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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: G31.1, G31.2, G31.3 working?

« on: April 26, 2015, 05:00:34 PM »

Thank you.  I think you just answered both questions.  G31.X is not working correctly and that causes the hangup with MachGUI on shutdown.

Peter

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH4 with Pendant

« on: April 26, 2015, 04:56:40 PM »

KingKerf'

I have a JogIt pendant that uses the keyboard emulator functions.  It works great in Mach 3 (was designed for it) but it is very limited in Mach 4 because many of the jog functions are not available to the keyboard emulator.  Perhaps that will change or a way around it will be created.

Peter

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Mach4 General Discussion / G31.1, G31.2, G31.3 working?

« on: April 26, 2015, 02:03:32 PM »

I've got G31 working with my probe.  When I try to use G31.1, it still uses the same probe input although I have configured Mach4 to use a different input signal for Probe 1 which I assume is actually probe 2 as referenced in the online G Code manual, page 20, under Mach 4 Manuals.

If I try G31.2 or G31.3, I get no motion or DRO changes.

BTW, the old problem of MachGui not shutting down when Mach 4 is shut down has returned.  True, I can stop it with the task manager but it's a bit of a PITA.

What is the status of G31.X in Mach 4?

Peter

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Getting current GCode States

« on: April 25, 2015, 10:51:15 AM »

Left side of the screen under 'Help and Learning'.

Didn't know it was there until Gerber Baby's post.  Thanks!

Peter

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 / Darwin setup

« on: April 18, 2015, 11:00:11 AM »

Ah, wrong documentation eh?  That's probably not helping.

Any labels, markings, etc. that might help us find the right documentation?  From where did you acquire the router?

BTW, when you set up a charge pump signal, you set a frequency when active.  In my case, I use 1000 Hz.

Peter

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 / Darwin setup

« on: April 17, 2015, 10:54:31 PM »

Sorry, I mixed Mach 3 and Darwin nomenclature.  I shold have said check the negate box for all motor step signals and clear it for all motor dir signals.

Your e stop appears to be assigned to input Signal 2.  It should be set to input signal 1.  Then assign that to port 1, pin 10 and enable it.  Clear the enable box for input signal 2.

How are  you doing so far?

Peter

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 / Darwin setup

« on: April 17, 2015, 10:30:07 PM »

You have assigned port1 pin 2 as the charge pump output with a frequency of zero.  If you don't use a charge pump, and I don't think you d' looking at the documentation, disable the output.

The documentation shows the x s xis should be assigned as step pin 2, direction pin 3.  All motors should have an x for the direction negate and a check fr the step negate.

Still looking.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 / Darwin setup

« on: April 17, 2015, 10:22:37 PM »

Also, you have assigned port 2, pin 1 as the estop.  Change that to port 1.

I'm still looking.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 / Darwin setup

« on: April 17, 2015, 10:15:49 PM »

bar553,

Pulling hair out has not worked for me.  I'm pretty much out of ammunition but have many problems left to solve.

Looking at the ini file, it seems that you have enabled port 2 and it has the same port address as port 1.  From looking at the documentation, you should not unable port two.

May not be the problem but...

Peter

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 / Darwin setup

« on: April 17, 2015, 02:00:26 PM »

There is nothing in the 6020 set up documentation about enables.  And he does get some motion with Mach4.

I'm getting so intrigued by this I wonder how much a plane ticket would be to where he is.  

Maybe Skype would be more realistic.

Peter