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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Can you use Inputs with Macro B Programming.

« on: November 20, 2017, 01:20:40 PM »

Yes.   A signal from our measuring device.  A mapped input into Mach4.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: is macro B just as fast or faster than regular gcode?

« on: November 20, 2017, 12:50:55 PM »

I Went ahead and made a topic out of my previous comment.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Can you use Inputs with Macro B Programming.

« on: November 20, 2017, 12:49:35 PM »

I've never used Macro B Programming, so I have a few questions about it.  Being able to use loops in G Code could really help us out on a project.  Can Macro B Read inputs to exit a loop?  If not, can you run an M Code in the loop that can read the input and then translate that into a #VAR to exit the loop?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: is macro B just as fast or faster than regular gcode?

« on: November 20, 2017, 08:44:36 AM »

I've never used Macro B Programming but I was doing some research on it yesterday.  Can it read read inputs from the controller to determine when the while loops should end?  If not, could you pass an M Code in the while loop that can read the input and change a #VAR to exit the while loop?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Jogging while doing a tool change?

« on: October 24, 2017, 10:58:55 AM »

Awesome, Steve.  Thanks!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Jogging while doing a tool change?

« on: October 24, 2017, 08:31:38 AM »

Steve,
Just curious, how repeatable is that probe?  I've seen it online before.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: USB port setting

« on: October 20, 2017, 02:34:08 PM »

Hello,
If you are asking questions about Mach3, you should ask them on the "General Mach Discussion" and not the "Mach4 General Discussion".

But to answer your question, you are looking for the XML, it will be in the Mach3 folder on your computer.  The xml stores all the setup information of your profile.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How to use G28.1 on Mach4?

« on: October 20, 2017, 08:41:05 AM »

This is a good video to watch. 

https://youtu.be/Rd-h0YA9IzQ

But as far as using G28. 
Fusion 360 outputs the following code to send the machine to zero.

G28 G91 Z0
G28 X0 Y0
M30

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How do I get to the center of 2 edges?

« on: October 10, 2017, 02:17:36 PM »

I had no idea that was there, Stuart.  I wish it would link to your keyboard instead of having to use the mouse; that would be nice.
I did implemented Allan's button idea onto a mill here in the shop.
I think I like it better still.  It's in the offset tab and it is a simple mouse click to get the desired input into the DRO.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How do I get to the center of 2 edges?

« on: October 10, 2017, 10:21:48 AM »

Fledermaus,
That is an elegant solution, and I'm going to use it. 
I too liked the ease of "/2" in mach3 but it is annoying in Mach4 to not be able to have this functionality. 
I did just as Allen, find my edge, zero, find the 2nd edge and then divide it in the calculator and enter the result in the DRO.