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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Help Troubleshooting Z Axis issue w/ MB3 & ESS

« on: December 07, 2023, 05:06:09 PM »

It sounds to me like some of the signals (stop and direction?) are not making it to the Clearpath.
It could be a distance problem and the board just does not have enough power to send clear signals the length of the cable.
I am more inclined to think it is a problem with the servo itself.
Wish i could help more.

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Mach4 General Discussion / mini pc

« on: December 07, 2023, 04:59:58 PM »

I am looking to get away from the laptops we currently use.
I purchased one of these from Amazon.

KAMRUI AK2 Plus Mini PC, Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake- N100(up to 3.4GHz) Micro Computer, 16GB DDR4 RAM 500GB SSD Mini Desktop Computer Support 4K HD/WiFi 5/BT4.2/Gigabit Ethernet for Home/Office

Windows 11 and it works fairly fast.
I have not hooked it up to a machine yet.
Has anyone used one of these?
If so how long have you used it before needing to replace?

Thanks,
Bill

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Compatible hardware

« on: December 04, 2023, 08:23:25 AM »

We use the ESS and PMDX-126.
The PMDX just takes 120 or 220 AC power and provides the power for the ESS which mounts on it with some standoffs.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Macro will not jog mill

« on: November 22, 2023, 11:37:37 AM »

A button can run a function.

button code
wait = coroutine.create (SetWorkZero)
SetWorkZero is function name

screen load script code
function SetWorkZero()
what you want to do
end

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Macro will not jog mill

« on: November 22, 2023, 08:23:06 AM »

I do not know about the jog commands but i do something similar.
What you need to do is get the machine coordinates for your current position.
Then add your 0.125 to them.
Then use a g0 or g1 move to the new position.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: DRO not showing a straight line

« on: October 23, 2023, 09:00:45 AM »

I understood what you were talking about.
See my previous reply.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: DRO not showing a straight line

« on: October 20, 2023, 12:05:00 PM »

the path is showing all the moves after the cut it finished cutting
you started at 0,0 and when it finished you went back to 0,0

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Cannot Get Machine Set Up

« on: October 10, 2023, 08:47:51 AM »

Mach4 is not Mach3.
They work very differently.
If your machine is set up software wise for a tool changer and you do not have one it could be waiting for the tool change to complete.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Cannot Get Machine Set Up

« on: October 10, 2023, 07:59:49 AM »

Total guess on my part but if you do not have a tool changer the tool info might be hanging it up.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Cannot Get Machine Set Up

« on: October 09, 2023, 09:40:27 AM »

Post your g-code.
Might be something in it causing the problem.