boy, I sure hope their software is better than their grammar and
spelling.......
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Barker brianb@... [mach1mach2cnc]"
<mach1mach2cnc@...>
To: <mach1mach2cnc@...>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [mach1mach2cnc] Mach4 plugin
> They sure seem negative! The Pokeys is a very good option over the UC100
> and there are other that will be coming along. As for the API interface
> it has not been changing much at all at this time. The changes that have
> happened have been for things like rigid tapping features like Laser and
> so on. So at the end of the day they are welcome to do what they like
> but it sure would be nice if they truly knew what we where working
> before they spout off.
>
> Thanks
> Brian
>
> On 2/23/2015 1:19 PM, 'Ralph Tuttle' ralph.tuttle@...
> [mach1mach2cnc] wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thought I would pass this along for those who are trying to make
>> future decisions with regards to mach4 compatibility. I inquired
>> whether they had a Mach4 plugin for their UC100 and if not when they
>> might develop one. Here is their response:
>>
>> Thank you for your e-mail and for your interest in our products.
>>
>> I'm afraid we will not write a Mach4 plugin any soon and we have the
>> following reasons:
>>
>> 1.) Mach4 is still in too active development which means the SDK
>> interface is changing a lot as the developers fixing bugs and changing
>> things, this means that we should always follow these changes closely
>> and that the changes could break the plugin. We are not really
>> interested to go into a jog like this now which could take forever and
>> would give us an infinate job. We will write a plugin only if and when
>> Mach4 will become stable enough and when the development will be not
>> this active anymore.
>>
>> 2.) We already have our own software called the UCCNC. The software
>> can already do most of the things mach3 and mach4 can do and we
>> already working on advanced things which mach3 and also mach4 can't do,
>> so probably at the time when mach4 will become stabile enough we will
>> probably will be ahead of mach4 with our own software development, so
>> there will be then no real point for us to write a plugin for Mach4
>> ... but ofcourse this is just an idea, time will decide. :)
>>
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