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General Mach Discussion / Re: VB or Brains Question

« on: August 12, 2010, 04:35:40 PM »

A Mcode would work good as well, I just don't know how to make a M code that will activate the clamps with the drill cycle. The code would be like

M15 (motion clamps)
G81 Z-1.5 R1. F5.
X10. Y10.
X10. Y9.
X10. Y8.
etc

I am unsure how to make the mcode

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VB or Brains Question

« on: August 12, 2010, 01:54:25 PM »

Right now with the DOS software the clamps activate with a M code before the G81, then it will position with the clamps off, turn on the clamps, the drill the hole, retract the bit, deactivate the clamps, then position to next hole.

Is it posible to make a custom canned G code (like G81 but with clamp code in it)?

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General Mach Discussion / New Mach version

« on: August 11, 2010, 05:10:17 PM »

Is there a rough time line for Mach 3 v4.0 or the next update?

Thanks

54

General Mach Discussion / VB or Brains Question

« on: August 11, 2010, 09:34:50 AM »

I don't know if this would be a VB Script or Brains question, but I need to know how to set a flag or something when a canned cycle has started (of a G81 as been started)

The machine I am working on has motion clamps that once the drill cycle starts the clamps are activated and then deactivated once the Z returns to the top. Then the machine positions to the next hole and the clamps are active again.

So I need to add this into mach.

55

Modbus / Re: Help Needed trying to use the AD Click

« on: August 09, 2010, 03:57:19 PM »

Any more info on getting this to work? I have it set as noted by Metaltek and I can connect but when I try to read in the test window I just get a timeout error.

56

Feature Requests / Re: Single Block while in a canned cycle

« on: April 29, 2010, 09:15:00 PM »

It should be such a simple thing to fix.

I have got a half working version just with a VB script and mach pump using the ismoving function and then doing a feed hold when it gets to the top of the hole.
I am going to look at using brains to make this faster and work better though

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Feature Requests / Single Block while in a canned cycle

« on: April 29, 2010, 05:50:56 PM »

Could you please add a working single block feature to use with canned cycles.
Right now it only works if you use single block from the very start of the program, but it will not work proper if it is activated after a few holes are drilled.
If it is activated at this point then it just cancels the drill cycle and moves the tool to the next hole at whatever depth it is at and at the drilling feedrate.
I want to use mach for a large drilling machine and we use single block all the time with the current controller.

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VB and the development of wizards / Motion Clamp Mcode

« on: April 15, 2010, 05:27:03 PM »

Has anyone wrote a Mcode for motion clamps?
I am retro fitting a drilling machine that has motions clamps. They are used when a M15 is passed at the beginning of the program. The clamps activate after the X Y positioning and then hold while the machine drills. Then they are disengaged and the X and Y are moved to the next hole then it repeats.

Any help on making a M code for this would be appreciated.

Thanks
Dave.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Single Block problems with G81

« on: April 15, 2010, 05:12:00 PM »

It seems that single block will work if you use it right from the start of the program.
But if it is activated after drilling a few holes, then it drills to the depth and stops at the bottom of the hole. When you hit cycle start it just feeds the X and Y to the next hole at the drilling feedrate without retracting the Z axis and will do this for every hole after no matter if single block is on or off.

Any ideas? I need to know if Mach is going to work for our machine or not.


Thanks
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Single Block problems with G81

« on: April 14, 2010, 01:41:13 PM »

I am just in the beginning stages of setting up mach3 and I have it doing simulation runs on some of my G code. Everything looks good but when I am running a G81 program and hit single block it pauses the maching and then only resumes the X and Y motion but not the Z. If the tool is half way in a hole and single block is activated, the drill cycle does not complete.
Is there a wrong setting or something?

Thanks
Dave