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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH 4 M6 NOT WORKING, i have tried 5 scripts an 2 weeks fighting this

« on: June 04, 2018, 10:12:17 PM »

if anyone else has this problem go into
configure,

1 mach/control,
2 tools,
   THEN IN TOOLS
3 tool change type
  uncheck box  T on M6 line is next tool

4  (...CHECK THE BOX  T on M6 LINE IS TOOL TO USE...)


FIXED MY ISSUE.... THANKS TO JOEAVERAGE.....

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH 4 M6 NOT WORKING, i have tried 5 scripts an 2 weeks fighting this

« on: June 04, 2018, 10:01:14 PM »

Hi,
that little wrinkle has caught a few out!

Craig

it almost made me throw in the towel, 2weeks 2 frign weeeeeeeks  it has set me back but il sleep tonight, Thank you so much !!!!    an sorry for my rant an rave, ive been so irritated  that it should be working, ive spent 40+ hrs doing the wrong stuff to try an fix it, now on to another problem, every time i fix one another takes its place so hopefully one doesn't because that one almost killed my spirits

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH 4 M6 NOT WORKING, i have tried 5 scripts an 2 weeks fighting this

« on: June 04, 2018, 09:51:04 PM »

guess what! you my hero! it needed to change the setting in there to use m6 as tool selected not next tool, presto alakazoo wham bam thankya mam it works!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH 4 M6 NOT WORKING, i have tried 5 scripts an 2 weeks fighting this

« on: June 04, 2018, 08:19:18 PM »

this code is working except for 2nd tool change it is changing the offset to the 2nd tool but not stopping to let me change tool to the 2nd tool
i need a stop in there for second tool an it to change the tool selected to that tool



(1001)
(T12  D=0.45 CR=0.225 - ZMIN=-0.1803 - BALL END MILL)
(T14  D=0.5 CR=0. - ZMIN=-0.2 - FLAT END MILL)
G90 G94 G91.1 G40 G49 G17
G20
G28 G91 Z0.
G90










(2D CONTOUR1)
M5
M9
T14 M6
G54
M8
G0 X2.9 Y-0.4
G43 Z0.5906 H14
Z0.1969
G1 Z0.0394 F13.1
Z-0.15
G19 G3 Y-0.35 Z-0.2 J0.05 K0.
G1 Y-0.3 F39.4
G17 G3 X2.85 Y-0.25 I-0.05 J0.
G1 X2.5628
X0.15
G2 X-0.25 Y0.15 I0. J0.4
G1 Y1.85
G2 X0.15 Y2.25 I0.4 J0.
G1 X2.28
X2.85
G2 X3.25 Y1.85 I0. J-0.4
G1 Y0.15
G2 X2.85 Y-0.25 I-0.4 J0.
G3 X2.8 Y-0.3 I0. J-0.05
G1 Y-0.35
G19 G2 Y-0.4 Z-0.15 J0. K0.05
G0 Z0.5906
G17
G28 G91 Z0.
G90

(2D POCKET1)
M5
M9
M1
T12 M6
G54
M8
G0 X3.152 Y2.1806
G43 Z0.5906 H12
Z0.1969
G1 Z0.0056 F39.4
G19 G2 Y2.1356 Z-0.0394 J-0.045 K0.
G1 Y2.0646
Y-0.0648
Y-0.0666


im using
factory m6 at moment

function m6()

   local inst = mc.mcGetInstance()
   local selectedtool = mc.mcToolGetSelected(inst)
   local currenttool = mc.mcToolGetCurrent(inst)
   
   if selectedtool == currenttool then
      mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Current tool == Selected tool so there is nothing to do")
   else
      --Remove this line if you would not like the Z axis to move
      mc.mcCntlGcodeExecute(inst, "G90 G53 G0 Z0.0");--Move the Z axis all the way up
      mc.mcCntlToolChangeManual(inst, true);
      mc.mcCntlSetLastError(inst, "Current tool == " .. tostring(selectedtool) .. "   Previous Tool == " .. tostring(currenttool))
      mc.mcToolSetCurrent(inst, selectedtool)
   end
end

if (mc.mcInEditor() == 1) then
 m6()
end

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH 4 M6 NOT WORKING, i have tried 5 scripts an 2 weeks fighting this

« on: June 04, 2018, 07:57:04 PM »

Hi,
instead of venting try posting your M6 code and that section of your Gcode file that misapplies the
length offset.

Craig

will do

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH 4 M6 NOT WORKING, i have tried 5 scripts an 2 weeks fighting this

« on: June 04, 2018, 07:56:28 PM »

ive been trying to learn but its hard to learn when you cant find anything on it,..ive went through all the posts an i haven't found anything on how to fix it yet or anyone who can tell me how to fix it, so at this point its a $500 boat anchor,...i had mach 3 an tool changes worked onit, i dont understand what went wrong between the upgrade,...but thats why i purchased it was because i believed in mach 3 but i dont have time to program every button on it, i want something that i can run gcode,.. not work on a button or a function,...i got other projects to work on an im spending my time working on a program that should a came with proper macros from factory,...or warp9 should give us access to them,  i cant find anything on there website either,...i dont have a problem learning thats what i spent past 2 weeks doing but thats just it im not learning squat,.. at the moment,... if it worked id be happy, but so far i have done nothing but work on making it work an still haven't got it to work right i haven't cut the first part on it yet , i think if i ever do get it to work im gonna cut a ford logo an hanging it on it,

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH 4 M6 NOT WORKING, i have tried 5 scripts an 2 weeks fighting this

« on: June 04, 2018, 07:14:05 PM »

only thing i know to try is to run without tool changes, this is really aggravating that neither newfangled solutions or warp 9 have a machro for this, this isnt hard for them ,, i mean my god thats what they do an they put out something that doesnt work,they were the ones that  talked me into upgrading to mach 4 an to lose the uc100 an  get the warp9 board an it would solve all my problems i was having before....all i did was trade problems an spend another $500.00+ thanks by the way newfangled solutions an warp9.....

im using tts tormach tools so i dont have to

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH 4 M6 NOT WORKING, i have tried 5 scripts an 2 weeks fighting this

« on: June 04, 2018, 07:08:00 PM »

im a bought to buy the acorn board an try it, its software an board are by the same people, enough with this make it work from different manufactures thats what tormach did,.. they took linux cnc an made it  there own for there machines only , i wish i could get it on mine, you dont have to deal with all this b.s,....... pathpilot is so much better than this headache, every time we run gcode from fusion it runs flawlessly, but i have been working every afternoon for 4 hrs a  day over 2 weeks to reinstall an convert to mach 4, i though i was making progress but every time i fix one problem , another takes its place

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH 4 M6 NOT WORKING, i have tried 5 scripts an 2 weeks fighting this

« on: June 04, 2018, 07:05:19 PM »

i have all my offsets loaded into mach 4 tool library, thats the whole point is so you can run a single g code an not have to keep finding edge of the work piece, we have a tormach 1100 an it use to run on mach 4 an i know other people running mach 3 an they dont have to do that

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: MACH 4 M6 NOT WORKING, i have tried 5 scripts an 2 weeks fighting this

« on: June 04, 2018, 07:02:41 PM »

only thing i know to try is to run without tool changes, this is really aggravating that neither newfangled solutions or warp 9 have a machro for this, this isnt hard for them ,, i mean my god thats what they do an they put out something that doesnt work,they were the ones that  talked me into upgrading to mach 4 an to lose the uc100 an  get the warp9 board an it would solve all my problems i was having before....all i did was trade problems an spend another $500.00+ thanks by the way newfangled solutions an warp9.....