Re: Master5 OCX

Great! Looking forward to playing with it. How will you handle
upgrades if one is already registered with the current version. Mind
you I have not registered yet, and want to know if I should just hold
out until the next release. Thanks for the quick feedback.

Shawn

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Art Fenerty" <fenerty@h...> wrote:
> Shawn:
>
> In order to do it right, and only do it once, I have ordered
the new
> XP driver development kit from Microsoft. It should arrive in a
week or so.
> It is my intent to drop everything else in order to develop a new
WDM driver
> for both Win98 and WinNT. It will hopefully include such things as
Limits on
> movement when hitting switches, 3d sensing probe capability and a
better
> system of memory management. At that point Master5 will become
Win98,ME and
> 2000 and XP only capable, dropping Win95 as a platform. I suspect
it will
> take a few weeks to learn the ins and outs of WDM development. So
Hopefully,
> by the end of November or December, a beta of the WinXP version
will be
> available. This driver change will necessiate some dramatic changes
> internally to the Master5 system, and will probably end up as
Master6 by the
> time of its full release. I will keep folks updated on its progress,
> experimentation will be done on a Embedded APIC mode for pulses to
as high
> as 50,000 pulses per second. Testing has shown it is possible, but
I'm not
> sure yet about compatibily problems. Almost all new motherboards
have
> on-board APICS on board, but are not being used for anything if
only a
> single processor system. I hope to do something about that.
>
> Art
> Master5 Software
> http://users.andara.com/~fenerty/master.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <shawnusa@e...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y...>
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 9:55 AM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Master5 OCX
>
>
> > When do you expect to support Windows 2000/Windows XP?
> >
> > Shawn
> >
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Art Fenerty" <fenerty@h...> wrote:
> > > Hi All:
> > >
> > > The Master5 interface for VB and C++ has been changed to an
> > OCX. The OCX is available on the Web page. It includes functions
for
> > moving, feedrate adjustment, reset, rapid moves, etc...
> > > It seems to be a more popular method of adding
functionality
> > to any programs you may write. It will be growing in its functions
> > over the next couple of weeks, so anyone wishing to write Master5
> > Addons, or plugins can do so with the OCX. It is qiute easy to
use.
> > In C++ you just drop the OCX into your dialog control, set a
variable
> > for it, then use it like m_CNC.Reset(); m_CNC.RapidTo(
> > 10.5,45.3,5.6,0); double Position = m_CNC.WhereX();
> > >
> > > I'm quite willing to put any good addons on the web-site so you
can
> > either give them away or sell them as Master5 Plug-ins.( yeah,
> > that'll make you rich beyond your wildest dreams.. :) )So if
> > you always wanted to write a program which cuts Aircraft wings, or
> > Animated cats, or Defies gravity, or sends directly from a CAM
> > program to your machine without G-Code,but needed movement
routines
> > to do so, go crazy!
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > > Art
> > > Master5 Software
> > > http://users.andara.com/~fenerty/master.htm
> > >
> > >
> > >
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