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General Mach Discussion / Re: RUN REVERSE, Serious problem

« on: May 24, 2010, 05:43:38 PM »

I take it your machine is SETUP in metric units?

I will try a setup in metric units to see if it makes a difference.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: RUN REVERSE, Serious problem

« on: May 24, 2010, 03:20:26 PM »

(;-) I don't see anything in the button code OR GCODE that should cause what you see. Looking at the video "MACH" is violating the set feedrate for a short while THEN goes back to normal.

You guess is as good as mine at this point.

I will search for the problems as I get time.

In the meantime you need to be carefull with it IF you use it.

WHAT version of MACH are you running?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: RUN REVERSE, Serious problem

« on: May 24, 2010, 02:06:45 PM »

OK as a test just commnet out the lines of code that store and reset the feedrate

In M113

' SetVar(604,GetDro(18))   'SetVar to Feedrate

In M114

' SetDro(18,GetVar(604))   'Reset Feedrate
' Sleep(100)


The feedrate routine is only there in case something you ran between button pushes that changed the feedrate

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General Mach Discussion / Re: RUN REVERSE, Serious problem

« on: May 24, 2010, 01:57:26 PM »

I do test it, about every day here. I have used it for about 1 1/2 years now and I don't see your problems here. Not saying that you don't have the problems.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: RUN REVERSE, Serious problem

« on: May 24, 2010, 10:12:16 AM »

IF I read you correctly then just remove the -1 and just restart where you left off.

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FAQs / Re: Mach3 Language

« on: May 23, 2010, 07:00:58 PM »

It does not work here either. The remote call does not work AND it does not work if you call it from the sub directory either.

1 it does not allow calls except from the sub directory
2 Even then it does not work with a M99 return, you get error "Return call with no sub in effect"
3 nor will it work with no M99 as it will not return to the main.

Just a thought

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General Mach Discussion / Re: RUN REVERSE, Serious problem

« on: May 23, 2010, 02:55:18 PM »

ARE you running in DEMO mode?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: RUN REVERSE, Serious problem

« on: May 23, 2010, 02:22:40 PM »

OOPS pushed the wrong button

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General Mach Discussion / Re: RUN REVERSE, Serious problem

« on: May 23, 2010, 02:18:05 PM »

OK ARE you testing this on a machine OR testing it on a PC without the Mach driver running??

IF the driver is NOT running then many things may NOT work correctly as the driver controls many key timing points.

IF the torch is shutting OFF before the stop point OR turrning ON before it gets to the restart point,

 then MACH is "ignoring" the While Ismoving() command. I can't fix that for you(;-) that would be an internal mach VB problem

*** You may try increasing the Sleep Values to 1000 or 2000

I don't see "either" of the problems running it here on a live machine. But i am on an older version of mach that may not have the problem.

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Is G04 (dwell) time utterly inaccurate? Below a certain value, pauses are equal.

« on: May 23, 2010, 12:03:04 PM »

I don't think mach was design to do accurate LOW ms pauses IN "GCODE"  AS a simple G4 P0 will cause a slight pause in itself. Being a buffered system it really has no realtime control of the pause. AND in the range you are trying to do it may get delayed from the basic time loop mach runs.

Are you checking this with a scope or eyeballing it(;-)

Just a thought