Post by DaveCVI on Nov 16, 2012 11:04:10 GMT -8
hi -
I have a Tormach Mill and would like to use the MSM screens, from what I can gather I need to install the latest version of Mach, copy and paste my XML and Lic file to the new installation and then I can use the MSM Screen Set, does that sound right?
Thanks, Pat
That's close to what I'd recommend. It's important to use a separate profile for MSM from the one that you use to run the tormach version of mach. Please see the MSM readme file for installation instructions re this.
The reason for separate profile is so that the changes/extension MSM makes will not conflict with your existing tormach setup. With separate profiles, you can start the machine with either the tormach setup or the MSM setup. There will end up being many differences in installed files etc since tormach still ships a 2.x.x version of Mach while MSM requires a 3.43.xx level.
Here is what I'd suggest -
1) I'd install the newer version of mach (3.43.66 is the current mach lock down and recommended version for MSM) into the default c:\mach3 directory. This will keep the installation separate from the tormach installation whish I believe is installed into c:\pcnc
2) then copy the tormach profile (the mach "Xml" profile file) from the PCNC dir to the Mach3 dir. This gets you all the hardware setting specific to you machine into the MSM/Mach 3.43.xx installation.
3) then follow the MSM readme file instructions to start mach with the copied tormach profile and tell that profile to use MSM (via mach viwe, load screens menu).
4) shut down mach (this gets the changes written into the profile file) and restart - now the profile will come up and load MSM by default.
You will then have two separate ways to start the machine - one for MSM and all it's good extensions and one for the stock tormach configuration.
FYI - If your machine is under warranty with tormach the steps are the same, but I'd suggest that you contact tormach prior to messing around with the machine setups. This is because changing things can impact some aspects of the tormach warranty coverage. I tell tormach warranty customers to them first as it's their machine, and their warranty coverage and I can't presume to speak for them (I wouldn't want to cause anyone of their customers to incur a warranty side effect unknowingly).
It's generally not a big deal, the tormach guys are friendly and offer good customer service, and I have multiple tormach owers running MSM without any hassle etc - but I am aware that tormach could (technically) refuse warranty support for non-tormach standard configurations. (I get it, support costs money and they can't commit to support any arbitrary setup).
Dave
Thanks, Pat
That's close to what I'd recommend. It's important to use a separate profile for MSM from the one that you use to run the tormach version of mach. Please see the MSM readme file for installation instructions re this.
The reason for separate profile is so that the changes/extension MSM makes will not conflict with your existing tormach setup. With separate profiles, you can start the machine with either the tormach setup or the MSM setup. There will end up being many differences in installed files etc since tormach still ships a 2.x.x version of Mach while MSM requires a 3.43.xx level.
Here is what I'd suggest -
1) I'd install the newer version of mach (3.43.66 is the current mach lock down and recommended version for MSM) into the default c:\mach3 directory. This will keep the installation separate from the tormach installation whish I believe is installed into c:\pcnc
2) then copy the tormach profile (the mach "Xml" profile file) from the PCNC dir to the Mach3 dir. This gets you all the hardware setting specific to you machine into the MSM/Mach 3.43.xx installation.
3) then follow the MSM readme file instructions to start mach with the copied tormach profile and tell that profile to use MSM (via mach viwe, load screens menu).
4) shut down mach (this gets the changes written into the profile file) and restart - now the profile will come up and load MSM by default.
You will then have two separate ways to start the machine - one for MSM and all it's good extensions and one for the stock tormach configuration.
FYI - If your machine is under warranty with tormach the steps are the same, but I'd suggest that you contact tormach prior to messing around with the machine setups. This is because changing things can impact some aspects of the tormach warranty coverage. I tell tormach warranty customers to them first as it's their machine, and their warranty coverage and I can't presume to speak for them (I wouldn't want to cause anyone of their customers to incur a warranty side effect unknowingly).
It's generally not a big deal, the tormach guys are friendly and offer good customer service, and I have multiple tormach owers running MSM without any hassle etc - but I am aware that tormach could (technically) refuse warranty support for non-tormach standard configurations. (I get it, support costs money and they can't commit to support any arbitrary setup).
Dave