Excellent idea !
If you could then calibrate it and add error-mapping, you would have a
solution
as good as anything out there.

I´m very impressed with this as an idea - it would probably work very well,
maybe some cyclical errors but very good resolution, and absolutely
repeatable.
To get a thin beam, you might be able to shine a pen laser onto it,
maybe at an angle to
the thread ... you should be able to achieve 0.01 mm ..
If I had the time, I would go down right now and start trying this, this
very morning.
I´ll definitely experiment with this, when my case load goes down a bit.
A good think ! err ... idea.
>
> On Saturday 29 September 2007 19:33, hannu wrote:
> > Keith - not really
> > The only real option is rack & pinion, with maybe a floating secondary
> > axis with a ballscrew for the actual machining.
> > Thats how i´ve been building my mill, to see it work.
> >
> >
> The idea was to use the threads as optical interrupters, not to move
> anything.
> The only thing that would touch the allthread would be light.
> --
> Keith Bowers - Thomasville, NC
>
>

Hi Art,

This is a bit of a toughy.  As mentioned in earlier posts, I am
attempting to configure this lathe so that it works equally well as
a manual lathe (via MACH's manual controls) and as a CNC lathe.

The one aspect that is troubling me at present, is the jogging
functions.  As would be the case on a manual lathe, I would set the
feedrate in Inches/Rev, then engage the feed lever and know that I
am feeding at that velocity.

The jogging rate in MACH is setup as a percentage (not actually sure
of this) of the maximum velocity of the axis.   I am wondering if
there is a way to change / override this?

I got to thinking that I could do something with a BRAIN.  I was
thinking that if JOG Z- was activated, I could first calculate the
feedrate based on the current RPM, dump that into the JOG Rate DRO,
then start the jogging motion.  However,  after spending about an
hour trying to do that, I realized it isn't yet possible to do such
things with Brains.

Any other ideas that might help?

Chris

Chris:

  No, sorry. Waht your attempting cant be done.. Not with jog, but if what your
trying to do is
to act like engaging a feedlever, then the best you can do is set the Jog
Incrment to 99 inches,
then use incremental jog. It will then run at feedrate, and youll have to
terminate it ( disengage the feedlever) with the esc key when it gets to the
right spot..


Thanks,
Art
www.artofcnc.ca

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: lcdpublishing
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 8:52 AM
   Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Mach 3 Turn - jogging feedrate question for Art


   Hi Art,

   This is a bit of a toughy. As mentioned in earlier posts, I am
   attempting to configure this lathe so that it works equally well as
   a manual lathe (via MACH's manual controls) and as a CNC lathe.

   The one aspect that is troubling me at present, is the jogging
   functions. As would be the case on a manual lathe, I would set the
   feedrate in Inches/Rev, then engage the feed lever and know that I
   am feeding at that velocity.

   The jogging rate in MACH is setup as a percentage (not actually sure
   of this) of the maximum velocity of the axis. I am wondering if
   there is a way to change / override this?

   I got to thinking that I could do something with a BRAIN. I was
   thinking that if JOG Z- was activated, I could first calculate the
   feedrate based on the current RPM, dump that into the JOG Rate DRO,
   then start the jogging motion. However, after spending about an
   hour trying to do that, I realized it isn't yet possible to do such
   things with Brains.

   Any other ideas that might help?

   Chris






[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Gawd I hate stupidity, especially when it's my own! I installed Mach 3 on a
computer that will run my CNC router and I can't get the +X jog to work.
Page up and down increases and decreases the Z as the up & down arrow keys
do for the Y axis. The left arrow button decreases the X but the right one
doesn't increase the X, it just stays the same and doesn't move. I tried a
new keyboard to no avial. I then checked the right arrow key in other
software and it worked. Some setting in Mach 3 won't let me increase the X
in the positive direction.
Help!
Lindsay

On Monday 01 October 2007 04:36, hannu wrote:
> Excellent idea !
> If you could then calibrate it and add error-mapping, you would have a
> solution
> as good as anything out there.
>
> I´m very impressed with this as an idea - it would probably work very well,
> maybe some cyclical errors but very good resolution, and absolutely
> repeatable.
> To get a thin beam, you might be able to shine a pen laser onto it,
> maybe at an angle to
> the thread ... you should be able to achieve 0.01 mm ..
> If I had the time, I would go down right now and start trying this, this
> very morning.
> I´ll definitely experiment with this, when my case load goes down a bit.
> A good think ! err ... idea.
>
> > On Saturday 29 September 2007 19:33, hannu wrote:
> > > Keith - not really
> > > The only real option is rack & pinion, with maybe a floating secondary
> > > axis with a ballscrew for the actual machining.
> > > Thats how i´ve been building my mill, to see it work.
> >
> > The idea was to use the threads as optical interrupters, not to move
> > anything.
> > The only thing that would touch the allthread would be light.
> > --
> > Keith Bowers - Thomasville, NC
>
>
Along the same lines, if you were to sense the rising and falling edges of the
output (a-la quadrature encoders) you cold get one transition for the thread
and one for the gap. Thus you could get 40 transitions/inch with a 20 TPI
thread. Acme threads would would probably be easier to work with. In any case
you may or may not want to angle the light path to match the thread angle. It
also might help to lay a plate on the thread so the light "peeks" through the
resulting gaps.
--
Keith Bowers - Thomasville, NC

Hi Chris

As a regular user of turn I find I very rarely ever use the machine
in 'manual'. So much so that I don't have a manual lathe anymore. If
you use the turning wizard and save the feeds/depth of cuts then you
only need to set 4 values for most normal turning operations - X
start, X end (I use diameter mode to speed up reading values off
drawings) and Z start, Z end.

This makes turning to a diameter a really quick and simple operation.

Cheers

Dave

--- In mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com, "lcdpublishing"
<lcdpublishing@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Art,
>
> This is a bit of a toughy.  As mentioned in earlier posts, I am
> attempting to configure this lathe so that it works equally well as
> a manual lathe (via MACH's manual controls) and as a CNC lathe.
>
> The one aspect that is troubling me at present, is the jogging
> functions.  As would be the case on a manual lathe, I would set the
> feedrate in Inches/Rev, then engage the feed lever and know that I
> am feeding at that velocity.
>
> The jogging rate in MACH is setup as a percentage (not actually
sure
> of this) of the maximum velocity of the axis.   I am wondering if
> there is a way to change / override this?
>
> I got to thinking that I could do something with a BRAIN.  I was
> thinking that if JOG Z- was activated, I could first calculate the
> feedrate based on the current RPM, dump that into the JOG Rate DRO,
> then start the jogging motion.  However,  after spending about an
> hour trying to do that, I realized it isn't yet possible to do such
> things with Brains.
>
> Any other ideas that might help?
>
> Chris
>

Who developed the Insomniax SilverBlue screen set for Turn?

What tool was used to develop these screens?

The reason I am asking is that I would like to make some minor changes to them
to better suite my CNC MiniLathe and I really don't want to re-invent the wheel
as they say.

Thanks

John Guenther

John Guenther
'Ye Olde Pen Maker'
Sterling, Virginia

John Guenther
'Ye Olde Pen Maker'
Sterling, Virginia

Hi Art
where can I view or download the tutorial Brain Video?
Thanks   Mario

--- In mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com, "Lindsay" <xdonna@...> wrote:
>
> Gawd I hate stupidity, especially when it's my own! I installed Mach
3 on a
> computer that will run my CNC router and I can't get the +X jog to work.
> Page up and down increases and decreases the Z as the up & down
arrow keys
> do for the Y axis. The left arrow button decreases the X but the
right one
> doesn't increase the X, it just stays the same and doesn't move. I
tried a
> new keyboard to no avial. I then checked the right arrow key in other
> software and it worked. Some setting in Mach 3 won't let me increase
the X
> in the positive direction.
> Help!
> Lindsay
>

Sounds like Custer virus.

John S.

Damn did I type "slow Job" all those times!   I swear I'm suffering
reverse Dyslexia in my old age!

Either that or my minds always on the job LOL.


Wayne....

--
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Tel +44-1202-677025  Fax +44-1202-770515 Mob 07774 439915  Skype fdosdesign

   Specialists in small batch & Production Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lindsay:

  Check the config/hotkeys and set the hotkey for X++, somethign may have unset
it..


Thanks,
Art
www.artofcnc.ca

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Lindsay
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:21 AM
   Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] X+ jog doesn't work


   Gawd I hate stupidity, especially when it's my own! I installed Mach 3 on a
   computer that will run my CNC router and I can't get the +X jog to work.
   Page up and down increases and decreases the Z as the up & down arrow keys
   do for the Y axis. The left arrow button decreases the X but the right one
   doesn't increase the X, it just stays the same and doesn't move. I tried a
   new keyboard to no avial. I then checked the right arrow key in other
   software and it worked. Some setting in Mach 3 won't let me increase the X
   in the positive direction.
   Help!
   Lindsay






[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Mario:

  Their all on the videos page..


Thanks,
Art
www.artofcnc.ca

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: MZ2000
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 12:43 PM
   Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Video brain 3


   Hi Art
   where can I view or download the tutorial Brain Video?
   Thanks Mario






[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Art,

Downloaded latest version, this latest one showed the dialog, I changed
the acceleration and voila........problem fixed.

Unfortunately the newer version came with another problem.    The same
drawing in the previous version of Lazycam posted 231 lines of gcode
while in the newer version it is only posting 30 lines representing a
small portion of the complete drawing.

What to do ?



-----Original Message-----
From: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Art Fenerty
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 9:45 PM
To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [[SPAM]] - Re: [mach1mach2cnc] Z axis - Email found in subject



Hi:

Usually a strange sign of CPU working too hard, Windows starts to ignore
dialog calls. Make
sure this is the latest version, there was one that killed that dialog
too easily..

It does sound like too high an acceleration..

Thanks,
Art
www.artofcnc.ca

----- Original Message -----
From: lrheimpel
To: mach1mach2cnc@ <mailto:mach1mach2cnc%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 12:12 AM
Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Z axis

I am experiencing some strange behavior with the Z axis of my machine.

When the code says to move say 1/4 inch, sometimes it does it,
sometimes it moves less, like it is loosing steps.

Went to the automatic calibration, told mach3 to move it 1/4 in and it
did, everytime I tried it. Jogging works fine, if it moves 1/4 in
physically, it does same thing in screen DRO.

So I decided to take a look at the motor tuning screen (maybe
accelerating too much, etc), but it won't come up!!! Other screens in
the config menu do come up.

Not sure how to attack this problem??

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]







[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hey Guys, I got my Shuttle Pro configured and LOVE IT!

My question is -- what in the world are you guys doing with all those
buttons?  I have programmed a few, but wonder if anyone would care to
share their configuration?  Any good suggestions?

Thanks!
Carl

Art,

Any thoughs on whether the G100 IO plugin and using a serial modbus
connection to control a GS-2 would co-exist peacefully?  I've been
considering changing the spindle motor on my smaller mill for a while
now and didn't want to find out the hard way that I'm in for trouble.
  If not, I can use an analog out with a Digispeed-GX, but would prefer
the more direct approach.

Thanks,
Dave

Art,

I owe you an apology!



I installed a RS232 sniffer and spent the last couple of hours doing all
sorts of tests to isolate the problems I've had with MODBUS and Mach3
hanging. Turns out it WAS the serial cable. It measures out fine and it
works fine for downloading code to the CUBLOC but in 10 tests with Mach3 I
got between 9 and 197 MODBUS polls before Mach3 locks up.



Then I tried another cable and I've logged thousands of polls without a
single problem. Strange though that it crashes Mach3?'



Again, sorry for wasting your time on this one.



I do have another question though:

If I use the Test Modbus window I can read one of my inputs by reading
register #5 either as a Coil or as a Discrete input. But I can't figure out
how to setup and read the same input via the Modbus plugin and a BRAIN.



I enable Cfg #1 and set Port, Slave# and refresh rate to the same as my
outputs (in Cfg #0 which works), Modbus Address 5 and # of registers to 1.
I've tried Input-Coil and Input-Discrete.



Then in the BRAIN I select MODBUS, Input, Adress 0, Plugin enabled Cfg# 1.
But it doesn't seem to work.



Any ideas?'



Thank you!



   /Henrik Olsson.















[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

You use three to set each of the axis you want to jog.

One to move between continuous and jog mod, though some set it to jog on the
centre then resuse that button.

Then we've got

             Reset

             Stop

             Start

             Rewind

             Pause

             Single Step

             Zero X

             Zero Y

             Zero Z

             Ref All

I used to have Goto Z's but that results in too rapid a response if
accidentally hit.

I don't remember what the others are set for so must be I don't use them, I
may set a Mist On/Off since mach doesn't have a button on the main screen,
and I use mist for air coolant.

I may also set one to M30, I do a lot of subroutines with G91 offsets, and
if you stop a program during a debug, an M30, or G92.1 is needed to reset
the offsets.



That's one arrangement anyhow. Once you start to use your machine and the
shuttle you will find things you are fed up reaching to the keyboard for,
and set a button for that on the shuttle.



Hope that's helps

Regs Mark





Dr. Mark Vaughan Ph'D., B.Eng. M0VAU

Managing Director

Vaughan Industries Ltd., reg in UK no 2561068

Water Care Technology Ltd, reg in UK no 4129351

Addr Unit3, Sydney House, Blackwater, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 8HH UK.

Phone/Fax 44 (0) 1872 561288

RSGB DRM111 (Cornwall)

   _____

From: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of kepello
Sent: 01 October 2007 18:33
To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Shuttle Pro -- Configuration Suggestions?



Hey Guys, I got my Shuttle Pro configured and LOVE IT!

My question is -- what in the world are you guys doing with all those
buttons? I have programmed a few, but wonder if anyone would care to
share their configuration? Any good suggestions?

Thanks!
Carl





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Luis:

  Sounds like it isnt registered. If neither mach3 or lazycam is licensed, its
limited to 30 lines. Is either one licensed?


Thanks,
Art
www.artofcnc.ca

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Heimpel, Luis (CT)
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 1:46 PM
   Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Z axis Now Lazycam problem


   Hi Art,

   Downloaded latest version, this latest one showed the dialog, I changed
   the acceleration and voila........problem fixed.

   Unfortunately the newer version came with another problem. The same
   drawing in the previous version of Lazycam posted 231 lines of gcode
   while in the newer version it is only posting 30 lines representing a
   small portion of the complete drawing.

   What to do ?



   -----Original Message-----
   From: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   [mailto:mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Art Fenerty
   Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 9:45 PM
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Subject: [[SPAM]] - Re: [mach1mach2cnc] Z axis - Email found in subject

   Hi:

   Usually a strange sign of CPU working too hard, Windows starts to ignore
   dialog calls. Make
   sure this is the latest version, there was one that killed that dialog
   too easily..

   It does sound like too high an acceleration..

   Thanks,
   Art
   www.artofcnc.ca

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: lrheimpel
   To: mach1mach2cnc@ <mailto:mach1mach2cnc%40yahoogroups.com>
   yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 12:12 AM
   Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Z axis

   I am experiencing some strange behavior with the Z axis of my machine.

   When the code says to move say 1/4 inch, sometimes it does it,
   sometimes it moves less, like it is loosing steps.

   Went to the automatic calibration, told mach3 to move it 1/4 in and it
   did, everytime I tried it. Jogging works fine, if it moves 1/4 in
   physically, it does same thing in screen DRO.

   So I decided to take a look at the motor tuning screen (maybe
   accelerating too much, etc), but it won't come up!!! Other screens in
   the config menu do come up.

   Not sure how to attack this problem??

   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Dave:

  Whats a GS-2?? Im not sure really, youd have to try it to see..


Thanks,
Art
www.artofcnc.ca

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: dpersuhn
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 3:48 PM
   Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] G100 IO plugin and GS-2 for spindle


   Art,

   Any thoughs on whether the G100 IO plugin and using a serial modbus
   connection to control a GS-2 would co-exist peacefully? I've been
   considering changing the spindle motor on my smaller mill for a while
   now and didn't want to find out the hard way that I'm in for trouble.
   If not, I can use an analog out with a Digispeed-GX, but would prefer
   the more direct approach.

   Thanks,
   Dave






[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Henrik:

  Sounds like it isnt tranfering, thats the correct proceedure..


Thanks,
Art
www.artofcnc.ca

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Henrik Olsson
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 3:54 PM
   Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Modbus (Was: New development version)


   Art,

   I owe you an apology!

   I installed a RS232 sniffer and spent the last couple of hours doing all
   sorts of tests to isolate the problems I've had with MODBUS and Mach3
   hanging. Turns out it WAS the serial cable. It measures out fine and it
   works fine for downloading code to the CUBLOC but in 10 tests with Mach3 I
   got between 9 and 197 MODBUS polls before Mach3 locks up.

   Then I tried another cable and I've logged thousands of polls without a
   single problem. Strange though that it crashes Mach3?'

   Again, sorry for wasting your time on this one.

   I do have another question though:

   If I use the Test Modbus window I can read one of my inputs by reading
   register #5 either as a Coil or as a Discrete input. But I can't figure out
   how to setup and read the same input via the Modbus plugin and a BRAIN.

   I enable Cfg #1 and set Port, Slave# and refresh rate to the same as my
   outputs (in Cfg #0 which works), Modbus Address 5 and # of registers to 1.
   I've tried Input-Coil and Input-Discrete.

   Then in the BRAIN I select MODBUS, Input, Adress 0, Plugin enabled Cfg# 1.
   But it doesn't seem to work.

   Any ideas?'

   Thank you!

   /Henrik Olsson.

   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi John,

I use their "MachSteelBlue" screens. I use an older version of
Screen4 (without scrolling) on my 17" monitor for editing their
screen sets.... mostly for adding hotkeys.

The newer Screen4 will lose position of elements if you use scrolling
on a 17" or smaller monitor at standard resolution.

Paul, Central OR

*****

--- In mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com, <j.guenther@...> wrote:
>
> Who developed the Insomniax SilverBlue screen set for Turn?
>
> What tool was used to develop these screens?
>
> The reason I am asking is that I would like to make some minor
changes to them to better suite my CNC MiniLathe and I really don't
want to re-invent the wheel as they say.
>
> Thanks
>
> John Guenther
>
> John Guenther
> 'Ye Olde Pen Maker'
> Sterling, Virginia
>
> John Guenther
> 'Ye Olde Pen Maker'
> Sterling, Virginia
>

How is the CUBLOC working out?  Which one are you working with?

I am thinking of purchasing one.

Mark





From: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Henrik Olsson
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 11:55 AM
To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Modbus (Was: New development version)



Art,

I owe you an apology!

I installed a RS232 sniffer and spent the last couple of hours doing all
sorts of tests to isolate the problems I've had with MODBUS and Mach3
hanging. Turns out it WAS the serial cable. It measures out fine and it
works fine for downloading code to the CUBLOC but in 10 tests with Mach3 I
got between 9 and 197 MODBUS polls before Mach3 locks up.

Then I tried another cable and I've logged thousands of polls without a
single problem. Strange though that it crashes Mach3?'

Again, sorry for wasting your time on this one.

I do have another question though:

If I use the Test Modbus window I can read one of my inputs by reading
register #5 either as a Coil or as a Discrete input. But I can't figure out
how to setup and read the same input via the Modbus plugin and a BRAIN.

I enable Cfg #1 and set Port, Slave# and refresh rate to the same as my
outputs (in Cfg #0 which works), Modbus Address 5 and # of registers to 1.
I've tried Input-Coil and Input-Discrete.

Then in the BRAIN I select MODBUS, Input, Adress 0, Plugin enabled Cfg# 1.
But it doesn't seem to work.

Any ideas?'

Thank you!

/Henrik Olsson.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

.

Image removed by sender.




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Got mine going as well. Turned out it was my serial port card. I have a 2 port
lavasys/blackbox PCI serial port card. I use the onboard port for my touchscreen
so I need
more for setting the pixies.

Well... That card is not happy with modbus. Moved the touchscreen to the card
and hooked
up the pendant to the on board port and its talking to it now.

Now I just need to figure out how to use this thing.

-Jerry

--- In mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com, "Henrik Olsson" <henrik-olsson@...> wrote:
>
> Art,
>
> I owe you an apology!
>
>
>
> I installed a RS232 sniffer and spent the last couple of hours doing all
> sorts of tests to isolate the problems I've had with MODBUS and Mach3
> hanging. Turns out it WAS the serial cable. It measures out fine and it
> works fine for downloading code to the CUBLOC but in 10 tests with Mach3 I
> got between 9 and 197 MODBUS polls before Mach3 locks up.
>
>
>
> Then I tried another cable and I've logged thousands of polls without a
> single problem. Strange though that it crashes Mach3?'
>
>
>
> Again, sorry for wasting your time on this one.
>
>
>
> I do have another question though:
>
> If I use the Test Modbus window I can read one of my inputs by reading
> register #5 either as a Coil or as a Discrete input. But I can't figure out
> how to setup and read the same input via the Modbus plugin and a BRAIN.
>
>
>
> I enable Cfg #1 and set Port, Slave# and refresh rate to the same as my
> outputs (in Cfg #0 which works), Modbus Address 5 and # of registers to 1.
> I've tried Input-Coil and Input-Discrete.
>
>
>
> Then in the BRAIN I select MODBUS, Input, Adress 0, Plugin enabled Cfg# 1.
> But it doesn't seem to work.
>
>
>
> Any ideas?'
>
>
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
>   /Henrik Olsson.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Sound about right. I think that is what is on my Anilam scales on my 10EE. That
would
give you .0025mm resoultion. or slightly better than .0001".

Anilam and Acurite are the same company.

-Jerry

--- In mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com, "poolq9900" <philcraine@...> wrote:
>
> Two broken little tiny wire fixed, the encoder now works!!
>
> endocerd has no part number, but does say 0.01mm. Any idea on how to
> translate this to counts/unit? I am in inches?
>
> I assume that 0.01mm means 1 pulse per 0.01mm?
>
> so would this be 2540 CPI
>
> --- In mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com, Art Fenerty <fenerty@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi:
> >  Settinag page shows Encoder DRO's, they shoudl move if its
> working..
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Art
> > www.artofcnc.ca
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: poolq9900
> >   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
> >   Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 4:30 PM
> >   Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Re: Acu-Rite linear encoders
> >
> >
> >   Encoder wired up, port config set to pins 10 & 11, how can I tell
> if
> >   the encoder is working? Is there a DRO that shows its output?
> should
> >   moving the slider change the position DRO?
> >
> >   --- In mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com, "jerrybiehler"
> >   <jerry.biehler@> wrote:
> >   >
> >   > a-phase A
> >   > b-Phase B
> >   > c-5VDC
> >   > d-0VDC
> >   > e-Shield
> >   > f-Marker pulse.
> >   >
> >   >
> >   > --- In mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com, "poolq9900" <philcraine@>
> >   wrote:
> >   > >
> >   > > I just got back from the surplus store. Picked up 2 Acu-Rite
> >   linear
> >   > > encoders, no documentation of courst.
> >   > >
> >   > > TTL output
> >   > > 0.01mm
> >   > > Bausch & Lomb sensors
> >   > > 6 pin ROUND connector, not a DB-9
> >   > >
> >   > > Looking for pinout info on the connector so I can hook them
> up to
> >   Mach
> >   > >
> >   >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

Jerry,

Good to see it is working. At the moment the plug-in is still a work in
progress. I've also started looking at a brains module as well.

If you use the Modbus Test page. Set it up for address 27, and read 10
addresses starting at 1150, you should then be able to verify the controls
on the pendant.

If you then use Arts example ModIOMPG brain you can get the pendant to
drive the X-Axis.

Then just add lines to the btrain as you see fit. :-) Or wait for the
plugin to be released. It shouldn't be more than a week or two.

I've done a firmware change to the ModIO and Pendant, so at some stage the
pendant will need to be reprogrammed. What I'll probably do is sent a
changeover module.

Cheers,

Peter.


jerrybiehler wrote:
> Got mine going as well. Turned out it was my serial port card. I have a 2
> port
> lavasys/blackbox PCI serial port card. I use the onboard port for my
> touchscreen so I need
> more for setting the pixies.
>
> Well... That card is not happy with modbus. Moved the touchscreen to the
> card and hooked
> up the pendant to the on board port and its talking to it now.
>
> Now I just need to figure out how to use this thing.
>
> -Jerry
>
> --- In mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com, "Henrik Olsson" <henrik-olsson@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Art,
>>
>> I owe you an apology!
>>
>>
>>
>> I installed a RS232 sniffer and spent the last couple of hours doing all
>> sorts of tests to isolate the problems I've had with MODBUS and Mach3
>> hanging. Turns out it WAS the serial cable. It measures out fine and it
>> works fine for downloading code to the CUBLOC but in 10 tests with Mach3
>> I
>> got between 9 and 197 MODBUS polls before Mach3 locks up.
>>
>>
>>
>> Then I tried another cable and I've logged thousands of polls without a
>> single problem. Strange though that it crashes Mach3?'
>>
>>
>>
>> Again, sorry for wasting your time on this one.
>>
>>
>>
>> I do have another question though:
>>
>> If I use the Test Modbus window I can read one of my inputs by reading
>> register #5 either as a Coil or as a Discrete input. But I can't figure
>> out
>> how to setup and read the same input via the Modbus plugin and a BRAIN.
>>
>>
>>
>> I enable Cfg #1 and set Port, Slave# and refresh rate to the same as my
>> outputs (in Cfg #0 which works), Modbus Address 5 and # of registers to
>> 1.
>> I've tried Input-Coil and Input-Discrete.
>>
>>
>>
>> Then in the BRAIN I select MODBUS, Input, Adress 0, Plugin enabled Cfg#
>> 1.
>> But it doesn't seem to work.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any ideas?'
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
>>
>>   /Henrik Olsson.
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
>
> www.machsupport.com - Web site Access
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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http://www.homanndesigns.com

Hi Mark,
I have the CB405 module on a 40M baseboard.
I had some problems getting started due to a "strange" serial cable as
you may have seen. The CUBLOC seems to work fine though but all I've
really done up to now is to set some outputs via MODBUS.

It's pretty straight forward once you get the hang of it but I'm
thinking of writing up a quick tutorial on how to get it MODBUS'ing
with Mach3. I have a few more things I need to figure out first though.

One drawback with the 40M card is that the isolated inputs and outputs
aren't consecutive so you can't read/write to them in one go. For
example there's 24 inputs but they are scattered on P5-P7, P10-P15,
P20-31 and P48-P50. Same thing with the ouputs. May not be a big deal
but that's how it is.

/Henrik.


"Mark" <mktool@...>:
>How is the CUBLOC working out?  Which one are you working with?
>
>I am thinking of purchasing one.
>
>Mark

Hi.
But I don't know how to call a macro from G-code.
Perhaps I can get an advice?
Thanks.
Eric

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Eric Vogels
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:14 PM
   Subject: Re: **SPAM: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] dos commands


   Hi Henrik.
   If I can call a macro from G-code, I've a big step into the right direction.
   Thanks.
   Eric.

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Henrik Olsson
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 12:22 PM
   Subject: **SPAM: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] dos commands

   Hi Eric,
   I don't think that's possible.
   Depending on what exactly you want to do it may be possible to write a macro
   that can be called from the G-Code. In that macro you can do can do certain
   stuff. What is it you'd like to do?

   /Henrik Olsson.

   -----Original-----

   Hello.

   Is it possible to have Dos command lines in G-code that are processed by
   Mach3?

   Thanks,

   Eric.

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I will give it a go with the increment jog function, that just might
do the trick for me.

Thanks

Chris




--- In mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com, Art Fenerty <fenerty@...>
wrote:
>
> Chris:
>
>  No, sorry. Waht your attempting cant be done.. Not with jog, but
if what your trying to do is
> to act like engaging a feedlever, then the best you can do is set
the Jog Incrment to 99 inches,
> then use incremental jog. It will then run at feedrate, and youll
have to terminate it ( disengage the feedlever) with the esc key
when it gets to the right spot..
>
>
> Thanks,
> Art
> www.artofcnc.ca
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: lcdpublishing
>   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 8:52 AM
>   Subject: [mach1mach2cnc] Mach 3 Turn - jogging feedrate question
for Art
>
>
>   Hi Art,
>
>   This is a bit of a toughy. As mentioned in earlier posts, I am
>   attempting to configure this lathe so that it works equally well
as
>   a manual lathe (via MACH's manual controls) and as a CNC lathe.
>
>   The one aspect that is troubling me at present, is the jogging
>   functions. As would be the case on a manual lathe, I would set
the
>   feedrate in Inches/Rev, then engage the feed lever and know that
I
>   am feeding at that velocity.
>
>   The jogging rate in MACH is setup as a percentage (not actually
sure
>   of this) of the maximum velocity of the axis. I am wondering if
>   there is a way to change / override this?
>
>   I got to thinking that I could do something with a BRAIN. I was
>   thinking that if JOG Z- was activated, I could first calculate
the
>   feedrate based on the current RPM, dump that into the JOG Rate
DRO,
>   then start the jogging motion. However, after spending about an
>   hour trying to do that, I realized it isn't yet possible to do
such
>   things with Brains.
>
>   Any other ideas that might help?
>
>   Chris
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Hi Eric:

  Read the customising Doc's. They show how to make a macro file, and call it
from Gcode.
In essence, all you have to do is make a file called M666.m1s for example, then
in the code call M666



Thanks,
Art
www.artofcnc.ca

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Eric Vogels
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:28 AM
   Subject: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] dos commands


   Hi.
   But I don't know how to call a macro from G-code.
   Perhaps I can get an advice?
   Thanks.
   Eric

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Eric Vogels
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:14 PM
   Subject: Re: **SPAM: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] dos commands

   Hi Henrik.
   If I can call a macro from G-code, I've a big step into the right direction.
   Thanks.
   Eric.

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Henrik Olsson
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 12:22 PM
   Subject: **SPAM: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] dos commands

   Hi Eric,
   I don't think that's possible.
   Depending on what exactly you want to do it may be possible to write a macro
   that can be called from the G-Code. In that macro you can do can do certain
   stuff. What is it you'd like to do?

   /Henrik Olsson.

   -----Original-----

   Hello.

   Is it possible to have Dos command lines in G-code that are processed by
   Mach3?

   Thanks,

   Eric.

   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Art.
Thanks.
Regards,
Eric.
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Art Fenerty
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 3:11 PM
   Subject: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] dos commands


   Hi Eric:

   Read the customising Doc's. They show how to make a macro file, and call it
from Gcode.
   In essence, all you have to do is make a file called M666.m1s for example,
then in the code call M666

   Thanks,
   Art
   www.artofcnc.ca

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Eric Vogels
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:28 AM
   Subject: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] dos commands

   Hi.
   But I don't know how to call a macro from G-code.
   Perhaps I can get an advice?
   Thanks.
   Eric

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Eric Vogels
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:14 PM
   Subject: Re: **SPAM: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] dos commands

   Hi Henrik.
   If I can call a macro from G-code, I've a big step into the right direction.
   Thanks.
   Eric.

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Henrik Olsson
   To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 12:22 PM
   Subject: **SPAM: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] dos commands

   Hi Eric,
   I don't think that's possible.
   Depending on what exactly you want to do it may be possible to write a macro
   that can be called from the G-Code. In that macro you can do can do certain
   stuff. What is it you'd like to do?

   /Henrik Olsson.

   -----Original-----

   Hello.

   Is it possible to have Dos command lines in G-code that are processed by
   Mach3?

   Thanks,

   Eric.

   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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