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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Screen Set Ideas

« on: July 10, 2015, 03:26:58 PM »

Thanx Scott.

Could I read/write from/to the profile's Machine.ini file's sections - keys - values (i.e.,  [Motor0] CountsPerUnit = some value) as an alternate way using mc.Profile* to get/set values of an info struct?
I'm gonna spend a few and experiment a little....

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Screen Set Ideas

« on: July 10, 2015, 12:34:19 PM »

Two questions for anyone who may know the answer...

1) Motor Counts are set from Mach4 Config menu. Is their a recall and set axis motor counts function at the user programmable level?

    i.e., The function call mc.mcMotorGetInfoStruct & mc.mcMotorSetInfoStruct is unavailable to me. Are motor counts assigned to pound variables by chance?
           --Another example are the jog increments that are set in the Config Menu. Where does Mach4 store these values and how can we retrieve and reset those values at a user programmable level?)
           --I hope I explained this well enough for you to visualize what I am asking....

2) mc.mcScrewMapping     --Isn't this the formal axis calibration function for mach4?


--josh

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Screen Set Ideas

« on: July 10, 2015, 12:11:29 PM »

I get it! 

...the 'newCounts' formula...

thanx!

--josh

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Mach4 Toolbox / Re: Check for Update Script

« on: July 10, 2015, 01:29:24 AM »

Sweet

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Axis Calibration solution

« on: July 09, 2015, 02:33:56 PM »

That is really cool! Thanx!  If you care to share the formula for the steps optimizer, I'll program it into a wizard and post if for everyone to use...whatcha think? And of course, your website and contribution will be credited in the code and in the File / About menu of the window. This would be a good project for me and added value to the community in addition to your post.

--josh

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Order of tabs in a window

« on: July 07, 2015, 12:26:00 AM »

well technically, set current tab to 3 on the fifth scan of the PLC; to wit the PLC calls the function defined in the screen load up script....right?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Order of tabs in a window

« on: July 06, 2015, 12:48:34 PM »

Ahhh, I see. So you set the OperationsTabs to display the jogging tab upon screen load by making the current tab = jogging tab.

Yah, I went back and my stuff was missing too. Sorry Pedio.

Thanx Daz.    DazTheGas()

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Custom DRO script

« on: July 06, 2015, 12:36:52 PM »

Yes!!!    iReg...

Excellent  I can proceed to take over the world now.

Thanx!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Line following (tracing)

« on: July 05, 2015, 10:34:50 AM »

It's all about the Benjamin's!  

(Benjamin Franklin is the president on our hundred dollar bill...in case you Kiwi's didn't know.)
...but yet the US dollar is the world's reserve currency...[enter conspiracy theory now]

what do you want to be when you grow up? ...I was always asked. Rockstar! Plastic Surgeon! a Pimp! a General! ...a CNC machinist / programmer said no one --Ever!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Custom DRO script

« on: July 05, 2015, 10:31:01 AM »

I wanted to use semaphore programming b/w macro calls and the PLC...I have to keep experimenting.

The weird thing is, I think I have to tell the PLC what gCode line to pull and if mCode = True then do something based off of a variable value or state condition (if req'd).

Am I wrong? Can user-defined macros make changes to global variable values which are defined in the Screen Load Up script -> then the PLC can observe and execute a function when those macros are running in gCode?

I think there is a conflict with m4's machState (i.e., File_Running vs Idle, etc.) to allow a function to execute. I believe this is a safety mechanism.