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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Has ArtSoft Layed Off It's Programmers?

« on: December 29, 2015, 04:04:34 PM »

The awesomeness of Art!   

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Has to be a record (way too funny)

« on: December 29, 2015, 03:59:18 PM »

I hope no one will spend their time dealing with such nonsense. I believe those that do not want to know anything about their machine or how it works deserves to be happy too.    

Quite possibly the greatest display of patience in forum history. Hats off to you guys.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Has ArtSoft Layed Off It's Programmers?

« on: December 29, 2015, 08:41:49 AM »

Purley 100% inaccurate rumor. Whoever started it obviously didn't get any toys for Christmas (probably because they were bad) and needed to find a way to pass the time. Thier chosen method................. Drama Queening.   

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Tangent Corner / Re: It just stopped working !

« on: December 28, 2015, 10:12:38 AM »

Awesome Tweakie!

Just what I tell folks all the time. Tweakie makes everything better. 

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Version 2803 Problems

« on: December 24, 2015, 01:45:50 PM »

I use Mach4 V2803
I use ESS to communicate with my two breakout boards.

When Mach4 ist started and i use other programms i have some trouble.
The keys assigned to Mach4 can't be used in other programms.

best regards

Gerhard

Bobs response is accurate but he left a bit out. You should not be using other programs while Mach is running. It is recommend to not have unnecessary programs installed on your machine PC. Keep the machine PC lean and clean. If not, your asking for trouble. However, I run tons of programs while running Mach4 on my office PC so in those cases you can disable the keyboard plugin as Bob said.

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Tangent Corner / Re: It's That Time Of year Again

« on: December 23, 2015, 11:40:49 AM »

Back at you Rich, Tweakie and everyone else.

Happy Holidays!

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Disabling arrow keys for jogging when editing MDI

« on: December 23, 2015, 11:19:20 AM »

I like Steve's suggestion if you want keyboard control. I have the Shuttle Pro as a pendant. It works GREAT!!!!!

Definitely worth considering. Anyone else want to weigh in? Feel free to.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Disabling arrow keys for jogging when editing MDI

« on: December 22, 2015, 03:18:53 PM »

At some point we may be able to do it in the Keyboard inputs enable/disable button but for now you can disable and enable it in the taskbar. You can click on the CNC Keyboard functions icon (looks like a keyboard) and disable/enable it.

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: Tangential CAM program

« on: December 11, 2015, 12:29:26 PM »

These may help.

http://www.machsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Mach3_Tangential.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XnM3MX_H7w&feature=youtu.be 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: The solutions to my false limit switch triggering issues

« on: December 11, 2015, 10:10:02 AM »

Tweakie, I got started reading yours last night. I did not finish but what I have seen so far is better than great!

Here was another really good link I had found in my searching...    http://www.cnccookbook.com/CCCNCNoise.html

Yes it is. Having been down this road do you think I should put a link to Tweakie's and the CNC cookbook in my attempt at prevention as the first 2 links?