Well I figured out how to do Modeless Tabbing Windows, and so I am adding a NEW feature to Mach MAD
There will be a new Menu choice under Mach MAD called MAD DRO Message.
this will be a window with 8 Tabs in it, it is so if you have higher end Programmable Axis Drives
and/or Spindle Drives (VFDs). I put it in its own menu since only users of programable drive would
get benefit from this.
You can write to one UDRO (one for each axis), for the X, Y, Z, A, B, C and S (Spindle).
Through the modbus so that you can send the "Status and/or Error codes" from that drive to the UDRO, the
plugin then matches the number in the UDRO with the Numerical Code, that you enter, and displays the Error
or Status Message you enter for that error code, in a Ticker that you choose.
for instance all your Axis Drives and Spindle Drives could all talk to your PLC through a modbus between
them and update a register in the PLC with the drives current status and/or error code then code would then
be sent to mach3, the plugin would then display in a ticker the status of each of your drives and Spindle
drive dynamically.
So you can have Advanced Diagnostic, or Status information comming in from all 7 axis displayed on upto
7 different Tickers!!
to be released today or tommorrow.
scott