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General Mach Discussion / Re: Upgrading to latest version of Mach 3

« on: December 14, 2008, 05:29:44 AM »

Thankyou,

Bruce

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General Mach Discussion / Upgrading to latest version of Mach 3

« on: December 14, 2008, 01:47:36 AM »

Hi All,

How do I know what version of Mach3 I am running.
I would like to upgrade to the latest release.
Do I just install over the top of the my original version?
Are my settings saved or should I copy and reinstall my settings after install?


Thanks


Seasons greetings everyone


Bruce (Happy Mach3 user)

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Work offset touch Button?????

« on: September 08, 2008, 02:14:07 AM »

That clears it up,

Thanks,

Bruce

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General Mach Discussion / Work offset touch Button?????

« on: September 07, 2008, 11:09:06 PM »

I am trying to use Work Offsets as described in section 7.2.1 of the Mach 3 user manual.

Written as follows:  "Click the Touch button next to each of the axis in the current Work offset part of the screen".

No matter what I do nothing works as stated.

What the "Touch button"?

Any help please?


Bruce

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Auto Tool zero. Which Input etc. do I Use?

« on: August 28, 2008, 04:51:25 PM »

Thankyou all for the assistance.
The use of VB script syntax is a little lacking at the moment. The Books i have looked at on VB all seemed to be aimed at the www of business application's.
Perhaps this could be a good topic for an "expert" to produce a small video tutorial on syntax and the common comands used for our purposes, for the Mach support site? It would certainly remove some of the mystery surrounding similar uses of VB for Mach.

Thanks,

Bruce

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Auto Tool zero. Which Input etc. do I Use?

« on: August 28, 2008, 07:45:41 AM »

Brett: I am running Version R2.63


Greg: Your Code worked for me as VB script in the button But I still cant run it as a macro.
To try to run as a Macro,I  stored the VB script as M975 in the Mach3 Macro folder. I then used MachScreen to code the ATZ button ie. checked the VB script button, typed in M695, saved changes.
I then restarted Mach3 and pressed the ATZ button and it returns a error in line 1.

Bruce

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Auto Tool zero. Which Input etc. do I Use?

« on: August 27, 2008, 11:20:27 PM »

Thanks Greg,

The digitise led does light
 


Bruce

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Auto Tool zero. Which Input etc. do I Use?

« on: August 27, 2008, 07:02:53 PM »

Thanks Greg,

Still having trouble getting it sorted - it should be easy I know.

1. I have assigned the probe input to a Parallel port input.  eg. +5V on pin12 when in normal state.  The input from the touch plate will
    ground pin 12 and should make the probe input true.
2. Grounding pin 12 makes the led on the Diagnostic screen work OK . (so far so good)
3. The VB script has been installed into the "Auto Tool Zero Button" on the Program Run Screen
4.  Pressing the Auto tool Zero starts the Z axis moving down.  ( so far very good!)
5. Grounding Pin 12  does nothing! The Z just keep going down till it reaches the minimum value set in the VB Script (somethings amiss here - not very good!)

What line of VB code picks up the input from pin 12?

What code do I need to place into the Auto Tool Zero Button to "Call a Macro" instead of just running the VB Script directly from the button.


Thanks for all help.

I will post a little "How to" Tutorial when I overcome these problems that I am sure others have encountered.

Bruce,

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Auto Tool zero. Which Input etc. do I Use?

« on: August 26, 2008, 04:35:36 PM »

Thankyou,

I will try the probe input tonight.

Another quickie: do you put the VB script "directly in the Button" or do you store the VB script as a Macro M********* and call the Macro M********* from the button?
If it can be stored as a Macro can you please tell me the correct VB code to call this Macro. Is it "Call M*********" I tried this and it has not worked for me- maybe the syntax is wrong?



Thanks again,

Bruce

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General Mach Discussion / Auto Tool zero. Which Input etc. do I Use?

« on: August 26, 2008, 06:17:44 AM »

Hi,

The never ending saga of tool Tool zeroing!

I think I understand the macro posted elsewhere.

My questions are:
How and/or which pin do you wire the touch plate into the parallel port input.

How does the macro read the touch signal?

Is there somewhere I can find a how to it guide to setting up this common and popular feature in Mach3 mill. I know the videos explain (similar macros, but I cannot find a tutorial or guide on how to set up the hardware, screen buttons etc. to implement this common feature.
I am sure many starting out using Mach3 would welcome insight into how to easily do this. (There has been many posts on this and similar topics) I know it will encourage me to try other in house enhancement of my machine.

I appreciate any help on this post.

Thanks,


Bruce

(very keen Mach3 cnc-er)