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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 & Neuron THC

« on: June 29, 2017, 01:47:11 PM »

Has anyone successfully integrated Neuron's THC to Mach 4? It looks like the Neuron (Lite) has complete control over the Z axis so the motion controller does not need THC capabilities directly. ESS still hasn't integrated THC and I was under the impression that Artsoft had not configured the parallel port for THC and never will. It looks like Neuron a Mach 4 plug-in and included screenset. I wish they had a phone number listed on their site, email only which seems somewhat sketchy and googling doesn't turn up much. I haven't decided on a BoB yet but PMDX is my preferred choice.

-JRL

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Bargain Basement / Precise Spindle 45k RPM - Knee Mill

« on: May 29, 2017, 03:32:27 PM »

This is a precise spindle with a 0.75" shaft that spins up to 45krpm. Perfect for engraving on a knee mill, or micromilling. Spindle will fit in a 0.75" collet, 8-1/4" TLO to table. Includes an extra set of brushes, 1/4" and 1/8" SRP6 Collets, wrenches, directions.

Link to pictures. https://goo.gl/photos/xKyVKiorBAsrqbB27

Asking $650 + S/H to US Lower US 48.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 M6

« on: March 28, 2017, 01:21:38 PM »

It's been noticed that the main screenset in hobby isn't actually displaying the tool after its loaded, though it is changing. Read this thread. http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,34335.0.html

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 M6

« on: March 27, 2017, 09:10:06 PM »

You need M6.mcs in your macro folder for that profile, at least for Hobby, insure about Industrial. Also, how do you know what M6 is doing? Most of everyone has to configure this themselves. Open up that file in a text editor. Daz has some good videos on youtube on how to script tool changes.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Tools values not changing

« on: March 10, 2017, 12:25:32 AM »

I just noticed this same problem.

The current M6 macro does not update the tool number. You need to add it to your macro, so it updates to the current tool. The M6 macro is located in macros folder inside of the profile folder you are using.
Exit Mach4.

Filename is M6.mcs

Just add this line

Code: [Select]

   mc.mcToolSetCurrent(inst, selectedtool)
after or before this line

Code: [Select]

      wx.wxMessageBox('Toolchange finished')
Save the M6.mcs file, then start Mach4. Wallah!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: *** PROBING SCREEN ? ***

« on: November 24, 2016, 02:35:22 PM »

Probing is controlled by your motion controller.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mach4 vfd control

« on: October 06, 2016, 10:19:11 PM »

I find it very difficult to understand what you are doing and what exactly you are asking, the grammar is confusing me. Your RPM range should be set per your physical machine. Example 0(MIN) - 4200RPM(MAX). If you are sending out a 10v PWM Signal to the VFD, and the VFD is programmed for I.E. a max of 60hz/min of 0hz, then 700Rpm would equal pretty close to 1v if you checked it with a meter. (4200Rpm/60Hz=70RPM Per Hz). With the ESS you will have an output for the spindle direction (set this to forward, you don't need reverse), and the second output for the PWM Signal.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: rigid tap and ess

« on: September 25, 2016, 08:39:41 PM »

I added maybe a month after my retrofit. It was taking 5~ seconds or so for the spindle to fully stop, now i'm at less than half a second if not shorter. Cheap chinese one off fleebay, forget the exact size.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: rigid tap and ess

« on: September 25, 2016, 03:27:43 PM »

A zero delay would throw your VFD into fault without a braking resistor. The motor will actually send a current back to the VFD. You should also look into adding a braking resistor to your VFD if you haven't done so already.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: how to connect analog joystick to Mach4?

« on: September 22, 2016, 05:37:09 PM »

I'm 99% sure they can both be used. I have ESS and will be buying a Pokeys 57U for my future control panel.