Hi, We're retrofitting a Mazak to allow us to run it on Mach3. Currently we;re wiring and testing under the Kmotion software. In order to access the tool...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 16, 2013 4:21 pm
Hi Toby, No I don't believe KMotionCNC supports this. Regards TK ________________________________ From: Toby Rule <trule@...> To:...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 16, 2013 4:24 pm
Hi Craig, Not sure I understand what you need to do. But it sounds like you would need to disable the Y limit, then Jog until the Prox switch is detected and...
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himykabibble
May 17, 2013 3:47 pm
Tom, I'll give that a try. Thanks. I recall a while back someone tried using VS2012 Express to build KMotion. Do you recall whether that was successful or...
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tmday7
May 17, 2013 3:57 pm
Hello again, Need some C programming help. I have external buttons for Cycle Start, Feed Hold(or pause) and Stop. Using the plugin in Mach3 i have Cycle Start...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 17, 2013 6:35 pm
Hi Ray, I haven't heard of any problems, but have not tried it myself. Please let us know how it goes. Regards TK ________________________________ From:...
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tmday7
May 17, 2013 6:58 pm
After more testing the FeedHold code i added to my main init C program is not working correctly. Started causing All axis disabled in Mach3 and was not showing...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 17, 2013 7:42 pm
Hi Troy, I added some code for External Feed Hold using Input Bit 21. Please give it a try. I Uploaded to your "After" folder as Version 6. There was some...
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tapiolarikka
May 17, 2013 8:51 pm
Hi Tom! How do I get alternate flank feed/G76 with Mach3? Rgds, Tapio...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 17, 2013 9:42 pm
Hi Tapio, Not even sure what that is. have you looked at the Mach3 G76 threading wizard? Regards TK ________________________________ From: tapiolarikka...
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tmday7
May 17, 2013 10:01 pm
Hi Tom, C program works great.:) I added another version with A axis in Step Direction mode. Man i forgot all about the OEM Triggers. :} Stop button now...
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tmday7
May 17, 2013 11:10 pm
Hello Tom, If i wire my encoder of 4th axis to go to Servo Drive and KFLOP, will the motor settings in KFLOP be set to Closed Loop? Or is the loop handled by...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 18, 2013 6:15 pm
Hi Troy, I don't think it usually makes sense to close the position loop in both KFLOP and the drive. As long as Step Pulses to the drive are not lost then...
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az9633@...
az9633...
May 19, 2013 3:15 pm
Tom: What has been your experience with a minimum encoder resolution if you have no tachometer and are driving amps in torque mode on a typical machine tool?...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 19, 2013 4:15 pm
Hi AZ, I would try the existing 1000line (4000 post quadrature counts/rev) encoders. SnapAmp does not have a tach input. Regards TK ...
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paleoelvis
May 20, 2013 1:17 am
Hey Tom am a first time user of Kflop. I am using Gecko drives and servo motors. I have things wired and can move all motors from both the configure screen and...
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tmday7
May 20, 2013 2:51 pm
Hello, Not Tom here but,when you Copy to ClipBoard you should be able to open a Notepad window and paste code. Or paste it in the C program window of Kmotion. ...
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tesotronics
May 20, 2013 6:49 pm
Hi, I'm working on an adapter PCB that enables the use of old Philips 432 encoders together with KFLOP. The PCB will give the user the possibility to convert a...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 20, 2013 9:12 pm
Hi, Regarding the KFLOP Encoder Input's max frequency: The bottle neck is an 8-bit register that the KFLOP DSP reads from the KFLOP FPGA every 90us. So the...
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paleoelvis
May 20, 2013 10:12 pm
... Thank you for your reply Troy but the clipboard button does not bring up the clipboard with the code. I just downloaded the latest version and installed it...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 20, 2013 10:20 pm
Hi, The C Code -> Clip board button does not bring up anything. You will not see anything happen. It just puts the code into the clipboard (hidden). You...
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himykabibble
May 21, 2013 1:20 am
Tom, I'm not making any progress. I tried the trick Gerald posted, to get KMotion to install under Win8, but it doesn't work for me. I get the very first...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 21, 2013 1:31 am
Hi Ray, Is your issue with the Install Shield Installer or with loading the USB device driver? To just install the KMotion Software you can always just copy...
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himykabibble
May 21, 2013 2:46 am
Tom, Seems to the the InstallShield installer. I double-click on the exe, and get the first InstallShield dialog. I click "Next", and get a progress dialog,...
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frank_19_88
May 21, 2013 6:47 am
Hi TK, What is the fastest and most accurate way to communicate the axis position to the Kflop? - TTL Encoder Input's - ADC input - Or are there other ways Is...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 21, 2013 3:40 pm
Hi Frank, TTL Encoder Input is probably the simplest. To connect to a KFLOP A B Encoder input you must output A B Quadrature not "pulses". So I don't really...
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tapiolarikka
May 21, 2013 8:21 pm
Hi Tom! Should the feed/rev work with constant surface speed in Mach lathe mode? the feed/rev DRO shows increasing value as diameter gets bigger and revs go...
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tesotronics
May 21, 2013 8:30 pm
Hi Tom, I have been able to translate the legacy analog signal from the Philips 432 encoder to a step and direction signal. However, the step signal is not...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 21, 2013 9:45 pm
Hi Tapio, CSS seemed to work for me the last time I tried. Is the result correct? And only the Feed Rate Display wrong. What exactly are the steps you are...
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Tom Kerekes
TKSOFT
May 21, 2013 9:59 pm
Hi Mike, I suppose there is no way to increase the 1.5KHz. That is a somewhat slow update rate. At a Max (Average) Speed of 1MHz that would represent sudden...
