ethos
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Post by ethos on Jul 9, 2012 13:29:02 GMT -8
Using MSM V2.0.0 Personal - Turn under Win XP with a Centipede controller and Mach3 3.43.62.
On the hardware page, the LED for the timing sensor on the spindle is ghosted out and does not indicate the state of the input.
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Post by DaveCVI on Jul 9, 2012 15:25:31 GMT -8
Hi,
Reaching into my memory banks here - I believe Mach stopped using the "timing" input signal sometime back (as the 2.x to 3.x time frame?). As far as I know, it no longer exits in mach.... I probably should have removed the LED from the screen set hardware signals page, but didn't. One reason I didn't is that the "timing" signal still appears in the ports & Pins dialog. Off the top of my head I don't remember if there is a mach LED for that signal that I could display.
In any case, I believe that mach only looks at the "Index" input now. I know that "index" is what mach uses to see and report RPM and what is used to sync threading.
Dave
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ethos
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Post by ethos on Jul 10, 2012 14:32:24 GMT -8
Mach3 stopped using the timing input for the parallel port because of performance issues but hardware-based interfaces such as the Centipede are still using timing sensors successfully.
The standard screen set still displays activity on the timing input.
This machine uses an index pulse and a 100 pulse-per-rev encoder for threading.
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Post by DaveCVI on Jul 10, 2012 14:42:15 GMT -8
OK, my glasses must be dirty today... I'm looking at the 1024 screen set and I'm not seeing the timing input... On the diagnostics page I see a LED column with an index LED, but not a timing LED.
Could you point me to the timing led in the 1024 screen set?
If I can find the Mach LED number for the timing signal, I could add it to the HDW signals page.
Dave
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ethos
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Post by ethos on Jul 11, 2012 12:32:12 GMT -8
It's right next to Index. See attached. Attachments:
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Post by DaveCVI on Jul 11, 2012 12:52:16 GMT -8
Ah, whoops - small miscommunication here I think... When you said: The standard screen set still displays activity on the timing input. I had thought you were saying a LED for the timing signal is displayed by the 1024 screen set. I wasn't asking where it is on the MSM page (that I knew  ) - What I was looking for was the Timing LED in the 1024.set (the mach stock) screen set. If it is there, I can find out what the magic LED # is that mach uses to show the timing input signal. The MSM screen page shows the light gray square because there is not actually a Mach LED on the MSM page for Timing (because I haven't found the magic number for that LED yet - assuming it exists). Dave |
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Post by DaveCVI on Jul 11, 2012 22:07:46 GMT -8
Hi,
I found the # for the Timing LED - I'll add the LED in the next release of MSM.
Dave
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ethos
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Post by ethos on Jul 12, 2012 11:09:28 GMT -8
Thanks.
That was a picture of the standard screen set, on the left of the image...
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Post by DaveCVI on Jul 12, 2012 12:03:23 GMT -8
Ah, that's what puzzled me - my mistake. I was looking at the 1024.set file instead of the 1024.lset file (I forgot which sub-forum you posted in). Apparently the timing LED is used in the 1024 Lset (lathe) but not the Set (mill) file. Dave Thanks. That was a picture of the standard screen set, on the left of the image... |
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Post by DaveCVI on Jul 18, 2012 15:10:26 GMT -8
Hi,
FYI , the timing LED is in MSM 2.0.2
Dave
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