Chaoticone, If you get a moment could you add a description for each column. I am having a hard time referenceing the old vs new stuff

I am opening with WORKS

Thanks

hello
DRO what number to use in turning the panel to display information the number of offsets used at any given time
such as M6 T01 1911
T01-No tools
11 - used thistle (just at the table for the tool T11), but loads it to the tool T01
M6 - change tools
hi

hello , every one

iam beginner in mach3 i build plasma cnc machine and try to learn on mach3 can i ask what is dro and leds oem is?
and i need to know how can i control z- axis in mach3 i need to move it down until limit switch closed then move it up for a specific value then take  signal to start plasma
can i do that using mach3 if i cant what is the way to control plasma ??
thank you very much

Hi Rimawi2008,

Not trying to fob you off but you really need to read through some of the Mach manuals to get an idea of the way Mach works and the terminology used. The documentation can be found here http://www.machsupport.com/documentation.php
Then come back with your questions. Doing it this way will save you a lot of time. 

Tweakie.

I haven't been able to use the mach 3 in DRO mode only.  An idea was given to me, but it didn't work out.  All I want to do is zero an axis and be able to manually move the tables with position updating.  Any other ideas?
Regards
nelsonk11

Many thanks for all that work.  It is most useful.  I'm hoping you can assist with helping ID the Port 1 and 2 pins.  There are LED's on the Diagnostics screen (12 for Port 1 and 12 for Port 2) but they are not identified as to which pins the LED's match.  The OEM codes are sequential, Port 1 has #137 through #148 and Port 2 has #149 through 160.

I've identified only the following and hope you or someone else can help with the others:

137 ???
138 ???
139 ???
140 - Port 1, Pin 15:  A "Home" on my machine
141 - Port 1, Pin 13:  Z "Home" on my machine
142 - Port 1, Pin 12:  Y "Home" on my machine
143 - Port 1, Pin 10:  E Stop
144 - Port 1, Pin 11:  X "Home" on my machine
145 ???
146 - Port 1 Pin 16 or Pin 17? Not sure which
147 - Port 1 Pin 16 or Pin 17? Not sure which
148 ???
149 Port 2 Pin ???
150 Port 2 Pin ???
151 Port 2 Pin ???
152 Port 2 Pin ???
153 - 160 are Port 2 Pins 2-9 if enabled as inputs

Thanks for any assistance

I am just setting up lathe tooling under Mach3turn, and I notice that the DRO for "Tip Direction" does not do anything (does not reflect the tool table, and does not record inputs).
I have checked the DRO and it is set to OEM code 106 (correct as per documentation I've found). The main problem is I have no idea if Mach is using the value from the tool table.
Entering a G40,G41,G42 command in the MDI produces a change in the axis position (DRO only, no axis movement), but this does not help.
Can anyone shed some light on this?

Hey thanks for this post. It's very useful for us.

Is there a way to find out which user DRO's and LED's have been used?  to avoid overwriting.

Quin

Not exactly. You can look at the report view in MachScreen to see which are used in screen sets but user leds and dros do not have to be visable to be used in VB. You could open all the VB in Notepad++ and search for userdro and userled.

Brett