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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Re: Licence policy different from Mach4

« on: February 03, 2018, 02:11:45 PM »

Hi,
I think that the Mill Wizard was written by a friend or associate of the people of NFS and its licencing is different than Mach4.

Craig

5402

PoKeys / Re: switching from 57E to 57CNC

« on: February 03, 2018, 02:08:23 PM »

Hi Tom,
with Mach4 it is certainly possible. One device, probably the 57CNC, is used as your one and only motion controller and the second, the 57E becomes a data IO
board.

I think its possible to do the same thing with Mach3 but I have not tried or confirmed it myself.

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Glad |I asked first

« on: February 03, 2018, 01:50:35 PM »

Hi,
I found the quote on the MONTENC Lite page. I see the price for the cheaper device is still there at $495 but just above the price list was the note
about the availability of it.

http://www.vitalsystem.com/portal/motion/motenc/motenc_lite.php

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Button OFFLINE

« on: February 03, 2018, 01:44:32 PM »

Hi Allan,
superb testing. Clearly Mach/CSMIO regard the Enable# signals as private and it is not reliable to programmatically set/rest them. Even stranger that
the CSMIO from time to time ignores the state of the signal.

I will double check with my machine but yesterday I had it working as I expected. Enable#0 turned on when Mach was enabled but could also be turned on and
off with macros and the state of the signal is reflected in the state of the output pin of my ESS/BoB combination. I was doing the testing I a hurry and
may therefore have overlooked some facet of its behavior.

In the mean time I have got some code using the second signal approach for Dany to run. It need some refinements like status messages and I think the
button should blink when 'Offline' is active but it works as is. He needs to work through the code so he knows how it works and also to use the editor/debug
functions.

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Button OFFLINE

« on: February 03, 2018, 06:12:52 AM »

Hi,

You will need to set up a folder where you can write and debug code without putting it in the screen load script and potentially screw Mach up while you mess around.
In your profile folder make a new folder OfflineButton. This is where you will put your code and work on it.

This was an instruction to make it easy for you to write/edit and debug the code. What you did instead was go direct to attaching the code to your button which
all but precludes you from testing it. You are trying to run before you can walk.

Once again: set up a folder in your profile that will contain the function. Put the function complete in the folder. Open the editor and browse to the folder and open
the contents in the editor. Run in single step mode, <f5> and <f11> repeating. At the last end statement press <shift f5> rather than crash the editor.
If you are going to program Mach you absolutely need to be able to use the editor and all its functions. I certainly wont be there to hold your hand! Put the code
in a folder and use the editor until you are 100% with it, no excuses!

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Button OFFLINE

« on: February 03, 2018, 05:40:55 AM »

Hi,
do you have the function in a separate folder as I recommended? The screenshot you posted looks like an event script...in which case I doubt you'll be able to
single step through the code.

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Button OFFLINE

« on: February 03, 2018, 05:30:13 AM »

Hi,
did you single step through it?

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Button OFFLINE

« on: February 03, 2018, 04:59:11 AM »

Hi,
runs fine here.

Have you tried running through the debugger in the editor? Remember that's why I set it up this way so that you could use the editor.

Craig

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Button OFFLINE

« on: February 03, 2018, 02:13:19 AM »

Hi,
if your happy with the way the function operates then by all means attach it to your button.

To do that just copy the code EXCEPT for the last:
if (mc.mcInEditor()==1)  then
        OfflineButton()
end

and copy it into the screen load script. Put the function name in the left-up script for your button and your done.

You could put a few statements in the code that provide status messages but they don't affect how it works.

Craig

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Rounded corners still problematic after switch to exact stop over 89 degrees

« on: February 03, 2018, 12:34:37 AM »

Hi,

It seemed fine the last program I ran but since then I did reduce my acceleration on my x axis but I also don't feel like that's relevant, otherwise feeds and speeds are the same.

The ability of a CNC machine to follow a trajectory is critically dependent on it axes acceleration. The higher the acceleration the better a machine can follow a path.
You need to have as high an acceleration in your settings as you can consistent with not losing steps and having sufficient reserve to accelerate the mass of the table
and workpiece.

Craig