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No problem, You have been a long time member of the group and I want to 
help. I have a machine I need to work on in the morning and after that I 
will be at my desk. I am working on a machine that is a sawmill and has 
no computer so I shouldn't be to long I hope.. With the price of lumber 
how it is everyone around here is sawing like crazy!
Brian Barker
Engineering / Devlopment
ArtSoft | Newfangled Solutions
Livermore Falls, Maine (USA)
Phone: 207(618)1449
Webpage:https://www.MachSupport.com/

On 3/28/2021 6:44 PM, spencer@... wrote:
 i am making decent progress. helped to find the manual which was there 
 as you know but i am so fogged out that i miss a lot. i am also a 
 little irritable :) I used to be a nice guy but dealing with life 
 threatening medical uncertainty has turned me into an old nasty shit a 
 lot sooner than my time.

 if you have not suffered with viasat you don't understand how 
 handicapped we are. when i see a youtube that offers promise i cringe.

 i see a lot in mach 4 that will probably eliminate a number of my 
 customizations. whatever is left i would like to hire someone to migrate.

 next challenge is to figure out how to make a axis angular but i can 
 just change my cgode if i can't figure that out. i'm sure it is in the 
 install manual somewhere.

 On 3/28/2021 3:30 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
 Hellp Spencer, many of the OEM machines that are done have NO 
 Keayboard plugin. They have dedicated hardware for jogging and all 
 the CNC functions that the user would like to do. This again was done 
 at the request of the machine builders. Also Mach4 is done so it is 
 cross platform and the the KB plugin is special because it is done 
 just for Windows.

 The Cycle Start for MDI comes from the standard operating procedures 
 done on commercial CNC machines. We have been following the standards 
 as much as we can! Little hint for you Mach3 guys... "Shift" "Alt" 
 "Enter" will do an MDI execute. I know it is not a simple enter but 
 it is not to far off ... Other fun one you can do is press Alt Enter 
 and you will get Mach4 in full screen.


 Tell me when and we will make your machine do whatever you like ;)


 Thanks
 Brian
 Brian Barker
 Engineering / Devlopment
 ArtSoft | Newfangled Solutions
 Livermore Falls, Maine (USA)
 Phone: 207(618)1449
 Webpage:https://www.MachSupport.com/

 On 3/28/2021 4:18 PM, spencer@... wrote:
 why? is this just to confuse us?

 still have issues with hotkeys. they are all set in the keyboard 
 plugin but nothing works. is there a hidden switch to activate 
 keyboard plugin? i can not find it anywhere. if nothing else i need 
 to do some jogging to test motor tuning signal directions etc.

 why is keyboard a plugin and not part of the main program?

 On 3/28/2021 1:03 PM, Andy Wander wrote:
 Hi Spencer:

 Mach4 MDI works differently from Mach3. You need to press the 
 "Cycle Start" button to activate the MDI code (not "Enter" as in 
 Mach3)

 -----Original Message-----
 From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
 spencer@...
 Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2021 3:55 PM
 To: [email protected]
 Subject: [MachCNC] totally bizzar behavior

 mach3?? ESS

 i have been trying to get mach4 to work but it is just too 
 confusing to me. i understand that the program is completely 
 rewritten but why not adhere to some conventions of mach3 as to 
 where to find and set stuff.

 i can make absolutely no progress with hotkeys and MDI does not 
 work and motor tuning is totally wrong even though it shows correct 
 values.
 motion when running a program is nuts i must have active highs and 
 lows swapped but ????

 has anyone written a tool for using a working mach 3 configuration 
 to set up mach4 with ESS.

 now for the truly bizarre.

 i noticed this yesterday and immediately estopped but today i 
 decided to let it run and see what happened.

 i am running a program that calls a sub many times more than i 
 would ever use it with a tool change to allow for parts change.

 when i started after a tool change the motors went through a 
 totally bizarre song and dance. could not recognize the tune. i was 
 sure it would crash but it just undid the strange movement and then 
 acted as if nothing happened.

 anyone ever experience this?

 and one more request. i have 3800 parts to make and am getting 
 tired of the occasional hiccups with mach3 and really did want to 
 migrate to
 mach4 but i just can't seem to do it. i am taking heavy drugs for 
 stage
 4 prostate cancer and i know my mind is fogged. programming that i 
 could do in my sleep is a serious challenge, i get confused really 
 easily. i also ideally want to get the machine working well enough 
 that i can train someone else to use it when i die which could be 
 soon.

 I also think that if i get everything ready for others to take over 
 i will live forever :) Seriously at this point my case is eluding 
 the doctors and it might be possible for me to live another 10 
 years but if i suddenly get too sick to work it will be too late to 
 set this stuff up for others to use.

 I REALLY NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN SET UP MACH4 FOR ME. I am sure the 
 company i work for (owned by my sister) will pay a fair rate for help.

 -- 
 Best regards, Spencer Chase
 67550 Bell Springs Rd.
 Garberville, CA 95542 Postal service only.
 Laytonville, CA 95454 UPS only.
 Spencer@...
 
 
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