Re: Centroid CNC12 v5.04 has been released. Click here to download.
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:18 pm
by Timothy Clement
Thanks for looking at this. I am in CNC12 setup(F1) feed(F4) abs(F1) or inc(F2). There is no highlighted box to enter a value as there is in v4.82
Tim
Re: Centroid CNC12 v5.04 has been released. Click here to download.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:26 pm
by Stephan
I'd better show it quick
Re: Centroid CNC12 v5.04 has been released. Click here to download.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:45 pm
by cnckeith
Timothy Clement wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:18 pm
Thanks for looking at this. I am in CNC12 setup(F1) feed(F4) abs(F1) or inc(F2). There is no highlighted box to enter a value as there is in v4.82
Tim
Okie dokie. I'll check it out. Thanks for the info
In the meantime just use MDI. And type in the g code that you want to do the move and press cycle start
That old feed menu really isn't used that often anymore.
Re: Centroid CNC12 v5.04 has been released. Click here to download.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:52 pm
by cnckeith
Stephan wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:26 pm
I'd better show it quick
Thanks for the video. We'll look into the keyboard jogging indicator problem
For the lathe g28
Why not change the post processor to go to the position that you want?
You could actually program it to look at a variable in CNC12
and then you could create a macro, assign it to a VCP button to set the new retract position and that would be part of job setup. Jog the carriage to the position you want , Push the button on the VCP that writes the machine coordinate information to a parameter. And the g-code program would simply have a g53 and look at the value in the variable that you decided to use, the contains the position information
Also we install a limit switch that rides along with the tail stock so that the lathe carriage won't crash into it accidentally as a safety.
Re: Centroid CNC12 v5.04 has been released. Click here to download.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 2:35 pm
by Allin1Chris
The M55 Button is available on the VCP on Lathe by default to allow some easy access to custom Macros.
We can Modify the mfunc55.mac file found under C:\cnct and add the following line.
G10 P1700 R#5022 ;Save Current Z Machine Position to P700
Then in your G-Code or can put this in another M-Code and call that M-Code in your Job, you would have the following code that will move the Z back to this saved position.
This would let you press the M55 VCP button to save the Z machine position to P700,then you can call that position later. You can add the X Axis if you wish as well by using the #5021 system variable and could save its value to P701 for example.
G10 P1700 R#5022 ;Save Current Z Machine Position to P700
Then in your G-Code or can put this in another M-Code and call that M-Code in your Job, you would have the following code that will move the Z back to this saved position.
This would let you press the M55 VCP button to save the Z machine position to P700,then you can call that position later. You can add the X Axis if you wish as well by using the #5021 system variable and could save its value to P701 for example.
Re: Centroid CNC12 v5.04 has been released. Click here to download.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:59 pm
by cnckeith
Stephan,
hello.
on the keyboard jogging Active indicator color of green.
we can not reproduce the issue you are having.
we can all see the green and read it.
do you have same issue on another monitor?
Re: Centroid CNC12 v5.04 has been released. Click here to download.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:03 pm
by cnckeith
i changed mine from green
to Red using the color picker.
now it looks like this.
Re: Centroid CNC12 v5.04 has been released. Click here to download.
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:17 am
by Stephan
Thanks for showing me how to change the color. If I change the color then it's easy to read. If I leave the green I have to get very close and then I can read it too.
Do you both understand?
Imagine you are a beginner.
A beginner does not change color first.
A beginner wants to understand everything first, not change colors.
With the color of V4.8 I can easily read what is happening.
And could just start
The G28 for easy changing was an idea I know from Mach3.
Of course you can change that with macro..... and line....
I think this function is very helpful. But how to do it that works then I have no idea.
You can include this function or not. As you want.
I think it would be great to have a button like that, but like I said, it's a suggestion
Then I showed them the SSV.
This is also just a suggestion.Also that would be a good tool for Centroid.
Can it be that Haas has the right to copy it?
Best regards Stephan
Re: Centroid CNC12 v5.04 has been released. Click here to download.
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2023 10:43 am
by cnckeith
mach has done a bunch of non standard/industrial stuff over the years, so just because mach does it doesn't mean its a good idea. )