Hi,
Mach4 is a different animal, but it's frustrating to find that things I used to take for granted now can't be done that way
That very much sums up the way many feel about transitioning to Mach4 from Mach3. What I remind people is that Mach4 is NOT Mach3 and
wont ever be so. Over a period of time there were all sorts of tricks and workarounds in Mach3 that were employed and we all became familiar with them
without realizing that they were a total 'kludge'.
Mach4 has done away with all those hacks. In most cases you can replicate, or come close to replicating, the same behavior with Mach4 by programming
it so. The programming itself imposes a structure based set of restrictions and so you are extremely unlikely to break something else as would be the case
in Mach3.
To date there are few manufacturers who have invested the time and effort (read....money) into writing Mach4 plugins for their pendants. CNCVista is the only
one I know of where the business did it of their own volition. The XHC plugin was written by a couple of enthusiasts, no doubt with XHC support but not
the business itself.
Have a look at Daz's Xbox 360 plugin, it might fit the bill really well. In addition you have the ability to contribute to the ongoing development of it rather than
purchasing from a business.
Craig