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General Mach Discussion / what is mdi line "closed" or "open"

« on: December 23, 2011, 03:04:57 PM »

In studying the manual reference is made to the MDI line being open  or closed.

I know what the MDI line is ------but how do I know if it is open or closed?

How do i open it and how do I close it

regards


fred

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General Mach Discussion / Re: home button on auto screen?

« on: December 23, 2011, 02:32:41 PM »

Hello Hood--and Overloaded I will try machscreen later- still to much of a novice for this


Hello Russ- this looks like it may be what i am looking for--
question "machine must be referenced" does this mean that i have already
selected a" set home x" and a "set home Z" on the manual screen?

or if it means something else then please elaborate??
thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: "save as" with a wizard?

« on: December 23, 2011, 02:08:02 PM »

thanks on both replies

will try and do this as i have plenty of repetitive jobs-
differing only on tyhe starting diameter point of the y axis

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General Mach Discussion / "save as" with a wizard?

« on: December 23, 2011, 04:11:33 AM »

Mach3 turn

Having used a wizard to set up a turning job--
can I "save as" ( to a descriptive file-name ) that set of data?

Thank you

Fred

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General Mach Discussion / home button on auto screen?

« on: December 23, 2011, 02:35:14 AM »

Hello There ,
I am still finding my way with mach3 turn.

How do I get the tool to move to the home position when I am on the
"auto" screen?
at the moment i always have to go back to the manual screen to home the tool

Regards
fred

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General Mach Discussion / Re: after the crash!!!!

« on: December 23, 2011, 01:17:36 AM »

is it happening on just one axis or all

It is only the arrow to jog the x axis towards negative

regards

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General Mach Discussion / after the crash - episode 2

« on: December 22, 2011, 03:45:34 AM »

I am not going to reinstall because I am scared of loosing the calibrations

Can I re install and not have to recalibrate everythinh again

regards fred evans

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General Mach Discussion / after the crash!!!!

« on: December 22, 2011, 03:41:33 AM »

Hello there

while setting to axis position i accidentally crashed the tool into the rotating chuck

for some reason the emergency stop button didnt function when i hit it.

I did an emergency stop by switching th machine off at its power switch

after replacing the tool tip I started the  resetting home and the

axis DRO's but to my surprise ther arrow keys on the keyboard ( I am using a

flexible keyboard) are now functioning erratically ( sometimes wont jog in a direction until

i jog in a different direction- then it will jog again)

Is there any possibility that the program has became corrupted due to a "spike"

when i had the stoppage?

I thought that maybe the keyboard malfunctioned - but it does the same thing with
a different keyboard?

I am going to reinstall mach3 and try again

Has anyone had a similar problem or can anyone offer a comment??

there was a message on the diags screen-but i dont remember what it said something about

"reinitialization"  or "reinitialized"

best regards fred

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General Mach Discussion / Re: screens overlap

« on: December 22, 2011, 02:07:57 AM »

he,he,he,-- reminds me of something from one of the "just call me Trinity" movies--

But thanks- is did what you said and is worked

regards fred

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General Mach Discussion / screens overlap

« on: December 21, 2011, 01:22:22 AM »

small annoyance- perhaps you can help out

While on the manual screen of mach3 turn and i have  pressed "tab "to bring up the jog screen
the jog window about half coverrs the main mach3 window .

the annoyance is to have to reposition the window every time- .

can i somehow change the default  position of the window permanently?

regards fred