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Group: DynoMotion Message: 1157 From: morgtod Date: 5/21/2011
Subject: 2 screens
My conversion is going to have 2 screens, 1 touchscreen on the toughbook laptop that will run the KmotionCNC with customized large buttons for easy control, and 1 industrial flat monitor that will be mounted on the control cabinet running the Kmotion software ( a second screen from the same laptop ) to display switch states, amp draws, modes etc.


So the questions-

1 - Can KmotionCNC and Kmotion run at the same time in this configuration?


2 - Is there a better way to do this? I've found reconfiguring the screens works very nice, but my VS2008 skills are very weak and I'm not sure if it would be possible to drag screens from Kmotion to KmotionCNC.

Thanks,

Todd
Group: DynoMotion Message: 1158 From: Tom Kerekes Date: 5/21/2011
Subject: Re: 2 screens
Hi Todd,
 
All that sounds like a substantial undertaking.  Multiple Apps like KMotionCNC and KMotion can run at the same time.  But no you can't drag and drop screens from one to the other.  There is a lot of C++ code behind the screens to make them work.  The KMotion.exe App is only used for diagnostics and initial tuning and configuration and not intended to be used during normal operation.  We don't release the source for it.
You might consider modifying the VB.NET Jogger example to just display various status on your other screen.
 
Or possibly Mach3 would be more easily customizable for you.
 
Good Luck!
TK
 

Group: DynoMotion Message: 1159 From: morgtod Date: 5/22/2011
Subject: Re: 2 screens
Tom,

The Jogger option looks like what I was trying for. I.ve been using mach3 since it was master5 ( A long time ) It's what I use on 5 different machines now. It's been a great program, but I like the idea of using KmotionCNC, it seems like it can be more flexible and powerful, even though there will be a learning curve. Plus windows doesn't have as much control over the machine anymore.

Thanks!

--- In DynoMotion@yahoogroups.com, Tom Kerekes <tk@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Todd,
>
> All that sounds like a substantial undertaking.  Multiple Apps like KMotionCNC
> and KMotion can run at the same time.  But no you can't drag and drop screens
> from one to the other.  There is a lot of C++ code behind the screens to make
> them work.  The KMotion.exe App is only used for diagnostics and initial tuning
> and configuration and not intended to be used during normal operation.  We don't
> release the source for it.
>
> You might consider modifying the VB.NET Jogger example to just display various
> status on your other screen.
>
> Or possibly Mach3 would be more easily customizable for you.
>
> Good Luck!
> TK
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: morgtod <todmorg@...>
> To: DynoMotion@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sat, May 21, 2011 6:24:13 AM
> Subject: [DynoMotion] 2 screens
>
>  
> My conversion is going to have 2 screens, 1 touchscreen on the toughbook laptop
> that will run the KmotionCNC with customized large buttons for easy control, and
> 1 industrial flat monitor that will be mounted on the control cabinet running
> the Kmotion software ( a second screen from the same laptop ) to display switch
> states, amp draws, modes etc.
>
> So the questions-
>
> 1 - Can KmotionCNC and Kmotion run at the same time in this configuration?
>
> 2 - Is there a better way to do this? I've found reconfiguring the screens works
> very nice, but my VS2008 skills are very weak and I'm not sure if it would be
> possible to drag screens from Kmotion to KmotionCNC.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Todd
>