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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: Mauri on December 10, 2020, 02:31:26 PM

Title: Mach4 Update?
Post by: Mauri on December 10, 2020, 02:31:26 PM: "Santa" What would you like for Christmas?
"Mach4 User" I would like to have a very recent New Official Mach4 release that works, I did not get anything last year.
"Santa" I will see what I can do.
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: Tweakie.CNC on December 11, 2020, 01:58:13 AM: :)
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Post by: Brian Barker 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
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: Tweakie.CNC on December 11, 2020, 10:04:48 AM: :) :)
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: daniba73 on December 19, 2020, 03:20:57 AM: many of us want this gift !!
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: Brian Barker 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.
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: Cbyrdtopper on December 21, 2020, 08:07:06 AM: Just curious; will rigid tapping ever be a thing controlled by Mach4 or will it always be dependent on the motion controller?
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: Brian Barker on December 21, 2020, 11:02:22 AM: That is a motion controller thing :(
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: Mauri on December 25, 2020, 01:22:30 PM: "Mach4 User" Santa, I checked under our Christmas tree but found no new Mach4 present, I hope we will have one next year."
Have a Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy and SAFE New Year 2021.
Best Regards,
Mauri.
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: Brian Barker on December 27, 2020, 07:52:05 PM: Yeah, this elf was working on XBox controllers :) we will get it done. My goal is to get it out this week. I don’t think the guys have much other stuff going on. I have a machine I have to help on this week .
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: daniba73 on January 03, 2021, 01:58:34 AM: For information:
when Mach4 is updated, I will have to wait until there are updated plugins related to our controllers, is that correct?
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: Brian Barker on January 03, 2021, 06:10:18 AM: No, the plugins are backwards compatible if the plugin authors use the format and style we give them. This was a major design feature from the first day we started to code mach4! Now if we add a feature that is new and they need the calls for it, yes it must be updated. But we are trying to do very little major changes like that anymore. Also know when we release we have run the code on 6 or more motion controllers and we have min of 2 solid days of testing that must be passed before it can be called a release. We have a few small issues we are looking at now in the screens. I think they are fixed but every time we find an issue the testing starts all over again from the beginning.

What motion controller are you concerned about ?
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: daniba73 on January 03, 2021, 06:15:04 AM: I own CSMIO IP S CsLab.
With Mach4 Lathe.
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: Brian Barker on January 03, 2021, 06:32:59 AM: Cslabs, that is the one we do the least amount of testing with. But I can tell you that I have a good relationship with them and they have been good working with us when we contact them. So it could be a little slower than the others but I am confident it will get done.
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: daniba73 on January 03, 2021, 11:26:32 AM: GO !! GO !! Mach4 !!!
these days my friend and I are modifying his mill. 8)
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: Brian Barker on January 03, 2021, 12:42:53 PM: That is a cool machine!
Title: Re: Mach4 Update?
Post by: daniba73 on February 18, 2021, 06:08:48 PM: :'( :'(
https://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=43915.new#new