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Mach4 General Discussion / Bigger text size for wx.wxMessageBox

« on: November 07, 2019, 05:55:39 AM »

Is there a possibility to change text attributes, primarily text size and/or bold, for the MessageBox?
Rgds
CNCharly

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Mach4 General Discussion / 'T on M6 line is tool in use' not configurable

« on: November 14, 2018, 04:39:35 AM »

I configure it in the tools menu and press enter. If I recall the tools menu the configuration is set back to 'T on M6 line is next tool'. Also it works so.
My Logfile shows:
2018-11-14 10:16:09.029 - Logging Enabled.
2018-11-14 10:16:15.404 - API: mcCntlConfigStart(inst = 0) (Mach4GUI)
2018-11-14 10:16:15.404 - Attempt transition from "Idle" on event "Config" MachAPI.cpp:3622
2018-11-14 10:16:15.404 - S_IDLE_on_exit
2018-11-14 10:16:15.404 - ACTION_start_config
2018-11-14 10:16:15.404 - S_CONFIG_on_entry
2018-11-14 10:27:43.855 - API: mcCntlConfigStopEx(inst = 0, reload = 0) (Mach4GUI)
2018-11-14 10:27:43.855 - Attempt transition from "Config" on event "Stop Config" MachAPI.cpp:3652
2018-11-14 10:27:43.855 - S_CONFIG_on_exit
2018-11-14 10:27:43.887 - ACTION_stop_config
2018-11-14 10:27:43.887 - S_IDLE_on_entry
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I am running version 3893. I run 3835 before with same problem and hopped, installing the latest version would solve my problem.

Is there any other setup which influences this config part? What cold be the reason for this misbehavior.

Regards,
Karl

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Licence policy different from Mach4

« on: February 03, 2018, 09:00:44 AM »

I just paid a licence for NFS Mill and expected, that I can use it on my both PCs. One is driving my Mill exclusively, the other one is for preparing the mill projects using fusion360 and others. BY the way, I have to go down 3 floors into my workshop to use the other PC.
Now NFS Mill came in and I wanted to load a 2nd licence to run the tool on both machines as it is usual for Mach4 and as it is very practical.
I found this on the licence screen: You cannot create any more licenses for license id 35166.
Is there a pssibility for me to use it on both machines?
Regard,
CNCharly

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Mach4 General Discussion / Offsets, probing and operation manual

« on: February 03, 2018, 08:21:01 AM »

I am new to CNC and M4 and struggling a lot in finding the right Z spot (as many others her in the forum).
Trying to RTFM I found, that the maybe important figures 3-9, 3-11, 3-13 and 3-14 are missing.
I use Acrobat reader DC, so it should not be a reader problem.
Please update the manual or at least let me know the this figures.
Thanks in advance,
CNCharly

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Mach4 General Discussion / mcJogVelocityStart / MC_JOG_POS / MC_JOG_NEG does not work as expected

« on: December 14, 2017, 04:45:32 PM »

I try to setup my jogging device and want to use mcJogVelocityStart to move either in the positive or negative direction. I see, that MC_JOG_NEG does not work, I have to use MC_JOG_POS a seconds time instead. Also the Mach4 Core Api documentation for function mcJogVelocityStart uses two times MC_JOG_POS to switch from positive to negative direction. MC_JOG_STOP does not work in my case also, it continues to drive in one direction.
Is there a correct or better way to guide the machine into the right directions during jogging?
Thanks for any ideas.
Karl

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 Lua don't support bitwise operators

« on: December 08, 2017, 05:23:50 AM »

MACH4 Lua does not support bitwise operators defined in the lua reference.
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3.4.2 – Bitwise Operators
Lua supports the following bitwise operators:
    &: bitwise AND
    |: bitwise OR
    ~: bitwise exclusive OR
    >>: right shift
    <<: left shift
    ~: unary bitwise NOT
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Using it, I get a syntax error message during compilation.
Questions.
1. Why are this standard lua operators not implemented?
2. Is there a simple possibility to do it anyway?

Regards,
CNCharly