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General Mach Discussion / Re: New - First Question - X - Y - Z - Touch Off Plate - Screen and Script Request
« on: May 06, 2008, 06:22:18 AM »
I have had a look at the scripts associated with the buttons - and they seem OK.
Don't forget, this is a new screen set - which has been used elsewhere.
Mach 3 can be set up in different ways - I have two different screen sets running, one when using my machine as a lathe and another using my machine as a mill. Two completely different programs, both accessing the same motors and switches - but on different configurations - e.g. on a lathe the axis letters are different.
All you need to do to make sense of it is, open the BlueScreenTouch set on your machine, but then check Config/Ports and Pins and make sure the pins are allocated AS THEY ARE ON YOUR MACHINE, and also check Config/Motor Tuning to see if the motors are correctly set up for Steps per Unit, and the speed and acceleration figure. You will probably find that, at the moment, they are set up as for someone elses machine (probably the chap who wrote the bluescreen set.
It doesn't matter on my office computer, because I am not fastened to a machine.
You will only need to set it up once - it is not a long job - copy the Port and Pins etc. from a screen set that you know is correct and working. Once you save it, thats it.
Don't forget, this is a new screen set - which has been used elsewhere.
Mach 3 can be set up in different ways - I have two different screen sets running, one when using my machine as a lathe and another using my machine as a mill. Two completely different programs, both accessing the same motors and switches - but on different configurations - e.g. on a lathe the axis letters are different.
All you need to do to make sense of it is, open the BlueScreenTouch set on your machine, but then check Config/Ports and Pins and make sure the pins are allocated AS THEY ARE ON YOUR MACHINE, and also check Config/Motor Tuning to see if the motors are correctly set up for Steps per Unit, and the speed and acceleration figure. You will probably find that, at the moment, they are set up as for someone elses machine (probably the chap who wrote the bluescreen set.
It doesn't matter on my office computer, because I am not fastened to a machine.
You will only need to set it up once - it is not a long job - copy the Port and Pins etc. from a screen set that you know is correct and working. Once you save it, thats it.