That is not Epic at all! LOL
I will see if I can get it to download
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On 6/11/2021 12:37 AM, Andy Wander
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I see that the
Coil Winder screen is on the website, but when I try to
download it I get:
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Epic 404 - Article Not Found
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Good question.... BRB
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Brian Barker
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ArtSoft | Newfangled Solutions
Livermore Falls, Maine (USA)
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On 4/28/2021 9:51 AM, Andy Wander wrote:
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
Engineering / Devlopment
ArtSoft | Newfangled Solutions
Livermore Falls, Maine (USA)
Phone: 207(618)1449
Webpage:
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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Brian Barker
Engineering / Devlopment
ArtSoft | Newfangled Solutions
Livermore Falls, Maine (USA)
Phone: 207(618)1449
Webpage:
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
Engineering / Devlopment
ArtSoft | Newfangled Solutions
Livermore Falls, Maine (USA)
Phone: 207(618)1449
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?
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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?
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I don’t think
this can be a hardware issue, as
external threading code from the
Turn Cycle works fine every time.
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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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