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Forum -- Admin, Rules, Announcements => Announcements => Topic started by: Bob at PMDX on November 07, 2015, 01:35:52 AM
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The Mach4Hobby plugin for the SmartBOB-USB family of controllers has been updated to version 0.33.159, released 6 November 2015. This plug-in tested with Mach4 builds 2313 through 2763 and should work with later builds unless the API is changed.
** PLEASE READ THE RELEASE NOTES !! They contain important information about using these new features and bug fixes.
New features since Version 0.31.147:
- The real-time status display shows the PWM signal if assigned to the SmartBOB Pin16 or Pin17. Does not show the PWM signal when using a PMDX-407. The real-time display now also shows the values of the step and direction pins.
- Enhanced the debug log capability to include information from the SmartBOB device.
- Enhanced USB communication error recovery.
- Closes debug log files before Mach4 creates its "package" (from the Help->Support menu) and then re-opens them afterwards. This allows the log files to be included in the package even if they were open.
Bug fixes since version 0.31.147:
- Fixed a bug in the PMDX-411 firmware that prevented the spindle PWM signal from appearing on Pin16.
- Fixed a bug that re-mapped the charge pump signal to Pin17 if it was mapped to any other SmartBOB output pin.
- Fixed issue with motion planner interface that mis-reported the actual position for certain moves. The result was that the ending position for subsequent moves would be off by a couple of step pulses. This happened when the motor tuning parameters had a slow max velocity and a slow acceleration/deceleration rate.
- Fixed a bug that required exiting Mach4 and re-starting it in order to disable "Wildhorse Probe" mode or "Expanded Inputs" mode.
- No longer overwrite fixture offset table when homing an axis.
- Fix memory access error in USB interface.
- Fix memory access error in configuration dialog.
Full details HERE: http://www.pmdx.com/Downloads_/ReleaseNotes_Ver_0_33_159.html
This updated plug-in can be downloaded HERE: http://www.pmdx.com/PMDX-SmartBOB-USB-Plug-In