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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Running VCarvePro .txt files

« on: December 10, 2020, 11:46:12 AM »

Have you done any custom macros?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Need Help - Mach4 errors w/ PMDX-424

« on: December 04, 2020, 12:25:25 PM »

We use a ESS from Warp 9 with a PMDX-126 breakout board.
No problems.
I am sure that your issues are related to the USB.
Hate to say it but get away from USB control.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Do I need Hobby or Professional?

« on: December 01, 2020, 08:46:58 AM »

This might help you get started.
Use the one from the bottom of the thread.

https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=43260.msg279695#msg279695


Bill

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: LUA Problem with Jog Mode

« on: November 30, 2020, 10:04:24 AM »

I dont know.
I do not use it.
Hopefully someone who knows this better can help you out.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: LUA Problem with Jog Mode

« on: November 25, 2020, 02:05:22 PM »

I am not sure there is a mc.MC_JOG_TYPE_VEL.
I think you want to use mc.JogGetVelocity(inst, axisID)

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Modbus Programming guidance needed

« on: November 25, 2020, 11:37:12 AM »

I am interested in a little better info on modbus also.
I am only going to be bringing info into Mach4 but it is hard to find much in the way of how.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 and 2 vfd Spindles setup

« on: November 18, 2020, 09:03:57 AM »

Use relays to switch between the inverters and the bob spindle relay and the 0-10v from the bob.
the freq on the inverters is still a 0-10v regardless of the frequency they output.
0 is no rotation
10 is full speed rotation

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 and 2 vfd Spindles setup

« on: November 09, 2020, 09:36:13 AM »

I would think that for the different spindles you just need to switch the on signal and the rpm signal.
The settings on the VFD should not matter.
You can set it up so depending on the spindle the time to get up to speed changes.
It will take some programming.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 and 2 vfd Spindles setup

« on: November 09, 2020, 09:23:43 AM »

i will try.
There are values to change the head location.
mc.SV_HEAD_SHIFT_X is an example
I use them in a macro when I need to change heads.
I have attached my head shift macro.
In my m6 macro it calls this macro depending on tool number.
This has custom registers to store the offsets for different heads.

Bill

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 and 2 vfd Spindles setup

« on: November 09, 2020, 09:10:31 AM »

I use a head swap.