I put a bit of time into mach4 and got all i needed done without much dramas. Still there are some small improvements i wanted done but in reality i have no complaints to setup my system and get it to work. Cnc mill that is.
Only thing i really want done since many years now is a trajectory planner that makes me drool. The current one serves its purpose but its a 6. We need a 9.5 out of 10. Its out there... just have to know where to look.
On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 at 1:02 am, Brian Barker
<brianb@...> wrote:
Hi,
This is truly the first time I have ever seen this be something
that was an issue. I will check with the support guys and make
sure they have not seen this as well.
Now as far as making a new interface for setting up the motor
that can be done! Lua has all the power to make this happen. We
have OEM's that make simple scripts to setup the motor / IO and
other settings. I truly don't know what to do in this new "modern
age" The amount of things people expect out of the software is
getting a little foreign to me . 3D printers have done a wonderful
job of getting people into manufacturing. BUT at the same time it
has made a bunch of users that think CNC should be that simple. We
are working to try to make things simpler everyday and at the same
time support the "power users" . I think we are quickly getting to
the point that we have no middle ground. So we are working in VERY
simple screens and wizards to guide the user to do simple
operations and setup.? The issue is I think as the people learn
more they will want to get deeper into the machine and will want
to make the machine do more complex things.
Sorry for my rant :) But I am seeing this issue and trying to
figure out what we should do to help people.
Thanks
Brian
it works. i do have to say that plain text is not
conventionally used as an indicator of a button or clickable
link or any active screen component. there are all sorts of ways
of calling attention to an active component or link? using plain
text is just plain wrong. below is what you said that had me
confused suggesting that i should be able to find a button icon
of some sort etc. when you said that you have to click on the
Motor)? text that made it clear.
but you also have to click on the
Motor0, or whatever,
On 3/27/2021 12:25 PM, Steve
Stallings wrote:
One more time -----
on the Motors tab of the Configure Control panel you will
see a list of motors on the right side.
?
You must click on
the Motor0 text, not the check box, so that it highlights
with a blue background. Then you will be able to edit
parameters.
?
?
At this point I have just one problem. I want to prove that
mach4 will work for me and maybe take the transition slowly
since i have a few customizations that i really like.
When I try configure control motor all the entry boxes are
greyed out but i must have pins right and checked boxes to use
the axis because they move when i run a gcode.
i am going to look one more time for something that might not
be checked
if you have any places to look in mach4 config or ESS config
or any place out that might be responsible for the motor
setting page to not think there are motors? again they move
under program control.
On 3/27/2021 6:49 AM, Brian Barker
wrote:
Spencer,
I need to be at my desk for a bit later today and I am more
than happy to go over this with you.and get it setup. I know
you have been doing this for a long time and I know you
shouldn't have any trouble. I would like to know if we can
do anything to make it better.
Thanks
Brian
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Engineering / Devlopment
ArtSoft | Newfangled Solutions
Livermore Falls, Maine (USA)
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Yes i downloaded and printed the 51 pages did
not see anything about hotkeys but the youtube looks
promising.Maybe i missed another doc. Can not do many
youtubes at high res with our viasat rip off. Still need to
know why motor settings csn not be entered
On March 26, 2021 7:24:03 PM PDT,
Andy Wander
<ohawiseguyeh@...>
wrote:
Spencer:
Did you check out the docs about setting up Mach4 at warp9td site?
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I spent hours trying to get mach4 to work with ess. Boy is the configuration a confusing mess.
two things i just can't get to work but i am sure there will be others once i test my lube control and other things.
i think i can live without my customizations at least for a while but i just wanted to see if mach4 is really any better and worth the effort.
I CAN NOT GET MOTOR TUNING TO WORK. i have all pins assigned etc and i can run a test gcode but the steps are totally wrong and need to be changed. in the appropriate place (something like config control motors) i have the familiar motor tuning screen similar to mach3. however the steps speed and accel are greyed out and i can not enter anything. by default all motor checkboxes were checked and i unchecked and checked until i was exhausted. nothing i could do would let me enter the values.
also i can not find anywhere where hotkeys are assigned. i found a tutorial you tube by a woman who sounds very authoritative so i think i might have found the answer but i have viasat internet and videos are blurry pixels at anything other than high res which means i have to wait weeks for vids to load. this is why i seriously shy away from youtube.
we are in the list for starlink and hope to get it soon so we will be in the 20th or is that 21st century like everyone else.
with all the fabulous improvements WTF can't there be a downloadable pdf worth shit? i have a great manual for mach3 and did not have many problems installing or using it other than a few here and there and the bugs which have prompted me to try mach4.
so maybe hotkeys and other kule keyboard stuff will be explained buy the very confident sounding woman if i live long enough to download the high res video
however trying to find out why motor tuning is greyed out could take me into the next century trying to find the answer.
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