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Feature Requests / Re: Easy G-Code Scaling

« on: April 26, 2009, 08:47:54 AM »

entering a negative number in the scale reverses the image.  Except for arcs.

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VB and the development of wizards / Set Mach in a Jog feed override mode

« on: April 20, 2009, 05:01:21 PM »

Would like to programmatically set Mach to a jog feed override mode (not sure if this is the right terminology).  ie Hold the shift key down and then jog so that you are in a rapid jog when you hit one of the arrow buttons.

example: jog x positive in continuous mode in rapid mode.  I have tried:

doOEMButton(204)                            // Jog mode Continuous
doOEMButton(202)                            // Feed override Jog
doOEMButton(307) or jogOn(0,0)        // Jog X-axis positive

The 202 has no effect, is there another command to put Mach into the jog override and one to take it out?

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Others / Re: New Mach User Interface - MachMe - Beta

« on: April 16, 2009, 11:45:50 PM »

Thats significant.  I want MachMe to work with Mach settings not force alternate behavior.  I will see if I can use a different approach when jogging.  I use a Contour Pro pendant and that is passed through to mach.  Do you have a pendant and does it still work as expected when MachMe has focus?

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Others / Re: New Mach User Interface - MachMe - Beta

« on: April 16, 2009, 11:26:31 PM »

I haven't instituted any hotkeys yet for jogging.  So that is why they don't work. 

I cannot replicate the z jog return to zero but do you have a z inhibit on?

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Others / Re: New Mach User Interface - MachMe - Beta

« on: April 16, 2009, 10:58:53 PM »

MachLoc should be:  c:\Mach3\Mach3.exe  not c:\mach3

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Others / Re: New Mach User Interface - MachMe - Beta

« on: April 16, 2009, 09:56:09 PM »

Tanks for trying.

the entries should be:

machLoc:   'C:\mach3\Mach3.exe' if that is where mach executable resides.

Profile:   'Mach3Mill' if your profile is Mach3Mill.xml

Did you also have Mach open when you first ran MachMe?  Trying to track down why the registry values were not written.

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Others / Re: New Mach User Interface - MachMe - Beta

« on: April 16, 2009, 08:58:35 PM »

Looks don't mean diddly!

It sounds like you didn't choose a xml profile on the first startup.

could you check the registry for:
 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mach3 controller\Settings\Mach Profile

and let me know the entry?

Were these 58 times telling you something about missing DLLs"

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Others / Re: New Mach User Interface - MachMe - Beta

« on: April 16, 2009, 07:43:25 PM »

Your a Brit aren't you?!

Sorry about that.  I will have to think more about international conventions.  Email me and I will send you another zip with proper English settings, I think. It will take me a while to figure how to get the localization data. Thanks for making the effort.

RT

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Others / Re: New Mach User Interface - MachMe - Beta

« on: April 16, 2009, 07:20:42 PM »

I think I'm seeing a pattern here.  Was Mach already loaded when you started MachMe?  If so, would you close it and start MachMe again?

To answer more directly, the registry should have an entry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mach3 controller\Settings\Mach Location

and

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mach3 controller\Settings\Mach Profile

that are set the first time that MachMe is run.  I didn't think of the case that users would have Mach open on the first time, Doh!

Let me know.

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Others / New Mach User Interface - MachMe - Beta

« on: April 16, 2009, 04:17:59 PM »

This UI is  'Windows' oriented.  Contains seperate widgets for Jog, Spiindle, GCode.
It allows for the creation of USER DEFINED BUTTONS panels that contain buttons that contain GCode, VB Script or OEM buttons. These may be saved and reloaded when desired.  No need for scream4.
It also has a user defined LEDs panel for containing OEMLEDs.
Widgets can be scaled larger or smaller and there are multiple skins to select from to change the appearance.

There is a help file that explains each feature.

Zip file contains an installer and ReadMe.txt
It does not modify any Mach files or settings.
Upon installation you will have a menu folder for MachMe, that contains an uninstaller that removes the application.  There is an option on installation for a desktop shortcut.

I would appreciate any feedback on:
   Whether this approach is useful.  If so I can extend the UI to incloude DRO and Var panels.  Other widgets: Offsets, Tooling, Limits...
   What 'essential' controls are missing.
 
My machine does not have a spindle so any feedback on that widget is greatly appreciated.
I would like to know how this runs on other machines.  Specifcally older, slower and small memory machines.

TIA
RT