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VB and the development of wizards / ATC M6Start macro
« on: January 16, 2016, 10:51:15 PM »
Here is my ATC M6start macro that I had lots of help with!  I had to tweak one to come up with this one.  A little description of my machine
G0704
ESS smooth stepper attached to C32 board
attached to the ESS board is a C52 board to give me more outputs on the 3rd port
attached to the C52 board is a M23 board to give me more inputs for the ATC

Slide air cylinder for tool carousel to move ATC under the spindle
Output4 operates the slide air cylinder
Input1 slide Ext.
Input2 Slide RET

Fabco multi power 4" air cylinder
Output5
Input3 PDB release   OEM823
Input4 PDB grip        OEM824

ToolDownDRO  User LED 2000
ToolUpDRO       User LED 2001

The motor for the Tool carousel is a Nema34 1220oz.in   Yes its overkill attached to a planetary gear box 5:1 ratio
For the slide I used the IGUS double rail with bearing slide.

I am running 3 air selenoids
1 for slide cylinder
2nd for Pancake PDB
3rd one is to blast air onto the tool after it is put back into the tool carousel

I am still working on the mechanics of the ATC but the electrical and the programming is coming along.

I could not of achieved my goals of building this ATC without the help of everyone on this forum so many Thanks to all!!!!



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VB and the development of wizards / User LED
« on: January 13, 2016, 05:39:34 PM »
I have an LED that I made for my ATC Tool Carousel slide extension.  I have a reed switch hooked up to my tool carousel air cylinder that has a magnetic piston.  The reed switch which is Normally Open will close when the Piston goes under the reed switch.  This in turn will close the circuit and activate the on screen LED.   The LED is to let the M6START Macro and the user see that the air cylinder is in the Extended position. 

The question is how do I make the LED work?  I have made others but for some reason I just can't figure this one out.  I do have an output that runs the air cylinder on output 4.  I think all of this is correlated but don't know how to put it into words.

Thanks,

Jeff

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General Mach Discussion / PoKeys57E can this be used on a 64bit OS
« on: December 29, 2015, 01:42:39 AM »
I have been looking at building a new control box for my mill.  I was looking at this controller PoKeys57E.  I am using Windows10 and my computer is a 64bit OS.  Will this board work on my system?  Another question is, how hard is this board to setup with Mach3 versus the ESS Smoothstepper and a C32 Board?

Thanks,

Jeff

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VB and the development of wizards / Z Down Feed Rate DRO
« on: December 26, 2015, 02:39:47 PM »
Ok I have a DRO called Z Down Feed.  I am trying to set the DRO so that in the VB Script Slow is = to a value like 10 and Fast is = to 30.  When I write the M6Start Macro script and I use this example,

'Z Down Move
Const Fast       = 0
Const Slow    = 1

This way I can use the 0 or 1 which then can be associated with a feed rate of 10 for slow and 30 for fast.  Here is what I have now for my VB script for what I called M2002, which stands for DRO 2002.  Anyone have any ideas?

ZDownFeedDRO = 2002                 'Z Down Feed DRO defined as 2002
SetUserDRO(ZDownFeedDRO, 30)      'Setting Z Down DRO to 30
MyDROVal = GetUserDRO(ZDownFeedDRO)   'Get current value of ZDownFeedDRO) 


Jeff

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General Mach Discussion / Tool Down DRO Position Button
« on: December 20, 2015, 08:08:37 PM »
Ok I have a Tool Down DRO and next to that I have a Z Down Position Button.  The theory here is to be able to display the -2.5 down in the Z and the DRO will show the -2.5 when I hit the button.  Well it works.  Now I also want the button to move the Z Axis to the desired -2.5 when I hit the button.  This way If I want to do a manual tool change instead of using the M6START macro I can.  Anyone have any ideas?

Jeff


ToolDownDRO = 2001         'Tool Down DRO code
SetUserDRO(ToolDownDRO, -2.5)      'Z Height to pickup or drop tool

MyDROVal = GetUserDRO(ToolDownDRO)   'Get current value of ToolDownDRO

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General Mach Discussion / How to make a DRO for Tool Up = GetUserDRO(2000)
« on: December 20, 2015, 03:32:39 PM »
Hello I am trying to learn how to make a DRO for one that does not exist.  I am using MachScreen and know how to make a DRO that is a standard code or OEM code but not one that I have created.  I want a set a number in my Tool Up DRO so that I know how High my Z axis is for my tool change.  Any help would be awesome.  Would it be made via a brain or VB?  And yes for the macro this distance is the distance that the tool is before the Carousel slide can retract. 

Jeff

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Image button problem!
« on: December 19, 2015, 12:31:59 PM »
I made an image button with Inkscape and made it look like metal with a filter.  I saved it, put into the bitmaps of Mach3.  Went into mach screen screen 11 for my ATC screen, clicked on image button add, selected the image from the bitmaps, assigned info code to the button.  When in the Mach3 software and I click on the button, it works but the button changes from light in color then when hit multi times it gets darker and darker until it just looks nothing like it should.  Then when I change screens and go back to the atc screen the button looks normal.

My question is why is this happening!!


JEFF

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / InkScape and machscreen
« on: December 18, 2015, 09:32:23 PM »
I am trying to make new button for my ATC mach3 screen I am making.  I have made some of the buttons in Inkscape and they look good.  Now for the problem, when in Mach3 and I click on the button it gets darker and darker until you just cant see what it says anymore.  It is almost like it is getting smashed deep into the screen.  Can anyone tell me what is wrong.  The button works it's just the image is messing up.

Jeff

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / What software to make bitmap objects?
« on: December 15, 2015, 04:11:06 PM »
What is a good software program ex. Paintshop, to make buttons and screen icons with? 

Thanks

Jeff

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Machscreen Screen Designer / Mach ATC Screen Help
« on: December 14, 2015, 06:30:57 PM »
Hello I am trying to make a new Mach3 screen for an ATC I am building.  I am using the original screen set that came with my Mach3 software.  I want the new screen to have the Tab up at the top to match the other pages.  The new screen will be screen 11.  I want the Tab for the page to say ATC alt.11.  I am not sure how to make the tab at the top, is it a button or a text box?  very confused of how to go about this.  On the page I want to start off by making a button for my OUTPUT7 to run My air cyclinder valve to the EXTEND and RETRACT mode.  I want to push the button, let it go and it stay on until I push another button next to it that says RETRACT.   With that I want to put LEDS next to the EXTEND and RETRACT buttons.

This all sounds good but I need to figure out how to at least make the page so I can put the buttons on it.  If I get a nudge in the right direction I may be able to figure out the buttons.  Any help would be nice.  Oh and by the way I am using MachScreen Editor.

Thanks,

Jeff

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