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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mdi is not a MODE
« on: November 06, 2016, 01:53:24 PM »
No truer words have ever been spoken Ian.

Hey stranger - where you been?  ;D

Cheers Brett

Hey Ian, I am usually here. I just don't get much time to participate. 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Probing, mcCntlGet/SetPoundVar
« on: November 06, 2016, 01:41:15 PM »
Good deal, Thanks!

The main reason I have not added the rapid touch is it was designed and many will use it with a tool as a probe and a touch plate to complete the circuit. A probe is forgiving and made to over run and bounce back to center. That is not true at all with a carbide end mill. I point this out so others don't see your reply and implement the change on theirs without thinking about it. But I am very pleased you could and did edit it slightly to suite your needs.  :) Can't tell you how hard I tried to make that the case. Just remember if you update it will be overwritten unless you save it as something unique and then will have to edit all the bits that load and bring it to the top. I would save a copy somewhere outside the Mach4 directory for safe keeping.

I have done very little with lua panels in screens but I think you could use it in one without much editing. There are no plans to ever have it as part of the default screens.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Probing, mcCntlGet/SetPoundVar
« on: November 05, 2016, 04:12:24 PM »
Hello Steve,

You should not have to edit anything to use the touchoff module. It has its own dialog and not linked to or used in or by anything on the probing screens. Clicking the touch button opens the TouchOff UI.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mdi is not a MODE
« on: November 04, 2016, 09:28:26 AM »
So just learned that if you are in the MDI screen and press the hard cycle/start button (shouldn't be doing that but I did), Mach executes the current program on the main screen.

Out of the box - Mach won't run a program from the MDI screen. Someone has customized it to respond to hard buttons and done it without due care.

I've lost track of the crappy code people have added to Mach without really knowing what they're doing and then blamed Mach for not doing what they want.

No truer words have ever been spoken Ian.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How many use Notepad++
« on: November 03, 2016, 08:19:41 AM »
It's java I just change the settings. I use notepad++ as a G Code editor as well It's a very universal program

OK, good. With all the language options notepad++ has they make it one nice versatile tool for sure.

Cool, I use this all the time, keep up the good work.

DazTheGas

Thanks Daz. Yup, thanks for testing the installer and multiple versions before this one too. You have been the sole Alpha tester.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How many use Notepad++
« on: November 02, 2016, 08:57:40 AM »
thanks Chacoticone, ADSK recommend notepad plus plus for doing post processor editing

Do you know what language their post processor is written in?

If its not lua you almost certainly will not want to use the mach4lua language. The syntax highlighting and folding will not be right. But notepad++ comes with options for most languages and I have found it to be indispensable for years for lots of different things. 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How many use Notepad++
« on: November 02, 2016, 08:51:23 AM »
 ;D

Lol, thanks guys. I make no promises about revisiting the installers background color but will try to some time.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: How many use Notepad++
« on: November 01, 2016, 10:38:55 PM »
Update 11-1-2016 Version 2.9

This is an installer that will run like any other installer (Setup wizard) and will install all the files in their proper place and backup any files it will be replacing. So......... the instructions in my previous post no longer apply. Just download the installer and run it (after installing Notepad++ of course). For the installer to work correctly notepad++ should be installed in the default directory.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Probing, mcCntlGet/SetPoundVar
« on: October 31, 2016, 01:22:39 PM »
This is why you have options to use probe, probe 1, probe 2, etc. which use the appropriate G31, G31.1, etc. respectively. Even the touch indicator LED will respect this. Wire one up NC and the other NO..... makes no difference to the TouchOff module. Just set your options. The options are already there and will not be split into another screen. That would just over complicate things. With Mach4 you can have your cake and eat it too.  :)

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Probing, mcCntlGet/SetPoundVar
« on: October 31, 2016, 11:34:24 AM »
Thanks Steve,

I will check out your edits. I did not develop the probing module but I think it could (and probably should) be restructured.

I did develop the TouchOff module. Have you used it? If not, give it a go. We have to determine where our effort will be spent. Right now the plan (over time) is to remove the probing tab in the default screens and for the TouchOff module to become the defacto default used by those with probes and/or touch plates. My hopes for structuring it the way I did was that it would be relatively easy for users to customize to their liking but the vast majority of users should never have to. I think it does everything the probing screens do except a rapid find (double touch) and probe calibration. Both of which I may add at some point if I get time to.

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