[Epiphany]

Tom,

I have searched a bit but I an unable to find anything concerning the issue I am having on the new lathe project. When using a G2/G3 I get an error:

"Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start"

I decided to play with this a bit and wrote some test code.

G18 G20 G40 G49 G90
G00 X0. Z1.0
G1 Z.5 F20.
G3 X.5 Z0. I0. K-.5

This is what I got to work....although it shouldn't because the X is in diameter not radius, X should be 1.0. What am I missing?

Thanks.

[TomKerekes]

Hi Epiphany,

I don't believe we have released a Version of KMotionCNC that supports Diameter Mode. But we are working on one. You must code for Radius Mode.

What Version are you using?

Regards.

[Epiphany]

Hi Tom,

Using version 432a.

Had to fight with the MasterCAM post but got it to output in radius. Working great now.

On a separate note....Is there a variable that changes after DoPC(PC_COMM_EXECUTE); . I would like to turn on a light while the KMCNC G code program is active.

Thanks

[TomKerekes]

Hi Epiphany,

There is a Macro defined in KMotionDef.h as

JOB_ACTIVE

That should return status (true/false) on whether a job is active. So in a loop you might do something like:

SetStateBit(LIGHT_BIT, JOB_ACTIVE);

Regards