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  1. #1
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    Trying to get Mach 3 to connect to outputs

    Have converted a Bridgeport mill - have three axis working have the spindle going forward and reverse. Hooray. Using Mach3, c11g brake out board, Opto 22 relays, gecko drives. We have pinned the outputs from the pc to the c11g board to run the flood pump, pneumatic speed control, pneumatic brake. But how *&%$ ^ do we connect this to Mach 3 to the output information. Are we suppose to create buttons on Mach 3? If so how do we connect those button to the pin outs.

    Frustrated and would like to take the project home. Thanks for any help

    Best regards
    wld99

  2. #2
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    Don't have mach3 in front of me, but if you're using external switches, you need to set up OEM triggers. If you want to make buttons in Mach, you'll need to use Screen Designer (Screen4.exe)
    Gerry

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  3. #3
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    The OEM buttons are the trick. I, like Ger, do not have MACH in front of me, but look around in the set-up area and you should find a location that allows you to assign a code to an output. Then you set up the port and pins.

    The list of OEM codes is pretty easy to find on the net - Google MACH OEM codes.

    Scott
    Consistency is a good thing....unless you're consistently an idiot.

  4. #4
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    If you want to access the controls from the cut file (i.e. have the G-code control the operations) you need to use first the built -in Spindle, flood, mist usable with Mo3, Mo6 and M08. If you need more commands than that you need to write a macro using an M command starting at M100 to turn on or off a specific Output in MACH. If you just need it manual from a button then just use screen designer to add a button and toggle the appropriate output.

    OEMTriggers can be used to map a specific input (like from a remote button on a port input) to internal commands (using Hotkey assigns).

    If want to get really cute look at our MPG101B and Port2 Interface card. It allows you to assign any of 20 button functions on the pendant to specific MACH codes (listed in the plug-in Config). The built in jogstick and three levels of Jog mode (fast, slow, single step) makes moving the axis easy and accurate. It uses 6 inputs of a second parallel port. The remaining inputs and outputs are open for other uses (opto isolated).

    Tom Caudle
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  5. #5
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    Gerry
    Thank you for your relpy and , I hate to be a trouble ... where do I get Screen Designer (Screen4.exe)?
    William Day
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  6. #6
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    Thanks Tom
    "If you just need a manual from a button then just use screen designer to add a button and toggle the appropriate output." Hate to be a trouble, but where do I get screen designer?
    Thanks
    William Day
    [email protected]

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    Gerry

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  8. #8
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    Re: Trying to get Mach 3 to connect to outputs

    If want to get really cute look at our MPG101B and Port2 Interface card. It allows you to assign any of 20 button functions on the pendant to specific MACH codes (listed in the plug-in Config). https://www.exactinside.com/CISSP-exactdumps.html

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