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VB and the development of wizards / Easy way to always have a positive value in a DRO field

« on: May 09, 2008, 05:34:31 AM »

Is there an easy way to always force a positive value into a DRO, I have a small calculator I've made for working out a lead (similar to a drill flute), it works great but it returns a negative value.
Is it possible to change the following line to make it always output a positive value?

SetOEMDRO (1203,3.141592654*Ø/Tan(AngleinRadians)) 'This normally works out to a negative value, but the value in a positive is correct.

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VB and the development of wizards / Homing Routine ....again....

« on: May 08, 2008, 12:54:24 AM »

Hi guys,
(Before you ask, yes I did search..........probably not well enough though)
Is it possible to use the homing routine to home at 30% feedrate, then home at 5% feedrate for accuracy?

e.g
DoButton( 22 ) 'Home X at 30% feedrate
DoButton( 24 ) 'Home Z at 30% feedrate
DoButton( 25 ) 'Home A at 30% feedrate

DoButton( 22 ) 'Home X at 5% feedrate
DoButton( 24 ) 'Home Z at 5% feedrate
DoButton( 25 ) 'Home A at 5% feedrate

Thanks
Darc

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Brains Development / Using a Brain for a page no. LED

« on: April 29, 2008, 05:44:35 PM »

I'm currently using a Macropump to control my page LED's

e.g. PageNo=GetPage()
If PageNo=1 Then
SetUserLED(1021,1)
SetUserLED(1022,0)
SetUserLED(1023,0)
SetUserLED(1024,0)
SetUserLED(1025,0)
Else
SetUserLED(1021,0)
End If

Is it possible to use a brain for this function?

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General Mach Discussion / Angular short rotation on G0 question??

« on: February 11, 2008, 05:58:48 PM »

Is it possible to Angular short rotation on G0 for just G90 not G91 aswell?
I don't see the purpose if you are using incremental why you would need it, it defeats the purpose of incremental........doesn't it.....or am I missing the point?
Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / MPG varying increments.......hmmmmmmmm??

« on: February 06, 2008, 05:25:30 AM »

I recently purchased an industrial pc from Mach Motion (Great product & great to deal with too).
http://www.machmotion.com/product_info.php?cPath=33&products_id=33
I've noticed when I move the handwheel one click it will move approx 2mm, then I move it another single click and it might move 5mm...............WTF.
I'm just a little confused why it seems to change the size of the increment, any ideas?
Also how can I change the size of the increment, on the control panel?
it's got the selector switch's for choosing the axis and also choosing the size of the increment of 1,10 or 100, so how can I set it in Mach to move 1mm, 0.1mm or 0.001mm?
Thanks Darc

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Mach Screens / Can I force Mach to save the fixture settings if.......

« on: November 21, 2007, 10:59:17 PM »

If I created a button, and in the code for this button it runs OEM code 122 (Fixture Table save), then EXITS the program?
Is it possible and how can I set it to EXIT and automatically click YES at the End Session prompt?
Thanks.

BTW, I've also noticed that sometimes it doesn't ask to save the fixture settings, even though the coords have been changed.
The only way I've worked out to get around this is the enter the EXACT same value back into a DRO (same as what it was), I think
 this forces the DRO to think it has been changed, even though it hasn't.
So when I exit the program, it prompt me to save the fixture.

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Brains Development / Check to see if multiple LED's are enabled. Hmmmmmmm

« on: October 31, 2007, 12:32:55 AM »

How can I set it to check if multiple LED's are enabled.
If they are on, then turn on or off another LED.
This pic is what I've tried, but to no avail.

38

Mach Screens / Zoom toolpath display using button???

« on: October 30, 2007, 06:40:46 PM »

Can a button be created that zooms the toolpath display either in or out?

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VB and the development of wizards / Possibility of having a blending radius command?

« on: October 22, 2007, 10:47:39 PM »

I've currently got in my program for the machine to go to a certain point
e.g
Code "G91 X20 Z10."
'*
Code "X-20 Z10."
Code "G0 X30."

'*
'This is where I'm hoping to have the following:
'Radius=GetUserDRO(1262)
'Blend radius (tangent) between the last line and the next line
'*
The attached pic should explain it better, is this do-able?

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General Mach Discussion / ......Unable to change active plane of movement, strange behaviour......

« on: October 17, 2007, 06:08:48 PM »

I'm making a lathe screen and some of the program don't wok correctly unless I set active plane of movement to X-Z (in general config)
But when I restart Mach it resets it to X-Y?
Is this a glitch or is there something else I need to do.
I also haven't been able to set a toolpath display as a Turning control in screen 4, it always reverts back to normal, is this related somehow?