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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: A-Axis from 359 to 360 /(0)

« on: December 20, 2020, 02:14:33 PM »

You need to see the following set to 1 in the INI
MGetProfileInt(wxT("Preferences"), wxT("AxisRolloverA"), 0) == 1 ? true : false);
You should find AxisRolloverA set to 1 ... That will run the rollover code. Now the dialog should be setting that for you. The issue is that setting this will also effect your feed moves. What are you seeing if you have this enabled?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: A-Axis from 359 to 360 /(0)

« on: December 20, 2020, 01:56:59 PM »

Let me dig into that tomorrow when I am at my desk... I thought I added that years ago. Maybe I can remote in... I try not to bring source code home with me, I hate programming on a laptop.

Today or tomorrow I will have an answer.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Finding full list of functions

« on: December 20, 2020, 01:54:02 PM »

I like to think I am not one of them, but sadly after all the years I think I have been lying to myself.

If you need any other samples tell me. I only made a bunch of the examples because I thought people would modify them and turn them into what they needed. I can convert some geek into “normal” talk... but as a friend told me that dose real-time motion control, no one here is normal! Lol

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: A-Axis from 359 to 360 /(0)

« on: December 20, 2020, 11:40:38 AM »

I think I added that code check under config ... one of the tabs has something about a axis rollover. I can test it tomorrow. I don’t even have a PC with me now

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Blinking Lines in Tool Path window

« on: December 20, 2020, 10:35:56 AM »

We have seen this from bad OpenGL video drivers with intel chipsets. Roll back the driver if you can or upgrade. Could you please tell me what you have for a video card/chipset.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Finding full list of functions

« on: December 20, 2020, 08:51:48 AM »

Craig not trying to hijack this thread, but I use WX form builder to make the dialogs. It can save a ton of time. I have done them before with no wisig but it’s really not fun. Having said that the bolt hole pattern wizard is really cool, you tell it what you want and it will build the dialog. Hope that helps

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Update?

« on: December 19, 2020, 06:45:34 PM »

The guys are still testing. It takes a very long time but I think we are close! They have done lots of work on the files for the installer. I hope we can push out a release candidate Monday or Tuesday. We have days of testing that must be passed first.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: X Box here we come!

« on: December 19, 2020, 07:18:41 AM »

Great, test it out and tell me what you think. I need feedback so I can have the features you all want/need.

Thanks
Brian

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Mach4 General Discussion / X Box here we come!

« on: December 18, 2020, 03:40:03 PM »

Hi all,
Daz The Gaz sent me the base that he started 4 years ago for the Xbox 360 plugin. I have spent the past week adding lots of goodies to the plugin. I am not done but it is starting to work the way I would like it to. The major change is that you can configure it like we do with the Shuttle Pro. You simply go into config and press a button or joystick. A dialog will popup with the options you have for settings. This makes it very quick to setup! I think this is the feature that most will like but here are some other highlights:
Diagnostics window for the XBox
Buttons can be mapped as inputs (this makes it so you can call functions in the signal script in the screen)
Exponential rates have been added to the analog sticks (this really helps with precision on the slow moves)
Reverse Jogging for each axis
Added a lockout toggle so you can disable the controller
Custom Gcode strings can be run like the Shuttle

TO DO:
BIG one for me is to make it so you can use the analog sticks as a mouse on the screen   I want to make it so you don't need a mouse at the machine if you have this. (I think it can be done I just have not started)
Need to make an input that shows the X Box locked state (so you can have an indicator on the screen to show if it is locked)
Jogging at feedrate (or limited to a % of Max) sometimes rapid is not needed, I don't know when that would EVER be but..
I know I must have a few more but I just wanted you to have something to use while your home for X-MAS

Here is where you can find the Plugin:
ftp://ftp.machsupport.com/Mach4/Plugins/mcXbox/

Enjoy and if you can think of other features I will see what I can do.

Special THANK YOU to Daz and have a happy holiday
Brian

 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Update?

« on: December 11, 2020, 08:23:33 AM »

The elves are working on a release! They are running the little CNC machines testing to make sure it is 100% ready