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96242
... I will get out the Hammer and see if I can ... clean up ... Perhaps first try an editor and some snippets of test code. Surgery (especially on onself) is a...
John PRENTICE
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Aug 1, 2008
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96243
I recently upgraded from Mach2 to Mach3 for my Taig CNC mill and am having problems with the Ports and Pins config. settings. Can anyone help? Thanks, Mike...
Mike March
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Aug 1, 2008
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96244
I want to implement automatic feedrate override for MACH. Can you suggest good methods? Theory: from my servo controller I designed to have an output...
hunserv
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Aug 1, 2008
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96245
Hello, I just see your idea is quite similar to mine :) see topic: Unstallable toolpath - Unstallable steppers, unstallable servos...
hunserv
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Aug 1, 2008
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96246
So I read the replies... what is better? a macropump, or kind of brains solution? To me it seems that with MODBUS + Brains we would have the optimal solution...
hunserv
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Aug 1, 2008
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96247
So I read the replies in the Automatic FRO idea topic... What is better? a macropump, or kind of brains solution? To me it seems that with MODBUS + Brains we...
hunserv
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96248
Hi : You could do it with a brain by recieving a input from the modbus of load, and doing a calculation on it, then applying it to the FRO DRO.. ( in theory...
art2
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96249
... But you just never know if its Readers Digest calling to tell you youve won the 10,000,000.00 sweepstakes.. :) .. Thanks, Art [Non-text portions of this...
art2
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Aug 1, 2008
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96250
Hi,     Up to until recently I have thought that in order to control Mach using external controls/buttons one must use a Modbus (assuming that 2 parallel...
Daniel
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Aug 1, 2008
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96251
How close do the end points of lines and circles have to match in order for Mach3 to procede to the next block? Is this adjustable somewhere?...
luslugger
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Aug 1, 2008
2:39 pm
96252
Hi Daniel, Have a look at the POKEYS usb modual. Art has already created a plugin for it. (;-) TP ... using external controls/buttons one must use a Modbus...
Terry Parker
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Aug 1, 2008
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96253
... using external controls/buttons one must use a Modbus (assuming that 2 parallel ports is not enough). However, what I saw recently was completely a...
John Meissner
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Aug 1, 2008
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96254
Hi: Gcode only contains the goto location, start is assumed to be always at the end of the previous line.. so there is no tolerance at all.. Tolerances like...
art2
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Aug 1, 2008
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96255
... units. Seems to work here fine Jerry.. If your in metric shoudl read metric, if in imperial shoudl read imperial.. Most of us keep two separate profile...
Art Fenerty
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Aug 1, 2008
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Hi John, I think there are others around here that can answer your question better than me. Never done rigid tapping. Thanks, Daniel ... From: John Meissner...
Daniel
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Aug 1, 2008
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96257
... <snip> using two USB game controllers. He has now a total of 31 inputs. Looks just great, simple and cheap. Why isn't this approach implemented as widely...
John PRENTICE
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Aug 1, 2008
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96258
Yes that would be a form of rigid tapping. It does not use standard tapping cycle but it gets the job done. He could have used macros to run the cycles with...
Terry Parker
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Aug 1, 2008
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96259
Hello, In the end I think a Plugin is the best... But for testing I think the Macropump is a good way to get started ;) Thanks Brian...
Brian Barker
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Aug 1, 2008
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96260
... Thanks TP, I see Daniel Kemp is the person that has developed his "mini" mill system in www.hossmachine.info . He's done a wonder with his equipment! ...
John Meissner
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Aug 1, 2008
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96261
Hi John, If I understand you correctly, you mean that using USB controllers is risky because Mach doesn't "know" whether it's "healthy" at any particular...
Daniel
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96262
Terry, Where is it located? Thanks, Daniel ... From: Terry Parker <vmax@...> To: mach1mach2cnc@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 4:55:38 PM ...
Daniel
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Aug 1, 2008
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96263
Hi Daniel, Here is the website for the Pokeys http://po.labs.googlepages.com/pokeys The plugin is on the Mach website. (;-) TP ... that ... control...
Terry Parker
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Aug 1, 2008
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96264
Art, Appreciate you looking at this. Here in Sarasota Florida we don't much reckon on metric! I've never configured in metric only imperial, which even the...
ozzie34231
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Aug 1, 2008
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96265
Thats not for attention deficit whatever, just another thought. This DRO is not really important unless you fiddling with over riding the feedrate and the...
ozzie34231
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Aug 1, 2008
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96266
Yes Greg, now it works very well. Thanks, Charles ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Charles Martin
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96267
Hi, I am trying to use the IsMoving() function to make a macro wait until the move is finished before proceeding but cannet get it to work properly... Code "G1...
Simon Daykin
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Aug 1, 2008
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96268
Hello Please try: Code "G1 Z-30 F500" While IsMoving() Sleep(100) Wend Thanks Brian...
Brian Barker
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Aug 1, 2008
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96269
Hi Art, I received my pokeys device and I'm getting ready to play with it. Will mach run the pokeys device in sim mode (w/o driver installed)? Dave...
mvcalypso
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Aug 1, 2008
10:41 pm
96270
... So far I can't get it to work at all while testing a couple of pins as outputs. I have pins 1 & 2 set as outputs with the pokeys s/w. Device id is 0 I...
Wayne Weedon
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Aug 1, 2008
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96271
... Great ... Good job 3.02 works fine here then <G> Any chance of another version this weekend? Steve Blackmore --...
Steve Blackmore
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