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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: lua error

« on: October 04, 2018, 11:48:27 AM »

Hang on are you sure that a mach4 fully compatible card

All I can find is refs to mach3

I am sure there are threads on here about it being a problem card

But I may be wrong about this

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: lua error

« on: October 04, 2018, 10:41:37 AM »

Did you save the profile file from the help drop down ( package up profile)

If you did just reinstall that it should work fine

This is of course this presumes you followed the manual and copied the stock one and gave it a new name eg your name the same with the screen set

Now I am old school don’t trust these new tangled computer me bobs , I have a spread sheet that prints out the settings in Mach but with blank entries the out with the biro and copy my working setting to that,then if you have a pc crash it’s a simple job to copy it back in

The manual also has the equation to work out your steps

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: lua error

« on: October 03, 2018, 10:14:29 AM »

Bryanna

Have a look in the vidieo section Daz the gas has done one that explains it very well and the reason why it’s there

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,38350.0.html

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 profile set to MM but current position in Inches?

« on: September 30, 2018, 02:53:14 AM »

Just penny’s worth

Did you set the native units before you did the motor cal/setting

You need to do it in that order

Did you do the calculations as set out in the user manual for metric

Caveat emptor   From my experience when I change any motor setting apply the ok I always shut down mach4 and restart , it did a funny once so I make sure

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: configuring Fusion 360 to get rid of "k word given for arc in XY Plane"

« on: September 21, 2018, 10:12:45 AM »

Just make sure you use th lasted the post and put in your personal post folder

http://cam.autodesk.com/posts/

Just type in Mach4

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: configuring Fusion 360 to get rid of "k word given for arc in XY Plane"

« on: September 21, 2018, 01:46:20 AM »

Ask on the fusion forum for problems with fusion 360 , it’s not a mach4 one

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Old turret lathe

« on: September 10, 2018, 10:38:08 AM »

Why no look into using a arduino to generat the movement , the code could be triggered from an output from mach4

Have a look at nyccnc YT Chanel he as some examples of usining a arduino to drive a clear path servo

Just a rambling of a old git

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Fusion 360 Mach 3/4 Post Processing Configuration

« on: September 08, 2018, 01:50:57 PM »

Thanks for the expansion Chad

I have difficulty in long explanations , I know what to do but my dyslexia plays up and I cannot get it down , paper and pencil is impossible

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Fusion 360 Mach 3/4 Post Processing Configuration

« on: September 08, 2018, 12:07:12 PM »

Where are you setting the WCS in fusion 360 setup in cam , that’s where you set the WCS on the mill

Usually the corner of the stock

The g28 in the code you do not like is easy to get rid of when you post out in fusion360 drop down the prefs and untick the use g28 box

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Stops mid cycle, "Never happened before"

« on: September 08, 2018, 06:40:31 AM »

Bet you had a corrupt install and the update fixed it up

Glad you have it sorted

It’s a bit difficult to phrase any licence questions without inferring that you have not got it licence