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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Seig 2.7

« on: November 12, 2020, 10:20:38 AM »

You do need limit/home switches I have 3 per axis

That said

Do put the machine in the position you want as home then ( if you have the home in config to home in place it should if no limits are defined ) and then make sure the dro are zeroed
Then on the offset page set up the WCS with offset for tool setter 0 again make sure dro are on 0 not machine 0

Then load the gcode it then should work

But to reiterate get those switches setup and do it the correct way from the start

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: RCD-Residual Current Device pop up when press stop

« on: October 26, 2020, 07:15:39 AM »

M is the one

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: This function is unlicensed?!

« on: October 25, 2020, 03:01:48 AM »

Won’t work without a renishaw probe the about 5k£

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Hall of shame

« on: October 19, 2020, 09:33:19 AM »

Ditto

If people do not buy from the correct source how then will any new software be developed

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Where did the Machine Diagnostic tab go?

« on: October 19, 2020, 02:24:32 AM »

Just change the active low/high to suit your no/nc limits

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: This function is unlicensed?!

« on: October 06, 2020, 09:19:48 AM »

No

You need some macros and some other bits
That is in program probing yo set the WCS on the fly

Yes Mach has probing but it is only generic to G31.x  when not running a program

Someone has done a PP to do it for Mach I have had look at it and it’s very complicated to recode in lua his macros as compiled so no joy there
The problem it has to update the registers in Mach

To answer your last question no the industrial version will not do it , I know because I run the industrial version fully licensed before you ask

So to conclude it’s not just the post process it’s the macros that go with it but it it not a extension in fusion yo use that probing feature ,they have removed a raft of things from the personal free one like rapids.only one tool per setup etc.

FYI it’s the motion controller that does the probing not Mach4 it has to be a real time process and mach4 is not a real time program due to the fact that it runs on windoze which is a time sharing operating OS

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: No Official Update since August 2019 ?????

« on: October 02, 2020, 02:57:02 AM »

Yep it’s not simple

It’s a caveat emptor situation

Now 4540
But this time we have a change log to peruse

So I repeat my previous advice backup before you try any new software

But I do echo the OP  we do need some guidance on this it’s been to long without a firm update and we know that the 4300 has errors and dev. Has come a long way since then to the end the ESS current does not play well with the current public mach4 release

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: No Official Update since August 2019 ?????

« on: September 26, 2020, 03:32:03 PM »

FYI
4534 is ok

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: No Official Update since August 2019 ?????

« on: September 22, 2020, 09:27:49 AM »

My pc opps cnc controller far exceeds the min spec read
It’s a dell optiplex with a graphics card not the on chip do dad

Your “ Depends on your system hardware compatibility”

If that’s the case I need a better thing then I will need a a new lic for my industrial Mach 4

Note I did try a virgin install but that also locked up and needed a three finger salute to sort it out

But as the OP states it’s about time we the users had a good stable version to rely on

FWIW I run the recommended ESS version 4517 and 260

But my one comment to all make a backup to a usb stick or WHY and keep it away from the work shop then you have to make a conscious decision to use it

Eg the SIL for his business has to have off site BU I hold them on a rotation but we are 100miles apart

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: No Official Update since August 2019 ?????

« on: September 22, 2020, 01:49:28 AM »

4531

Completely crashes my install trashed the setups had to do a complete reinstall from backup