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General Mach Discussion / Re: Early laser off with PWM
« on: November 01, 2022, 02:42:53 PM »
IMHO you will have no luck with using M3 and S commands to control your laser properly
because these commands are not syncronized with motion commands.

the only two possibilities i know are:

- use M10/M11

- use the direction pin of a virtual axis (A/B/C) to switc laser on/off

there are o lot threads about this problem here on the board.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: can't get proper Z
« on: November 01, 2022, 02:38:24 PM »
here is your code:
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CurrentFeed = GetOemDRO(818) 'Get the current feedrate to return to later
CurrentAbsInc = GetOemLED(48) 'Get the current G90/G91 state
CurrentGmode = GetOemDRO(819) 'Get the current G0/G1 state

If GetOemLed (825)=0 Then 'Check to see if the probe is already grounded or faulty
DoOEMButton (1010) 'zero the Z axis so the probe move will start from here
Code "G4 P3" ' this delay gives me time to get from computer to hold probe in place
Code "G90 G31Z-4. F4" 'probing move, can set the feed rate here as well as how far to move
While IsMoving() 'wait while it happens
Wend
ZProbePos = GetVar(2002) 'get the exact point the probe was hit
Code "G0 Z" &ZProbePos 'go back to that point, always a very small amount of overrun
While IsMoving ()
Wend
Call SetDro (2, .060) ' change .060 to your plate thickness and then adjust for final accuracy
Sleep 200 'Pause for Dro to update.
Code "G1 Z1. F50" 'put the Z retract height you want here, must be greater than the touch plate thickness
While IsMoving ()
Wend
Code "(Z axis is now zeroed)" 'puts this message in the status bar
Code "F" &CurrentFeed 'Returns to prior feed rate
Else
Code "(Z-Plate is grounded, check connection and try again)" 'this goes in the status bar if applicable
End If

If CurrentAbsInc = 0 Then 'if G91 was in effect before then return to it
Code "G91"
End If

If CurrentGMode = 0 Then 'if G0 was in effect before then return to it
Code "G0"
End If   

there are two things witch can cause your problem.

1st: the code is reading Var(2002)  for the exact hitpoint of the probe.
most "cheaper" motion controller are not handling this var's correctly.

2nd: you wrote that you set the plateheight to 0.250 but in the code it is hardcoded to 0.060,
so this might also cause your problem

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: macro correction help
« on: October 29, 2022, 06:22:59 AM »
Config -> General Config -> ignore M calls while loading

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ok, it is a dll, and we are not able to "see" the macro code.
only thing what's left is to use a "selfmade" M6Start macro for the ATC.


here:

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=36417.msg249874#msg249874

is an example i posted some years ao.

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pls check, if there is a file like this   C:\Mach3\Plugins\NcEther-8ts.m1s ?

186
as sayed, without seeing the code from function ChangeTool() it is hard to say what is going on.

188
i mean G54 is enabled before you do a toolchange with M6.

can't see what your toolchange function is doing because is in

Declare Function ChangeTool Lib ".\Plugins\NcEther-8ts" () As Integer

this lib.

G54 will allways effect your workcoordinates if there are offset's stored.

have a look to you fixtures, with offsets are in there for G54.

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normaly toolchange is done with activated G54.

so first activate G54 then touch your surface with toolA and the do a toolchange to toolB

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the code:

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SetCurrentTool(newtool)

will set the toollength witch is in tooltable, and therefore your Z will be "corrected" with new toollength.