Tom, Is there a snippet of code that already exists to have the commands performed by the buttons on the Kmotioncnc (specifically "stop", "feed hold", and...
Below is code to perform a real-time hardware feedhold.  "Stop" might be implimented by disabling your axes.  We don't currently have a mechanism for...
Hello group. My setup is gecko 320 drives turning dc servos with the encoder signals sent both to the g320 drives and the kflop. When moving around in mach 3...
Hi Tom I need to change the direction of an axis. Normally within mach you can change the direction bit from active high to low, how is this done with the...
An accumulating error between the command and encoder position must be due to noise in one of two places. Either the step/dir drive is miss counting the...
Hi Tom Thanks for the help. My machine is very close to being finished now, I have just a couple of more things to get working properly. Today I got homing...
Hi Andrew, Wow - crazy fast! Regarding the enable circuit: you might try using a defined motor enable bit in the Mach3 ports and pins configuration. Mach3...
I found this article well written and an easy read that decribes what each of the P I D parameters do. It isn't specific to motion control, but of course the...
Hi Tom, I recently acquired the Kmotion and 2 Snap Amps from my old school after the program took a different direction. They have been sitting quite a while...
Hi Ben, I just tried a KMotion + 2 SnapAmps with V4.19 and it works ok. Not sure what the problem may be. Were the lights blinking before you updated the...
Hi Tom I will try using the enable axis pins and see what I can achieve. Can the Kflop handle the charge pump signal at all? I know it is a digital signal...
Hi Andrew, Well no. But this is an excellent question and we are open for ideas. The charge pump is generated by the Mach3 Parallel Port Kernel driver...
Question: Â I now have a KFlop and KAnalog mounted in the my controller cabinet. I am looking for some help with where to land the encoder wires. The...
Hi Tom At the present moment some sort of message on shut down of mach would work for me, because with my current project, if I shut mach3 down all my drives...
Andrew, We added a counter (StatusRequestCounter) to the status read in the firmware, so it is easy to check if the status is being actively read by some...
I am in the process of getting my system all set up. I have a Kflop, snapamp, and kanalog together. I have everything tuned and I can jog everything just fine....
I think the USB stuff is beyond the knowledge, for the developers. I am busy with the KFLOP and Kanalog now for 4 months without pauses. What I have seen, in...
Hi Cees, I have been a CNC integrator of many years now, mainly on large machinery ie milling machines with 10+meters of travel in the X axis and 50 to 100Kw...
I have the MPG hooked up to jp6 just like the diagram said. I used a db25 mounted on my control box then it goes to the kflop. I did not modify the mpg harness...
Hi Tom I have been testing my machine today, and have found a couple of issues. My machine has to rapid up to the job, and start the left hand spindle (M03)and...
Hi Andrew,  Hmmm. No the outputs should not toggle on M commands.  I have no idea whay that might occur. I'm not sure if Mach3 does something special...
Hi Andrew Ok, I am to harsh on Tom, he is very helpful to me also. But I don’t know where to look anymore. Yesterday it was again no joy, after a few weeks...
Hi Cees, WOW!!!!! I think I would be bald by now (from pulling my hair out). Firstly in regard to the I/O bits above 128 - Tom has rewitten the Mach3 plug-in...
Hi Tom I did as suggested with using M108, M107 and M109 for the engraver, instead of M7, M8 and M9. It works perfectly - Thanks. In regard to my spindle...
I am trying to set up a input for a cycle start switch,estop, homes and limits in mach using the jp15 opto on the kanalog, but when I put the pin number I want...
Ryan, We have a patch for that problem. Please see: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DynoMotion/message/123 TK ________________________________ From:...
Hi Tom I'm almost finished!!! so you can heave a sigh of relief SOON. Is there a way of getting mach to execute an instruction from within a C program for the...
Andrew, BTW I ran a test and it appears that Mach3 turns off the Motor enables just before a normal exit. TK ________________________________ From: babinda01...
