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Mach4 Videos / Mach4 - Arduino and Touchscreen

« on: May 16, 2015, 02:09:04 PM »

As promised heres a very short vid on an arduino being used as a keyboard to control mach4

https://youtu.be/8PV-OlcmqH4

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Zero All

« on: May 16, 2015, 02:06:46 PM »

Make a new button in the editor and use something like the code below to zero DRO`s

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local inst = mc.mcGetInstance()
mc.mcAxisSetPos(inst, 0, 0);
mc.mcAxisSetPos(inst, 1, 0);
mc.mcAxisSetPos(inst, 2, 0);
mc.mcAxisSetPos(inst, 3, 0);

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Jogging/Pendant Interface-What is the best way? Ramblings

« on: May 16, 2015, 02:59:32 AM »

Unable to PM it so see if this works.

Copy files into plugins directory.

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Add a tab to a tab panel

« on: May 16, 2015, 02:34:18 AM »

Thats the best way, just dive in and have a go 

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Jogging/Pendant Interface-What is the best way? Ramblings

« on: May 16, 2015, 02:29:38 AM »

Before installing a new version of anything I tend to back up the old one that works. if you still have the previous one then copy the 2 keyboard files over the new ones then its working again.

Not the perfect way but keeps ya going.

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4/ESS sort of working

« on: May 15, 2015, 03:35:45 PM »

I have only ever had this happen once and it was to do with the estop on pin 10, it also showed a red light on the ess.

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Jogging/Pendant Interface-What is the best way? Ramblings

« on: May 15, 2015, 08:59:23 AM »

Using an old keyboard is an awesome idea but I am doing this for local control at the controller.  My controller is connected through an ESS (Ethernet Smooth Stepper) back to the computer.  I do not want another USB connection back to the computer.  I will send some pictures this weekend as I make more progress.

Everyone seems to be missing the point here about using a usb keyboard, with a key assigned to an input signal anything can be programmed into a function in the PLC script. Worried about wires then use a wireless one, an average board in one of those is about 30mm x 50mm, crossin a couple of wires activates a key, you will have to map which ones before removing the whole keyboard.

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Bug Reports

« on: May 15, 2015, 08:30:56 AM »

Must be something in your setup, just downloaded latest build, my setup is same as yours and works fine.

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: LuaExamples

« on: May 15, 2015, 07:49:05 AM »

Just tried all examples and working fine.

DazTheGas

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Jogging/Pendant Interface-What is the best way? Ramblings

« on: May 15, 2015, 07:32:34 AM »

i can share everything apart from me chocky buscuits.

I`ll put a very short vid together of it working and how.

DazTheGas