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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 10, 2014, 09:36:15 AM »

Thanks Tweakie..

 I think it proves there is a problem with the Darwin Licenses..

Ill notify the M4 guys who deal with that ..

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 10, 2014, 07:45:26 AM »

A note on encoders and MPG's.

  To the plugin, MPGs are the only use of an encoder. Darwin , if it sees an enabled encoder is set to an MPG number,
will send messages to M4 to tell it the MPG has rotated. Thats all it does. MPG's in M4 are the responsability of the
screen set involved. Not the plugin. SO no motion will result from an MPG being rotated. IF the Debug box is checked in the
plugins control dialog ( under Diagnostiscs/Darwin) then messages will be put out showing the MPG was rotated.
  This does not mean motion will occur. Youd need a screenset that uses MPG's and I havent as yet seen one released.
The encoders are not reported to Mach4 in any other way so I assume there is no use for them in Mach4 for anything other
than MPGs. A plugin could of course use them for closed loop or anything else it wishes, but Darwin doesnt use them for
anything other than MPG reporting.   So until you have a screenset that uses MPG's, you may as well leave the encoders
turned off in Darwin..

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 10, 2014, 07:38:55 AM »

Hi:

  If limited to one axis, the plugin is old. The recent plugins limit only the IO and turn off motioon after abotu 1/2 hour. It
seems your license isnt working. I agree with you that there should be a way to see if the license works, and Ive expressed this
to Steve, who tells me there will soon be a way to tell.
   Your plugin should show version 1.200 in Mach4's selection tab....

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 09, 2014, 09:05:24 PM »

Peter:

  If the DRO's show motion, the step pulses are going out. The breakout baord may be stopping the motors due to a
charge pump or something.. but the DRO's, as in Mach3, indicate all is well and steps are being sent. Check your
charge pump or enables for the trouble.

For Debug,. select the menu item Diagnostics/Darwin and see if the Debug is checked..

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 09, 2014, 08:45:09 PM »

Peter:

  Just checked.. and if debug isnt turned on on, you should get no messages
from Darwin. Can you confirm its off or on so I can debug this further?

Thx
Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 09, 2014, 08:43:04 PM »

Eric:

 Yes, it should work fine in 2038 as well, Ive been using it all day with 2038..

Peter:

   Hmm, Ill make sure I turn off those messages, they should only turn on if DEBUG is selected in the Darwin dialog ...
The M4 guys are supposed to put out a version shortly that shows the loaded licenses, if you cant jog it may be license related
, though if you can jog in Darwin , you should be able to jog in M4 even without the license..

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 09, 2014, 07:21:41 AM »

I think you just contact licensing.. theres supposed to be a link on the site for Darwin licenses..

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 08, 2014, 07:33:50 AM »

Hi Dave:

  That means the license isnt working. At present theres no indication to you that it is or isnt, the only way youd know is
if the outputs dont work...and motion shuts down after 30 minutes or so.

  Check with the license guys to see if a new license is necessary for your ID.. I know they changed some...

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 07, 2014, 10:09:09 PM »

Peter:

   You might want to drop that one in the bug report system, I havent seen it.

Freeman, thx, great to hear. Im runnign 40K as well with no touble on my laser.

Art

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Printer Port Discussions

« on: October 07, 2014, 09:18:43 PM »

Note:

 Theres a workaround I found for a lockup error when configing Darwin under MachGUI.. close the Mach4 dialog while Darwins config is still open. Youll find it all works well then. If you dont close M4's selection dialog first it can lock up..

Art