On Sat, 4 Oct 2014, sam sokolik wrote: > Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 16:00:47 -0500 > From: sam sokolik <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <[email protected]> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Conditional code- GOTO > > You also forget to mention that to get the industrial version of mach4 > you are going to pay $1000 -$2000. (which isn't that much but a whole > lot more than zero...) > > If you go for the 'hobby' version of mach4 you don't get the fanuc style > macroB language extensions. So as I under stand it - you are stuck with > the mach3 style language that has no conditionals and such (ie - > linuxcnc before owords - which is what Art started with). $200+ more if > you want the printer port module - otherwise you need to buy external > motion hardware. (which is usually more than mesa, pico or other > linuxcnc supported hardware with less flexibility) > > I still get a kick out of 'needing to be a programmer' to use > linuxcnc.. Mach4 is supposedly a lot more flexible to modify. Guess > what you have to use - lua - a microsoft programming language.. Before > that you had to use 'brains' which was some sort of vb like language.. > I just don't understand.. I have setup many many machines without > having to do any 'programming' with linuxcnc. > > Correct me if I am wrong.. (my rant must be on today) > > sam > >
lua is not related to Microsoft AFAIK http://www.lua.org/about.html Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics (\__/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
