Saving offsets in the registry

[chipsahoy]

How do you get the offsets to stay in the register when you turn off the machine??

I have noticed it is blank at the on set of firing up the software..

Chips

[Torchhead]

Mach2 or 3 does not use the registry. The "profiles" (all of the settings) are held in an XML file in the MACH3 main folder. Each profile has a different name and is the list of profiles that year presented with on opening the program.

All that being said if you want to preserve offsets there is a check box in Config/State called "Persistant Offsets". Make sure it is checked. There is also an offsets option in Config/Logic that has to do with how offsets are handled at the end of a g-code run (m30 event).

[chipsahoy]

Ok so that is checked!!! Do I have to re-boot for it to take effect and save the offsets?? Still not saving the offsets.. Why would this be set up not to save offsets.. Isnt this what its all about.. Repeatability and saving info?? Any hoot still not saving after checking the Config-- State then the check box..

What else should I doo..

Chips

[ger21]

Did you click the "Save offsets" button on the offset screen? Also if the offset sabve optional buton is checked, it should ask if you want to save them when you close Mach3.

[chipsahoy]

Gerry

I have clicked everything I can think of.. Still not saving.. Do you want to look at My XML file??

[ger21]

So, if you go to the offsets page, and choose G56 for example, and put 5.00 in the X and say 6.00 in the Y, click save work offsets, when you close and restart Mach3 the G56 stil shows 0.00 for X and Y?

Is your .xml read only by chance? did you copy it from a CD?

[chipsahoy]

Gerry

I tried another offset other than G54 and Voila.. It saves.. Might this be a bug with the software?? Will not save in G54

Thanks for the help..

Chips

[ger21]

In mach3, G54 is not really an offset, it's the standard coordinate system. G53 is machine coordinates, and G54 is the user coordinate system, or whatever they call it. I think it's a feature more than a bug, ,because it's the default coordinate system.