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HiCON Motion Controller / Re: Homing using home switch AND encoder index?

« on: June 27, 2016, 11:40:58 PM »

There is an encoder on the servo motor, which has an index pulse. I could bring that index pulse back to any of the available inputs, but it sounds like there is no way to wire it to the standard set, I would have to bring it to J7 or J8 and have the closed loop option. That's too bad because it would be a very useful thing to do as most people that use servo's will have that index pulse available.

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HiCON Motion Controller / Homing using home switch AND encoder index?

« on: June 27, 2016, 09:08:52 PM »

Can you setup the Hicon to home using a switch and then the encoder index pulse without connecting the encoder itself in closed loop mode? Can't I just bring the index pulse into one of the other digital inputs?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Setting Soft Limits On as the Default

« on: May 23, 2016, 09:34:47 AM »

0 = our axis number

Is this truly axis number or is it motor number?
i.e. 0=X ... 5=C
or
0=Motor 0 ... 5=Motor 5
?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: G66 Calls not working in Mach4?

« on: May 23, 2016, 09:24:55 AM »

O10003 %Drill Bottom Flange
IF [#4 EQ 0] GOTO 1000
IF [#5 EQ 0] GOTO 2000
M0 (COULD NOT FIND I OR J, Stop Machine and Check Program) %Will show in status bar if there is a problem.
GOTO 4000
N1000
G90 G54.1 P3 (Drill Single Hole, Bottom Flange, J End)
#7 = #24
GOTO 3000
N2000
G90 G54.1 P30 (Drill Single Hole, Bottom Flange, I End)
#7 = [0-#24]
GOTO 3000
N3000
%M10 Disabled until macro is created
%M15 Disabled until macro is created
%M20 Disabled until macro is created
%M03 M07 Disabled for testing
G00 Z[[13-#102]-0.5]
G00 X#7 Y[[#103/2]+#25]
G01 Z[[13-#102]+#6+#503] F100
G00 Z[[13-#102]-0.5]
GOTO 4000
N4000
#7 = 0
G54
M99
%

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Mach4 General Discussion / G66 Calls not working in Mach4?

« on: May 12, 2016, 07:05:26 PM »

I can get G65 to work, but G66 is puking. Is there a format error?
Code like this;
N54 (Drill - J End Bottom)
N55 G66 P10003 X1.3100 Y0.9400 K0.14 J1 I0
N56 X2.7400 Y0.9400 K0.14 J1 I0
N57 X1.3100 Y-0.9400 K0.14 J1 I0
N58 X2.7400 Y-0.9400 K0.14 J1 I0
N59 G67

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Bold Text not staying Bold?

« on: May 06, 2016, 05:01:13 PM »

Why in Mach4, when I edit a screen and set text to be bold, does the screen revert to normal when restarting?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Event Script for Enable Button

« on: May 03, 2016, 06:07:04 PM »

No, I work with him.
Yes, this is a momentary contact button wired to the motion control board. This is then mapped to be Input #4" on the input signals. So when I push the button, it lights up input 4 in Mach4. We have confirmed this in the diagnostics screen.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Event Script for Enable Button

« on: May 03, 2016, 05:41:18 PM »

It is a HARD button wired to input 4

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys with step/dir spindle

« on: March 12, 2014, 05:04:05 PM »

How does the 8 axis system work in mach3? I am very interested in doing this with some slaved axis' 8 would be the perfect number for me.
X axis
Y axis with Slaved
Z axis
A rotary axis with Slaved
B linear axis
C linear axis
Can you tell me if this is possible? Each slave could be homed independent?

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General Mach Discussion / Display value of Gcode variable on a DRO

« on: December 11, 2013, 11:41:34 AM »

Is there a standard code to put in the screen designer DRO to display a variable value that will be set via gcode #var?