Brian just sent me this and I thought I would share it with you. As of this posting it isn't on the downloads page but the link in this thread will get you to it. As allways, anyone testing and giveing constructive feedback is a huge help.
Hello all ,
Sorry about the delay but this was another big step to making the
foundation of Mach3 more stable
. There was a section of code for the
Arcs in Mach3 turn that was known to be a bit of trouble and it is now
fixed. This was one of the parts that I was in hopes to fix in about 5
revs but I was seeing some interaction with the Scripting code.
The following problems where fixed:
1.) We now check to see that all Mcodes that where called are finished
before we continue to run the next line of code
2.) All Mcodes are run at the same time that are on the same line... So
if you have an M3 and an Mxx they will start frm right to left and will
be running at the same time. We will need to see if there are any odd
problems with this but from my testing it is working well...
3.) Arcs in Lathe mode where a bit munched.. They should be all set
now... Please tell me if you have a lathe file that will not work
4.)4th axis feedrates are fixed if you change the Z value by moving the
tool.. there was a type that must have been there for many years at this
point!
5.) The Arcs will now flash as the line segments do when you scroll down
over them... This was taken out of one of the revs because it would
contaminate the moves in the buffer to go to the P Port.
6.)Threading Updates for the smooth stepper and so on...
You can get the new rev here:
http://www.artsoftcontrols.com/downloads/Mach3Version3.042.003.exeThings that could still be a problem,
1.) Stopping some scripts on some computers is still giving me a bit of
trouble... for example if you have more then one script requesting to
stop all the other scripts you will get an error... I have added code
that should stop this but I have one user that can still break it in
testing. So if you break it or get an error I would love to have some
example code to help me find this trouble (It works fine with everything
I give it here).
So what is next!
1.) Cutter comp has made it to the top of the list
And I think it is
about time! I am in hopes that we can clean up a few of the errors that
it has and see if we can make Graham, Terry and John happy with how it
works (All off them equally masters of comp). If they are happy I think
the rest of the world will love it!
2.) Review the code for the G95 in Mill that Terry has been talking about
3.)Feedhold LED/Running LED
4.)Review the 4th Axis CV and feedrate code to be suer there are no
other typos
That is the list that I would like to have done before I make the jump
to 3.043 and I think that will clean up most of the small nagging
troubles that we are seeing
(I will try not to make more as I am
fixing the others
).
I will be starting the code for this in about a week... I will be at the
IWF show looking at routers and seeing what the latest and greatest is
in the world of Routers. I head out on the 17th and will be back working
on the 23rd. The show starts on the 20th and if you are in the Atlanta
area I would suggest having a look at the show! There will be routers
running at over 3000 IPM
What A BLAST!
Well time to have you guys test and tell me if this rev is ready to make
to the webpage
Thanks
Brian
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