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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 GUI not displaying properly

« on: February 25, 2021, 02:44:13 AM »

Thats just how the latest Mach4 version looks. I personally dont mind the simple style, colors could have been better but then again its not overly difficult to adjust them.

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Mach4 Plugins / Re: mcX360 Plugin for Lua

« on: February 24, 2021, 08:39:54 AM »

Theres a new "official" plugin now with the latest mach4 version, maybe you can select probing there ?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: 4612 Build

« on: February 24, 2021, 02:38:04 AM »

One Major gripe im having with this any older Mach4 screensets is that Gcode extends are shown in machine coordinates and not in offset coordinates, i typically used viewing extends in Mach3 to check if i made any major errors in the gcode but now i would have to sit down with a calculator and work out if I hit anything in my G54. A modifier button to display extends in the working offset would be really welcome !

And maybe its my fault but where can i set up a start / end Gcode position ? I used to quickly set that in mach 3 with Safe Z depending on the work i was doing and it was really convenient.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: X Box here we come!

« on: February 24, 2021, 02:29:06 AM »

Hey Brian,

I was absolutely delighted to find the Plugin auto installed with the latest Mach4 version, it instantly almost got me back up to mach3 usability levels, I only had some minor issues with it:

Is it possible to use the analog triggers as a jog rate modifier ? I had it set up that way in mach3 - A fully tilted Joystick only jogged about 10% max jog rate but when you gradually pulled the analog trigger it speed up to full jogging speed.
This enables more granular movement approaching the work piece and also works as a "safety" of sorts as dropping the controller on a joystick never results in a full tilt jogging move.

I set up the increment modifier button, and it worked great but i think you can reduce the rumble by a lot, its a welcome reminder but it doesn't need to fling the controller out of one's hand

This is a quote from you "Also you can change the inc amount in the registers for the Xbox controller." How do i do that ?

And one more point; there doesn't seem to be any official documentation on the Plugin, it's almost impossible to google as well such a important feature to many hobby users should jump right into view if Xbox / mach4 is searched for.

Anyhow, thank you so much for your work, I've been sorely disappointed by mach4 so far for my simple router and the Plugin does a lot to alleviate that.

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Mach4 Plugins / Re: mcX360 Plugin for Lua

« on: December 23, 2018, 05:59:25 PM »

Hey Daz, thank you for your work ! Just a quick question, does the controller script work for slaved axes aswell ?