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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Plugins wishlist. ( Please add your own to this list )

« on: August 10, 2006, 09:54:30 PM »

Junior,
That is good to hear... hope it works as expected.
I was thinking the other day... wouldnt it be possible to use a 1:1 mpg on each step and direction input?

That way, if you have a robotic arm suited with only encoders providing pulses as an mpg would, then those pulses could be used as inputs on drivers. I dont know even if the grex can already do this. I think even automation direct servo drives have secondary encoder inputs that might do the trick.
Regards
Fernando

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Tangent Corner / Re: Who I am...

« on: August 05, 2006, 03:04:53 PM »

Congratulations Brian, shes a lovely little lady, the swating guys away countdowns starts now... give it a good 15 years at the most.

NO, seriously... congratulations!

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Chads new machine

« on: August 03, 2006, 03:52:10 PM »

Chad,
Amazing machine,
Did you mount the linear rails directly on the square tubbing? how did you make sure the surface was straight enough and flat enough as to the rails not to take the shape of the tubbing (crooked)
Keep up the good work
Regards
Fernando

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Sorry I am out

« on: July 22, 2006, 05:09:28 AM »

Congrats my friend!
hope for the kid comes full of blessings for you and your family.

Do I hear Mach Mascot?

Regards
Fernando

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Total Newbie question

« on: July 18, 2006, 12:24:10 AM »

Dont know the characteristics of your motors, but you could start by looking at http://www.xylotex.com/ and my personal favourite geckos! http://www.geckodrive.com if you go with these you would need one for each motor, the 201 or 202 models would work with your steppers. If you go with the xylotex, they have three axis boards that would work with 3 motors. you will need a power supply too in both cases.
Never tried the xylotex products the geckos work great.
Regards
Fernando

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Dwell question

« on: July 17, 2006, 07:19:09 PM »

You can easily tell who is the expert!

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Dwell question

« on: July 17, 2006, 06:07:51 PM »

I guess you could use a macro to do this. Set a macro to run on your gcode then on your macro, you could put something like this (im not too familiar with VB programing so I will put it just with normal words)

Activate output
DWELL
DeActivate output

Im sure Brian would actually know the syntax for it
Hope that would get you started though

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: The basics of making a switch run a script?

« on: July 10, 2006, 01:54:38 AM »

I guess I can wait till you get around to buffered comands.
Any ideas on why all the scripts I tried worked the way they did?
Cant think of any reason why they only work when pressed more than 2 times fast.
regards
Fernando

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: The basics of making a switch run a script?

« on: July 06, 2006, 12:58:09 PM »

Ok I tried this with the same results as the previous two versions:

Sub Main()

if (GetUserLED(1000)) Then'This is where the Macro is told not to run if there is a job running
MsgBox("Could Not load there is a Job running")
Exit Sub
End if

SetUserLed(1000,1)
Code "F1350"
Code "G01 x100"
Code "G01 X0"
While IsMoving()
Wend
SetUserLed(1000,0)
End Sub
Main

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: The basics of making a switch run a script?

« on: July 06, 2006, 12:35:20 PM »

Sorry i missed the End sub... It is hard to go from C++ to VB   I know this is not as simple as you would like but this gives you the most power...

Sub Main()

if (GetLED(4)) Then'This is where the Macro is told not to run if there is a job running
MsgBox("Could Not load there is a Job running")
Exit Sub
End if

'TODO add Macro code here
End Sub
Main

Tried this method, works the same way the IF THEN ELSE method i tried earlier, if you press it two times fast, it runs 2 times, if you press it 3 times fast it runs two times and the third displays the message box.
BTW, i tried it with the ISMoving command because my script does not load a file and run it, and my screen does not have a led 4. might this be the problem...
Im starting to think about a workaround, have a led light up at the begining of my script, and turn off at the end, and check for that lead instead.
Regards
Fernando