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General Mach Discussion / Re: Led Set Variable Position

« on: June 01, 2009, 02:33:19 AM »

It should be several ways to do that, my option would be:

Make your own led number (your specific led).
Make also the button that turns on the led and the button that turns off the led editable in mach3 as a script.
Edit the script, and for each button put the led on and off (after or before the script to do set variable position and goto variable position)

Filipe

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3.042.021 bug in turn

« on: April 17, 2009, 02:52:13 AM »

I have try to reproduce the error without success. I was showing a machine to a customer  and constantly using feedrate pause, then cycle start while the piece was being made. After that I have try again to do the same and it worked fine. I have notice that the feedrate button stoped working when I lost the toolpath window display, maybe it is related, but I could not reproduce it.

Thank Hood

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General Mach Discussion / Re: M01 optional stop LED

« on: April 16, 2009, 01:12:34 PM »

Brains is also easy. See the tutorial video. It was enough for me, should be also for you.

Filipe

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General Mach Discussion / Mach 3.042.021 bug in turn

« on: April 16, 2009, 07:18:02 AM »

Hello.

I am running turn for quite some time. During a cycle, were I used frequently start and stop buttons for checking accuracy of the part being made, I lost the toolpath window (stop seeing the toolpath). I have stoped the machine, exited mach and load it again. Result: white screen (like no screen was selected) and no information about the configuration - the xml file was totally reseted. I add to load an old xml, from the backup directory.

Any ideas of what could happen? This is a new bug?

Thank you

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Input = high if user is pressing key

« on: April 11, 2009, 05:31:42 AM »

Do not seam reasonably in that way.
This is for a safety measure, so that a user can only jog the machine if it have both hands on the keybard (one for pressing a key and the other for jog on the direction keys).

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General Mach Discussion / Re: not stopping in correct position

« on: April 11, 2009, 04:23:45 AM »

Like Hood said, it is related to resolution for sure. Imagine that your hardware can only move in steps of 0.5mm.

If you are in Z=5 and ask the machine to go to Z=10.2, then the machine will go to Z=10, and displays Z=10, because it simply cannot reach Z=10.2, if you asked it to go to Z=10.3 then it would go to Z=10.5 (closer value)

Filipe

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General Mach Discussion / Input = high if user is pressing key

« on: April 11, 2009, 04:15:07 AM »

Hi there.

I know how to turn on an input using a keyboard key and emulation under the config/ports and pins. This works, and when I press that key the input goes hi, press it again goes low.

My objective still different form that scenario: is to have the input hi during the time the user is pressing the key. If the user stops pressing the key it should go straight to low.

Is this possible?
Thank you.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: auto set z

« on: April 11, 2009, 03:10:01 AM »

First you need to have the hardwire done (connect your micro).
After this you need to set up in the config ports and pins the pin number that you connected the micro to a signal.
If you need to set Z, then the most direct form for you is the signal "Z Home" in the input signals window.

Now you can "home" and Z will automatically reset.

In the manual this is more detailed.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Pause, turn off spindle, jog & resume

« on: April 08, 2009, 01:40:59 PM »

This one is nice even to my project !

I would like to ask a probably simple question. In my machine I can have or not the vacuum running, and when I currenly press feedhold, then start, the vacuum and the coolant will not work again. Using the M1, will they work again or do I need to add some variable keeping if the vacuum or the coolant where on, so that they will start again after the pause?

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Output pin not responding only while g-code program is running?

« on: March 30, 2009, 07:29:15 AM »

It should work.
For example I have an output that controls coolant on a lathe.

When I run the Gcode, the gcode can turn it on and off (with Gcode lines), but I also can turn it on and off during the execution of the code with a button on the screen. So it works for sure than you want to do. Some times the gcode is sending the coolant, but if I want to check on a piece I turn it off with a button (see the piece being machined) then turn again on with the button. All without stoping the gcode execution.

Maybe the pin is being used by another output and you do not remember.

Filipe