Mach 4 post processor oxy/fuel

[kevoler]

I have a custom oxy/fuel table.
Equipment is.
G203v stepper drivers
TMC3in1 BOB with THC for future plasma torch
ESS smoothstepper
Mach 4
I need to know if there is a post processor already written that will handle oxy/fuel cutting?
I want the gcode to pause at each pierce and wait for the preheat. I will handle each pierce manually and then press resume.
Thanks.

[Les Newell]

Go to Options->machine->post processor and select the 'Mach4 plasma' post. Now click on 'Edit post'. Around line 79 you will see this code:

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function OnPenDown()
   if (preheat > 0.001) then
      modaltext (" G00")
      post.ModalNumber (" Z", cutHeight * scale, "0.0000")
      post.Text (" G04 P")
      post.Number (preheat,"0.0##")
      post.Eol()
   end

Directly after it add this line

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   post.Text(" M1\n")

That will put in an optional stop. If you prefer you could use M0 instead of M1.