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General Mach Discussion / Re: Control feedrate with rotary encoder switch.

« on: February 02, 2013, 04:50:39 PM »

You can do the spindle override the same way. Saves having to use a analog conversion board.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 showing a rotary file

« on: February 02, 2013, 01:45:52 PM »

You have to turn on the A axis tool pathing. Config/toolpath  Also on the setting page input the A axis diameter to correct the conbined feedrate.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Feed hold while script running causing big crashes

« on: February 01, 2013, 01:21:15 PM »

Hiya Stirling,  To add to the FH problem  IF you single line the motion with a wait you MAY get 1 FH to work but then it just stalls as it seems MAch3 is waiting for a Cycle start BUT it never sees it as the buffere is empty and it thinks the program is over (nothing to FH) as it does NOT look to the macro side to continue the que load but to the Gcode side which is empty.

AND yes it probably could have been made to work BUT it is what it is at this point .

(;-)TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Feed hold while script running causing big crashes

« on: February 01, 2013, 12:45:20 PM »

(;-) IF you look on the diagnostic page when running the macro then Feedhold you will see WHY it does as it does. When you press feedhold it dumps the buffer and empties the current QUE.

IF you are running single line code like
Code"G0X10"
While Ismoving()
Wend

It dumps the current que and starts over with teh next line AFTER the While Ismoving().   

IF you use the group method then it ships over all the group on feedhold.

AS it should really, I do not recall ANY OTHER controller allowing feedhold during MACROs or Canned cycles. But in this case it should have just locked out the FH function.

IF you need to STOP in a macro {ESC} is the  key.

Mixing Gcode motion and CB code has ALWAYS been a problem and should be avoided if possible.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Feed hold while script running causing big crashes

« on: February 01, 2013, 12:14:41 PM »

I believe that when the Feedhold stops the Gcode the While Ismoving()  signals the CB code to continue on.

I normally group up the Like statements then add in the While Ismoving() at the end of the group.

Code"G0X0Y0"
Code"G1 X10F10"
Code"G0 X0"
While Ismoving()
Wend

Snarl, snarl , HOOOWWWL

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Loadfile stalling and Mcodes triggering while Ignore M Calls checked

« on: January 31, 2013, 10:10:53 AM »

SIM is not going to show you anything that the toolpath display does not.  (;-)

Why are you going "offline" in your script ??

Calling a MACRO form a MACRO is not a good idea because ther is NOT a way to control the thread(order of execution) with multiple macros trying to run.

Order execution is hard to make work with just ONE macro running. 


(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Loadfile stalling and Mcodes triggering while Ignore M Calls checked

« on: January 30, 2013, 09:33:15 PM »

I believe you main problem is the Simulate file. I do not know of any WAITS that will work with it. It is an ODD function. Do you really need it?

I have tested all other of your functions, With proper use of WHile Ismoving and While Isloading for File Load it all works ok EXCEPT for the SIM.

(;-) TP

3178

VB and the development of wizards / Re: Shape 2D.v2 Wizard

« on: January 30, 2013, 03:06:53 PM »

YO add that info from the main page.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: External speed button?

« on: January 30, 2013, 11:09:30 AM »

Yes it is possible

Search for FRO or Feedrate overide

(;-)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Loadfile stalling and Mcodes triggering while Ignore M Calls checked

« on: January 30, 2013, 11:07:32 AM »

Most of the places you used Sleep() you should be using WhileIsmoving(), Wend.  Sleep does not WAIT it just sleeps a period of time.

Also you misspelled false as " fulse " in one spot. Code will run but not correctly.

You need to double check the Ignore Macros  on load is checked if it is then you have something seriously wrong with your load of mach3.

Is this a demo version?, licensed version?, pirated version? 

Just a thought, (;-) TP