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Hi Tom,

 

All the e-mails I get from you through DynoMotion@yahoogroups.com have these strange characters. Do you have a special character setup for your keyboard? Have somebody else face the same issue? What can be wrong?

 

> --- In DynoMotion@yahoogroups.com, Tom Kerekes <tk@> wrote:>> Hi Cees,> > I'm not sure how that is supposed to work in Mach3.  Do know where any information on Mach3 and THC is?> > But most likely that was handled by the Mach3 Parallel Port Driver and will need to be replaced by a C Program in KFLOP to watch the up/down signals and jog up and down when it sees the up/down inputs.  You will need to add this into a loop that runs continuously at the end of your Init.c (or whatever yours is called) program.> > > What isn't clear to me is how you enter and exit the THC mode vs normal Z motion mode.> > To be able to move the Z axis independently in KFLOP it must be removed from the coordinated motion system.> DefineCoordSystem(0,1,-1,1);  // Remove Z from the Coordinate System> vs> DefineCoordSystem(0,1,2,-1);  // Keep Z in the Coordinate System>  > > Coincidentally someone from the Ukraine just asked me the same question (within the hour)
> but he is using KMotionCNC.  He came up with:> > for(;;)> {> WaitNextTimeSlice();> > if (ReadBit(0))                                                             // if plasma is ON?> {>  if (ReadBit(6))                                                     //Up?> {> Delay_sec(1.0);// Delay for error filter> Jog(2,10000);          // Axis Z move UP> while (!ReadBit(6)) ; > Jog(2,0);     > while (!CheckDone(2))  ;  > > }> else if (ReadBit(7))                                     //DOWN?> {> Delay_sec(1.0);//Delay.> Jog(2,-10000);          // Axis Z move DOWN> while (!ReadBit(7)) ; > Jog(2,0);     > while (!CheckDone(2))  ;  > > }> }> > > Seems to me the delays are excessive
> and maybe in the wrong place, but it should be a start.> > Regards> TK> > From: zeeschuim atmolgers@> To: DynoMotion@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 8:30 AM> Subject: [DynoMotion] torch height control in Mach> >   > HiPlasma table on Mach3I am using a Hypertherm with a torch heigt control unit what give 3 ouputsignals torch on, torch up, torch down, these signals are coupled on the Kanalog JP15 opto input terminals, in mach3 they are in ports & pins inputs: THC on: port2 input pin 13, THC up: port2 input pin 14 and THC down: port2 input pin 15.So far so good I can see they are working in the Mach3 diagnose screen.But there is no up and down movement of the Z axe.Do I need to write something for notifying the Kflop?thanks,Cees>
>

 

Regards,

Adrian

Hi Adrian,
It looks like an UTF-8 encoding problem somewhere.

Not sure what client for email or browser you are using, but check to see if they are set to use "Western European (ISO)" rather than UTF.
for encoding. Should be in the settings or options somewhere.

-Lee

--- In DynoMotion@yahoogroups.com, "Adrian Balan" <adrian@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Tom,
>
>
>
> All the e-mails I get from you through DynoMotion@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:DynoMotion%40yahoogroups.com> have these strange characters. Do you
> have a special character setup for your keyboard? Have somebody else face
> the same issue? What can be wrong?
>
>
>
> > --- In DynoMotion@yahoogroups.com <mailto:DynoMotion%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> Tom Kerekes <tk@> wrote:>> Hi Cees,> > I'm not sure how that is supposed to
> work in Mach3. Do know where any information on Mach3 and THC is?> > But
> most likely that was handled by the Mach3 Parallel Port Driver and will need
> to be replaced by a C Program in KFLOP to watch the up/down signals and jog
> up and down when it sees the up/down inputs. You will need to add this
> into a loop that runs continuously at the end of your Init.c (or whatever
> yours is called) program.> > > What isn't clear to me is how you enter and
> exit the THC mode vs normal Z motion mode.> > To be able to move the Z axis
> independently in KFLOP it must be removed from the coordinated motion
> system.> DefineCoordSystem(0,1,-1,1); // Remove Z from the Coordinate
> System> vs> DefineCoordSystem(0,1,2,-1); // Keep Z in the Coordinate
> System>  > > Coincidentally someone from the Ukraine just asked me the
> same question (within the hour)
> > but he is using KMotionCNC. He came up with:> > for(;;)> {>
> WaitNextTimeSlice();> > if (ReadBit(0))       ÂÂ
>               ÂÂ
>         // if plasma is ON?> {>  if
> (ReadBit(6))             ÂÂ
>              //Up?> {>
> Delay_sec(1.0);// Delay for error filter> Jog(2,10000);    ÂÂ
>  // Axis Z move UP> while (!ReadBit(6)) ; > Jog(2,0);   >
> while (!CheckDone(2))  ;  > > }> else if (ReadBit(7))   ÂÂ
>               ÂÂ
> //DOWN?> {> Delay_sec(1.0);//Delay.> Jog(2,-10000);     ÂÂ
> // Axis Z move DOWN> while (!ReadBit(7)) ; > Jog(2,0);   >
> while (!CheckDone(2))  ;  > > }> }> > > Seems to me the delays are
> excessive
> > and maybe in the wrong place, but it should be a start.> > Regards> TK> >
> From: zeeschuim atmolgers@> To: DynoMotion@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:DynoMotion%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
> 8:30 AM> Subject: [DynoMotion] torch height control in Mach> >  >
> HiPlasma table on Mach3I am using a Hypertherm with a torch heigt control
> unit what give 3 ouputsignals torch on, torch up, torch down, these signals
> are coupled on the Kanalog JP15 opto input terminals, in mach3 they are in
> ports & pins inputs: THC on: port2 input pin 13, THC up: port2 input pin 14
> and THC down: port2 input pin 15.So far so good I can see they are working
> in the Mach3 diagnose screen.But there is no up and down movement of the Z
> axe.Do I need to write something for notifying the Kflop?thanks,Cees>
> >
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Adrian
>