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Tangent Corner / Re: TURKEYS TAKING UP RESIDENCE

« on: March 31, 2015, 11:32:07 AM »

That is pretty cool Rich. I saw one in the woods yesterday. I also bought a turkey deep fryer last week.  They have come to help you out with the grocery bill Rich............. what an awesome gift. 

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Interference from cabling?

« on: March 31, 2015, 09:44:10 AM »

Thanks Vogavt, your right.

adjaguar, this link may help. http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,25616.0.html  You may be skipping steps. I would detune the motors by 50% (acel. and velocity) and test just to see if it eliminates the unexpected positioning.

Brett

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Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) / Re: 1/5th Scale V8 Blown

« on: March 30, 2015, 08:37:01 PM »

  That is flat out awesome Steve!

Glad you like it.

That is an understatement. Sweeeeeeeetttt!

Brett

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Mach3 under Vista / Re: 3020T and Win10 64 bit

« on: March 30, 2015, 01:26:30 PM »

Patton is right. The parallel port does not work on any 64 bit OS but it also does not work on any OS after Windows 7............ not even if they are 32 bit. So no parallel port for Windows 8 or Windows 10.

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Tangent Corner / Re: CNC LAthe Foot Pedal ?

« on: March 30, 2015, 01:18:54 PM »

Ian certainly pegged one of the best uses for a pedal. This is my favorite use.

https://youtu.be/oKiRpA_u0uM

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Tangent Corner / Re: CNC LAthe Foot Pedal ?

« on: March 30, 2015, 10:45:44 AM »

That is exactly what some of them are used for RC. Foot pedals are nice for lots of things. Unlocking a fixture that rotates is another good use.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: HELP!! Hard Drive Crash

« on: March 28, 2015, 09:08:30 PM »

From our FAQs page http://www.machsupport.com/help-learning/f-a-q/

What Mach3 files should I backup?

At a minimum, any license files and profile XMLs (as well as any custom macros, screen sets, or brains used by those profiles) should be backed up. In practice, it may be easier to keep a current backup of the entire Mach3 directory as this ensures everything necessary to rebuild the system should be available in the event of a catastrophic failure. The definition of a current backup is one that has been done after any permanent changes have been made to the software to alter it from its previous state. This includes such things as changes to any licenses, macros, screen sets, brains, or plugins as well as the modification of any configurations. We recommend using a USB flash drive or some other portable storage device as the backup media.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Randomly Stalling

« on: March 27, 2015, 10:39:02 PM »

Does your PC meet the minimum requirements? In particular, the graphics card.

Brett

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Home switch not working correctly. Suggestion please

« on: March 19, 2015, 01:45:01 AM »

This may help  http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,25616.0.html

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 Announcements and updates.

« on: March 17, 2015, 01:10:50 AM »

Build 2270 released      approximate release date  Mar 16th, 2015

Build 2270 of Mach4Hobby can be downloaded here:

http://www.machsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Mach4Hobby%20Installer-2270.exe

Build 2269 was short lived and going directly to build 2270 is recommended.

Build 2270 includes the following changes that will impact the user experience:

1) Fixes bug (again) in the delta mode motion data in API that slipped in when Screw Mapping was introduced in build 2251. This bug prevented correct motion data from being seen by SmartBOB plug-ins prior to 0.18.97 version. (note - SmartBOB plug-in version 0.18.97 now uses only absolute mode motion data)

2) Fixes bug in startup code that affected slower XP machines. Symptom was that Mach4 did not start or the loader complained that Mach4 was already running. Task manager could be used to kill the Mach4GUI.exe instance and then Mach4 could be re-started. Startup now waits until XP gets all processes ready before trying to launch GUI.

3) Updated comp to handle Linear Set Over and Arc Set Over.

There are other changes behind the scenes including:

4) Added a worker thread to execute button scripts.

5) Added --MC_OWN_THREAD flag to prevent long scripts from blocking the execution of the GUI. This flag is a comment and must be the line of the script.

Mach4Hobby is evolving rapidly, so be sure to check that your plugin is compatible with the version of Mach4Hobby that you are running.