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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 and ATC

« on: December 30, 2018, 05:55:28 PM »

You can use email support from the website.  They usually get back within a day. 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Steppers randomly stalling

« on: December 30, 2018, 05:54:32 PM »

Even since you dropped the velocity, you may still have it set too high. 
You can also check to see if there is any binding on your ball screws or bearings to be sure that you aren't adding an extra load on the motors.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach - show run time

« on: December 29, 2018, 10:13:28 PM »

There is; see attached picture.
I always make mine bigger in the screen editor, just to see it better.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 industrial demo not working

« on: December 26, 2018, 03:51:26 PM »

Can you test Inudstrial Features in Demo now?
I know when I tried to test a few Macros it wouldn't allow me to run the G Code because the feature was not licensed.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tuning Counts per Unit

« on: December 23, 2018, 06:02:08 PM »

If you are going to use cutter comp in Mach4 be sure that you set the "Compensation Type" in Fusion, in the Passes Tab on an operation to "In Control".

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How do you read User Fields in the Tool Table?

« on: December 21, 2018, 11:41:20 PM »

That did it, works like a charm!
I didn't think of using the another type of tool get data.
Thanks!

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Mach4 General Discussion / How do you read User Fields in the Tool Table?

« on: December 21, 2018, 10:32:15 PM »

I'm trying to read a custom user field that I'm putting in a tool table. 
I want to add the field "Heavy Tool" to the tool table.  I've got it set up but I don't know the syntax to read it from the m6.
 
Going back to my Hurco code, I am reading the Pocket from the tool table, here is that line of code:
local Pocket = mc.mcToolGetData(inst, mc.MTOOL_MILL_POCKET, Tool);

I named my user field "Heavy" to keep it simple for now and tried this code and it did not work...:
local HeavyToolCheck = mc.mcToolGetData(inst, mc.MTOOL_MILL_HEAVY, Tool);

When you set the user field up it asks for a Key Name input, So I made it "Heavy"  I figured that would be what I put in the macro, but it isn't.
Anyone know how to do this?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Arc OK THCON signal programming

« on: December 19, 2018, 10:45:28 AM »

If the arc goes out, the Arc OK Signal changes in Mach4? 
If so, you can have the PLC Script monitor the ARC OK Signal. 

In the PLC Script, if SpindleCW is true and G Code is running and ARC OK signal is on then do nothing.  If ARC OK Signal is off Cycle Stop, or E Stop.
You may have to put a time in the PLC Script when the m3 turns on, that way it doesn't read an error on the first several PLC Intervals after m3 comes on.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New Forum!

« on: December 04, 2018, 10:14:17 AM »

thosj,
I have those; but I was thinking Bryanna had a txt document that had a pretty comprehensive list on here somewhere.
I remember seeing it before the searching crapped out.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New Forum!

« on: December 03, 2018, 09:35:48 PM »

Bryanna had made a large list of all the #VARS in Mach4.  I can't find that list anywhere, especially since the search function is currently down. 
That is something that could be added to the DOCS folder in Mach4, and/or added to the Mach4 Tool Box.