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Forum suggestions and report forum problems. / Re: Server bandwidth problems?

« on: March 05, 2007, 01:32:32 AM »

Hey Benny,
No need to apologize! you are doing an amazing job with this site.
Keep up the good work!
Fernando

212

General Mach Discussion / Re: Need more IO with Mach? How about 91 with Modbus.

« on: March 05, 2007, 01:27:02 AM »

Well,
apparently the guys over at cubloc are in the process of inplementing a new comand for advanced stepper motor control. I beleive its going to take care of motion profiling.
Ill keep you guys posted.

213

VB and the development of wizards / Re: VB script consuming too much resources

« on: February 19, 2007, 08:32:39 PM »

It delays, but its not as precise As I would like it to be... I could try lowering the argument on the sleep command to make it better
Thanks
Fernando

214

VB and the development of wizards / Re: VB script consuming too much resources

« on: February 19, 2007, 07:15:40 PM »

Thanks a lot Ger,
That did it, CPU load less than 1%

Still, Is there a DWELL or PAUSE command?

Regards
Fernando

215

VB and the development of wizards / Re: VB script consuming too much resources

« on: February 19, 2007, 07:02:59 PM »

Is there a VB command, that acts as a dwell? i dont know, like:

DWELL 100
or
PAUSE 100

where the 100 is in milliseconds?

Regards
Fernando

216

VB and the development of wizards / Re: VB script consuming too much resources

« on: February 19, 2007, 06:49:07 PM »

no, let me add it, and let you know
Fernando

217

VB and the development of wizards / VB script consuming too much resources

« on: February 19, 2007, 05:24:49 PM »

Ok, I have a VB script running in the macro pump, and it uses 99% of my computers resources, so sometimes it slows down, It may be my way of coding or something. Anyone here sees something wrong with the code?


BB=0
CC=0
DD=0
EE=0
FF=0

Do While GetUserLed(1020)=1

Code "G01 A36"
While IsMoving()
Sleep 100
Wend

If IsActive(Input1)=TRUE Then
BB=1
Else
BB=0
End If

If BB=0 And DD=0 And FF=0 Then
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT1)
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT2)
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT3)
ElseIf BB=1 And DD=0 And FF=0 Then
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT1)
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT2)
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT3)
ElseIf BB=0 And DD=1 And FF=0 Then
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT1)
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT2)
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT3)
ElseIf BB=0 And DD=0 And FF=1 Then
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT1)
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT2)
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT3)
ElseIf BB=1 And DD=1 And FF=1 Then
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT1)
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT2)
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT3)
ElseIf BB=1 And DD=0 And FF=1 Then
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT1)
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT2)
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT3)
ElseIf BB=1 And DD=1 And FF=0 Then
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT1)
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT2)
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT3)
ElseIf BB=0 And DD=1 And FF=1 Then
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT1)
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT2)
ActivateSignal(OUTPUT3)
End If

CODE "G04 P375"
While IsMoving()
Sleep 100
WEnd

DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT1)
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT2)
DeActivateSignal(OUTPUT3)

CODE "G04 P375"
While IsMoving()
Sleep 100
WEnd

FF=EE
EE=DD
DD=CC
CC=BB

Loop   

End

218

General Mach Discussion / Re: Need more IO with Mach? How about 91 with Modbus.

« on: February 19, 2007, 05:16:46 PM »

Hey Wayne,

Well the cubloc is acting as a slave Modbus PLC. Im sending through modbus commands to it by mach 3, so I have all my inputs and outputs connected to the cubloc, and I just have Mach monitor everything.
Fernando

219

General Mach Discussion / Re: Need more IO with Mach? How about 91 with Modbus.

« on: February 19, 2007, 03:13:30 PM »

Ok,
I just got my Non CNC machine working with mach3 doing the possitioning, and a cubloc handling the IO through modbus. Works like a champ!

Thanks
Fernando

220

Building or Buying a Wood routing table.. Beginnners guide.. / Re: Size of a table..

« on: February 16, 2007, 07:07:27 PM »

I have done this in the past with a big format foam router.

the heavy axis goes completely up and down, ITS HEAVY, and it is counterbalanced.
It works great.
I think the only down side is that even though the counterbalances help the load, you still have huge amounts of inertia.

Regards
Fernando