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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Windows 10 update -- don't do it

« on: September 15, 2018, 01:32:27 AM »

Hi Chuck,

I am pleased to hear that you have it working.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: No Motor Tuning Menu after Installing Simple Screen Set

« on: September 14, 2018, 08:02:10 AM »

Maybe a new install of the correct version again for the Warp9 ESS?

I think that is the way.

Installing a screen.set file and associated bitmaps will not affect the operation of Mach3.

Tweakie.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: shall I download VC++ 2008 x86 or x64 version ?

« on: September 12, 2018, 10:27:13 AM »

when I mounted the ISO file it did not need to burn DVD and I could install from mounted ISO file

Excellent 

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: shall I download VC++ 2008 x86 or x64 version ?

« on: September 12, 2018, 04:14:07 AM »

You can download the .iso from here; http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/B/5/8B5804AD-4990-40D0-A6AA-CE894CBBB3DC/VS2008ExpressENUX1397868.iso

You then need to burn the disc from the .iso.

Tweakie.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: shall I download VC++ 2008 x86 or x64 version ?

« on: September 11, 2018, 07:30:16 AM »

hello dear forum,

I want to write a plugin for Mach3

shall I download VC++ 2008 x86 or x64 version ?

thank you

x86 (32 bit) version.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach 4 Probing issue - "Can't transition from MDI running to stop."

« on: September 11, 2018, 01:43:05 AM »

Can someone direct me to the 3805 version? The website's latest download is still 3804.

ftp://ftp.machsupport.com/Mach4/DevlopmentVersions/

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Trolley tokens.

« on: September 10, 2018, 04:42:35 AM »

Now you would think I have more important things to be using a CNC machine for but these little tokens are an essential part of life nowadays. Like many, I no longer carry cash  (if it can’t be bought using my phone or a card then it doesn’t get bought) and when I ran out of Beer and had to make an emergency trip to the supermarket and then when I arrived found that I had no tokens or coins to free a trolley from it’s compound it was disaster (over the years I have been given many free trolley tokens as part of advertising campaigns but over the years I seem to have lost them all, or perhaps the car eats them).
Fortunately, one of the supermarket trolley marshals had a little key which he used to free a trolley from it’s brothers and sisters so I was able to collect my 4 cases of Beer and get them back to the car.
Thus my token making session.  

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 Windows 10 update -- don't do it

« on: September 09, 2018, 11:24:02 AM »

Hi Chuck,

Your Gcode should look something like this;

G0 X0 Y0 Z0            'if not at zero then move to zero
F600                       'set feedrate
M11P1 G1 X10         'turn on laser and draw line to position Y0 X10
M10P1 G0 Y1 X0      'turn off laser and move to position Y1 X0
M11P1 G1 X10         'turn on laser and draw line to position Y1 X10
M10P1 G0 X0 Y0      'turn off laser and move to zero position
M30                        'end Gcode program and rewind
%                           'null character to ensure carriage return at end of Gcode

This Gcode will turn Output#1 ON and OFF so check that your laser trigger is connected to the Port and Pin number you have specified for Output#1 and that you have the Active Hi / Low for Output#1 set correctly.

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Wanting to update my version of mach 3 to newer release

« on: September 09, 2018, 02:25:55 AM »

Make a secure backup copy of your existing Mach3 folder.

Install version R3.043.062 over the top of your old version. http://www.machsupport.com/software/downloads-updates/

Your existing settings should all be preserved.

If, for some reason they are not then you need to copy across from your backup your <profile> .xml file.
In addition, you may possibly need to copy across any special screen .set files (and their associated bitmap folders) together with any Brains, Macro's and Plugins that you may have been using (just copy the relevant folder from the backup to the new install).

Tweakie.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 on a laser cutter...

« on: September 09, 2018, 01:39:03 AM »

Looking good 

Tweakie.