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Third party software and hardware support forums. => Mach3 and G-Rex => Topic started by: mannby on August 09, 2006, 09:15:21 AM

Title: Future of MachIV?
Post by: mannby on August 09, 2006, 09:15:21 AM

Hi, is the developing of Mach IV stopped and replace with G100 plug in for Mach3?
What is the status of that plug in right now? Is it possible to run a machine based on a Grex
with homing, limit, probing and jogging and so on?

//Roger

Title: Re: Future of MachIV?
Post by: chad on August 09, 2006, 07:17:50 PM

Hi I am not the devinitive sorce on all that is mach 3+ plug in but i am running it and can give a couple of answers.

Probing, no
home, limits, yes
jog, yes

it will do everything that mach 4 will do. and seems to be more stable. As far as i have heard mach 4 is not fgoing to get any more code work, everything is going to be mach3 and the g100 plug in

Chad
 

Title: Re: Future of MachIV?
Post by: Brian Barker on August 12, 2006, 09:19:11 AM

Probeing is working :) and IV is no more :(

Title: Re: Future of MachIV?
Post by: mannby on August 13, 2006, 08:23:40 AM

Thanks for your answers,
I have got the Grex for a while now, but I didn't want to rebuild my working
mill until the Grex was fully supported. Maybe it's time to make the switch. :)

Roger

Title: Re: Future of MachIV?
Post by: Brian Barker on August 13, 2006, 10:24:05 PM

I would hold off for the new firmware update.. it should be any month now.

Title: Re: Future of MachIV?
Post by: mannby on August 14, 2006, 08:13:46 AM

OK thanks, looking forward to that.

Roger