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Finished Screens / Re: Has anyone created any Mach4 screens so we can explore its abilities?

« on: May 17, 2015, 07:57:22 AM »

Gerry , I can assure you that you are correct (;-)in your assumption. What I created for my application would never work in others applications. There is too much script specific programing needed to make it all work.

With Mach4 a lot of items I need were IF I need it I had to create it AND if I have to create it I will do it it MY WAY. (;-) That does not translate well to others machines.

Gotta love the Haas approach. Here is the stars and the moon and it all WORKS Make the best of it.  Yea buddy.

(;-) TP

Thank you for your screens.

At this point, even if your code will not work on someone else's machine we can review your code and its interaction with your screen to learn from your coding.
Eg. I would like to have some script that allows me to have mutually exclusive buttons (if you press one the others turn off) on the screen with LEDs.

If someone has already done this it would save me a lot of time.
Basically I am looking for code / script snippets that I can use on my screens / machine.
thanks
Alexander

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Finished Screens / Re: Has anyone created any Mach4 screens so we can explore its abilities?

« on: May 16, 2015, 11:41:46 AM »

thank you for your swift and detailed response.
It looks like I am going to have to learn LUA and scripting.

And since you did not mention anything regarding sample Mach4 screens, it looks like I will have to wait for some to be posted so I can learn from them.
thank you again for leading me in the right direction.
Alexander

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Finished Screens / Has anyone created any Mach4 screens so we can explore its abilities?

« on: May 16, 2015, 11:13:14 AM »

I apologise if I missed any, but I have been searching this forum and the website for any mach4 screens.
I believe that the future is with Mach4 (according to ArtSoft) and since I am evaluating Mach4 I cannot find any examples of either finished Mach4 screens or work in progress.
I am not just interested in aesthetics but functionality.
Eg
image backgrounds to tool paths
interactive programming screens
interacting with the file system from within screen to open gcode files at a press of a button or from a list.
Limited function screen for operators (with lockouts)
Mutually exclusive button selection with LED indicators
etc

If anyone is playing with Mach4 screens can they post or
if anyone knows of any published Mach4 screens can they direct me to them.

Thank you in advance for your help and time.
Regards
Alexander

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / Mach4 Use buttons to step forward and backward through gcode file

« on: May 16, 2015, 10:53:58 AM »

Is there a way of creating two buttons on Mach4 screen that:

Forward - execute the next 1 line of gcode only (pressing again would move 1 line further)
Rewind - execute the previous 1 line of gcode only (pressing again would move 1 line further into the past)

thank you for your help in advance.
Alexander

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Screen designer tips and tutorials / How to load gcode files using buttons or a list in Mach4

« on: May 16, 2015, 10:25:11 AM »

I am testing Mach4.
I would like to be able to load one of a few gcode files on a custom mach4 screen and then use control buttons to cycle start, pause, stop etc the selected gcode file.

I noticed there is no listbox control.
Can this be done using buttons that I assign a gcode file to?
If the operator selects a specific button then the corresponding gcode file will load ready for cycle start.

Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
Alexander