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Mach4 Videos / Re: Warp9 ESS V2 Plugin Preview

« on: March 29, 2016, 05:47:23 PM »

Very cool indeed!

Thanks very much for another great video Daz.

Leo

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Need help to make a dialogue on Mach4 exit so my ATC doesn't drop tools

« on: November 20, 2015, 10:40:15 PM »

Update: I had the pneumatic input from the compressor to the solenoid valve in the wrong position.

Switched it with the exhaust position and it now works as it should.  Holds on to the tool no matter if I shut down Mach4, shut down the control box or lose power altogether.

Thanks again for your help!

Leo

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Need help to make a dialogue on Mach4 exit so my ATC doesn't drop tools

« on: November 12, 2015, 07:44:39 PM »

I'll work through it carefully.

Just the basic explanation Steve gave changes my whole understanding and I'm sure I'll be able to reconfigure to eliminate the issue.

Thank goodness for dumb questions!  I'd have been running a dangerous setup indeed.

Leo

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Need help to make a dialogue on Mach4 exit so my ATC doesn't drop tools

« on: November 12, 2015, 07:29:01 PM »

Well I'm glad to have my stupid assumptions rectified!

Thanks to you both for your patient help.

So I must have wired my solenoid backwards and/or routed my output air hose from solenoid to spindle from the wrong outlet of the solenoid?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 New Tabs

« on: November 12, 2015, 07:20:17 PM »

It worked!

Although my first attempt caused my chosen tab to keep re-selecting itself when I tried to click on any of the others.

Putting the sir.SetProperty('MainTabs', 'Current Tab', '0') statement within the test condition "if testrun==1" (or something like that) solved the problem.

Thanks again Daz.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 New Tabs

« on: November 12, 2015, 07:01:05 PM »

Thanks Daz!

I'll give this a try.

Leo

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Need help to make a dialogue on Mach4 exit so my ATC doesn't drop tools

« on: November 12, 2015, 06:53:24 PM »

That's a really good point.

This is my first ATC-equipped machine and I put it together myself.  It wouldn't surprise me one bit if I've got things completely backwards.

The way I've got it set up has the spindle dropping the tool holder as soon as power to the ATC solenoid is off, which happens as soon as I shut down Mach4.

I was assuming that holding on to the tool requires constant air pressure from my compressor, but am I mistaken about that?  I don't want to have to leave my compressor running when I'm not using the CNC router.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 New Tabs

« on: November 12, 2015, 03:41:12 AM »

Thanks blockhead, I'll give that a try.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 New Tabs

« on: November 12, 2015, 03:35:24 AM »

I'm using Mach4 version 2686 because I'm using an Ethernet Smooth Stepper and was having troubles with the newer versions of Mach4.

I have made many attempts to use the screen editor to save the desired tab as you described Dez, but none have worked so far.


I'm wondering if I should try the latest version of Mach4 again now that I've got motor and spindle control back.  Hopefully there will be a new version of the ESS plugin soon!

Leo

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 New Tabs

« on: November 12, 2015, 12:32:24 AM »

I was kindly directed to this thread by blockhead.

I've tried adding the scr.SetProperty('MainTabs', 'Current Tab', '0') at the end of the Screen Load Script.

Still coming up with the Probing Screen every time I startup Mach4.

I've tried every variation I can think of including different tab numbers but no luck.

Any further thoughts on this little problem would be most appreciated.

Leo