screens that make some of them work as well.

EVEN then I am missing something somewhere because they still do not work correctly.  Take the simple Cycle Start button. I  STILL Have not gotten it to work correctly. As I found out there is SCripting in the PLC and Screen SCript that ALSO is needed to support the button call.

I am still working on it,Where is Klaus when you need him, (;-) TP

1802

Mach4 General Discussion / Needing help with screens

« on: December 03, 2014, 01:32:49 AM »

Craig I do not know IF you have used the Haas IP probing system lately but it is a VERY nice package. Here is a Video. I have a LOT of those things in Mach3.

This will make you hit your Fanuc with a BIG hammer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj8_9YHL5nc


HIYA Daniel, YEP I just checked and all that is Missing.  (;-)  There is a LOT of scripting to do on some STD buttons as well. LIKE THAT is gonna happen here. (;-)

(;-) TP

1803

Mach4 General Discussion / Needing help with screens

« on: December 03, 2014, 01:09:22 AM »

I cannot get teh Cycle Start , Feedhold,Stop to work correctly.

When you cycle start a program then feed hold you cannot restart by hitting cycle start again. The Gocde jumps to the end of the program and the buttons go DIM and that is it. You have to disable/reenable Mach4 to get it back.

I THINK that when you start from scratch you are missing HUGE amounts of scripting that the other screensets already have and you don't.

Strange bird this one is, (;-) TP

1804

Mach4 General Discussion / Needing help with screens

« on: December 03, 2014, 12:44:15 AM »

Thinking of probing have you given any thought to Probe calibration ? Can it be done in Mach4 so it accounts for tip offset from center ? (Tip NOT on centerline of spindle)

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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Mach4 General Discussion / Needing help with screens

« on: December 03, 2014, 12:34:56 AM »

Question for ya, Have you every started a new screen from scratch I cannot get half teh things to work EVEN if I copy things like a button setup from a known working screenset.

What is the secret handshake  I cannot even get the enable button or cycle start or Feedhold buttons to work correctly.

Has something changed ??

(;-) TP

1806

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mcodes ??

« on: December 02, 2014, 11:20:11 PM »

OK NOW I got it. Here is a Mcode with Param actually doing something. I can see where this will be VERY handy to use instead of using the G65 which is a licensed function not available to the average Joe (;-)

(;-) TP

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--Brought to you by the: "Grey Headed ChipSlinger"!!
----------------------------------------------------
function M900(hVars)
   
   local Va
   local Vb
   local Vc
   
   local inst = mc.mcGetInstance() -- Get the current instance 
   
   mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Test Mcode Parameter");
 
          Va = mc.mcCntlGetLocalVar(inst, hVars, mc.VAR_A)
         
          Vb = mc.mcCntlGetLocalVar(inst, hVars, mc.VAR_B)
         
          Vc = mc.mcCntlGetLocalVar(inst, hVars, mc.VAR_C)
       
      mc.mcCntlGcodeExecute(inst, "G0 X"..Va);     
    mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Test Mcode Complete"); 
         
   end

if (mc.mcInEditor() == 1) then
    M900(0)
end

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Screen Set Ideas

« on: December 02, 2014, 11:15:36 PM »

G91    So when you are using G31 you do it ALL in G90 

In some instances G91 is the only way to fly.   

Nice screen by the way, (;-) TP

 

1808

General Mach Discussion / Re: Tool Path Display too small

« on: December 02, 2014, 10:13:19 PM »

Click on the display MODE button.

(;-) TP

1809

Mach4 Toolbox / Re: Here is a way to pass a Variable number of Params to a Lua function

« on: December 02, 2014, 09:38:56 PM »

HIYA SCott, I think I found the answer to that question. In Mach4 you cannot use the ( ) for anything other than comments in Gcode. AND mach4 woul dhave to be modified to anything else.

Thanks , (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripting help

« on: December 02, 2014, 09:05:34 PM »

Code"G1 X10Y10"

While Ismoving()
Sleep(1000)  --- dwell in msec
Wend

"Write you data"

(;-) TP