Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] NIST 274NGC bugs -Say what??

WE as for me Art has always gone all out to help solve any problems I have
had.
He responds a lot of the time in minutes.
Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Art" <fenerty@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 2:33 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] NIST 274NGC bugs -Say what??


> Jon:
>
> Sorry for the OT, just wanted to set the record straight.
>
> >>> I'm afraid Art has made it pretty clear he doesn't WANT to report any
> > of this, as it would reduce the advantage his
>
> I have made no such thing evident. I have sent the entire driver code to
> someone who wished to work on a driver to support the servo-to-go for
> example. While my source is closed, it is simply a matter of no
> documentation and a source only I can really understand as a result. With
> over 1000 users, I answer up to 100 emails a day (every day , 7 days a
> week. ). I have had several requests for information on attaching to Mach2
> and support as well as I can in that direction, but to change the driver
in
> MAch2 is not like in EMC, Windows is a very complex driver user and all
who
> have checked have decided it is simply impossible. What I have done as
well
> is to release to the public domain the Gecko2003 firmware and the protocol
> that Mach2 uses for it at the request of developers. I have also developed
a
> USB flashing routine and released it as open source. I think the future is
> USB and am trying my best to support anyone in that direction.
>
> I try to support anyone, anyone..who wishes to know how things are done
> and have sent code to many people as a result. This isn't about protecting
> source. This is mainly about time and resources. Mach2 is a very busy
> project with at least 4 hours of code done every day. (again 7 days a
> week.). Obviously my priority is to my users, I spend all my available
time
> recoding, adding features and discussing machine problems on the Mach2
site
> as well as offline support for various machines. As a one-person operation
> (and a hobby at that), this is so demanding I have no remaining time to
code
> special device hooks. I take approx 5 phone calls a day from around the
> world, all support, and tests with various hardware makers on top of
> everything else.
>
> All one has to do is ask, if you need driver code to try to write a
> driver, I'll supply it, but it has been looked at several times in the
hope
> of adding support for servo's and the best experts have thrown up their
> hands and said "impossible", the driver is vastly complex to do its job in
> Windows NT, and cannot easily be changed to do anything other than printer
> port work. As to "He will make it impossible", I don't know where such a
> thing comes from, certainly not from me. I write no code to "lock out"
> potential users of any stripe or hardware. (What a waste of time that
would
> be).
>
> As to the EMC source, you are quite right, I have used sections of it in
> development of the Mach series. But while I have fixed many bugs, they are
> not documented as I go and mainly pertain to the RS274 modules use in
> Windows and the rotational speed fix, which I have explained many times in
> detail how the rotation feeds are recalculated both on list and off. I
have
> stated publicly that the EMC authors are to be congratulated on fine code
> and excellent idea's and anytime I can help, I do.
>
> Jon, I really am not a competative person, I began here on this list,
> added many things to the list, have tried to support all who inquire and
> when specific functions or support can be done, I do them. Unfortunately,
> due to the overwhelming time demands of what I do, some things are
possible,
> some are not. I have heard such comments before, it seems like the success
> of the Mach series has put some noses out of joint for some inexplicable
> reason, but this is not a planned or conspiratory thing, it just happened
as
> a direct result of this list. It began as a small program and with a lot
of
> work has grown to a rather large and popular one which takes an
unbelievable
> amount of time to support. The irony is , if I could stand Linux, I would
> use EMC, I'm just not a linux freak, so I had to write my own for
Windows..
>
> Sorry for this OT letter, (if the list mom's let it through), but for
some
> reason some people like to think I'm running a conspiracy to defeat my
> competitors. I don't have any competitors though. I write software, you
> like it or you don't, no competition involved.
>
> Thanks for listening....
> Art
> www.artofcnc.ca
>
>
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