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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NEW!! Drill Wizard

« on: December 23, 2011, 10:23:09 AM »

yes indeed, I'm using MSM and yes indeed I doesn't try drillwiz with other screen set.
I hope you and Dave can find a fix for this.

many thanks,
Seb

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NEW!! Drill Wizard

« on: December 22, 2011, 08:59:45 PM »

I found the solution for the first problem:

Editing GcodeInit.tap and replacing G20 with G21

regards,
Seb

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NEW!! Drill Wizard

« on: December 22, 2011, 08:48:42 PM »

Hello,

great wizard, thank you for implementing.
but I have 2 (so far) problems

1. it seems to be a bug when recording because even I'm using the metric system, the tap file is saved with a "G20" at beginning.
2. when I want to start the spindle (pressing M3) I've got an error, see attached image. Also, I cannot enter any rpm value, always returns to zero when pressing ENTER
After I'm getting this error the wizard is still running but no spindle control.
I'm using MODBUS for spindle control. Could this be the reason?

And, if I'm allowed to say, a simple feature request:
When recording, if no DO ABS at beginning, the first drill is made where the machine is, will not move to the first desired position. Second drill is OK because position is specified.
I think will be a geed feature if all recordings will start from ABS position, even the user will not DO ABS at the beginning.


Best regards,
Seb

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hards, Homes, Limits, Softs, Slows, Offs.

« on: July 24, 2011, 10:18:02 AM »

wonderful! many thanks Gerry!
working perfectly

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hards, Homes, Limits, Softs, Slows, Offs.

« on: July 24, 2011, 08:39:00 AM »

thank for your fast reply Hood
yes indeed, it's true Mach don't know where is it until a home but in this case the slow zone is a little bit useless because when manually jogging the machine the operator should keep he's eyes there and see where the machine is moving

I'm thinking now for a procedure to have rapid movement for homing, something like zeroing the tool height in big-tex's blue probing screen set, in 2 steps.
first step at a higher speed, until home and then, after a short retract, the second step with slow speed for getting a higher accuracy.

I think an improvement like this will be useful at least for large machines with heavy gantries. If I'll have time and "inspiration" I'll give a try and post here the results. Hope will be positive.

Best regards,
Seb

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hards, Homes, Limits, Softs, Slows, Offs.

« on: July 24, 2011, 04:54:32 AM »

hello,

I have one question regarding the slow zone setting.

So, the speed is reduced in slow zone only when jogging but when I homing (ref all home) the speed is not reduced in the slow zone and the switches are reached at "Speed %" setting. In fact, all homing procedure is made ar "Speed %" value.
This is normal?

Thanks,
Seb

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Brains Development / Re: Help with Modbus I/O with Brains

« on: April 08, 2011, 01:41:31 PM »

Hello,

I have a DZB200B Fulling inverter and I've make 2 brains for spindle control.
The first brain is for passing commands for FWD RUN, REV RUN and STOP and the second brain is for speed setting (RPM)

In the first time the both brains was running OK (on my home computer, for testing only) but after more testing and "improvements", the first brain stop working. More exactly, the brain seems running but the RUN/STOP commands aren't passed to the VFD. Even a saved brain or a new created brain for RUN/STOP don't pass commands to the VFD.
Second brain (speed setting) still running OK and also the RUN/STOP commands could be manually passed to the VFD.
I blamed the W7/64bit and I "moved" both brains to the workshop where Mach3 is running on a 32bit XP.

Initially everything worked as expected but after 2 days (and maybe some Mach's configuration modifications), the SECOND brain stop working.
In the same way like before.
So, the second brain (for setting spindle speed) seems to be working (in brain view) but it's output value is not passed to the VFD.
I also can set this value manually so I suppose is not a communication problem


Another problem, with the third brain: Third brain is for reading the spindle speed. And the brain seems to run OK but the reading value is not passed to the Spindle speed DRO, OEM 39. This is happening on both computers and this brain was never pass this value to the DRO.


Any hints for these issues? Many thanks in advance,
Seb

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Finished Plugins for Download / Re: Huanyang VFD controller plugin

« on: April 05, 2011, 12:31:12 PM »

thanks Phil, I have to dig from now!

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Modbus / Re: Spindle control via Modbus tied to OEM input switches and screen buttons

« on: March 29, 2011, 06:56:46 AM »

hello,

I'm a newbie in this domain and I'm coming with some questions.
I hope will not be very stupid questions but if will really be stupid questions, please forgive me.

So, I intend to control a Fuling DZB200B spindle trough RS485 and Modbus.
As far as I read (and maybe learn) until now, I have done following:
I successfully connected the VFD to the computer through an RS232/RS485 adapter. everything seems to be OK because when I'm doing "test Modbus" in "Modbus configuration" I can read the VFD's parameters.

I watched the brains tutorials and I read some documentations but I'm afraid I'm not on the right way.

I have the manual for inverter here: http://www.ms-motor.com/frequency_inverter/DZB200&300Busermanual.pdf
...but I have no ideea what to do next

any hints will be very useful. thank you,
Seb

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Finished Plugins for Download / Re: Huanyang VFD controller plugin

« on: March 25, 2011, 02:50:27 AM »

that I supposed, too, but I think should be "rewrite" to read the corresponding Fuling's parameters for PD001 and PD002 which are F0.01 and F0.03.
I think this could be the reason for this plugin not working with Fuling inverter. Maybe a future release will work with Fulings, too