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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Exiting the Wiz without it saving JOB.

« on: January 08, 2015, 08:01:45 PM »

HIYA Ron , After about a 1/2 hr of work in the Wiz I saved out the Gcode and then Closed down and I realized too late that I did not save the jog (;-).

It would be nice to have an auto save of the job before you shut down the WIZ or at least the option before you could change anything like new job or save gcode to SAVE  before you loose it all.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Newst version of NFW ?

« on: January 04, 2015, 01:52:19 PM »

HIYA RON , How is the latest version of the wizard coming along ?  Eager to test it (;-).

(;-) TP

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Mach4 General Discussion / MesaNet Products plugin

« on: December 12, 2014, 07:43:14 PM »

Has anyone heard if there is to be a plugin for the MESANET products motion controller   They have a very NICE selection of products for CNC use.

(;-) TP

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Keyway Slot option

« on: December 12, 2014, 01:15:17 PM »

Hiya RON, is there anyway to create an option for a single pass key slot option where a .250 cutter will cut a .250 slot. AS is you cannot cut a .250 slot with a .250 cutter.

(;-) TP

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Mach4 General Discussion / Trying to get the current Gcode line #

« on: December 05, 2014, 01:35:35 AM »

I am trying to get the current Gcode line Number. The book is not really clear about the parameters required.

ANY Ideas on the call ?

 buff, rc         = mc.mcCntlGetGcodeLine(number mInst, number LineNumber)
        --What Gcode line number is the interpreter on at present

Mach4 errors out on everything I tried . It says the call requires (number,number,string,number) but that does not make sense as you are looking for the number.

I tried LineNumber as the book says thinking is was an internal Parm but it is <nil> not a good param.

(;-) TP

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Mach4 General Discussion / Needing help with screens

« on: December 03, 2014, 12:34:56 AM »

Question for ya, Have you every started a new screen from scratch I cannot get half teh things to work EVEN if I copy things like a button setup from a known working screenset.

What is the secret handshake  I cannot even get the enable button or cycle start or Feedhold buttons to work correctly.

Has something changed ??

(;-) TP

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mcodes ??

« on: November 28, 2014, 11:02:59 PM »

Has anyone given any thought as to what AUX Mcodes need to be created ?  Standardizing the Mcode woul dmake POST creation a lot easier rather than having to create many different post ofr many different Mcode definitions.

I have looked at several major players in the CNC control world  and there ARE some standards as far as standards go(;-)



Just a thought, (;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Happy Thanksging

« on: November 27, 2014, 11:05:13 AM »

May EVERYONE have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

(;-) TP

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Mill Wizard Simulation

« on: November 21, 2014, 04:14:39 AM »

HIYA RON , How about adding in a motion simulator for the Mill Wizard.

(;-) TP

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Newfangled Mill Wizard / Point to Point conversational Modual

« on: November 20, 2014, 05:27:48 PM »

HIYA Ron Have you given any thought as to creating a point to point conversational modual In the mill Wizard. It is where you program one point at a time such as a G1 line from point XxYx to point *********Yxx. Same with an arc  G2 line start point end point radius.

Would be very handy addon to the wizard. I have a version of it running in Mach3 and at times it is VERY handy to have for the odd shapes and features. You can set down with a print and in minutes have it programmed.

Just a thought, (;-) TP