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General Mach Discussion / Re: Msgbox function...

« on: January 30, 2016, 10:37:18 AM »

HIYA Dave, you are makiing us proud 

NOW have you figured out your new Auto restart button yet   It allows you to restart after a torch out or a stop to check teh torch. Then restart back where you stopped.



(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Sign Making with Different Thicknesses of Materials

« on: January 29, 2016, 07:16:05 PM »

With a simple linear scale one could measure the surface height as the board  was loaded

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: VB scripts and Brains

« on: January 29, 2016, 07:07:58 PM »

I have absolutly no idea about what you are attempting to do. But why not have teh Script display the data in a DRO and the Brains read it.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Sign Making with Different Thicknesses of Materials

« on: January 29, 2016, 06:52:41 PM »

Gary how accurate are the low end lasers these days . Use to be they were not that accurate AND rellied a great deal on surface finish.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Msgbox function...

« on: January 29, 2016, 06:48:53 PM »

I cleaned out a LOT of screen gizmos for teh working plasma screen. That gave me room for the important things like a BIG message bar for teh OPs.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Physical buttons for plasma

« on: January 29, 2016, 06:36:28 PM »

YES BUT if you sample to low it effects teh quality of teh calculated values. I am SURE you are aware of the Niquest theorum and sampling rates.

The reaction time needed for THC is directly related to teh Cutting speed AND rate of change in the Material surface heights.  Cutting thin corragated sheetsgoods at high speeds can be a challange to get right.  So far as Ian once mentioned most of the cuts you see demonstarting it done are still fairly SLOW cuts. I had to go back and watch a LOT of the videos. IF you look at teh sheet it is a fairly thick gauge of metal (;-)

Yes Ian I do read your post(;-)

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Msgbox function...

« on: January 29, 2016, 04:56:53 PM »

EEEEK more buttons and there is that MsgBox sneaking back in   

You are doing a very good job (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Msgbox function...

« on: January 29, 2016, 04:36:21 PM »

I think you mixed up teh Dro and teh Var #

#15045  = Dro 1045

You did a setvar(1045) it should have been setvar(15045, *********x)


OK HOLD on you cannot set a Var# that high from a SetVar() call. You have do do it like this. It is a Mach3 QUIRK/Bug/Defect

Code" #15045 = .095"       

OR

Code" #15045 = " & ".095"

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Physical buttons for plasma

« on: January 29, 2016, 04:26:18 PM »

Keith

The THC up/down inputs I believe are sampled and processed  at Kernal speed so that part is Quick. AND yes there ARE a few advantages of using a faster kernal speed (;-)

AND I believe that your THC sample rate will determen how fast it can react to a voltage change. Too Slow and it caps teh speed of teh Z  early ??

Hood I could not see much of the motor but that is a quick set of fingers you have there.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Msgbox function...

« on: January 29, 2016, 04:17:51 PM »

 I thought you had used a #var that was linked to a  DRO ?