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General Mach Discussion / Re: Changing pin outputs for axes

« on: October 24, 2018, 10:17:49 AM »

The board you have may be hardwired or programmed so that the ports and pins are fixed, and can't be changed.

You may need a different controller to do what you want.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problems with Mach 3 , new user.

« on: October 18, 2018, 08:18:09 PM »

The CNC Router Parts post processor is basically the same as the Mach3 post, with an M7 to start a dust collector.

With a program from Aspire, The X & Y zero is at the far right end of the table. (Spindle facing me) On the Next Wave machine, it was at the forward left end of the table.   If this is normal, then I must live with that  Is this normal??

If you are referring to the home switch position, then it doesn't really matter. The "Home" position is in machine coordinates. When you cut parts you use work coordinates, and set the XY zero for the work coordinates wherever you want them to be.

But if I run the G-Code with the spindle running, it misses 100-150 lines of G-code.

What do you mean by "missing g-code"? Is the machine stalling?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Cut and travel seeds question

« on: October 16, 2018, 08:15:25 PM »

Anything but LazyCAM, which is basically buggy, unfinished software.

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Works in progress / Re: Reversion to Standard Mach3 screen

« on: October 16, 2018, 12:01:25 PM »

How hard is it to convert the main screen to be the default Mach3 screen.

From the View menu, select "Load Screens".
Select 1024.set in the Mach3 folder.
Done.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: OEM codes for buttons, DRO's and LED's

« on: October 16, 2018, 07:23:10 AM »

Try the Mach2 Customization guide.

http://www.machsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mach2_6.11_Custom.pdf

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Finished Screens / Re: Mach3 2010 Screenset - Now available

« on: October 16, 2018, 06:59:03 AM »

Yes, you can edit the M881, M889, and M6End macros. Change the FirstRetractDist value in the following section of code.


'//////// the block below will set all your reusable vars depending on Inch or mm.
'//////// this sets the vars so you only need ONE large block of probing code.

If GetOEMLED(801) Then  ' On = English Measure INCH

FirstProbeDist = 6.0 ' Probe down 6 inches
FirstRetractDist = 0.05 ' Then retract .05 inch
SecProbeDist = 0.25 ' Then probe down .25 inches
FirstProbeFeed = 10.0 ' First probe feed @ 10 ipm
SecondProbeFeed = 1.0 ' Second probe feed @ 1 ipm
ClearAllow = 0.125 ' Max Allowable Clearance = Z Machine Zero - .125in

Else ' Off = Metric Measure MM

FirstProbeDist = 150.0 ' Probe down 150mm
FirstRetractDist = 1.0 ' Then retract 1mm
SecProbeDist = 6.0 ' Then probe down 6mm
FirstProbeFeed = 250.0 ' First probe feed @ 250 mm/min
SecondProbeFeed = 25.0 ' Second probe feed @ 25 mm/min
ClearAllow = 2.0 ' Max Allowable Clearance = Z Machine Zero - 2mm

End If

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 Cut and travel seeds question

« on: October 15, 2018, 07:36:33 PM »

The only options you have in Mach3 are your acceleration rate, and maximum velocity.
Cutting feedrates, and Z axis heights should all be handled by your CAM program, and should be in the g-code.

Mach3 just does what the g-code tells it to do.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mystery CNC Error - Mach3, UXC100

« on: October 15, 2018, 05:40:45 PM »

What version of Mach3?
Do you have the latest UC100 plugin?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Feed Rate is too slow when interpolating

« on: October 15, 2018, 05:38:51 PM »

Mostly acceleration.

CV mode can play a part, but adjusting CV settings to get more speed will likely  result in deviation from thje path.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: How to add a Stop Command to Initialization

« on: October 12, 2018, 01:56:02 PM »

Create an M Code macro and call it from the initialization string.

All it needs is a DoOEMButton() command.