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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: Gertrude Gets Some!

« on: July 08, 2011, 05:14:34 AM »

Beautiful work as always, Chris, may ask what video cam you're using?

Thanks,
Dave

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Safety First

« on: July 08, 2011, 04:59:45 AM »

Glad you're ok!

This is the reason the word safety exists, and thanks for sobering some of us up a bit-

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: How to- USB powered LCD display of DRO`s

« on: July 08, 2011, 04:55:29 AM »

Hi Terry,

Thanks for your input as well, and confirming what we've seen.

Is there any way to get this macro (or the original of yours) to work on V3.039? I really like the way that version functions on my machine PC and I'm sure you can understand that if something works perfectly, don't "fix" it 

Thanks,
Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: How to- USB powered LCD display of DRO`s

« on: July 07, 2011, 04:37:52 PM »

So there must be variables in these versions because in version 3.042, it's real time.

Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: How to- USB powered LCD display of DRO`s

« on: July 07, 2011, 12:17:09 PM »

....and there it is!! You guys with your VB/CB Script knowledge, kill me. Thanks so much, Ian, I appreciate your time, my friend. 

Now I just have to try up-versioning my machine PC to 3.042, and see if there are any issues with running that version.

Thanks again,
Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: How to- USB powered LCD display of DRO`s

« on: July 07, 2011, 11:47:52 AM »

Hi Ian,

Ok, now running it in 3.042 version and yes, your direct VB Script editing works correctly for the most part, BUT (always a but, right?). All I show on the LCD screen is:

X:
Y:
Z:
A:

If I jog, nothing happens (the DRO's do not count up or down as there are no number (DRO) characters at all.

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: How to- USB powered LCD display of DRO`s

« on: July 07, 2011, 11:13:03 AM »

Hi, Ian,

Tried it on my "design" PC and the script editor had no affect with SendSerial "?c0", possibly this is due to using a serial to USB converter?

Thanks,
Dave

EDIT, Ian, in the init string, do I put the M in for macro, or just the number I save it as? I'm getting a compiling/syntax error when starting up mach and it says there's an error in the Macro. Also, do I seperate with a comma in the init string?

Ok, something weird is happening here. I have my design system as a dual boot system with XP and Win 7. In Win 7, the original macro that Fred has worked fine, but now I just tested it in XP, and it does not work (just like my machine PC!). So something is going on between the 2 operating systems and for some reaso, it's not working in XP.

Fred, are you running XP or Win 7?

Nevermind, I think I see what's up, I'm running V3.039 on XP and 3.042 on Win 7. 


 

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: How to- USB powered LCD display of DRO`s

« on: July 07, 2011, 10:47:56 AM »

Hi, Ian,

Just (for me) to understand a little better, are you saying that while Mach is open, I can program to the LCD device directly through the VB Script Editor? I do not need to use Hyperterminal at all then?

Thanks so much for your input on this 
Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: Taig CNC Lathe: First Run...

« on: July 05, 2011, 12:39:03 PM »

taig has a lathe chuck with a large spindle bore out now with a indexer 

Hadn't seen that on the site, got a link, and/or a price?

I'm very interested on how you got your lathe in tolerance

Not sure what you mean by in tolerance?

Thanks,
Dave

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: How to- USB powered LCD display of DRO`s

« on: July 05, 2011, 12:35:53 PM »

Fred, as per the manual, you actually do program the cursor "style" through something like hyperterminal (what I used). This is retained in the eprom chip on the board that you built. You can also make your own boot up text as well. This thing is really pretty nifty, thanks for turning me on to it    Now I just have to figure out why it's not happy with my machine PC.

Set cursor style:

- ?c[style]

- [style] is range from 0-3.

- A 0 configures are no cursor, a 2 as a non blinking cursor and a 1 or 3 as a blinking cursor.

Hope this helps you.
Dave