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General Mach Discussion / different screens displayed

« on: May 10, 2012, 04:50:29 AM »

Hello Guys--

I am using Mach3 on a lathe  and the screen that appears when I startup is very basic
just " welcome to mach3 professional turn" and four buttons down the righthand side.

If i open Mach3 by clicking on the file in explorer i get a very different screen with lots of buttons
and much more detail.

Questiona are

 - can I use either screen and will they refer to the same config?

- How do i get mach3 to open the detailed screen by default

- In your opinion- which screen should I use ?

regards

fred evans

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Where can I find the topic"address" or topic number

« on: May 10, 2012, 03:07:35 AM »

Thanks Hood-- not exactly what i wanted - but your clue helped.

I went to the "mach general discussion" page and right clicked the topic that I wanted to refer to
I then selected the option to copy the topic address. when I pasted that copy into a document
it gave me the topic number- many thanks

fred

( I have made a notepad note headded for example " forum questions dealing with homing switches". I have this note minimized
on the taskbar. As i find a topic that i want to refer back to at a later date I just copy and paste the link onto that note
for future reference.  That page is printed and filed in the manual in the section dealing with limits and homing. When I have a problem
with homing I have a ready list of appropriate address where I may find the solution  . It is also very easy just to open the note
and click on the link to go straight to the topic)

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General Mach Discussion / Where can I find the topic"address" or topic number

« on: May 09, 2012, 06:55:58 AM »

Hello Guys--

I see that when a reference is made to an old topic there is often a topic number
quoted ( as per the example below). then by clicking on that address i go
straight to the topic

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,6657.10.html

I am preparing an index of topics for my own use and would like to know
where to find the topic number ( e.g. "index.php/topic,6657.10.html)

many thanks

fred evans

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General Mach Discussion / Re: opening an m1s file

« on: April 29, 2012, 07:27:20 AM »

thanks rich-- will try it tomorrow at work

regards

fred

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General Mach Discussion / opening an m1s file

« on: April 28, 2012, 09:24:17 AM »

Hello Jimpinder--
I am trying to figger out macros and I came across some replies of your which included
the following files

m202.m1s

1024.lset

m201.m1s

Please tell me how to open and use these files
Many thanks

fred evans

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General Mach Discussion / Re: code to set home programmatically

« on: April 23, 2012, 12:12:43 PM »

Ok - thanks TP -

I am getting around all this home stuff  !!

So does that mean that G10 ( defined in manual as"coordinate system origin setting" ) will take the
machine to X0 y0 z0 ?
and this position is the "machine coords" position x0 y0 z0 where the "set home" button
was positioned ?

While this has all been very interesting - please forgive me but the original question is still unanswered.

Sorry about my bad english.

What i am wanting to do is to put in a line of code which will automatically move the machine
to trigger the home switches .

Normal procedure would be to select manual screen and press buttons to set home X and then set home Z

I would like to write this into the code so that at startup the machine automatically finds the home position
 
My next action would then be to take a small cut, measure the cut and set the axes to that size

many thanks

fred






 




 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: code to set home programmatically

« on: April 23, 2012, 11:38:35 AM »

Thank you seemecnc

This is looking clearer-- g54 (defined as "use fixture offset 1 in chapter 10")
will fixture offset 1 always be the position found by the home switches when I have used
"set home" on the manual screen?

then the next question regarding G92.
If i use your suggestion of g92 X12.5 y3 z0 and enter this either as
code or from the MDI line. does this mean that when i later code in
G92 (alone with no parameters) the tool will return to the preset position
of x12.5 y3 z0?
( note to TP- i am working through your suggestions and will respond in a few minutes)

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General Mach Discussion / code to set home programmatically

« on: April 20, 2012, 08:16:54 AM »

Hello All

are there words that i can code in the code which will set home x and set home z?

the machine has home switches

best regards

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General Mach Discussion / Re: lathe -g28 moves x before z

« on: April 20, 2012, 08:14:54 AM »

for reference of others-- the g30 did not work for me
now I use g53 and that works fine
the following line
g0  g53 x0 rapids the tool away from the job as far as the home position
g0 g53 z0 rapids the tool to that home position

best regards

fred

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General Mach Discussion / Re: What is G28.1 ?

« on: April 18, 2012, 12:19:46 PM »

Thanks for the reply !!