Good question.... BRB
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On 4/28/2021 9:51 AM, Andy Wander
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Hi Brian:
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Any word on
this?
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They have it and I asked them to send it to you months ago!?
Blah, I will tell them again to get it sent off.. The Coil
winder screen is one of the screens set to be released on the
new screens page for Mach4.
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Brian Barker
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On 4/4/2021 8:55 PM, Andy Wander wrote:
Hey, Brian,
anything?
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Hi Brian,
it¡¯s been a couple of months again-do you know if there
has been any progress on this?
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They guys
should have been testing it...
I will hit them again for a status.. Sorry they have been
using it as fill in work.
Thanks
Brian
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ArtSoft | Newfangled Solutions
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On 11/30/2020 11:44 PM, Andy Wander
wrote:
Brian, any
movement on this?
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Hey, man,
any word?
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Good question! Let me talk to the
guys. This slipped my mind. I am getting old or
something :)
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Brian Barker
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ArtSoft | Newfangled Solutions
Livermore Falls, Maine (USA)
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Webpage:
On 9/1/2020 10:11 PM, Andy Wander
wrote:
Hey,
Brian, has there been any progress on the Coil Winder
screens?
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I don't know how long the coil
winder is going to take but Brett seems to think the
press brake tables should be ready for testing in a
few days. Coil winder is after that. Rob got the
screen done so it is just the Lua code to make the
Gcode files to drive the winder.
On 7/6/2020 12:57 PM, Andy Wander wrote:
Thanks,
Brian-I¡¯m good for now.
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I¡¯ll
nag you about the Coil Winder and the Spindle speed
thing in a couple of weeks.
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Rob is on the floor now working
on the laser we are putting new motors and drives in
:( We are juggling a TON right now. If you seem to
be all set lets roll with it. We are trying hard to
get a new Rev out and I think it will fix most
issues.
On 7/6/2020 11:03 AM, Andy Wander wrote:
Thanks,
Brian-no big rush on the coil winder, I just don¡¯t
want to forget about it.
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I
tested the Turn Cycles yesterday evening and they
are all working now as well.
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Do
the only problem I now have is #4, the Spindle
Speed being reset when I first press ENABL after
starting Mach4.
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I got
an email from Rob this morning, and I tried to
call him, but I just got a message telling me your
hours, and then some music.
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I
don¡¯t know if we really need to talk, though,
since ESS 258 and Mach4 4517 seem to have solved
almost all of my problems.
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Hi Andy,
1. I have Brett working on a screen for an OEM and
it is taking a bit more time than I would like :(
When that is done he will go over what Rob has and
building a release.
2. Rob had a setup to test the ESS on the machine
by his desk Friday. I didn't know he didn't get
back to you, sorry about that. I have informed him
of your progress.
3. Check the mill manual, I have someone going
over the manual and checking them for the next
release. Attached you will find a section of
header file, look at that and tell me what you
think (start at line number 2113)
4. I don't fully understand why you would want to
have the Spindle Speed at start up but lets do
that after the rest of this is done please :)
Thanks
Brian
On 7/5/2020 3:45 PM, Andy Wander wrote:
Hi
Brian:
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1_
Has there been any progress on that Coil Winder
Screen?
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2_
I didn¡¯t hear from Rob, but I wanted to report
that most of my issues appear to have been
solved by ESS v258 along with Mach4 4517. I
still need to confirm that the issue with the
Turn Cycles getting locked out is solved;
haven¡¯t had a chance to test that¡.
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3_
Is there an accurate list anywhere of the Pound
Variables for Mach4? I have only been able to
find one dated 2015 by Scott Shafer, and I know
that at least one of the variables in there is
wrong¡..
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4_
I¡¯ve got the issues with Mach4 not remembering
spindle speed and such between shutting down and
restart solved. I took the code that wrote the
saved values on startup, out of the Startup
Script, and put it in the ¡°first-Run only¡±
section of the PLC code. This seems to work
fine, EXCEPT that when I hit ENABLE for the
first time after startup, it overwrites the
correct value that has been put into the S DRO
by the PLC script, and sets it to 0. This only
happens the first time I ENABLE MACH4, after
that, if I set a value for S, it stays there
through DISSABLE/ENABLE cycles. Any idea on what
to look for? I couldn¡¯t find anything in any of
the screen scripts that does anything to the S
word on ENABLE, or any place that treats ENABLE
differently on the first time it is pressed
after startup
?
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Rob is done the first round
of getting machines ready for release testing so
I have told him today is your test of turn. He
may be contacting you... As for the coil winder
screen Rob got most of that done before his
return back to work. I was going to have Brett
continue on with this as soon as he is done the
bending software I have him doing. We have lots
of projects we are working on so thanks for
asking about the progress!
Thanks
Brian
On 6/28/2020 4:35 PM, Andy Wander wrote:
Hi
Brian:
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Did
they get anywhere with the coil winder screen?
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What
about this weird problem with the Turn Cycles?
(they sure are great, when they work!)
?
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Hi
Brian-new update:
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I
was able to finish the part I was working on,
but I started getting FIFO Velocity Buffer
underrun errors from the ESS.
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Then,
the ESS started randomly going offline without
telling me.
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I
reverted to ESS v254, and Mach4 V4.2.0.4322,
and these problems went away(the FIFO and the
ESS going offline.)
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I
made a couple more parts using Late today, and
everything was working fine, using the Turn
Cycles for Facing, Turning, and Threading.
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Then
I tried a Rounding operation using Turn
Cycles.
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The
Gcode looked OK, so I ran it, and it did all
the roughing cuts about ?¡± out from the end of
the stock, without actually cutting
anything-then it moved in to where it should
have been and did the single finishing cut,
taking off all of the stock that should have
been done during roughing.
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I
attached a screen shot of the Mach toolpath
window, as well as the .tap file for the
Rounding operation.
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I
¡°may¡± have entered an incorrect setting in the
Turn cycle entry screen, but when I went to
check, I cannot get the saved cycle to open
for editing, and I can¡¯t get any of the Turn
cycles to open when clicking on their buttons.
I get a message that says,
Unable to show wizard
4: wxLua: Expected a 'wxColour' for
parameter 2, but got a 'nil'.
Function called:
'SetBackgroundColour(wxButton, nil)'
- wxWindow::SetBackgroundColour(wxWindow(self),
wxColour)
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I¡¯ve
tried closing and reopening Mach4, and also
reinstalling Mach4, and I still can¡¯t get at
any of the Turn Cycles.
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Hi Andy,
This is a step in the right direction! We have
a few more machines we need to get working so
we can get to the testing of the next release
testing. We have the Matsuura 500 and the
plasma table we need to get ready. The goal is
to have them both finished this week so we can
start testing Friday. This is when we will
setup and test the ESS.
Thanks for the report
?Brian
On 6/13/2020 3:16 PM, Andy Wander wrote:
Hi
Brian:
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I
have some more info and results on the
threading cycle not working.
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Today,
I backed up my current installation, and
installed ESS v257, and Mach4 4.2.0.4517
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I
needed to make a part that had a couple of
different diameters, and an external M14
thread at each end.
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The
turning was uneventful, but when I used the
Turn Cycles screen to generate code for the
first M14 thread, and tried to run it, it
hung up on the G76 line just as the Internal
thread had been doing earlier! Then, I
realized that I had accidentally generated
code for an Internal thread, but, this time,
it was different, as the actual Spindle
Speed display on the screen was very
intermittent, usually staying at ¡°0¡±, but
occasionally flashing the actual measured
RPM. This didn¡¯t happen with the
installation that I originally reported this
problem on.
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So,
I thought maybe my lathe Spindle Speed
sensor had gotten damaged or something. At
this point, I set the machine back to in/min
mode, and started the spindle up, and the
on-screen Spindle Speed display worked
perfectly. Going back into the threading
cycle, and in/rev mode, the display was
wonky again.
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Then,
I remembered that the release notes for the
ESS v257 plugin had mentioned something
about a new check box to tell the ESS
whether or not to report the spindle speed.
I found that check box in the ESS setup, and
unchecked it. Testing showed the same
problem still remained.
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I
then looked at the Spindle setting on the
ESS setup page, and changed it from PWM to
¡°OB¡±.
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That
did it, the threading cycle now works,
whether ID or OD threading.
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I
still have the smaller problem of the
spindle making the CLUNK when it gets turned
on again while it is already on. I went into
config and disabled the Spindle ON, Spindle
FWD and Spindle REV pins in Mach4. This
stuff was all in there because I never
disabled it when I went to my Modbus
controlled s[pindle. Alas, this made no
difference, I still get the Clunk¡
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They are
working on a coil winder screen and have the
first part of it done.
They did a bunch of testing and could not
make your issue happen. We have just started
working back at the office where we have all
the hardware for testing. We are getting the
machines ready for release testing now and
one of the things that will be tested is
your issue. We are doing the best we can in
this screwy time.
Thanks
Brian
On 6/11/2020 8:07 AM,
Andy Wander wrote:
Hi Brian:
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Have you had a
chance to work on this?
?
Also any? progress
on the coil winder screenset?
?
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That may be from my
PLC script. I am interrogating the Modbus
MPG register on my pendant.
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Do you have any idea
what is spamming for the MPG? I don't
think this is causing you an issue, it is
just bad practice and I would like to
eliminate as many vars as I can. I was
going to see if I could clean the profile
and figure this out! I have a few things
going on but I am trying to get this done
as quickly as I can.
Thanks
Brian
On 6/3/2020 12:46 PM, Andy Wander wrote:
I used to use
relays and PWM to control my spindle,
but now I use the Modbus plugin.
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I think that I
left the relay/PWM config alone, and
just added the modbus stuff. So Mack4
may be sending controls for both
methods.
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Pretty sure I
disconnected the relays and PWM/0-10V
from the VFD though. I will check that
in a bit.
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I need your profile
please. I don't understand what is
firing output #54 I think I am getting a
better idea what is going on!
Thanks
Brian
n 6/3/2020 11:09 AM, Andy Wander wrote:
Hi Brian:
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The logging
window is confusing because the SAVE
button is at the bottom, but there is
also a ¡°log to file¡± button up at the
top. What does that top button do?
?
I don¡¯t think
this can be a hardware issue, as
external threading code from the Turn
Cycle works fine every time.
?
Also, yesterday,
after I STOPped an unworking internal
threading program, I came back a few
hours later, rewound and ran the same
code, and it worked! Just once though,
after that it would hang on the 2nd
G76 line uust like before.
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Attached is a
log file; can you? see anything
strange in there?
Attachments:
- G76 that
stops on second G76 line.log
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Attachments:
- MachAPI.h
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