X4 Post update - How

[Guest]

The process to update posts from X3 to X4 has changed slightly, here is something I do to get through it.

 

 

 

After completing all of the selections, press the Green Check and let it do its thing, then you'll have to go back in to do the posts

 

 

After the posts information is set let it go again.

 

 

Now you should run the update post utility, it WILL be necessary to use this at least.

 

 

After clicking on the User Define App or hitting ALT+C choose the updatepost.dll

 

 

You can only update one post at a time, so complete all of your selections for one and click the Blue Ball

 

 

Guys, READ your logs, there is going to be some information in there many are going to need, so PLEASE pay attention to what is being output in these logs.

[Trevor Bailey]

this needs to be a "sticky".

 

thank you for doing this John.

[Guest]

No problem Trevor.

 

 

To expand on what I posted above, for the more technical adept guys who are comfortable just copying and pasting, that can as well be done.

 

You can just manually copy everything and then use the post update.dll

 

It will depend I think on the end users computer comfort level.

[ShopWareTwo]

So there is still no way to automatically do this is there? That still baffles me.

[cadman2112]

"on the fly" updating was removed in X3 because of crashing issues.....

[PeterM]

Hey John,

Thanks for the info. I did notice that the update machine definition and control definition fields are greyed out. How would I go about updating those as well.

[PeterM]

"edit"

I should have said update op defaults, they don't seen to exist in the posts that I have updated so far.

[PeterM]

Got it.

[PullTab]

I've just updated to X4, and ran all my posts thru the update post utility. I do see some #cnc errors in the posts now, but I know they are minor. I will be working on fixing them over the next few weeks on the side, but I get a

"Errors were detected during posting! Do you want to wiew the messages?" message after posting. Is there anyway to disable this message for now?

[Jim Evans from CNC Software]

There is no way to disable the message except for fixing the errors. If we gave you the option to turn off the error, you would turn it off and forget you had errors and never fix them and then one day they will bite you and then someone will be screaming that we didn't tell them they had errors.

 

If you are confident the errors are minor and not affecting your NC code. I strongly suggest getting them addressed soon though, because even if the error is in an area that doesn't affect your posting today, it very well may affect it one day based on your work, new jobs or even new employees wanting different output.

 

So far, every post we have dealt with here at CNC has had very simple mistakes and the fixes were very, very easy and the turn around back to the user quick. If you are comfortable with posts, give it a try. If not there are plenty of good post folks on this forum more than willing to help out. You can always contact your reseller or us directly if need be.

 

We are in the process of creating some supporting documentation to help alleviate some of the concern that has cropped up and to help make this update transition a little more manageable. We hope to have it available next week and will be sure to make it a sticky on the forum as well as get the information distributed through newsletters, our website, resellers, etc.

[DavidB]

John I had no problem updating all my Mill then Lathe posts at once.

 

It does say select Post(s)?

 

Why only 1 at a time?

 

Cheers Dave

[Don M]

Excellent post JP.

Thanks for taking the time.

 

Jim, making it a sticky would be appreciated.

I think it will save everyone a lot of time.

[Guest]

quote:

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Why only 1 at a time?

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Because when looking for errors it is easy enough to deal with one log file at a time for "most" users.

[Camdude®]

John,

definitely needs to be a sticky...

[Tom Anderson]

Does anyone know if this process works with X2 files as well? The update folder gives the option to choose X2 files, but is there any complications known?

 

Thanks,

[Guest]

This is a few days old Tom but I hope you did go ahead and try it. NO there are no issues beyond what may be seen in X3 posts, other than that all updates of X2 posts have been otherwise uneventful.

[Tom Anderson]

Yes, we did try it and found only minor issues. Thanks again for working out the mahor kinks and sharing. Saves others of us a lot of headaches!

[mold100]

Whats the best way to go from X2Mr2 to X4 with keepin X2Mr2 installed ...... Not all seats will be updated so I can not unistall 9 or my X2 versions, trying to skip installing X3 all together

 

Thanks

[dleade1]

Tried to update posts to run X4 using this method and still no joy. I keep getting a message that the posts need to be updated.I am currently running X3,windows XP but I have to leave it so I at least have something that works untill I can find a way to fix the problem

[Lee1]

Hi,all

I have a question,can you help me??

if scomm blank then output "UNDEFINED OPERATION"

pls help me ,Thanks

see code:

 

pcomment2 #Comment from manual entry

scomm$ = ucase (scomm$)

if gcode$ = 1006 | gcode$ = 1026, scomm$

else,

[

if scomm$ <> sblank,

[

*sopen_prn, "OPERATION ", 35 , *op_cnt, " ", scomm$, *sclose_prn

]

else,

[ # ------here here if scomm = sblank

*sopen_prn, "OPERATION ", 35 , *op_cnt, " ", scomm$ + *snullop, *sclose_prn # *snullop = "UNDEFINED OPERATION"

]

]

if gcode$ <> 1007 & gcode$ <> 1026, e$

 

[chip]

[chip]

got your message. Can you blame a guy for trying?

[chip]

adjusting

[chip]

So, Does X5 come with a pre-nup?

[Tim Pruett]

How do you update when you don't have an X4 folder. I have X3 and X3 backup. Do I just select the control def and machine def from the backup folder and update to the X3 folder? I tried copying the config folder from the backup folder to the X3 folder using windows and my toolbar states came in properly but I got an error, so I switched it back to the way it was. I forget what it said.

 

Edit; I figured it out, thanks anyway.

 

[ 03-18-2010, 10:00 AM: Message edited by: Tim Pruett ]