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There ya go.. ?

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Or bring mine over to your place to see if it works on yours…

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As for the LinuxCNC side of things I did find this:

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I should plug the shuttle express into the Pi4 and see if Linux 'discovers' it.

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I would switch to Linux CNC myself, or borrow another shuttle from a friend and try that…? ?

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I think I may have mucked up a MACH3? setting or maybe it's a USB communications issue.

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Now when I jog any of the axis when the larger dial returns to the detented position the jog continues at the lowest level.? To stop if moving I have to move in the other direction.

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I don't believe it's mechanical because when I bring up the config dialog it's clear that as the outer dial is moved the number changes from 0 to a value.? When I let go of the dial it returns to zero but the axis keeps moving at the slow jog rate.??

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In other works the Shuttle Express has reported the outer dial is back to 0 but MACH3 continues to jog the axis.

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What have I done?? What do I need to do to fix this?

Thanks

John

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Save a copy of the Mach3 folder called Mach3_old or something similar. Reinstall Mach3 and copy over the .XML files and any changed screen sets to the new installation. See if that now works correctly. For some reason I have had to do this a number of times with Mach3, it seems to shut down when writing to its files sometimes (just a guess) and screws itself up. It may be an old slow laptop problem as this is what I use to run it.

Martin

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Or bring mine over to your place to see if it works on yours…

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As for the LinuxCNC side of things I did find this:

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I should plug the shuttle express into the Pi4 and see if Linux 'discovers' it.

?

?

I would switch to Linux CNC myself, or borrow another shuttle from a friend and try that…? ?

?

?

?

I think I may have mucked up a MACH3? setting or maybe it's a USB communications issue.

?

Now when I jog any of the axis when the larger dial returns to the detented position the jog continues at the lowest level.? To stop if moving I have to move in the other direction.

?

I don't believe it's mechanical because when I bring up the config dialog it's clear that as the outer dial is moved the number changes from 0 to a value.? When I let go of the dial it returns to zero but the axis keeps moving at the slow jog rate.??

?

In other works the Shuttle Express has reported the outer dial is back to 0 but MACH3 continues to jog the axis.

?

What have I done?? What do I need to do to fix this?

Thanks

John

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I would switch to Linux CNC myself, or borrow another shuttle from a friend and try that… ??

?

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?

I think I may have mucked up a MACH3? setting or maybe it's a USB communications issue.

?

Now when I jog any of the axis when the larger dial returns to the detented position the jog continues at the lowest level.? To stop if moving I have to move in the other direction.

?

I don't believe it's mechanical because when I bring up the config dialog it's clear that as the outer dial is moved the number changes from 0 to a value.? When I let go of the dial it returns to zero but the axis keeps moving at the slow jog rate.??

?

In other works the Shuttle Express has reported the outer dial is back to 0 but MACH3 continues to jog the axis.

?

What have I done?? What do I need to do to fix this?

Thanks

John

?

I think I may have mucked up a MACH3? setting or maybe it's a USB communications issue.

?

Now when I jog any of the axis when the larger dial returns to the detented position the jog continues at the lowest level.? To stop if moving I have to move in the other direction.

?

I don't believe it's mechanical because when I bring up the config dialog it's clear that as the outer dial is moved the number changes from 0 to a value.? When I let go of the dial it returns to zero but the axis keeps moving at the slow jog rate.??

?

In other works the Shuttle Express has reported the outer dial is back to 0 but MACH3 continues to jog the axis.

?

What have I done?? What do I need to do to fix this?

Thanks

John

On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 9:43 pm, Brian Barker

<brianb@...> wrote:

Hi Frank,

I wish I had time for such things :( I have been working on vision code and soon kinematics for tool point programming. We also have been working on code for many of the OEM's for more "integrated" solutions. Here is one that Mach Motion did that shows how Mach4 has changed Garage door manufacturing. This machine is reading the data from the server and programming it's self based on the order!?

We have all the code done to plugin a new planner but we simply need the time to do it now :(

Thanks
Brian

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On 6/14/2021 3:37 PM, chico_xiba via groups.io wrote:

any chance we can see Tempest implemented.ish in M4?

Frank ;

any chance we can see Tempest implemented.ish in M4?

Frank ;

If I set the Y jog increment to .01" i get a very strange motion. it lurches and jumps and apparently ends up ion the right place. the motion is definitely not normal, this sort of bizarre motion should never happen. it only happens in jogging from the jog screen, not from the xbox or MDI making the same move. If i change the increment in setup to .011" it is fine as well as every other increment.

more strange is that screwing around with the increment changing it to .011" and then back to .01" it is not lurching now.

also, is there a new version with the increment selection working after booting? i broke another cutter joggin 1 inch instead of .01? it was a cheap Chinese one so no big deal.

BTW, the finish from a Whiteside or other quality bit is much better than the Chinese stuff. For a while i was getting very good Chinese router bits but it seems to be totally hit or miss. the company i was getting them from decided to make them on their own instead of buying from mfgs . I guess the next thing they need to add is quality control.

I can not tell the difference between the good and the bad bits when new. Under the microscope they look pretty much the same. Anyway lesson learned (BUY US MADE TOOLING even if it costs twice as much)

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Manual control of speed, direction and on/off on both lathe and mill. I do most of my work using wizards and MDI. Only go to CAM for complex shapes.

Martin

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Manual control of speed, direction and on/off on both lathe and mill. I do most of my work using wizards and MDI. Only go to CAM for complex shapes. I also write Gcode programs for some things such as using the A axis where I can't be bothered to find a CAM program that does what I want. My machining is a hobby not work and tool changing is also manual so?I am under no time pressure or have any need to leave machines running unaided so the need for controlling the spindle with Gcode has never been something I felt I needed.

Martin