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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Touch off

« on: September 13, 2010, 07:00:25 AM »

Hi Dave
Yes I am the plonker was not doing it quite correctly , I was expecting the that after pressing the Set Z Zero arrow  that the "Z" axis would move down to touch the touch plate , so to get this right I assume that I manually move the "Z" axis down to touch onto the touch plate and then click onto the Set Z Zero arrow ??
Thanks
Alan

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Touch off

« on: September 12, 2010, 06:12:13 PM »

Hi Dave
have just downloaded and installed latest MSM , there still seems to be a problem trying to touch off using the master tool , the message ( "Can't set Z0 in master mode w/o master tool" ) has now gone but when I click on the arrow Set Z Zero nothing happens so not sure if you have tried to fix this bug or not ,
Thanks
Alan 

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Touch off

« on: September 12, 2010, 03:40:57 PM »

Hi Dave
thanks for the info , spent hours trying different ways of doing things and kept getting the same message but I am pleased that you have been able to track down the problem , Brian is now also trying to sort out my problem with the scaling , anyway thanks again for all your help will wait for the next Mach update
Cheers
Alan

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Touch off

« on: September 11, 2010, 06:30:18 AM »

Hi Dave
I have attached a new probe log for you to take a look at , Tool #1 is the master tool , on the Tooling screen it is shown as the current tool and when I go to the WC Touch off screen it shows tool#1 and that it is set as the master tool , I cannot see what else there is every thing is done as you have advised but I still get the same message as before  ( "Can't set Z0 in master mode w/o master tool" ) , I appreciate that you are away this matter is not a case of life and death , see if you can see anything when you return
Thanks
Alan

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Touch off

« on: September 10, 2010, 03:54:16 AM »

Hi Dave
will contact Scott and see if he can help me , have you got any idea's on the problem with the Master tool and touch off problem ??
Thanks
Alan

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Touch off

« on: September 08, 2010, 06:26:32 AM »

Hi Dave
Issue 1 (MT touch off)
Done exactly what you said but still get the same message ( "Can't set Z0 in master mode w/o master tool" ) I started from the beginning remeasured PTL of Master tool etc touched off and got my reading of Zero then went straight over to the touch off screen and clicked on the "Z"0 arrow and got the same message .
Issue 2
(Scaling DRO's)
This problem sometimes happens when I am just pressing buttons ie: I could be homing machine or just pressing the Mach3 ready/not ready button , it just happens for no reason , I will check over machine again and see if I can find anything else which might be causing this problem
Thanks
Alan

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Touch off

« on: September 07, 2010, 12:29:51 PM »

Hi Dave
I am experiencing two problems at the moment , the first one does relate to touching off every time I try to use the Set Z zero on the touch off screen I get the message ( Can't set Z0 in master mode w/o master tool ) now I do have a master tool set up so I have tried all ways that I can think of to overcome this problem without any luck , tried without master tool , turning master mode off /on does not seem to make any difference , if I use my probe it works every time , the other problem that I am getting may be down to Mach itself not sure so I am sure you will point me in the correct direction , everything seems to be running fine including the auto tool changer but every now and again when I am on the RUN screen you have the DRO's on the left of screen on the "X" axis DRO just below the Zero DRO button there is a small DRO which I think is the scale reading it should read +1.0000 but every now and again it changes to -1.0000 which causes the yellow LED to come on , I did think it may be caused by noise but have eliminated that , have tried changing over stepper drives , stepper motors and wiring etc but I still get the same problem and it only happens on the "X" axis , now I never had this problem with Mach version 40 so again not sure where to look , I am at the moment using version 19 of Mach and beta 9 of MSM , thanks
in advance for any help
Alan

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Calibrate spindle

« on: August 29, 2010, 04:10:58 PM »

Hi Dave
should have thought about it yes I did mean Mach 3.42.40 , and now realize that is not your Dept , I will reload Mach and see if that makes any difference if not I will post this subject i the correct place if I can find it
Thanks
Alan

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Calibrate spindle

« on: August 29, 2010, 10:49:12 AM »

Hi Dave
just come across what might be a bug or me not sure , I have just tried to use the Calibrate spindle in the Functions menu , I start the spindle off at 100RPM and the click on the AutoCal button and basically nothing happens in the bottom left of the box that is open in the control RPM box it just stays at zero and the spindle RPM stays at 100RPM and not matter what ever I try I cannot get it to start so that I can calibrate spindle ! I am using the latest version of Mach (19) and Beta 9 MSM and am using Windows 7 , if I try to calibrate spindle with the last generation of Mach (pre MSM) it works fine , if you could give me maybe some idea of anything else I might try I would be most grateful
Thanks
Alan

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CVI MachStdMill (MSM) / Re: Auto Tool Change

« on: August 24, 2010, 05:09:22 AM »

Hi Dave
thanks for the quick fix , auto tool changer now working OK without causing any errors
Thanks
Alan