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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn atc

« on: September 13, 2012, 01:16:44 PM »

its fine. but if the reverse stage stalls the motor at all it wont make the next change.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn atc

« on: September 13, 2012, 01:09:41 PM »

i will try.
if i dont keep it marginal and i am on tool 1 and choose tool 8 it will over shoot tool 8 index and end up in tool 1.
if i choose a closer tool then its fine.
now if i keep it tight and move from tool 1 till tool 2, when it reverses its effectively driving against a dead stop for milliseconds. then when i select tool 3 it dosent quite make it.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn atc

« on: September 13, 2012, 12:39:29 PM »

I have tried that, the problem is if i go to far it over shoots if choosing a tool more than 6 ahead.
It deffo seems to be loosing steps

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn atc

« on: September 13, 2012, 11:17:40 AM »

quick question, after the macro moves to the tool position and reverses does it reset the dro. what appears to be happining is when it reverses to lock i loose steps. then when i ask it to get the next tool it dosent quite make it.
cheers

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn atc

« on: September 12, 2012, 07:22:38 AM »

thanks Dan

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Works in progress / 3 axis turn screen ?

« on: September 12, 2012, 07:21:05 AM »

hi
i was wondering if there was a 3 axis turn screen, the third one 1 need as a turret
thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn atc

« on: September 11, 2012, 11:55:00 AM »

numtools = 99                                              'The number of valid tools
newtool = GetSelectedTool( )                                         'read the new requested tool

currenttool = GetOEMDRO(1000)                                     'user DRO 1000 is used to store the current tool. In this line assign whatever is in this DRO to the variable
While(currenttool< 1 Or currenttool > numtools)                'Check that currenttool contains a legal tool number.
currenttool = question("Please enter the current tool")       ' If not ask to enter the current tool in position.
Wend
SetOEMDRO 1000,newtool                                               ' Set user DRO 1000 to the new tool number

If (newtool > 0) Then                                                     'Added this

dist = (newtool Mod 8 ) - (currenttool Mod 8 )                    ' the number of turret positions to move to the requested tool.

If (dist < 0) Then                                                            'Check if rollover needed
dist = 8 - Abs(dist)
End If

Code " G91 G0 A" & dist                                                  ' Move to the new turret position.
While IsMoving()
Wend
Code " G91 G0 A" & (-dist/5)                                           ' Reverse move to lock - set to 1/5th of one position and can be changed
While IsMoving()
Wend

Code "G90"                                                                  ' Set back to absolute mode. 

SetCurrentTool(newtool)

End If

hi all
ok i have the turret moving but not the correct amount. it takes 266 steps to get one full revolution in motor tuning.
in tool table i have setup some tools and asigned a degree in turret deg.
dose the turret deg relate to the position of the tool in the turret in degrees and if so why does the turret not move to this degree setting.
thanks in advance

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn atc

« on: September 10, 2012, 02:13:16 PM »

your a true gentleman

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn atc

« on: September 10, 2012, 02:05:28 PM »

unbelievable ,thank you so much.
well that just proves how useless i am at this sort of thing.
i will go and stand in the corner now

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 turn atc

« on: September 10, 2012, 01:48:59 PM »

thanks