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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Bridge Port Series II, retrofit project

« on: October 16, 2013, 07:44:42 PM »

OH SHoot I though tyou were going to whip an ATC on that puppy and make some mega bucks.

Just a thought but a tool changer to run on a BP/clone would be a money maker. That is IF you can perfect a PDB for the BP.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Discombobulation

« on: October 16, 2013, 02:19:44 PM »

Now for the Debounce , that is a form of signal filtering. The value you set is a time element in Msec. The signal MUST remain active for at least the time value you set in order for MAch3 to count it as ACTIVE.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Discombobulation

« on: October 16, 2013, 02:15:30 PM »

The problem you are seeing is your steps per setting do not have have the resolution to work at the .0001 level of Machine resolution.

To do the move of say X12.5 the machine can only get as close as 12.4999 due to step resolution. IF it took 1 more step it would go OVER the X12.5 and Mach3 does not allow that. It will stop short but never go over based on steps resolution.

Now in case you are wondering YES mach3 will make up the lost value in the next move it will add the lost .0001 to the next move IF it can. It never forgets the UNDER values for each move and will work it into the mix as it can.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Newbie with an intermittent slave axis direction reverse

« on: October 16, 2013, 09:56:44 AM »

ALSO Double check or replace the Cable that controls that drive. I just had the same problem here on a plasma cutter where I would loose the dir control on one slaved axis and it would ONLY run in one direction "sometimes".  After much investigation the CABLE ended up being the problem.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: PoppaBear Question SCott??

« on: October 14, 2013, 10:34:50 PM »

HIYA Roger I believe you are correcto mondo.

BUT I wonder how much base code of mach3 is in Mach4 (;-)

I do know there is NO CB, maybe

(;-) TP

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: PoppaBear Question SCott??

« on: October 14, 2013, 06:40:55 PM »

I tried the IsProbing () in my macropump but it triggers ANOTHER mach3 BUG that when you call a G1 move from the MDI it tries to feedhold and you get the message "Nothing to feed hold" AND locks up the MDI. You then have to hit STOP and then you can resume.

(;-) TP

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: PoppaBear Question SCott??

« on: October 14, 2013, 05:46:00 PM »

 I don't think you will be able to back off of a trip with that senario without the panic button going off it is a catch 22.

Where did you find IsProbing() ?

(;-) TP

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: PoppaBear Question SCott??

« on: October 14, 2013, 12:34:00 AM »

Well just an update on the protected mode we cannot get it to work correctly via a plugin SO we have placed it in the Close but no cigar bin right over there next to file 13.

There are some funny timing issue in the plugin side that I am not familar with compared to the CB side.

It still works with a combo of plugin and macropump but it would be hard for the average OP to master I am afraid. AND i am not sure how it would work with a large macropump running

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 goes crazy

« on: October 13, 2013, 10:03:55 PM »

Weell it could be as GER21 states. Or it could be you OR Cut2D does not understand offsets. They can be very tricky at times IF the program does NOT account for them. It can leave the machine in a precarious state that creates a crash situation.

Has your machine always had these problem or did they just start. DID you change anything on the machine as far as parameters??


 Can you go back and run single programs without problems ??

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Easy way to add a "Safety" to the Spindle button on the standard lathe screen?

« on: October 13, 2013, 09:43:29 PM »

That is why I always use the Fkeys (F1-24) for action hotkeys. Anything that does a hot start of motion gets a 2 key start function. 

(;-) TP