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General Mach Discussion / Re: USB "Pendants"

« on: October 14, 2008, 06:25:54 PM »

How would Mach know or care if there are multipled HID devices?  Isn't it getin HID input through Windows?

Regards,
Ray L.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 24 pin parallel cable

« on: October 14, 2008, 01:32:32 PM »

Kerry,

    You're really not trying very hard....

    First hit:  http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=76 scroll down to items 6-9
   Third hit: http://www.cablemakers.com/parallel-cables.htm  scroll down to IEEE-1284 cables
    Fourth hit:  http://www.computercablestore.com/c_serial_and_parallel_cables.aspx  Second item on the right

    BTW - The connectors are 25-pin, specifically DB-25M

Regards,
Ray L.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 24 pin parallel cable

« on: October 14, 2008, 11:46:40 AM »

Just Googling "parallel printer cable" gets bazillions of places that sell them....

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 24 pin parallel cable

« on: October 14, 2008, 11:45:45 AM »

http://shop2.frys.com/search?cat=-47488&pType=pDisplay

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General Mach Discussion / Re: USB "Pendants"

« on: October 14, 2008, 12:35:08 AM »

Vogvat, I have something similar. The drawback with it is that windows sees it as a keyboard. I dropped it after I figured that out because i would still need my standard keyboard to edit code and enter values. With some imagination you may be able to get all the functionality you need out of it. Let us know how it goes if you persue it.

Brett

Brett,

    You can use this *and* a full keyboard, they're not mutually exclusive.  Windows is perfectly happy having multiple keyboard devices.

Regards,
Ray L.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: 24 pin parallel cable

« on: October 13, 2008, 02:46:33 PM »

Would probably help to know where in the world you are.  I can tell you where to get one in California, but that won't be much help if you live in Lithuania....

Regards,
Ray L.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Using "Scream4"

« on: June 05, 2004, 05:46:45 AM »

Brett,

    Interesting.... Some buttons can be edited by right-clicking OR double-clicking, some by double-clicking only....

    There are color settings for G-Code background,and G-Code text, but not for background on the highlighted line.

    So, on the "smart labels", I assume the default text is what defines the functionality?

Regards,
Ray L.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Using "Scream4"

« on: June 05, 2004, 05:25:37 AM »

Brett,
   Thanks!  Let's start with what seems like should be easy ones. 

1) I open screen4, load 1024.set.  None of the gray buttons, for example "Load G-Code", "Close G-Code", appear to be editable.  When I move the mouse pointer over them, it doesn't change to the pointy finger.  So, how is the function of those buttons defined?

2) The "Status" textbox and "Profile" textbox both appear to be identical (other than size) Label controls.  What connects them to their functionality, since none is indicated for either of them.

3) The "color" dialog allows changing the background color for the G-code window, as well as the text colot, but not the color for the highlighted line (which is always a white background).  How can that be changed?

    I'm mostly interested in making some fairly minor cosmetic changes - re-sizing a few things, and changing colors, to enhance readability from a distance.  Some of the other screensets do some REALLY bizarre things....

Regards,
Ray L.

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General Mach Discussion / Using "Scream4"

« on: June 05, 2004, 04:55:19 AM »

Is there anyone here "fluent" in using screen4.exe that can answer some (I think) pretty basic questions?

Regards,
Ray L.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: VFD Forward/Reverse Relay Control in Mach3

« on: October 12, 2008, 07:38:49 PM »

Chris,

    Sounds like you're seeing the same kind of behavior I was, before I broke down and put the scope on it.  Why not try the settings I used, and see how it behaves.  That will at least confirm the hardware is working right.  Set pulsewidth to 40 us (in SmoothStepper config), set steps/unit to 4600, and max speed to 900, then try spindle speeds from 0-900, and see what happens.

Regards,
Ray L.