help with flstep and novaturn please
Posted: Mon 24 Aug , 2009 2:29 am
I have a novaturn and novamill, and have had great help from the forum members (thanks), and have now tested the mill and it seems to be running correctly.
I have the downloaded the flstep software which I believe is the correct software for the novaturn, and have also got the correct go and opt files for my machine after giving the serial number to the forum (thanks again).
However, what I thought would be a simple task to put the software onto a floppy and then change the go and opt file to suit, has turned out to be not so simple.
There is several folders in the zip for different machines, so I thought I would remove those folders, so I removed the folders :-
cyclone
generic
microtur
mirac
tu150e
This left me with the following folder :-
novaturn
plus the files outside the folder of :-
flstep.app
flstep.exe
flstep.grt
flstep.shp
That would have been o.k. in itself but what is confusing me is that there is a file duplicated within the novaturn folder. For instance, there is a folder within the novaturn folder called "incim" and within this are the files called flstep.go and flstep.opt.
However, there is already the file called flstep.opt in the main novaturn folder, and looking at them in notepad shows that they are not the same, i.e. the parameters are different.
Now I am confused as to whether I should remove the single flstep.opt so there is only the one in the incim folder.
Also, should the files outside the novaturn folder be moved into the novaturn folder so that they are all in the same directory so-to-speak.
When I made the floppy for the novamill, it was all in the one folder so I expected it to be the same, so obviously I am not sure what to have on the disk
I hope I have explained myself well enough for someone to understand me.
Any help appreciated.
I have the downloaded the flstep software which I believe is the correct software for the novaturn, and have also got the correct go and opt files for my machine after giving the serial number to the forum (thanks again).
However, what I thought would be a simple task to put the software onto a floppy and then change the go and opt file to suit, has turned out to be not so simple.
There is several folders in the zip for different machines, so I thought I would remove those folders, so I removed the folders :-
cyclone
generic
microtur
mirac
tu150e
This left me with the following folder :-
novaturn
plus the files outside the folder of :-
flstep.app
flstep.exe
flstep.grt
flstep.shp
That would have been o.k. in itself but what is confusing me is that there is a file duplicated within the novaturn folder. For instance, there is a folder within the novaturn folder called "incim" and within this are the files called flstep.go and flstep.opt.
However, there is already the file called flstep.opt in the main novaturn folder, and looking at them in notepad shows that they are not the same, i.e. the parameters are different.
Now I am confused as to whether I should remove the single flstep.opt so there is only the one in the incim folder.
Also, should the files outside the novaturn folder be moved into the novaturn folder so that they are all in the same directory so-to-speak.
When I made the floppy for the novamill, it was all in the one folder so I expected it to be the same, so obviously I am not sure what to have on the disk
I hope I have explained myself well enough for someone to understand me.
Any help appreciated.