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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NEWFANGLED SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE - LATEST VERSION

« on: January 12, 2021, 05:29:15 AM »

ok, thank you for clarifying this. good luck with this issue.

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NEWFANGLED SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE - LATEST VERSION

« on: January 12, 2021, 05:18:07 AM »

BTW, which kind of job requires a direction dependent feed ?

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NEWFANGLED SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE - LATEST VERSION

« on: January 12, 2021, 05:16:54 AM »

all right, tested with a spiral cut, your observation cannot be reproduced here. There is no discrimination in feed direction nor a transport of a material related number (tested default values 1 to into the text assigned to feed in the G-code. Sorry.   

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NEWFANGLED SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE - LATEST VERSION

« on: January 12, 2021, 04:57:03 AM »

interesting ... polite way to say annoying  ... wait and see if I can reproduce this sort of behavior

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NEWFANGLED SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE - LATEST VERSION

« on: January 12, 2021, 04:36:33 AM »

not sure I understand what you mean. could you please copy and paste an example of your observations ? Philippe

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NEWFANGLED SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE - LATEST VERSION

« on: June 21, 2020, 11:27:57 AM »

Howdy,

Thank you. Indeed, I do not have any other license file as the one needed to run Mach3. Thus, if your assumption is correct, the wizard’s files are « made invisible » by Mach3, even though I can use them, one at the time, but not modify them.

The copy job I must finish is not so immense and I did it the « old fashion » way. Jog, human read, human write in a file, jog, repeat as many times as needed. Done.

Enjoy the rest of your WE, Philippe

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Newfangled Solutions Mach3 Wizards / Re: NEWFANGLED SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE - LATEST VERSION

« on: June 19, 2020, 09:09:36 AM »

Pretty old thread, but my observation / issue seems to be topical.
With Mach3, I run my original NFS wizards without problems.

When I run CopyCat, I can follow a path and generate a series of points; G-code gets loaded in Mach3 and can be executed.

However, if I attempt to EDIT this code, Mach3 opens the Note editor with an empty file, claiming that the file created by CopyCat could not be found.  An EDIT attempt from within CopyCat triggers the same behavior.

From Win7, I can navigate to the folder in which CopyCat and other scripts write their files. Interestingly, the file I'm looking for is not VISIBLE by Windows, but is displayed if looked after by Mach3 (with a locker symbol),  and it can indeed be re-loaded.

The true issue is that I don't seem to be able to edit this file.

So I wonder if I have a license to use the scripts ? How can I be sure ? I do not remember at the time of purchase if the Wizards were included in my PO or not.

Unless, there is an attribute of that folder that needs to be changed at the system level; I checked that System, Admin, Users all have full credentials for this particular folder. Only the Owner has no credentials, and when I try to change them using my ADMIN rights nothing changes, i.e. the new credentials are not granted.

Grateful for any comment you may provide, enjoy the rest of the week. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New installlation problems on Win7 64Bit

« on: July 22, 2019, 09:51:40 AM »

Forced to de-install (erase) a WIN 7 Entreprise from a corporate machine on which MACH 3 / USB  / UC300 was working properly to replace it by a genuine (purchased) version of WIN 7 Pro 64.  The .NET Framework 2, 3, 3.5, 4 seem to be present, as shown by the registry editor.  Copied « old » MACH 3 installation. License file is re-cognized, program starts, but fails to identify the .DLL file required to communicate with the UC300 motion controller. The error message claims the file is defective.

Rue-download drivers needed for the UC300, and ran the installer. Obtained a new Mach3 version as well. With the new installation of Mach 3, different location on partition, same behavior with NEW, different .DLL. License file not recognized since not moved into new installation. At least this is coherent.

Issue solved.

In short: Laptop / Win 7 Pro 64 fresh installation runs Mach 3 with UC300/USB motion controller. 

In detail: The message "defective DLL, please re-install" issued at startup of Mach 3 has a misleading touch. It points to a system issue (for example a missing resource) as well as to the possibility of a corrupt file. In my case, the UC300 was not yet connected, since I was trying to solve, step by step, all the system issues first.  As soon as I decided to connect the motion controller, Mach 3 established connection to the controller without error message.

The "defective DLL" message was maybe often seen when the required .NET Framework version was not installed on XP machines. This may also be confusing. 
   

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General Mach Discussion / Re: New installlation problems on Win7 64Bit

« on: July 21, 2019, 06:21:35 AM »

Realize this is an old topic, but my new issue is on target:

Forced to de-install (erase) a WIN 7 Entreprise from a corporate machine on which MACH 3 / USB  / UC300 was working properly to replace it by a genuine (purchased) version of WIN 7 Pro 64.  The .NET Framework 2, 3, 3.5, 4 seem to be present, as shown by the registry editor.  Copied « old » MACH 3 installation. License file is re-cognized, program starts, but fails to identify the .DLL file required to communicate with the UC300 motion controller. The error message claims the file is defective.

Rue-download drivers needed for the UC300, and ran the installer. Obtained a new Mach3 version as well. With the new installation of Mach 3, different location on partition, same behavior with NEW, different .DLL. License file not recognized since not moved into new installation. At least this is coherent.

Could anyone savy with the WIN world point me to some steps I could take to move on ?

I feel this a WIN issue more than a Mach3/UC300 one, I cannot believe that all the .DLL provided by the UC300 vendor are suddenly corrupt.

Enjoy your WE, Philippe

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach 3 - driving beyond soft limits ?

« on: April 11, 2018, 05:25:26 AM »

short up-date: event did not reproduce thus far, pulse train and signals to the coils of the stepper OK.