a screen shot of a proposed "stock" centroid Lathe VCP for v5.0. comments welcome. this would be the default VCP for Lathe CNC12 v5.0 which you can of course modify to your liking.
from the Lathe v4.20 operator manual. one shots are setup in the CNC12 parameter menu.
Here a video how I am using one shots on the lathe:
I also made a button on the VCP "Set Tool and rapid to X" that's asking for the tool# and X Value, then sets the tool with offset and rapids to the X position. For a lazy old man like me, it is faster to get to the start position for one shots or for setting Z 0, because I now have only to drive Z with the MPG
Ok, the buttons that you have on your Vcp look nice and appear quite useful. It would certainly be an "easy" chamfer. I tried to replicate what you have by setting parameter 188 to the value of 56, which I think should make the first auxiliary key be a chamfer. I downloaded Keith's SVG files for the button images and put them in "C:\cnct\resources\vcp\images" I then realised that I had no auxiliary keys visible.
I'm sure it's in the manual somewhere, but how do you display auxiliary keys on the Vcp and how do you name them and assign an image? (I did look btw).
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Filename: MPGmacro1.mac
; Description: Turn a 45° chamfer
; Notes:
; Requires: Machine home must be set prior to use.
; Please see TB300 for tips on writing custom macros.
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IF #50010 ;Prevent lookahead from parsing past here
IF #4201 || #4202 THEN GOTO 1000 ;Skip macro if graphing or searching
N100 ;Insert your code between N100 and N1000
G97
S1000 M3
G4 P0.5
G99
G1 U4 W-2 F0.1 ; incremental in +X
W-0.05 ; finish amount
U-4 W2 F0.5 ; incremental back to start
M5
N1000 ; end
