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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 screen GRAPHICS -- makin' it Purdy

« on: March 14, 2015, 04:24:03 PM »

Steve you never saw that Wizard released with those pictures did ya ??  That was more about stroking ego's than anything else and it seemed to work.

(;-) TP

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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: My Shizouka AN-S

« on: March 14, 2015, 12:13:26 PM »

Did you get the one off ebay (;-) ?

(;-) TP

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 screen GRAPHICS -- makin' it Purdy

« on: March 14, 2015, 12:11:35 PM »

The thing to remember with machine tools IS the operator HAS to maintain focus on the job. THE more GAMEBOY like you make the screen the harder it is for the OP to concentrate on  his job.  That is WHY you NEVER see Gamboy type screens on real CNC machines.

Stop and take a look at HAAS screens. State of the art for controllers and very DOS like in nature. AND there is the reason for that.

Also keep in mind that new flashy things are NOT always best for Machine controllers. Kinda like the saying that not all things FANUC are a good idea to duplicate when building a new controller(;-)

This is just my experience YOUR mileage may vary.

Just a thought, (;-)

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VB and the development of wizards / Re: Auto Tool Zero Z-axis stop??

« on: March 13, 2015, 06:01:26 PM »

You May want to consider making that circuit Active High. that way IF there is a break the function will NOT activate saving damage to part or machine.

In this case Mach3 would have warned you that the probe was already ACTIVE and would NOT have run the G31.

(;-) TP

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 screen GRAPHICS -- makin' it Purdy

« on: March 13, 2015, 05:59:17 PM »

I like my buttons FIRMLY attatched to an exact spot on the screen. That way I KNOW where they are when I need them.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Old user looking for Master5 CNC software, have license

« on: March 13, 2015, 05:25:18 PM »

IF I rememeber correctly the Master5 license is not compatible with Mach3.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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G-Code, CAD, and CAM discussions / Re: recently putchased bobcad post help please

« on: March 13, 2015, 01:29:16 PM »

Tweakie,  With BobCad you are talking about the wrong end of the horse.

(;-) TP

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Need Help! Probe Suddenly Quit Working

« on: March 12, 2015, 08:03:54 PM »

First you need to eliminate the probe itself. Just attach 2 new wires to the probe inputs. PUT the wires together/apart (depends on setup). Does it work right? IF yes the problem is ON the probe side of things . Bad switch, broken wire , etc

Just a thought, (;-) TP

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 screen GRAPHICS -- makin' it Purdy

« on: March 12, 2015, 12:25:23 AM »

Just an update . THE WXSmith is used with Code::BLocks and Wx Widgets and WxFormBuilder BUT it does NOT output in LUA. It is only usefull IF you use the XRC method of screen building. THAT PART will work with LUA.

The Code:Block has a GREAT screen builder that is drop and drag and WYSIWYG .  BUT it does not output code in LUA (yet). It uses all the resources of all the screen building moduals to make it easy to create a GUI screen.

Hopefully we can get them to output in LUA .   It would not seem to be that hard BUT? (;-)

(;-) TP

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Mach4 screen GRAPHICS -- makin' it Purdy

« on: March 12, 2015, 12:14:15 AM »

 
Just a thought, (;-) TP