I have been running the CNC lathes and mills in my shop for many years now using Flashcut and Turbocnc V4.01. I am currently trying out Mach3 turn on our HNC lathe and need advice on how to map more than the 6 outputs currently visible on the diagnostics panel. I need the following outputs: M03 1 output, M04 1 output, M07 1 output, M22 1 output, M21 1 output, Vertical slide 1 output, Turret index solenoid 1 output, Turret stop solenoid 1 output.
I know how to write the VB script for activating and deactivating the outputs. This works very well for the 6 outputs that are listed, but how do you map the remaining outputs? How would you write the VB script for output 8 ActivateSignal(output8) and how would you assign a port and pin number to it since the ports and pins dialogue only goes to 6 outputs? Also can you use the enable lines as outputs to control solenoids etc instead of their normal function?