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Mach Screens / Test Inputs

« on: January 01, 2016, 08:36:00 PM »

Is there a way to put a button on a page you are building to simulate an input? For example, if I am playing around with homing or a touch probe, can I have a button to simulate the input pin that is set up for one of the external switches?

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General Mach Discussion / A Few General Questions

« on: January 01, 2016, 12:36:44 AM »

Kinda new to CNC, I built an OX clone CNC machine...been running a TinyG controller and Chilipeppr interface for a couple of weeks

Going to purchase Mach3 and a Gecko 540 VERY SOON...been reading all I can (including this forum) about Mach3...even dabbled with the screen designer...have run a lot of code thru the demo version! Anyhow...

Does Mach3 keep the motors locked at zero speed whenever it is active? If so, how do people operate, shut down Mach when not running the machine?

Home switches - my machine has two Y's, so I will have to slave to A axis correct? I think I read that you cannot series the home switches (to one input) with a slaved axis? So , if true, and I understand, I will use three inputs for the switches (X,Y,Z) and the last for my touch plate? correct?

Touch plate...my TinyG resets (to 0) the machine home when the touch plate is run...is this the way Mach works? I would thing a better way would be to leave the machine home (alone) and set the G54 Z offset to 0?!? How does Mach do it (Z axis touch plate)?

Thats all I can think of now, I thought I had a few more...

Thanks in advance...

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Mach Screens / DRO "outline"

« on: December 31, 2015, 01:56:15 PM »

I am just getting started with Mach3 screen design...there are lots of great examples out there...would like a simple one to match my workflow...anyhow, I understand the basic concepts, I vreated a new screen, created a bitmap (testing), and successfully added some DRO controls to it...what I cannot find is why the DRO has the 3D inset box around it, and how I can remove it? OR work with it? Littke things like that...