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Brian, Here is the Code in my file right after the tool change.

T1 M06
G20
S10000 M03
G53G0 Z0
G00 G90 X1.0914 Y1.4791
G43 H1 Z2.
The last line is the line it is on when its moving down to the starting position for the job.
I tried using the feedrate thing we discussed on the phone, but the feedrate showing on the DRO is 60 but it is only moving as fast as the speed I used for the last Tool Hieght probe move.... Any Suggestions?
M

102
Hey guys, I am getting an intermittant Limit Switch Triggered somewhere in my system, Seems to show up randomly when I am cutting. Is there anyway to determine which switch is causing the problem so I can replace it?
The signal is transient so it does not appear on screen long enough for me to tell which it is.

Cheers
Mike

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General Mach Discussion / G43 Feed really SLow
« on: September 05, 2006, 06:52:14 PM »
What feed does the system use for a G43 Operation? When its performing this move its super slow and changing the feedrate on the screen does not affect it...
Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Feedrate really slow when running a line with G43
« on: September 05, 2006, 06:51:52 PM »
What feed does the system use for a G43 Operation? When its performing this move its super slow and changing the feedrate on the screen does not affect it...
Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Making an Input do Something
« on: September 05, 2006, 06:50:16 PM »
Brian, Thanks for your call and all the help you gave... its all working just like i want it to now :)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Making an Input do Something
« on: September 04, 2006, 06:04:21 PM »
Ok Brian, I Did as You Suggested.. and Poof it works.... Now... I Allways need to know how something works.... Is there a short explanation?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Making an Input do Something
« on: September 04, 2006, 04:29:29 PM »
Ok Brian,
Is there a Step by Step for doing that??
MIke

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Making an Input do Something
« on: September 04, 2006, 11:46:41 AM »
Brian,
Thanks for the reply, but I thinbk I must be one of the few who just cant seem to understand because I still dont "get it". I read through the WIKI and thought that it said to make an external input act like a keyboard button had been pressed to Select the Hotkey you wish the input to trigger and check the emulate field under prots and pins. Is that right? Or do I have to setup an OEM trigger? Is there a simple step by step example of setting up an oem trigger to do something like "feedhold" somewhere which I could examine. I find the Wiki a bit confusing, I am never sure if I am in the right section.

Thanks
Mike

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General Mach Discussion / Making an Input do Something
« on: September 03, 2006, 01:49:50 PM »
Hello All, I have been trying to get a couple of external inputs to work with my Mach 3 .. with little or no luck. The first is a feedhold button, I have it connected on a second paralell port using one of the CNC4PC new multifunction boards (Nice board BTW) I can see the input working on my diagnostics screen but I cannot get it to do anything. I have tried setting it to hotkey 32 (SPACEBAR) which is the PAUSE button on my screen but it does nothing..... I also have a STOP Button which I want to implement.. again same results... However there seems to be something not quite right with the stop button because I want it to activate the "STOP" button on the screen which is set as hotkey 2131 (ALT S) but when I try and set the Hotkey in my MACH3 inputs screen ALT-S comes up with 2163 not 2131... I have read through the manuals and the Wiki... and am more confused than ever...Any one have a simple step by step on making an external input Trigger an action...either an internal mach 3 function or an external macro?  It all sounded so easy... *grin*

Thanks in advance
Mike

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Actually Brian had it nailed, I switched it so that it was only doing 1 min max per line and just added more lines and it works just right.

Thanks
M

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