Here is what I would like to do...turn on the computer that is running xp, have mach3 startup automatically and run in the background, and have only a simple screen come up with 4 buttons and each button will have its own part program to run 50 or so lines of g-code. Ideally, the user would never see mach3. It would be just a liaison, or middle man, between the simple screen and the cnc. Is this possible?

Thanks,

Matt

Matt,

There are many ways to do it. What I'll do is design a screen with 4 buttons and assign macros to those buttons which carry the programs code. To take Mach out of the E-stop state when it starts, you can make a macro and put it in the initialization line on "config/general config" menu or program it in the macropump. Otherwise you can put a Reset button on your screen too.

Zafar