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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: Pedio on July 04, 2015, 01:57:41 PM
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Is it possible to have a second window in Mach? I have a control computer that is 8' away from the machine and a touch screen by the machine. I would like to have a Jog control window on the touch screen while keeping the main screen on the control computer.
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gonna need to learn wxLua programming buddy!
I may just figure it out for ya! ...but then you wouldn't learn anything...but I'd be helping someone...(this is the little devil vs angel conversation on my shoulders)
sh!t...I don't know if I'm hungover or still drunk at 8 am...
maybe I should put myself in MA ...Mach4 Anonymous :o
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I will buy you a bottle of (rum, whiskey, vodka, tequila, insert your own choice of poison) if you figure out how that would work. >:D
Pedio
Ps. No great story started "...and I had a couple of glasses of milk"
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if you have an internet connection, the easiest way will be to use Teamviewer, otherwise Google "remote desktop access software"
Regards
Steve
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Or VNC or an of its many variants (open source):
http://realvnc.com (http://realvnc.com) (successor to the original, but now a paid product though you can get to an open source version from their download page)
http://tightvnc.com (http://tightvnc.com) (Tight VNC - one of the forks from the original open source VNC that uses higher compression to save bandwidth)
http://uvnc.com (http://uvnc.com) (Ultra VNC - yet another fork of the original open source, can encrypt the datastream for anyone interested in secutiry over open networks).
Plus several other variants. Search engines are your friend.
Bob
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I actually have a second touch screen attached to the control computer. It uses Actual Multiple Monitors to move the screen between the control computer and the touch screen by the CNC via hot keys. Until recently I used a dedicated key on my shuttle pro to move the screen and to do the delicate jog motions (keyboard jog does not work on my machine so I disabled the shuttle pro until it works). I wanted to have a screen up on the main computer and a second Jog / pendant screen on the touch screen. I have reconfigured the Mach4 screen set I have to be much more touch screen centric (bigger buttons etc...).
I am aware of VNC and a lot of the other screen sharing apps across platforms. I just wanted to have a more static way of having a "jog" or "Pendant" oriented screen on the second monitor that is located by the CNC. I have played with duplicating the screen across monitors and streaching the Mach 4 screen across the two monitors. Both work to varying degrees.
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...or for a bottle of Woodford Reserve, I'll program a jogging wizard for you in which you can just move the wizard to your second screen and maximize it. Gotta finish the mach4 axis calibration wizard first. Don't worry Pedio, I haven't forgot about you! :)
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what no jack
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Have you considered using TimGS MPG panel and adding some jog buttons to it?
DazTheGas
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Done!
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Pedio, what color do you want the background and buttons to be? Hot pink and purple?
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;D
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that look`s cool you should make a female friendly screen set hot pink
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Try this Pedio. Put the *.mcs file in your Wizards folder and start mach4. When you maximize the window, the buttons should expand really big like you want plus being able to move the window to your second screen. Let me know...Hope this helps ya! --josh
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For all you hot pink lovers out there.... ;)
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very good sl works very well
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Josh - Works great! I can even change back and forth from the main screen and the wizard without any apparent problems. Could I ask you to do a little formatting and add a few buttons? Attached is how my Jog screen already works. I have made the jog buttons very big and oriented them the way the machine is actually set up. Also, I have some Jog speed change buttons on this screen. I would like to add a BIG start and stop buttons on opposite sides of the screen. I guess what I am really saying is that this should really be a touch screen pendant! Damn creeping requirements...
I owe you a bottle of Woodford Reserve for the Woodford pendant. How do I get it to you?
On another note - I still can not get the display in the Jog box to change when I use a button to select another jog speed. It works fine if I use the cycle button - hmmmmm.
Peter
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sent Josh a pm with your email