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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M4 crash on launch

« on: February 02, 2021, 09:10:14 AM »

Don't know.. send in a support ticket so one of the guys can have a look. could be anything, even a video driver!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: cant load program more then 50M

« on: February 02, 2021, 09:09:01 AM »

That is what I was thinking...

Could you get me your Gcode file so I can try it here?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: M4 crash on launch

« on: February 02, 2021, 08:11:11 AM »

XP ?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: cant load program more then 50M

« on: February 02, 2021, 08:09:41 AM »

Yeah that's the one.. Sorry I can't look at stuff like that on my phone

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: cant load program more then 50M

« on: February 02, 2021, 07:02:56 AM »

Sounds like OpenGL can’t do it we will see..

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: cant load program more then 50M

« on: February 02, 2021, 07:00:47 AM »

Have a look in the Mach4 directory at the displayfile.dat I think it is. How big is that file? The issue is one line requires much more data. We may need to kill the toolpath?

I am out moving snow taking a break   I will look when I get to my desk. I may need your file to test because I don’t have any files that big. I also don’t have any tools to make them that big .

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: what is meaning"Disable VBO tool path"

« on: February 02, 2021, 06:55:11 AM »

VBO stands for Vertex Buffer Object, this is where the vectors are saved on your graphics cards memory. When you change to not using VBO’s your shifting the graphics memory to your ram. The best thing to do with MASSIVE files is not not show the path and simply run the commands as they come. On die mold machines they don’t show toolpaths for this reason. We may need to tweak things to make this work .. or figure out what your doing and see if there is a better way that will require less memory.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: cant load program more then 50M

« on: February 02, 2021, 06:45:59 AM »

50 million lines is not that much ... I have made hundreds of thousands of parts and not needs a file that big. I have to know what takes a file that big?  If your going to need files that large you will need to make sure you have memory enough.  Please tell me a bit more so we can figure it out.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Is there a BLINK function?

« on: February 02, 2021, 06:41:06 AM »

The way I like to use the PMC is as a tool to run Lua script. It is really cool because it gives you a place to do actions that will not need to do anything with the screen. Also you can have a nice visual way to see when the code should run. At the end of the day it is making Lua code for you and it is hitting the API interface like everything else. It is worth a look!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 configuration manual

« on: February 01, 2021, 08:36:28 PM »

You can set the pull on the diagnostics page. If you would like I can make you a few macros to change the ranges. I use M41 low m42 , M43 and so on. Your analog should be based on the Motor speed... this is done so your PWM will not have to look at the ratio you are in. This works well and makes it very simple.