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Brains Development / Re: Hole Counter

« on: June 01, 2012, 08:52:24 PM »

SUre, Drop a UserDro on the screen say OemDro(2000)

Then you would need to create a macropump or add to the existing MP

'Macro to update Dro
SetOemDro(2000, GetVar(500))

(;-) TP

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: XYZ Position Data

« on: June 01, 2012, 08:48:52 PM »

' Macro to obtain Dro Values
Xvalue = Getdro(0)
Yvalue = GetDro(1)
Zvalue = GetDro(2)


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General Mach Discussion / Re: Thermal Height Control (THC) bouncing problem. CNC Plasma

« on: June 01, 2012, 08:46:38 PM »

The osillations come from running  the vel of the z faster than  the THC can keep up with. The z overshuts and then the thc tries to correct and it overshoots again and again CUt the max velocity of the z in half. If that slows it down but does  not stop it cut it in half again. 

Plasma route SHOULD be able to give you the correct settings for the Z axis.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange slave axis problem

« on: June 01, 2012, 02:55:50 PM »

Well my thinking is the rest of the port obviously works as the rest of the machine works ok (xyz) and he moved the pins over to new pins and it still did not work so the port would  seem ok.

NOW not knowing what the Fault light is actually meaning I would consult with Gecko as to the meaning of the fault. What can create the fault senario.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange slave axis problem

« on: May 31, 2012, 05:41:14 PM »

MIGHT be time to give Gecko a call (;-)

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange slave axis problem

« on: May 31, 2012, 05:08:49 PM »

Have you tried removing the steppermotor from the unit and leave it hooked to the drive then see if anything changes.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G40.1

« on: May 31, 2012, 01:23:30 PM »

I would add in the G40.1 to set mach3 to Arts version of TC (Tool radius Compensation).

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Strange slave axis problem

« on: May 31, 2012, 01:18:46 PM »

HUM, I do not know of any way that MACH3 could cause a FAULT on a stepper drive. All it can do is send OUT the pulses for the steps(;-).

It can stall the drives but that is about it.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Mill spiral

« on: May 31, 2012, 12:27:58 PM »

Because Mach3 does not have a spiral G code function the CAM has to break it down into sections to Emulate a spiral. LCAM not being an advanced CAM does the best it can with what it has to work with.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: G40.1

« on: May 31, 2012, 12:22:56 PM »

FromBrian, The G40.1 is Arts version of TC and the G40.2 is the original EMC TC code.

(;-) TP