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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: New Plugin Available - XBox360 Controller

« on: February 19, 2008, 04:41:44 PM »

Hi,

Glad you got it solved. I wrote the XBox360 controller Plugin using the same approach as the Shuttlepro plugin. So, if you go to the Yahoo forum and search "G100 Shuttlepro", you will see a number of messages about the 2.  It appears that the G100 and Shuttlepro will work together but do have some problems.  I do not have a G100. If you come up with any ideas on how to solve the problem, let me know.  If I can change the code I will.

Lee

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: New Plugin Available - XBox360 Controller

« on: February 19, 2008, 12:09:53 PM »

Hi,

If you go to the Control Panel and select Game Controllers you should see "Controller (XBOX 360 For Windows)" in the window and the Status should be "OK".  If you pick the properties button, it will open a new window that allows you to test the controller. Left Thumbstick is X & Y, Thumbpad is shown as POV Hat.  Right Thumbstick is shown as Red X and Y Ro.  You can also test the buttons there.  There is also a Calibrate button if you need it.

In reading over the Yahoo forum, it looks like there are some problems with the G100 in the latest betas of Mach.  After you test the controller and temporarily remove the G100 (rename the plugin) , let me know how it goes. If that doesn't solve it, I need to know the exact version of Mach that you are using. It is shown by picking "Help" then "About" on the Mach main screen.  Then I can load that version and see if I can recreate the problem.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: New Plugin Available - XBox360 Controller

« on: February 15, 2008, 05:31:34 PM »

HI,
When you go to the plugin screens in MACH3, you can configure the plugin.  since you say that you have configured it by selecting the various axes, I can only assume that the problem is the G100. I do not use the G100 so I cannot say for certain. Can you disable it long enough to test?
 I am using it in XP and it is working fine.  Are you using XP?  Have you tested the controller to make sure it is working fine?  Also, what version of Mach are you using? When I hear from you, I will make sure I am using the same version. I am currently using 2.6.  It is possible that the latest betas will act different.

Let me know more info and I will try and solve the problem.

Thanks
Lee

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / New Plugin Available - XBox360 Controller

« on: January 12, 2008, 11:38:16 PM »

Hi,

I have written a new plugin that uses the XBox360 controller.  I wrote it because I wanted to control the X, Y and Z axis of my mill without having to drag the keyboard around. It is located on the Plugins page of the Artsoft site down near the bottom. Hopefully, you will find it useful.

Regards
Lee D.

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Does Mach3 support multiple plugins to motion control multiple axis?

« on: January 12, 2008, 11:30:01 PM »

Hi,

This may be the answer to your question - Check Yahoo message 82997 from Art. There were some other messages there about the serial port.
Hope that helps.

Lee

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Shuttle Xpress Problem

« on: November 29, 2007, 03:14:05 PM »

Hi,
Art has posted a tutorial that I wrote on how to hook up the Shuttle plugins. Check the Plugin Download section on the main Artsoft page.

Lee

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Visual Studio...

« on: November 29, 2007, 03:09:58 PM »

Hi,

Plugins should be able to be built in VS2005 and VS2008. I am working on converting one to VS2005 to confirm that and there is also James tutorial that we are working on. You can check on the Yahoo forum in the Files section. You will see a folder VS2005-VS2008. Check there and check back often to see the progress.

Regards
Lee

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Mach SDK plugin questions and answers. / Re: Mach3 Plugin Tutorial Document and Prototype File Set

« on: November 26, 2007, 04:16:57 PM »

Hi guys,

Yes, Fairfield is where I used to live. I should have thought of a better EMail Id. I posted the first half of the tutorial on the Yahoo site. Anyone is welcome to copy it over here if that is more convenient. I will be looking at VS2008 soon. I think it should handle it fine.

LeeFairfield AKA Leed3

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Competitions / Re: ******Guess and win a G100 Grex******

« on: May 22, 2007, 12:05:03 PM »

This is fun.
My guess 2,613,017

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Jogging A axis at .0001 problem

« on: January 23, 2007, 05:27:59 PM »

Thanks guys fot the help.

I find that I have to run the steps above 4000 to get the stepper to work at a minimally acceptable level. So, I guess I am stuck with 16000 for now. Thanks for the formatting commands Zealous. Do you have any more, or a location where I can download them? Chip, what controller and steppers are you running?  I may talk myself into getting a 2nd one sometime. Chip, thanks for the tip on the A Axis dia. That is a nice little feature that was put in Mach 3 . I'll remember that.

Thanks again
Lee