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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: going from 3 to 4v2. Motion controller selection

« on: June 08, 2021, 12:06:45 AM »

I use an ESS with a PMDX-126.
The HICON Integra is nice also.

Hey All, It's been a while but I am making progress.

@Bill_O Your setup sounded good so I went with it. I have the PMDX-126 and ESS in the mill and wired up to the motor controls and the limit switches. Would you please share some of your ESS and Mach4 config screens with me?

I have my motors wired and mapped in the ESS like below, is that correct?
2 X Step - Port 1 pin 2
3 X Dir - Port 1 pin 3
4 Y Step - Port 1 pin 4
5 Y Dir - ...
6 Z Step - ...
7 Z Dir - ...
8 A Step - ...
9 A Dir - ...

My limit switches are wired up to the following pins. If the above mappings are correct, then I think I know how to take care of 13 and 15, but how do I reference the lettered pins from the ESS setup?
13 - Z--
15 - Z++
E - X--
F - X++
G - Y--
H - Y++

Any pointers about getting my setup to work Machine --> PMDX --> ESS --> Mach4 would be much appreciated!

Thanks!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: going from 3 to 4v2. Motion controller selection

« on: April 05, 2021, 06:31:17 PM »

(Thumbs Up)

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: going from 3 to 4v2. Motion controller selection

« on: April 05, 2021, 06:21:27 PM »

Those look like some nice pieces of hardware. What is the ESS?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: going from 3 to 4v2. Motion controller selection

« on: April 05, 2021, 05:42:07 PM »

Edit:
For the computer I am thinking about the HP 8300 SFF. Now for the controller card...

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Mach4 General Discussion / going from 3 to 4v2. Motion controller selection

« on: April 05, 2021, 12:55:37 PM »

On the artsoft site I saw that Mach4 v2 only works with certain motion controllers. What I didn't find was a list of approved/preferred devices. Is there a link for that? Also I want to upgrade the controller in my mill as well. Is there a list of approved/preferred controllers for the mill?

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Finished Screens / Re: Mach3 2010 Screenset - Now available

« on: September 07, 2020, 12:07:46 PM »

Gerry
I thought I was using the updated macros but it turns out I downloaded the Auto Zero G54 through G59 modified macros instead of the Modified Macros for Chinese Motion Controllers .

Good to go, thank again.

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Finished Screens / Re: Mach3 2010 Screenset - Now available

« on: September 07, 2020, 12:17:27 AM »

I got it working woo woo!

Anywhere there was a call to GetVar:

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ZNew = GetVar(2002)
I swapped it out for a Sleep and GetOEMDro

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Sleep(250)
ZNew = GetOEMDro(802)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Auto Z Probing retract height

« on: September 07, 2020, 12:16:09 AM »

I got it working woo woo!

Anywhere there was a call to GetVar:

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ZNew = GetVar(2002)
I swapped it out for a sleep and GetOEMDro

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Sleep(250)
ZNew = GetOEMDro(802)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Auto Z Probing retract height

« on: September 06, 2020, 07:18:51 PM »

I meant GetVar(2002) vs GetOemDRO(85) or GetOemDRO(802)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Auto Z Probing retract height

« on: September 06, 2020, 05:16:42 PM »

@Graham Waterworth,
Thanks for the suggestions. In general config, "include TLO in G31" was unchecked, it is checked now. I added a G49 to the beginning of the script. Yes, the script was looking for var number 2002. With those changes, the new retract is still headed to +9.

Can I use GetOemDRO(85) or GetOemDRO(802) instead of GetOemDRO(2002)? They seem to have proper values, though I don't know if these moves should be in machine or work coordinates.