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General Mach Discussion / Re: HotKeys....

« on: July 24, 2007, 10:34:21 PM »

Guys....Thanks, Thanks & more Thanks
   This is unbeliveable....its after 10 @ niite, I'm beat, tired & ready for the sack & I give this day long problem one last shot before I call it a night by logging on & find your responses, which have given me the means to the end I need.....everything I needed, I just did in this laptop @ home.... (Greg...can you get this thank you to Brett...I dunno how to send this to multiple emails)....bottom line is I'm all set for attack mode tomarrow & can't wait to get to work to set this all up....I'll give you a detailed report asap.....MANY,MANY THANKS!!
                                                    George P.

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General Mach Discussion / HotKeys....

« on: July 24, 2007, 06:42:53 PM »

      I'm trying,(most of today) but I'm getting nowhere fast it seems...information overload I guess....I need to assign a HotKey (the character H, would be my # choice) to the Ref All Home command...can anybody please give me a detailed account of how to go about this?....ultimately, I'll map that character to my IPAC inputs & momentarily close the switch, so to speak, with a relay output from the PLC.....I'd really appreciate any info & thnks much in advance...George P.

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General Mach Discussion / Keyboard/keystroke emulators...revisited

« on: July 24, 2007, 11:58:07 AM »

HELP!
  somewhere exists a chart of all the mouse pointer inputs (Mach commands) and the keystrokes I need to use to simulate those inputs...but I can't find it.
  Probably the simplest of which is "ALT-R" for "start" & "tab" gets me the jog screen....
 I need to tie the "Ref All Home" command into my PLC control circuit (and the IPAC) to prevent further crashes.
         many thanks in advance for your help.....George P.

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General Mach Discussion / Help...canned cycle

« on: June 30, 2007, 12:32:24 PM »

    What is the fastest way to cut a thru hole in a sheet of material where the cutter simply follows the toolpath,stops @ a point, travels down (z-) another .002", again cuts that same toolpath, stops, again feeds down another couple of thousandths, travels the toolpath, etc,etc, finally stoping @ a preset Z- point?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MAch and 64 bit

« on: June 07, 2007, 08:14:48 AM »

ok, Graham, thanks for that...& I just sent your reply on to my computer guy to see what he says...thanks, gpdc

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General Mach Discussion / Re: MAch and 64 bit

« on: June 05, 2007, 02:28:16 PM »

thanks for the quick reply Brian...I just now learned all 64 bit system chips are not equal...seems the Intel version is ok for 32 or 64 & the AMD is only to be used with 64....I'm going to try it anyway, I'll let everyone know what's up as soon as I do...gpdc

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General Mach Discussion / MAch and 64 bit

« on: June 05, 2007, 08:56:11 AM »

Any problems running Mach3 with a duelly chip and a 64 bit bus in XP...?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: mill doesn't return to programmed position

« on: May 16, 2007, 12:42:03 PM »

Is the error increment exactly the same each run thru of your testing program?
Is the end point shy of the start point or "ahead" of the start point?
Is the motor/lead screw coupler (whatever you have slipping?
    just a couple thoughts for you....gpdc

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Questions abount CNC

« on: May 16, 2007, 12:34:23 PM »

just a thought.....with so many guys hanging around here that are already where you need to be RIGHT NOW, can you just sub this order out to a responsible party and in doing so, you buy yourself some time to get a system s/u for yourself...? and NO, I'm not applying for a job, but I'll bet somebody in here could help you....gpdc

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Changing Motor Rotation Direction

« on: May 09, 2007, 07:56:01 PM »

fwiw....another example of the great configurability of Mach