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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Button G code juggle

« on: September 10, 2020, 04:13:06 PM »

Try using mc.AxisGetPos instead.

Bill

262

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: z inhibit / max z depth

« on: September 03, 2020, 08:50:50 AM »

Steve,

It works great.
Thank you.

Bill

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: z inhibit / max z depth

« on: September 01, 2020, 10:34:23 AM »

Steve,

Thanks.
I will give it a try.

Bill

264

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: z inhibit / max z depth

« on: August 27, 2020, 08:25:49 AM »

David,

I thought about that but it looked like that only worked for jogging or if in a program would stop if the file went outside the limits.
I will give it a try and see what happens.

Thank you.

Bill

265

Mach4 General Discussion / z inhibit / max z depth

« on: August 26, 2020, 05:18:38 PM »

Is there a function in Mach4 that will limit how deep the z axis will move?
I think there was one in Mach3 but I never used it.

Bill

266

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Re-Zeroing mid run

« on: August 21, 2020, 08:38:14 AM »

If it is a stepper motor system you could be loosing steps.
How fast are you moving the Z axis and what is the acceleration.

Bill

267

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: set selected tool

« on: August 19, 2020, 11:57:30 AM »

Swifty,

It worked great.
Thanks for the help.
Here is the final code.

Tool to get plus;

Code: [Select]

local inst = mc.mcGetInstance()
local Tool = mc.mcToolGetSelected(inst)
--get max tools
local ATCMaxTlsReg = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst, 'iRegs0/ATCMaxTools')
local ATCMaxTlsVal = mc.mcRegGetValue(ATCMaxTlsReg)

--if tool is in range add one to tool #
if (Tool <= (ATCMaxTlsVal - 1)) then
Tool = (Tool + 1)
mc.mcCntlSetPoundVar(inst, mc.SV_CUR_SELECTED_TOOL, Tool)
end


Tool to get minus;

Code: [Select]

local inst = mc.mcGetInstance()
local Tool = mc.mcToolGetSelected(inst)

--if tool is in range subtract one from tool #
if (Tool >= 2) then
Tool = (Tool - 1)
mc.mcCntlSetPoundVar(inst, mc.SV_CUR_SELECTED_TOOL, Tool)
end



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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: set selected tool

« on: August 19, 2020, 10:01:36 AM »

Swifty,

Thank you.
I will give it a try.
I do not care about the best way I just need it to work.

Bill

269

Mach4 General Discussion / Re: set selected tool

« on: August 18, 2020, 08:36:31 AM »

Swifty,

I want to set the Selected Tool not the Current Tool.

Bill

270

Mach4 General Discussion / set selected tool

« on: August 17, 2020, 04:12:59 PM »

I have a button to raise and lower the selected tool number.
The code works one time then I must exit Mach for it to work again.
I can not find any way to set the selected tool number other than using the gcode.

Code: [Select]

local inst = mc.mcGetInstance()
local Tool = mc.mcToolGetSelected(inst)
--get max tools
local ATCMaxTlsReg = mc.mcRegGetHandle(inst, 'iRegs0/ATCMaxTools')
local ATCMaxTlsVal = mc.mcRegGetValue(ATCMaxTlsReg)

--if tool is in range add one to tool #
if (Tool <= (ATCMaxTlsVal - 1)) then
Tool = (Tool + 1)
mc.mcCntlGcodeExecute(inst, string.format("T" .. Tool))
end


Thanks,
Bill