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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: johnwlindsay on November 12, 2014, 08:44:15 PM

Title: cannot shut off flashing onscreen reset button with mouse or keys on xp machine.
Post by: johnwlindsay on November 12, 2014, 08:44:15 PM

I dusted off an old xp machine to run my cnc router.  When I installed the mach 3 software, it installed ok, but I cannot get the reset button onscreen to shut off, so I cant do anything else.  Any advice?

Thanks, John

Title: Re: cannot shut off flashing onscreen reset button with mouse or keys on xp machine.
Post by: ger21 on November 12, 2014, 08:52:18 PM

Go to Config > Ports and Pins > Input Pins, and toggle the active low setting for the Estop input.

Title: Re: cannot shut off flashing onscreen reset button with mouse or keys on xp machine.
Post by: Buggalugs on November 13, 2014, 04:43:23 AM

I have had a similar problem to where I could not access any of the controls. The problem was (and still is) is that there is a dialogue box open but it is hidden by the Mach 3 Window. To resolve the issue I need to open and close another window (File Explorer or similar) and the Dialogue Box is then brought into view. I still have this issue but it is overshadowed by a current problem.

The dialogue Box being open but not accessible is problematic as the focus is on the open box and not on the Mach3 Window.

 Hope this helps

Regards
Keith

Title: Re: cannot shut off flashing onscreen reset button with mouse or keys on xp machine.
Post by: johnwlindsay on November 14, 2014, 09:18:11 AM

gerry, that seems to have worked for that problem with this computer.  Thanks, JWL