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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Version 2803 Problems
« on: December 23, 2015, 06:52:55 PM »
Bummer.... Thought this was going to be a "post your problems with 2803" thread. I have a ton of them!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 or 4 with PMDX 126 & ESS
« on: December 09, 2015, 08:08:04 AM »
Mach4 has a lot!!! more problems, and a lot less 'features'. Meaning user provided scripts etc.
I'm regretting moving to Mach4 but I'm hoping they get their act together on it.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Use probing for tool zeroing
« on: December 04, 2015, 07:56:40 PM »
ok thankyou for your time in replying.

dtg


No problem.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Use probing for tool zeroing
« on: December 04, 2015, 02:29:18 PM »
It works. It's not ideal but it'll do until they release the version including tool zeroing.
Here's what you do.
Set your block on top of your material.
Move the z down to a close distance from the end of the tool.
Zero your Z axis DRO.
Go to the "probing" screen.
Set the Z position to a negative amount that will result in contact with your plate.
Set "Measure Type" to "set Fixture".
Press the measure Z button.
It'll go through it's sequence, when done, the number in your Z DRO is the amount it is above your block.
Remove your block, do a G0 Z-(distance in z DRO + Block thickness)
the tool tip will be at the top of your material, set your DRO to 0.
Or you can just add the thickness of your block to the "end result" DRO number and set the Z DRO to that sum. I'm sure you get the picture with that.

??  How automatic is all that, did you actualy try the code i posted, thats automatic and basically does all that manual work for you.

Daz

"""It works. It's not ideal but it'll do until they release the version including tool zeroing."""

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Use probing for tool zeroing
« on: December 03, 2015, 10:07:03 PM »
You shouldn't have to turn off the softlimits to probe, I don't think.

I agree, but what makes you say that's a PMDX issue? I'm don't see why? Not saying you're wrong, just want to understand what makes you say that.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Use probing for tool zeroing
« on: December 03, 2015, 08:23:58 PM »
Sounds like a bug in the PMDX plugin. Be sure to report this to them.

Why do you say that?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Use probing for tool zeroing
« on: December 03, 2015, 05:58:45 PM »
It works. It's not ideal but it'll do until they release the version including tool zeroing.
Here's what you do.
Set your block on top of your material.
Move the z down to a close distance from the end of the tool.
Zero your Z axis DRO.
Go to the "probing" screen.
Set the Z position to a negative amount that will result in contact with your plate.
Set "Measure Type" to "set Fixture".
Press the measure Z button.
It'll go through it's sequence, when done, the number in your Z DRO is the amount it is above your block.
Remove your block, do a G0 Z-(distance in z DRO + Block thickness)
the tool tip will be at the top of your material, set your DRO to 0.
Or you can just add the thickness of your block to the "end result" DRO number and set the Z DRO to that sum. I'm sure you get the picture with that.

Now, the reason I found that this was not working for me was the soft limits. With Soft Limits enabled, I Get an immediate error saying "NO Contact With Probe".
And if I keep trying the measure Z button it eventually goes to a PMDX error 7.

With soft limits disabled, it has worked every time I've tried it.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Use probing for tool zeroing
« on: December 03, 2015, 03:28:06 PM »
Tool Zeroing is apparently going to be part of the next release. I have a "sequence" that is supposed to work with the current probe screen but I haven't tried it yet. I will try when I'm home tonight and if it works I will post it here.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Use probing for tool zeroing
« on: November 30, 2015, 08:43:47 PM »
I'm going to ask again...
Can someone explain how to use the probing screen for tool zeroing??

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Use probing for tool zeroing
« on: November 30, 2015, 08:14:13 AM »
Ok, How about someone explain what they are doing for tool zeroing then??

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