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General Mach Discussion / Re: Feed rate overide pot

« on: September 28, 2012, 07:24:10 PM »

Hi there,
pot via Pokeys works great for me. ( Pokeys55 with Plugin 10.6.4 )
I use three pot's
1) feed and rapid override
2) limit rapid
3) spindle override

Alex

202

General Mach Discussion / Re: How to make z tool cut deeper on the fly.....

« on: September 28, 2012, 07:04:54 PM »

Hi,
I would use g52 Z-....   
Alex

203

VB and the development of wizards / Re: And today's question is...

« on: September 28, 2012, 06:56:03 PM »

Hi again,
here a advice
at the beginning of the macro you should have checked all conditions. What i mean is
does the tool exist
which tool is in the spindle
which tool is called
and so on ...
When the mechanically part ( movement ) starts then
1) turn the carousel to the positon of the tool thats in the spindle
2) index the spindle
3) do the axis movement
and so on ...
If you want to use T0 command ( bring the tool that is in the spindle away)
then you need conditions for that.

just a thought

Alex

204

General Mach Discussion / Re: Unable to activate custom button with external input

« on: September 28, 2012, 06:19:52 PM »

Hi Greg,
you need a simple brain for this.

Alex

205

VB and the development of wizards / Re: And today's question is...

« on: September 28, 2012, 05:57:17 PM »

Hi Sweep,
 

I attached another file which looks a bit clearer without using the g code variables.

I'm here in the north of germany.

Alex

206

PoKeys / Re: turning on outputs in prokey 55 from mach3

« on: September 27, 2012, 10:32:28 AM »

Hi,
the only idea that I would have is to read out the " To Go " DRO by a brain
when its value is positive then aktivate the output.
that only will work in MDI or or AUTO mode. not by manual jogging.
Alex

207

VB and the development of wizards / Re: And today's question is...

« on: September 27, 2012, 10:15:25 AM »

Hi Sweep,
You're welcome. 
I think I feel a little thirsty

I attached a file how I would do it.
should be running so far.
There may be different ways to do it.

hope that helps.

Alex

208

General Mach Discussion / Re: User defined DRO/button?

« on: September 24, 2012, 09:02:28 AM »

Yes, that is correct.
Alex

209

General Mach Discussion / Re: Is Calibrate Spindle Working?

« on: September 16, 2012, 03:05:57 PM »

Hi,
try setting the minimum PWM at least to 1% or higher in -> port and pins -> spindle setup, for calibration.
just a thought.
Alex

210

General Mach Discussion / Re: PROBLEM WITH TANGENTIAL KNIFE

« on: September 06, 2012, 06:41:20 PM »

Hi there,
try a negative Z axis value during cutting eg. ( Z -0.1 ) in your g code
not positive.

Alex