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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 motion controller selection

« on: July 15, 2013, 07:33:41 PM »

Hi,

I have a very.. awkward problem.
I set up the Ethernet Smoothstepper today but need to change back to the old parallel port for some simple milling operations for the smoothstepper case.
But I accidentally clicked "dont ask again" on the pop-up dialog that asks what motion controller to choose from.. So its always set to ESS
(Forgot to clone the profile)
Any tipps how to set this back without loosing all settings?

Thanks a lot!

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Re: Feed and Spindle Bargraph with LEDs?

« on: July 05, 2013, 06:24:59 AM »

Thanks for the answers so far!

@ Brett

Thats exactly what I wanted to do (VFD-> arduino with modbus -> mach3)
What oem code did you use? I don't really see how I can use custom variables here
Or what code range can be freely used for this purpose?

Btw I can't set a range in my DROs? The only thing where I can set a range is a slider.

PS: Does machscreen have a zoom function?

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Feed and Spindle Bargraph with LEDs?

« on: July 04, 2013, 08:56:43 PM »

Hi,

I was working the whole day on the Screenset and left room for a a planned Power Display in the style of some Feed and Spindle Speed Bargraphs I've seen.
Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORR_pQgG0ys

But how can this be realized?
I would use a brain for the calculation.. but Is there a function for LEDs like Boolean Variables that can be set?
Im fairly new to writing macros and brains for mach so I've no real idea how to to this.


Thanks!
Max

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Mach Screens / Re: Change Font Color?

« on: July 04, 2013, 06:30:21 AM »

Thanks,
I should print that out.

Also found the settings for the font color.. no idea how I was able to miss that.

Reinstalled photoshop and started drawing!

Greetings,
Max

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Mach Screens / Re: Change Font Color?

« on: July 03, 2013, 08:45:55 AM »

Thanks,
Easier as I thougt.
Didn't know the oem button.. is there a good list of all functions and dros?

Im actually using machscreen.
Is there a "better" or more versatile editor out there?

Greetings,
Max

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Mach Screens / Change Font Color?

« on: July 03, 2013, 05:48:46 AM »

Hi,
Im planning to design a new screen design for my vertical widescreen touchscreen and would like to change the Mach3 standard font color for the readouts etc,.
Is this possible?

PS:
Is it possible to have the "manual operation" panel open on Mach3 startup that normaly needs the "Tab" key?

Thanks,
Max

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis "rollover" 360 to 0 degree not working

« on: October 13, 2012, 01:01:30 PM »

Hi,
many thanks to all the answers.

@ger21: Yes i want to move only the 1,44° holding my direction.

@cncalex:
No G91 in the post.

The Fanuc post seems to do the trick for the beginning
The code is correct for one revolution, also the direction. after every revolution it returns to "360°" and starts the next one.

Now with the fanuc post (generic fanuc 4x mill) it works but the code is something like:

Code: [Select]

A-35555.725
A-35558.579
A-35561.422I guess the big angles can't be avoided? The problem is that

I haven't mounted the 4th axis yet so I can't test it but in the preview screen of mach3 it still shows a wrong result where small spherical substractions on cylinder are stretched across the surface like Z axis wasn't fast enough.

There are also some lines like:
X96.812 Y.001 A-1170.004 F3.8
And I have no idea why it would slow down to 3.8? The Z axis movement isn't affected.

@ BR549 & CNC Alex

Only when I turn off all the rotation options I see a decent preview screen but high A axis values.
When I turn on the Rollover , I don't see the rotation of the A-Axis but just X Y and Z movements. (I should attach screenshots..)

Max

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis "rollover" 360 to 0 degree not working

« on: October 13, 2012, 08:39:12 AM »

I didn't want to offend mach3 of course it can't know
But this is the output from the post.. so how are other machines supposed to handle this data? there are about 300 rows so editing it manually isn't an option :/
How can i solve this from the mastercam/postporocessor side?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 4th axis "rollover" 360 to 0 degree not working

« on: October 13, 2012, 08:13:43 AM »

Hi,
Thank you for the fast reply!
But think the problem is somewhere else :/.. I tried all this options but it won't affect the result.

Code: [Select]

Y.006 A-7.612
Y.005 A-6.013
Y.004 A-4.453
A-2.928
Y.002 A-1.446
Y0. A-0.
Y-.002 A-358.554
Y-.004 A-357.072
A-355.547
Y-.005 A-353.987
Mach3 simply doesn't know that it has to jump from the  Y0. A-0.  to Y-.002 A-358.554 because there is no indicator for the direction it should move I guess?

Can this even be solved within mach3? if no..
Im pretty new to post editing, how can I change it?

Another post problem is that the Z-Axis won't go up before every toolchange..

Greetings,
Max

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General Mach Discussion / 4th axis "rollover" 360 to 0 degree not working

« on: October 12, 2012, 08:49:32 PM »

Hi,
I'm using Mach3 3.042 and Mastercam X5 with the MACH3GENERIC.PST post.
I setup a custom machine like my Router with portal like axis hirachy and a rotary A axis (along x)
Everything works fine but Mach3 is unable to jump opver the 360 degree. It always changes direction and moves back to 0 degree (destroying my workpiece).
How can I change the post or what do I have to do?

PS: It also slows down my x axis movment drastically like to <1%

I hope someone is able to help me with this.. I tried the last few days but had no success :/

Thanks!
Max