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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: New PC and after restore "mcLua.mcc no such file" error

« on: May 11, 2019, 04:57:19 PM »

YEs im using wxrouter.set screen.  So just copy the profile and set it up as a new name?

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Mach4 General Discussion / New PC and after restore "mcLua.mcc no such file" error

« on: May 11, 2019, 03:03:31 PM »

Ive set up a new PC and after the Profiel restore, everything seems to be working except my M6 Macro.  its giving me the "Mclua.mcc: no such file" error. Ive tried maully pasting the mclua.mcc file from my good profile and it disappears when mach is enabled.  Any ideas?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Tuning Counts per Unit

« on: December 23, 2018, 05:14:59 PM »

Hi all,

Im having some trouble getting my Counts / unit set right.  Ive calculated it at 940.8222. 
  My first question, is:  are the numbers after the decimal point used?
 
Second:  Ive made some test cuts and on two cuts 40" apart the actual cut is 40.125"  Ive tried with and without cutter compensation.  No Change.  I brought the counts per unit back to 937.*********  and the cut was right but when I post process a fusion part it show up .375" shorter on  a 40" cut  I can duplicate this in x an y axis.  Any Clue why id lose some length just using Fusion?


thanks,

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M6 Manual tool Change not recognizing new tool selection

« on: October 21, 2018, 01:31:05 PM »

Make sure your the settings in the config dialog are correct.  e.g. T on M6 line is too to use. 

Steve

Steve is talking about the control configuration.   Where you change settings in the Mach config, inputs, outputs, motor tuning, etc.   There is a tab called "tools".  That is the tab Steve is referring to.

HOly $h*t you guys are genius!  That was it!.  I didn't even know that was a setting in MAch 4!  I figured precalling a tool was done in the previous line! 

Thanks guys!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M6 Manual tool Change not recognizing new tool selection

« on: October 21, 2018, 09:00:58 AM »

Make sure your the settings in the config dialog are correct.  e.g. T on M6 line is too to use. 

Steve

AAAnd we're over my head!  Config Dialog is where?  If you mean make sure that Mach 4 is displaying Tool 1 when I select tool 2 and I dont already have tool 2 displayed.  Then yes, its showing a different tool than the tool i am requesting.


Another wierd thing is that mcGetInstance() isnt changing color like the other functions when i type it in and it doesnt show "mcgetinstance" the dialog box as a possible function

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M6 Manual tool Change not recognizing new tool selection

« on: October 20, 2018, 06:54:00 PM »

Just a little more info.  when I debug, and hold the mouse over my variabls it shows 'nil'

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Mach4 General Discussion / M6 Manual tool Change not recognizing new tool selection

« on: October 20, 2018, 06:02:08 PM »

Im working on my M6 Macro.  Its a simple one with no automatic touch off.   But it misses the first tool change.  In other words the first T* M6 that it comes across it shows that the tool selected is the same as the tool being used and misses the tool change.  On the second T* M6 it catches it and functions normally.

Im pretty sure ive got something out of order but I cant seem to see it.  Here is a screen shot

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Homing slow in new profile

« on: October 13, 2018, 02:20:30 PM »

After tons of reading and other forums, I figured it out.  Apparently there is a quirk in the Mach 4 plugin for the ESS.  If you have your home switches on active high.  it reverses the approach and backoff speeds and causes other issues with homing.  I switched the ESS Pins config to home switches "Active Low" and had to reverse all of my homing directions.  now it works as it is supposed to with full control of Approach and Backoff speeds.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Homing slow in new profile

« on: October 08, 2018, 08:00:16 PM »

Hi all,

 This is sort of an academic question as I have a profile that's working great.  I wanted to try and set up a new one from scratch just for educational purposes.  The new profile is working but it Homes extremely slow.  I have an ESS with a Gecko 540 and ive modified the ESS Homing approach speeds but nothing changes.  its still homing at 4.8 units/min even though Ive got 40 units/min set.


Jogging works at speeds as expected and feed rates are as coded.  Just the homing is slow.  Ive even tried messing with mach homing speeds but ESS supposedly ignores it.
any ideas?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Panning around the Tool path sceen

« on: October 07, 2018, 01:50:48 PM »

Dang!  I thought I tried everything!  shift , control spacebar.  Held the wheel down etc.  Never thought of both buttons!

Thanks!

Left + right mouse buttons and drag.