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VB and the development of wizards / Re: reading mouse movement?

« on: January 30, 2008, 10:08:56 AM »

Dont miss the g31 command too.  http://www.machsupport.com/MachCustomizeWiki/index.php?title=How_to_get_Data_from_a_Probe

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General Mach Discussion / Re: steps per 360 degree revolution.

« on: January 21, 2008, 12:59:33 PM »

Personal message sent to you through the Mach forum.  I dont want my half baked knowledge logged on here forever. 

-Nick

173

General Mach Discussion / Re: movement stops but dro says its still going

« on: January 17, 2008, 08:23:26 AM »

[pull down menu] Config --> General Config --> lower right side

I'm sure that thats not it, but if its as easy as unchecking a box, why not look.

174

General Mach Discussion / Re: rotary axis turning really really slow

« on: January 15, 2008, 10:35:38 AM »

Steps: 19.047
Vel: 40,002
Accl: 4100

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General Mach Discussion / Re: movement stops but dro says its still going

« on: January 14, 2008, 03:01:36 PM »

What about "rotational soft limits" in config? (never used it, just asking) Uncheck that box if its checked.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: rotary axis turning really really slow

« on: January 14, 2008, 02:55:12 PM »

Assuming your 4th axis is set up correctly, the best way is to do this:


go to Mach-->[pull down menu] Config-->  Tool Path -->  find the "Rotations" box

select "A- rotations enabled"

and

"use diameter for feedrate"

Now go to the "Settings" Screen in mach (the tabs at the top of the mach interface)  it says "Settings Alt6"

Find the "Rotation Diameters" area

enter the diameter or your finished piece in there.


Now Mach will automatically set the speed, like F50, to cut 50 units per minute along the circumference of the work.

It's a great feature that I use everyday.  You can also adjust the speed by changing the diameter without having to change g-code.

-Nick

177

General Mach Discussion / Re: V3.0 crash with Sleep

« on: January 14, 2008, 02:46:24 PM »

Ha ha, Jason that is never going to happen. Personally I cant see the attraction of the Yahoo style groups, in fact I think they are really awkward and this style of forum is brilliant. BUT I know there are lots of people that say exacty the opposite.
Hood

Agreed 100%... and those other people are wrong. LOL. :-p

178

General Mach Discussion / Re: V3.0 crash with Sleep

« on: January 13, 2008, 10:30:30 AM »

Looks like Mario had the same issue:

Yahoo forum:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mach1mach2cnc/message/84954
Mario
From Mach3 R3 I had the same issue. I removed the Declare sub Sleep
line from my code and it works fine. I think Art add support in R3 so
you can call Sleep without the declare.

Graham

Wow, that is nearly the SAME message I posted, isn't it.  I always forget about that Yahoo message area. ;-)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: V3.0 crash with Sleep

« on: January 13, 2008, 10:28:08 AM »

Aha, I see.  Ok, when I get a chance I will try it again with v3 and no sleep or sans the declare.  I HAD to add the sleep because Mach was blowing past the "g55x = getuserdro(1079) + getoemdro (800)" command without it.

Thanks.

-Nick

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General Mach Discussion / V3.0 crash with Sleep

« on: January 12, 2008, 10:18:46 PM »

After upgrading to v3.0, this portion of a macro code below crashed mach:
systemwaitfor (start)
While IsMoving()
Sleep 100
   Wend
g55x = getuserdro(1079) + getoemdro (800)

VB Editor opened and said the error was on the Sleep 100 line (this was part of a much longer macro).  Then VB Editor froze up and I had to reset with the button on the pc.  This happened 3 times and I re-installed v2.60... and then the problem was gone.

Yes, the macro starts off with Declare Sub Sleep Lib "Kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long).  Yes, I have used this macro 100's of times before with no problems in versions up to and including v2.60.

Full macro available to admin/mods.

-Nick