Textile cutter setup problems

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mariusl
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Textile cutter setup problems

Post by mariusl »

Hi
I am having problems with the setup of a textile cuttter using the Mach 3 Tangenial 3 head post.
I created the init.tap file like this.

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;offsets for tools 100-199
#1 = 10  ;X
#2 = 1   ;Y
#3 = 100 ;Z

;offsets for tools 200-299
#4 = -10  ;X
#5 = -1   ;Y
#6 = -100 ;Z

;;;;;;;;;;You should not need to change any of this ;;;;;;;;;;;;

G54
G10 L2 P2 X[#5221 - #1] Y[#5222 - #2]  Z[#5223 - #3]
G10 L2 P3 X[#5221 - #4] Y[#5222 - #5]  Z[#5223 - #6]
my gcode file runs through the init.tap file but then never returns to the main file. It just gets stuck on the last two lines, even on single step.

And here is the first section of my code

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N0000 (Filename: AOuterProfile.tap)
N0010 (Post processor: Mach3 tangential with 3 heads.scpost)
N0020 (Date: 2012/12/12)
N0030 G91.1 (incremental IJ mode)
N0040 G21 (Units: Metric)
N0050 G53 G40 G90
N0060 F1000
N0070 M98 (init.tap)
N0080 (Part: AOuterProfile)
N0090 (Operation: No Offset, 0, T200: Pen, 0 mm Deep)
N0100 M6 T200  (Pen)
N0110 G43 H200
N0120 F100.0
N0130 G56
N0140 G00 X210.0 Y80.0

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Les Newell
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Post by Les Newell »

Oops, I missed something out of the documentation. Your init.tap should end with M99. The post has been updated for the next release.

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;offsets for tools 100-199
#1 = 10  ;X
#2 = 1   ;Y
#3 = 100 ;Z

;offsets for tools 200-299
#4 = -10  ;X
#5 = -1   ;Y
#6 = -100 ;Z

;;;;;;;;;;You should not need to change any of this ;;;;;;;;;;;;

G54
G10 L2 P2 X[#5221 - #1] Y[#5222 - #2]  Z[#5223 - #3]
G10 L2 P3 X[#5221 - #4] Y[#5222 - #5]  Z[#5223 - #6]
M99 
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