any ideas how to bypass computer controls while machine is cutting?

[knight_toolworks]

everyone here is speaking from experience. either wait or get another computer. thats the only real solution.

[Martin Reid]

Dear andrius.ack

I imagine that you are quire frustrated that we are all giving advice rather than answers to your question.

If (like me) you loose control of the mouse - locked in the [START] buttom of the Shopbot Control Position Dialogue - for the duration of the processing the .sbp file.

I have never tried this so don't know if it will work or not.

But you could try Windows [Alt] & [Tab] Task Switcher to move the focus of the window to another operation. You will probably need to start the other 'operation' before loading the part file.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-Tab

On your head be it.

Sincerely and in good faith
Martin

PS to follow your car analogy, would you give control of you nice new camper-van to your inebriated 18 year old son while you made coffee in the back?

[chiloquinruss]

while you made coffee in the back PERFECT ANSWER! LOL Luv it. Russ

[coryatjohn]

>> But you could try Windows [Alt] & [Tab] Task Switcher to move the focus of the window to another operation.

I doubt that would work as the ShopBot controller continuously grabs focus. You might be able to switch for a microsecond but that's about it.

[andrius.ack]

thank you all for your input, at the end I just hooked another laptop side by side the host and connected the two with the network cable. Now I can reprogram the cut files while machine is running at the same time.