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Mach4 General Discussion / LUA - add button to disabled whilst running policy

« on: May 26, 2022, 10:03:15 AM »

I have added a buttion to the main screen but like many other buttons I do not want it active whilst cnc gcode is running or when the axis are being controlled manually. Any pointers would be appreciated.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach 4 Lua - YES/NO OK/Cancel messagebox

« on: May 17, 2022, 04:29:41 PM »

Mach 4 Lua - YES/NO OK/Cancel messagebox.  Is there such a thing?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 Screen editor - disable mouse rollover

« on: May 17, 2022, 02:34:30 PM »

Mach4 Screen editor - disable mouse rollover

I have been looking but cannot find a way to disable the annoying mouse rollovers on every button.

Anyone know how to?

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 manual input

« on: April 30, 2022, 11:32:53 AM »

Moving from mach3 to mach4 and a bit perplexed at the loss of the manual input text box.

I know there is an MDI window, but can this be set to run a single line on "enter" like mach3? With an up/down arrow recall of last commands?

I use this on a Dev machine as it is very handy for samples up and/or ceating programs on the fly.

With the MDI it seems very long winded as I have to type everthing in again and again, then go to a mouse from the keyboard to make it run.

thanks

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Mach4 General Discussion / Best monitor size/res?

« on: April 30, 2022, 11:12:40 AM »

What is the best monitor size for running mach4? e.g. Physical size (i know this is more down to the user), resolution, wide screen or 3:4?

I run mach3 at present on a 19inch, which is fine, but noticed on the trial version of Mach4 it seemed to like widescreen better.

Any input welcome.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Why is Mach4 restricted to a specific version for XP?

« on: August 31, 2020, 06:59:47 AM »

As per title.

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General Mach Discussion / Ahha Artisan CNC onversion to Mach4 (Ess/MB3)

« on: August 23, 2020, 05:33:29 PM »

I have a Denford Mill that is current running the dos based artisan CNC. It is PC Based and runs with a DB37 pin connection to the PC (connected to an ISA ard in the PC) thre is also a DB25 cable going to the PC's printer port.

I am assuming that the db37 is a fast connection to  control the servo's etc.

Has anyone got experience of this system??? I am hoping I can simply replace the ISA  and lpt1 with a bob (MB3) and control the servo's etc with that. Hopefully I can even just interface directly to these cables and job done???

Any help/advice greatly appreciated

Thanks
Rim

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Mach4 General Discussion / Mach4 real spindle encoder support - which board?

« on: August 05, 2020, 01:10:52 PM »

Hi I am upgrading a servo based CNC lathe to Mach4. I already have one running nicely on Mach3.

Looking for recommendations for a good motion controller that supports a real spindle encoder (a rotary encoder with 60  pulses per prev for example) also with A and B outputs.

I have an ESS on the Mach3 but at the time the ESS only supported one index for threading = has that changed?

Anyway - looking for recommendations for a board that will handle servo's and 2 pulses for threading index.

thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 numberpad

« on: April 01, 2020, 12:45:02 PM »

I don't know if this is the correct place to post.

I have Mach3 set up with a USB keyboard, but I want/need to have another small numpad type key board at a different location to the main keyboard for jogging etc (basically the same as a shuttle2 without the wheel).

Do I need to write a Plugin for this or is there an easier way to do it e.g. using hotkeys or something similar?

Thanks

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General Mach Discussion / Mach3 why fixture save and tooltable save on shutting down?

« on: August 15, 2019, 07:20:57 AM »

why fixture save and tooltable save on shutting down? Why? When I change the tooltable I save it.... yet should the machine crash it loses the settings. I haver to close the app to get it top save properly..

Any ideas?