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Video P*r*o*b*i*n*g / Problem with Mach3 Camera Plugin?

« on: March 06, 2016, 03:30:49 PM »

Hello,

I am turning here for help because I have seen that Klaus frequents this board and I'm hoping he can help.

After reading Tweakie's old thread here http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,22932.0.html I was inspired to set up this same capability on my father-in-law's machine.  I purchased a USB camera similar to the one used by Tweakie, modified my Mach3 screen to add the buttons (thanks Klaus for Machscreen and Tweakie for the code) and installed the latest version of Klaus's camera plugin (v 3.04).  When it works, it works beautifully allowing me to quickly find X0 Y0.  However, the camera plugin seems to have some difficulty with my system as the camera view window "freezes" frequently which requires me to terminate and re-open the window to continue.  I have done a bit of testing with the camera feeding other video windows (Window media and ISpy) and the image never has an issue so I believe that it is something to do with the camera plugin.  I have tried two different cameras and both operate normally with other software but "freeze" (sometimes immediately) with the camera plugin.

The computer is running Windows 7, 64bit and my Mach3 version is 3.043.062.  When the camera view "freezes" I am also unable to toggle the interrupted crosshairs but I can select the Dialog Settings and Terminate buttons. 

I hope that I can get this issue resolved because this capability makes accurate part setup much easier for him.

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

Regards,

Steve

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Button scripts and .set files question

« on: February 18, 2016, 02:37:53 AM »

Hello,

I have a screen set for Mach3 which contains several different button scripts.  I understand from a previous post that the scripts are stored in the .set file and in fact I can see them if I open the .set file with a text editor (although the non-text content makes this pretty messy).  I was wondering if there is a tool available or perhaps a way to use Machscreen to extract all of the scripts from a given .set file.  I am interested in understanding how the scripts work but it is inconvenient to click on each button and open in the Machscreen script editing tools as I am not certain which buttons have scripts and which do not.  I have copied and pasted from the editor window but I was hoping for something more automated.

Thank you,

Steve