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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Help Modifying RefAllHome

« on: March 14, 2018, 11:33:33 PM »

Hi,
to get the code, any code, to work you need home switches on your X and Y axes.

Do you have home switches on them?

Craig

5042

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Help Modifying RefAllHome

« on: March 14, 2018, 10:23:08 PM »

Hi,
modifying the ref all home script is easy but what are you going to do for home switches?

Homing works by Mach driving an axis until it detects the activation of a home switch. Without a home switch Mach
has nothing to detect. If you have a limit switch you could use that, not my preferred option but you can
do it. It will mean that while the homing function is operating that the limit switches must be ignored. Just when
you are likely to have a stuff up you have to disregard your limit switches??? Thats like going to a race track
in your car but taking your seat belt off when you get there to go racing...it just doesn't make sense.

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Help Modifying RefAllHome

« on: March 14, 2018, 10:01:44 PM »

Hi,
you want ONE switch to do THREE jobs. Ideally you would have one limit switch at the end of each axis and one
separate home switch on each axis for total 9 switches. As it turns out switches are cheap, crashing because you've
tried to economise on switches is expensive.

Craig

5044

General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Error bites again :(

« on: March 14, 2018, 06:21:39 PM »

Hi,
makes me scratch my head...if its compiled then all other scripts would have to be compiled and
be linked for it to be ready to run. That does not seem to be the case.

I would guess that if indeed the script is compiled it will be object code and still needs to be linked before it can run.

It occurs to me that 'compiled' means that only half the job is done and the remaining half (linking) which by necessity has to
be done at runtime would still be subject to random errors.

Given VB's essential 'interpreted' DNA I am unsure that precompiling will be sufficent to overcome your problem.

Craig

5045

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: meters stopped working

« on: March 14, 2018, 05:28:05 PM »

Hi,

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,36590.msg251089.html#msg251089

Might help.

Craig

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Error bites again :(

« on: March 14, 2018, 05:24:02 PM »

Hi,
yeah precompiled macros are a definite way forward...can Mach3 do that, or rather can VB do that?

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Help Modifying RefAllHome

« on: March 14, 2018, 04:59:22 PM »

Hi,
yes thats pretty straight forward, I'm at work at the moment but could help laterif someone hasn't already
pointed you in the right direction.

Craig

5048

General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Error bites again :(

« on: March 14, 2018, 04:33:36 PM »

Hi Dave,
if you rule out all other solutions it rather sounds like 'scripter compile errors' are a fact of life.

Craig

5049

General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Error bites again :(

« on: March 14, 2018, 04:10:49 PM »

Hi,
an industrial licence might be neccessary eventually but what I'm suggesting would cost nothing...just download
Mach4Hobby and the CSLabs plugin and firmware an try it in demo. Free is within even my budget!

Craig

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Scripter Compile Error bites again :(

« on: March 14, 2018, 03:57:49 PM »

Hi,
CsLabs have a Mach4 plugin which by there own admission is a work in progress but all the basic stuff works.
You could therefore use your existing hardware with Mach4. Lua is precompiled and so you don't get
compiler errors at runtime.

Craig