In Mach 4 you use Lua and the PMC. I don't hear a lot about people using the PMC but I just was able to connect 6 physical buttons on my lathe retrofit without know how to use LUA at all. LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good on you Mike, that's awesome. Also a very good point I did not mention either. But you also either already knew or had to learn ladder logic. The question for the purpose of this topic is......... (and this is for everyone reading that wants to play along, not necessarily you Mike).
I know better but for arguments sake lets say you did not already know or understand ladder logic and had to take the time to learn it.
Would it be your fault for not already knowing ladder logic?
Would it be no ones fault and just part of the learning curve and even enjoyable as part of your choosen hobby?
Would it be Mach4s developers fault for providing the tool that gives you that option in Hobby?
If the answer you come to is option 3, let me know what options and/or features you think we should disable in Hobby. Or maybe we leave them in and it just helps us determine what questions to ask in a litmus test to determine if you really are a Hobby (realize doing your customization may take considerable amounts of your time and effort) or Industrial (wanting customization but don't have the time to do it myself but also willing to pay for it) user.
If Mach4 Hobby isn't considered Hobby material I'm sure we can make adjustments to fix that.