Nice work ET! I can use the second output from my relay board now

Mark, I think ET was refering to the 'virtual' LED above the button in the screenset.

Cheers,
Si.

 

et, you killed the jog screen! Hit the tab key to see what I mean.

 

Evil, I am trying to get the second relay to work and having some issues, I have all the settings that you showed set the same. Is there somethinkg else that may cause the spindle to work but not the flood/light switch? Let me know.

Thanks

 

I found one issue, my machine for whatever reason is not outputting on pin 9 so I switched it to pin 1 and they both work now.

Also, I found that if you change the OEMcode for the led next to the spindle to 116, (Spindle on) the LED will stay on all the time that the spindle is turned on. Try it.

 

Awesome E-T!

I see you have the Router also relayed, can you amplify on the settings, and how it works (like when you hit print, the router goes on and when the job is finished it shuts off) I have the relay board as well, and wanted to do a similar thing with the router and lights.

Do you need to edit each Gcode file to give an ON command and an OFF command?, or is it all controlled by MACH3 itself? and how?)

Hope you can light me up (pun intended!)

Best regards,
Martin

 

If you guys want to add some gcode that will print in all your files you can edit PhlatMill.rb. Look for the section like this for lines that are printed at the beginning of the gcode file:[pre] cncPrint("%n")
cncPrint("(#{PhlatScript.getString("PhlatboyzGcodeTrailer")%$PhlatScriptExtension.version})n")
cncPrint("(File: #{PhlatScript.sketchup_file})n") if PhlatScript.sketchup_file
cncPrint("(Bit diameter: #{bit_diameter})n")
cncPrint("(Feed rate: #{@speed_curr})n")
cncPrint("(Material Thickness: #{material_thickness})n")
cncPrint("(Material length: #{@material_h} X width: #{@material_w})n")
cncPrint("(www.PhlatBoyz.com)n")
@comment.split("$/").each{|line| cncPrint("(",line,")n")} if !@comment.empty?

cncPrint("G90 G20 G49n") # G90 - Absolute programming (type B and C systems)
#cncPrint("G20n") # G20 - Programming in inches
#cncPrint("G49n") # G49 - Tool offset compensation cancel
cncPrint("M3 S", @spindle_speed, "n") # M3 - Spindle on (CW rotation) S spindle speed
and this for the end:[pre] cncPrint("M05n") # M05 - Spindle off
cncPrint("G0 Z0n")
cncPrint("M30n") # M30 - End of program/rewind tape
cncPrint("%n")

Right after the spindle speed line you can add your own cncPrint line. It looks complicated but is very simple if you just want to add a specific code. Everything after the pound (# M3 .......) is a Ruby script comment and doesn't show up in the output file. The "n" is a linefeed and is mandatory or your next line of gcode will print on the same line. If you wanted to turn on the flood coolant you could add a few lines like this: cncPrint("M8", "n") # Turn on coolant[/pre] cncPrint("M9", "n") # Turn off flood and mist coolant[/pre]

 

E-T and others, I have the spindle all setup thanks to your help, it's almost like magic to hear the Rotozip turn on by "itself" when the cutting starts!!!
I'd say the relay board is a "MUSTHAVE" !
Thanks again, now for my next project I need some buttons...

Laterrrr,
Martin

 

That one would be very hard to outclass (as in: impossible! ), but yes I am trying to come up with something... :mrgreen: