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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: ERROR - 30 when tryin to load cut file to Mach4 made in Fusion 360

« on: October 20, 2018, 02:09:06 AM »

Are you using the MACH4Mill post processor?  It should be generating a .tab NC extension.  You can find the MACH4MILL post in the Autodesk HSM post library. https://cam.autodesk.com/hsmposts?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Touch Plate Corner Finder

« on: August 21, 2018, 12:31:31 AM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myfo9bAPu8c&feature=youtu.be

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Mach4 General Discussion / Touch Plate Corner Finder

« on: August 20, 2018, 07:59:27 PM »

I've modified the TouchOff module to support different corner touch plates.  Here is a link to the post in the Mach 4 Toolbox group.  Please let me know if you have any issues with it.

www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,38167.0.html

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Mach4 Toolbox / Touch Plate Corner Finder

« on: August 20, 2018, 07:52:30 PM »

I've modified the TouchOff module to support corner touch plates that DON'T have the same thickness in all 3 axis's.

Instructions for install:
1.   Open C:\Mach4Hobby\Modules folder
2.   Rename file mcTouchOff.lua to mcTouchOff.lua.bak
3.   Copy replacement mcTouchOff.lua into this folder

This fix has been tested with MACH4 build 3804 – 3835 using a PoKEYS57CNC controller.  Make sure and test with any other builds or controllers. 

Setup Instructions:
1.   Touch Plate Height – This is the thickness of the touch plate in the Z axis
2.   Touch Plate X – This is the width of the touch plate off of the X axis.
3.   Touch Plate Y – This is the width of the touch plate off of the Y axis.
4.   XY Check below Z – This is the distance to move the tool below the material/touch plate for the X and X axis tests. (typically 2-3 millimeters (0.125 inches))
5.   Touch Plate Hole Diameter – This is the diameter of the hole in the touch plate typically at the corner of the material.  The tool will move inward enough to clear this hole when testing the Z axis.
6.   Remaining fields are set per ArtSoft instructions.  I recommend a “Prep Distance” greater than the “Retract Distance” for best results.

This modification only affects 3-point corner tests.  All other touch tests on this control function as ArtSoft designed.

Directions for finding material corner – Position tool over the corner of the material (with 2-3mm in the X and Y axis) and 5-10mm above the material.  Press the appropriate corner test button.

Let me know if you have any issues with it.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: History Window Display Changes Font Size

« on: August 19, 2018, 11:18:32 PM »

Seems to be fixed in build 3835.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: History Window Display Changes Font Size

« on: August 19, 2018, 08:38:32 PM »

The screen wx4 has the font size set to 3pt for that box and I am unable to change it.  It seems to work fine in the wxRouter screen.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Probing issue - "Can't transition from MDI running to stop."

« on: August 18, 2018, 04:56:10 AM »

Ok, I solved the problem with the MDI RUNNING.... error.  I changed the wxMilliSleep command on Line 90 in mcTouchOff.lua  to
wx.wxMilliSleep(70)

I think its trying to check too fast at 20ms.  70ms seems to work well.  This is probably CPU performance based.  As long as the probe speed isn't too high the slower test speed should do well.  At 80mm/min, that is < .1mm @ 70ms.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Probing issue - "Can't transition from MDI running to stop."

« on: August 17, 2018, 10:37:26 PM »

I am having this issue with the PoKEYS57CNC board.  Sometimes it works correctly, but I am unable to duplicate it 2 times in a row.  Sometimes I get the MDI RUNNING to STOP error, and sometimes it blows right through and breaks the bit before it stops with the error message. I am using metric measurements with the folowing settings, 100 probe rate, Retract 2.54, 500 prep feed rate, 2.5 prep distance, Tool Diameter 2.4, Touch Plate Height 10.  Build 3804

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Wacky behavior on DRO 3804 and 3805 (at least)

« on: August 13, 2018, 12:38:40 AM »

math.rad(degrees) converts to radians
math.deg(radians) converts to degrees

Here are all the math functions: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/lua/lua_math_library.htm

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: mcTouchOff Dialog

« on: August 12, 2018, 01:27:48 PM »

I found the code to modify the dialog.  Would still like documentation on the namespace functions.  Thanx.