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General Mach Discussion / Re: dolphin partmaster

« on: July 27, 2009, 03:33:57 PM »

it is advertised on their site at 800-900$ i believe, but they seem to have a hobby price of around 400$ for cad and lathe. you can add mill and wire for extra $. i have a good mill setup so i'm only interested in the lathe software.

simon

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mill x,y distortion problem Need Help

« on: July 27, 2009, 03:01:13 PM »

try moving your axis one at a time doing a one inch movement back and forth with a dial indicator. this will tell you if your step per is right and how much backlash you have on each axis.

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General Mach Discussion / dolphin partmaster

« on: July 27, 2009, 02:40:11 PM »

hi
is there anyone using dolphin partmaster to generate lathe code? i dowloaded the trial version and it seems very good. but sometimes you can't see everything in a few hours of playing with a software. it is the only cam package i found with a decent lathe module(at a realistic price). any idea or other options? i'm already using the wizards for simple jobs but they are useless for complex profile or multiple operations turning.


simon

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General Mach Discussion / load button

« on: July 26, 2009, 10:04:08 PM »

is there a way to change the target folder of the load g code button?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: start-up button

« on: July 26, 2009, 09:24:11 PM »

everything is working fine thank you

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General Mach Discussion / Re: start-up button

« on: July 23, 2009, 11:07:40 PM »

thanks, this is exactly what i wanted, i am not using modbus but i guess i can figure out how to use this with SS on port 2. but where do i write this code and how do i attach it to a specific button?

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General Mach Discussion / start-up button

« on: July 23, 2009, 10:12:24 AM »

hi everyone

i want to program a button on my lathe screen to home all axis. the button is already there, now i need the program. and don't have a clue where to start.
when i put the button on the screen i cliqued on "execute vb script in mach 3" as the action. here is the sequence i want to do:

- clic on button
- output pin 1 on port 2 for 1 second  (signal to x drive to start homing sequence)
- wait for pin 2 port 2 to turn on  (signal from drive tha x axis is home)
- output pin 3 port 2 for 1 second  (signal to z drive to start homing sequence)
- wait for pin 4 port 2 to turn on  (signal from drive tha z axis is home)
- turn on z axis homed led on screen

obviously the pin numbers are not the ones i will actually use, but that i can figure. any advise on what the program should be and where to put it would be appreciated

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General Mach Discussion / GS2 spindle drive

« on: May 12, 2009, 05:24:45 PM »

hi,

I'm still having a problem connecting my GS2 drive to the pc via modbus. If anyone made it, could you please give me some guidance. I have the gs programing software and can make the connection and change the parameters thru the serial port, so I know the connection is good. from inside mach, I can talk to a DL06, but not to the GS2!!

any idea?

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Part Coords and Program Coorrds Difference

« on: April 02, 2009, 09:56:08 AM »

i have the same thing on my screen. normaly you should have Machine, Part and User coordinate. where part is your G54 zero point and user is an extra coordinate used for set-up or manual operation.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: GS2 drive and modbus

« on: April 02, 2009, 09:47:29 AM »

unlike the GS1, the GS2 has a dip switch to toggle between RS232 and RS485 communication, are you sure i need an additional converter?