Help needed on the best way to control a 8 position lathe turret

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Re: Help needed on the best way to control a 8 position lathe turret

Post by jumps4 »

I had a problem with Acorn not allowing me to restore from a report to upgrade from v4.18 to v4.64. It would give an error about writing the wizard file.
I worked out an easy method of updating from v4.18 with all of my custom settings and files to v4.64.
I made a report from the v4.18 program to the desktop and renamed it "report v4.18"
I renamed the C:\cnct directory to cnctv4.18
I did a fresh install of version 4.64 and opened it so it communicated with acorn board then shut it down.
I copied the file I named "report v4.18 into the new cnct directory and unzipped overwriting all the files.
I then started Acorn
acorn called for repower of the acorn board and when completed all my settings were in the new software and working as normal.
I then opened the wizard and It asked if I wanted to use my custom setting and I did. I didn't change anything in the wizard. I then wrote the setting to acorn and closed the wizard.
I now had my v4.18 original virtual operating panel skin with the ability to modify it.
I changed the image file in the aux11 button to the Turret index image and I was done.
Everything I had working before on my machine and turret work perfect in the new version.

Steve
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