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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z axis brake releases to quickly on reset.

« on: September 10, 2011, 08:03:40 PM »

$20-30 over here for a simple delay on relay.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z axis brake releases to quickly on reset.

« on: September 10, 2011, 07:51:49 PM »

Yes it would and still be continously pinging the pins at 10 times per sec. The actuall  pinging of the pins is what ties up cpu time.

with a bypass loop IF conditions were correct then the process just loops around the code. When conditions vwarrant it then the code sets the led and turns ON the relayy ONCE.  Then continous on bypassing until a change is needed again.

Without it it is possible to see the small jitter on some systems..

It is not hard to build the monitor code with the built in safety and time delay setting of the relay.  BUT the simple TD relay solves all the problems AND no CB code to boot.

Just my opinion, your milage may vary (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z axis brake releases to quickly on reset.

« on: September 10, 2011, 06:49:33 PM »

You would  need a double comparitor, turn on/off a indicator led and a bypass loop I believe. THe TD relay is simple, set and forget and NO programming required.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Using G-code files in Button Scripts

« on: September 10, 2011, 06:36:54 PM »

The teachfile/Run process bypasses the NORMAL load/verify process NOT a good thing.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z axis brake releases to quickly on reset.

« on: September 10, 2011, 02:57:36 PM »

One problem with those is MACH is continously pinging the relay that takes up CPU time. 

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Upgrading from Mach2 to Mach3 - basic help - slow Z- Jog, etc.

« on: September 10, 2011, 10:33:57 AM »

YOu need to switch from continous jog to incremental jog and then SET a jog step increment value per step(.001,.010,.100,etc). Press the TAB key and the jog window pops out.  You can configure your jogging from there. when done press the tab again.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Soft limits warning

« on: September 10, 2011, 10:18:30 AM »

I ran the Gcode in Mach3 and never saw the warning UNLESS I moved into the controlled zone. IF I Refhome the machine then offset the work coords to where they should have been it ran fine.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: digitize led on OemLed code

« on: September 10, 2011, 10:14:41 AM »

OK easy enough set up the switch as a probe then just probe with the axis that holds the grinder wheel.  Use the G31 probing function to create the motion and capture the positional values with a CB script.

Are you trying to determene the wheel diameter or just trying to find the edge of the wheel?

IF just finding the edge of the wheel then set it up as a HOME then run the G28.1 gcode routine.

There are many ways to do just depends on your needs.

(;-) TP

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PoKeys / Re: PoKeys Questions....

« on: September 10, 2011, 12:21:53 AM »

The manual says it supports an 8x16 keyboard matrix.

Ray IF it were ME I would find a good industrial keyboard with a 24 Fkey setup. I learn LONG ago with Mach nothing is as it seems to be. I have done about a 100 projects that I could get about 90% working BEFORE I hit the wall with can't be done without a MACH fix. OR you can't do that in VB OR the VB is broken.

If you have noticed they are constantly working on the POKEYS plugin and now Brian has taken over the plugin.

The keyboard I used is a IKEY PS2 model so NO possible usb problems to interfere. IT has a built in Thumbstick so NO mouse needed.  IT has been ROCK solid proven technology with Mach3. I paid $50 for it and it is waterproof and small. Fits right under the display in the control panel like it was made for it.

ZERO VB programming or plugins to get it to work(;-), If you are like me you need to USE the MACHINE to make things NOT work on the gizmo's all the time.

Just a thought among friends, (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: digitize led on OemLed code

« on: September 09, 2011, 11:48:07 PM »

Perhaps if you explain exactly what it is you are trying to do someone could help.

Just a thought, (;-) TP