Example:
There is no reason for my operator to go to the diag page at all.
The machine is set and running great, Why would I, or he need to
have easy access to it? I am in the belif that the machine is there
to make parts. Some find that the machine itself is there hobby. To
each there own, hence the editor. Just wish I could make the hardly
used pages a menu item instead of a page. Could help make more room
on first page for important info. I think it will be great to see
others screens and how others chose to work with Mach. I might learn
something new. My 2 cents..:)
--- In mach1mach2cnc@..., "caudlet" <thom@t...> wrote:
--- In mach1mach2cnc@..., "Chuck Meckem" <zoomer@n...>
wrote:
I have been setting up my screen for my father who has little
experince with CNC.
Trying to train him as my cnc operator only right now.
For this purpose I think less info the better.
I would like to see diag screen and other non job related
screens
become menu items rather than buttons and or pages.
His mill does not have spindel on off or rpm checking, nor limit
switches. So I left those items out of my design I recently
uploaded. Some day we will hook that stuff up,And I can add that
stuff back in.
His mill is a simple desktop 4th axis machine with no bells and
whistles.
While simplicity is a virtue you will find that even complex
screens
are pretty easy to get used to. Kind of like an instrument panel
on
a modern aircraft. Your eye and experience will allow you to
rapidly
focus on the control you need on a crowded panel. If you
logically
group and place the controls it makes it even faster. I got used
to
MACH1 with everything on the main screen and Art came out with the
mutiple screen MACH2....I HATED it for a while. I ran from the
diagnostics screen for a long time until I could find time to
design
my own. I ended up building a screen that had 100% of everything
I
use and I never switch around. Some controls I very seldom use
but
my brain (the part that allows me to hear the TV audio while my
wife
is talking loudly to her sister in the same room) lets me filter
them
out and focus on the controls I need.
After a basic training period with a simple screen you might want
to
try a more complex version. Ignore the howls of protest for a few
days and see if the operator gets acclimated to the new interface.
