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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mach4 will no hold zero

« on: March 18, 2021, 03:45:25 AM »

has tool offset been canceled in the Gcode

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New Version Of Mach4 DRO problems

« on: March 12, 2021, 11:42:16 AM »

dont shoot me

 but are you pressing enter after updating the field

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: 4612 Build

« on: March 09, 2021, 06:10:13 AM »

sorry but I like the multiple lines in MDI window

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: 4612 Build

« on: March 07, 2021, 11:43:16 AM »

thanks for the update

jogging updates you say I jog 0.01no movement but when I jog 0.01 x2 it moves 0.02 ( mm I think ) I suspect that the resolution of your stepper motor ( sorry I assume )if that's what you use is to course and the cannot resolve the small movement

glad things are a bit better

as to the pc if it works for you all well and good use it that way , as for me I will stick to what works for me

one question if I may be so bold is in previous comments you mention " pressing the stop button and or single step button" I take it these are actual buttons on a control panel not icons on the screen

if they are are they scripted in Lua in the screen or PMC ladder , if its in the screen set there maybe some lag when it processes your input

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: 4612 Build

« on: March 07, 2021, 08:29:42 AM »

thanks for the update

if I can only give you a couple of thoughts

copy the entire mach4 directory to say a usb stick

make one change to the setup and test dont go hog wild and change a lot at once its tempting I know believe me

made my day to have offered a bit of knowledge and moved you forward .

my mill is a small 4 axis job ( all cast iron though) trouble with it it  had a Far Eastern controller on mach3 well the controller went south , so I elected to go the Mach4 ESS route , now no drawings and all wires blue and no lables 🤯 9 limits etc. took a while to do the knitting but is works ok ,so my knowledge is from the sorting of my own problem , but I was a fully qualified sparks in industrial equipment no drawings was the norm machines to old ( that sounds good as I have not been in work for 24 years now ) but keep the remaining brain cell active with the workshop /cad cam for miniature steam engines

stay safe and be safe

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: 4612 Build

« on: March 07, 2021, 07:25:45 AM »

Ok
"When I click on it is when I get the dialog box saying there's no connection."
I have had this when the ESS was not powered

so the ESS and SCU talk correctly therefore at this point the ESS and the pc are talking

you have powered down and power back up

your mill and the ESS are powered up at this point then the pc



sorry if my replies are a bit stilted I suffer from Dyslexia therefor I have difficulty in getting things down

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: 4612 Build

« on: March 07, 2021, 06:25:53 AM »

please dont shoot me

you have deselected the sim and enabled the ess in mach4 config. right

you have run the setup program from warp9td site to configure the ethernet and check to see if it runs

you have run the advanced part of the above to configure the firewall act of the pc


yes I have run into that trap when having to rebuild a config


apologies if you have done the above

but IMHO this is looking like a pc problem not mach4 or ESS


what I do is use GPedit and strip out all I do not need , prevent any updates , prevent any sleep of anything ( usb disk (ssd/hhd) , processor and mem

my pc  Mill controller has no internet , no other programs just enough to run Mach4 nothing else

 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How can I make "Soft Limits on when Mach4 starts up"?

« on: February 27, 2021, 02:48:28 AM »

try here
https://youtu.be/IXuuGRACU1I

its a mach4 video by mach4 Brianna

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: 4612 Build

« on: February 25, 2021, 07:44:28 AM »

272 is the latest compiled against 2612

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: 4612 Build

« on: February 24, 2021, 09:37:30 AM »

I have updated my industrial ver to the release ver can you tell me the date for the 4 axis default screen set

thanks in advance