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Very serious BUG with Modbus and Register plugins
MACH4 is after software version 4.2.0.4517If you set any Modbus plugins connection, after restarting MACH4,Then any settings of your Register plugins will disappear, and of course it cannot be called.But Machine.ini still has registered plug-in information.If you delete all Modbus plugins connection, restart MACH4,The value of the Register plugins…
Cursor keys move machine, even when Mach4 is not active app
Perhaps this is a feature, but presumably something that can be disabled?When I have Mach4 running, if I use the cursor keys in other apps on my computer (eg, web browser, PDF reader), the machine moves.It's like Mach4 has "captured" the cursor keys. This does not happen in Mach3, this is the first time I have used Mach 4.
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'z' limit switch triggered
can't get started cutting any job, because every time I start the cycle, spindle travels upward, triggers limit switch. I am a new user with little training/experience - very confusing.
Tables wont show
When i select tool table or Fixture table on mach 4 hobby, they wont show up.They appear on the task bar in windows as a stack of Mach4 icons but i cant maximize them.
Probing Calaberation X and Y Error
Probe is not seen and overrides settings when you click on th Calaberation x and button. If you run G31 X F5 it works fine.Boots-2b1
E-stop faulty
hello，Last week our engineer find a serious problem with Emergency button function,that when CNC machine executes a function---like Automatic change a tools MDI--"T1M6“”,then we press E-stop button, the software will executes the according (T1M6）to output ---like Output-Open clamp of spindle!please find attached video, then you will check, the CNC…
Units per step wizard will not compile
The steps per unit wizard fails to start due to an error (syntax I think).I have mach 4 and a pmdx 416.
NSIS Installer problem
Mach 4 version 2.0.4162 installer shows error if you have a non-ASCII characters in Windows user name and doesn't start the installation process. When I have created a new user account without such characters than the installer worked fine.This behaviour was observed on :Mach4 : 2.0.4162 Hobby installerOS : 64-bit Windows 10 Home (version 1903)Proc…
Choosing Configure > Control... causes not responding in main window.
Mach 4 4.2.0.4162Steps to reproduceSelect Configure menuSelect Control...Click on the main window (off of the newly opened modal window)Main window will eventually shows wait cursor with (Not responding) on the main window.The modal now goes to the back and is lost from the user.Seems like the modal might be running on the main thread causing the m…
Debugging check failed
Mach 4 4.2.0.4162 just moving through the screens and this popped up.Application closed after I clicked stop.There is nothing in the CrashReports folder.
Slaved axis is unaligned! Home the machine before jogging!
Using:Pokeys575 CNC board firmware v4.4.1Mach 4 4.2.0.4162 (licensed)When homing with a Home switch and what Pokeys calls an encoder which accepts the first state change as home works fine for the X and Z axis but on my Y axis there are two motors 1 and 3 (slave)A signal is received for home on both motors but only one one encoder signal was receiv…
the digitizer worked fine three times, now it won't load