THIS IS DRIVING ME INSANE NOW
I looked through the Proma leaflet, and it clearly states that NO output will be energised when only the pilot-arc is struck i.e. firing in air.
So i threw in some used consumables, switched to the diag page in Mach and fired the torch in air, sure enough I was getting an Arc-Ok signal, this is WRONG and possibly what is messing up Mach3.
So I noted the voltage displayed when the torch was firing in air (150v) and turned the HV setting in the Proma box down to 140v. This is higher than my highest cutting voltage BUT lower than the pilot voltage as I presume this is how Proma detects Arc-Ok.
But now when I try to run code, the arc will fire but as the torch pierces quickly on the 1.5mm test sheet, it then reverts to a pilot arc before Mach has time to drop the torch to cut height and start moving.
It's a no-win situation, I either have the long, unreliable pierce delays by using DoSpin() and setting the Proma back to instant arc-ok OR have fast on off with activatesignal() and a sensible arc-ok signal but not be able to cut
Anyone please got any ideas?
Yes I do know I can put it back how it was but long pierces on thin metals are bad for various reasons.