<div dir="ltr">It's way better to have it on the network rather than usb. <div><br></div><div>But there would need to be a wireless network to make it really convenient. </div><div><br></div><div>Should be easy enough to add a wireless access point to the laser room. You can make one out of one of those wrt54g routers that are floating around in the lab. Or just mount the lab router on the wall beside the door, perhaps it can reach the lab. Or get a drop or something for laptops using a hub or something...</div><div><br></div><div>I guess there's need to be a wire for the machine then wireless for everything else. Or a wire for the laser a wire for the workstation then wireless for everything else.</div><div><br></div><div>But it's no fun to set it up of somebody's going to screw around with it (like what was happening when it used to work great on the network)... I eventually stopped putting it back and just used a usb key since that time loss was less than screwing around to find out what's been changed...</div><div><br></div><div>I realize it's more convenient to put the machine on usb when it's out on the road but if it's not restored back to its home configuration then it's just a hassle.</div><div><br></div><div>Even the last time the machine went on the road it was not connected back up properly. I lost a bunch of time figuring out tat the network wasn't put back into the laptop.</div><div><br></div><div>I guess my point is if people are going to jump in to help, it's nice to have assurance that someone isn't going to unplug everything all the time and leave it to the community to figure out what's missing...</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Software Since '88 <a href="http://siteware.com" target="_blank">siteware.com</a> | Contact: <a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank">darcy@siteware.com</a> | <a href="tel:613-563-3634" value="+16135633634" target="_blank">613-563-3634</a> by appointment</div><div><br></div><div>Canada N 45° 25'03.1" W 75° 42'21.4"</div></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 9:16 PM, Justin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:justin@slootsky.org" target="_blank">justin@slootsky.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p style="margin:0 0 1em 0;color:black">Maybe after the laser is
working correctly again, we can talk to administration about putting the
laser cutter on the network. Are there any downsides?
Accidental print jobs? </p>
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<p style="color:black;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;margin:10pt 0">On
January 4, 2015 7:24:56 PM Darcy Whyte <<a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank">darcy@siteware.com</a>> wrote:</p>
</div></div><blockquote type="cite" class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 0.75ex;border-left:1px solid #808080;padding-left:0.75ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Yeah, and you do it all with usb key since they don't have
the machine on the network.<div><br></div><div>Actually come think of it
there's a workaround that saves the usb key. I go to dropbox on the lab
computer.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy
Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Software Since '88 <a href="http://siteware.com" target="_blank">siteware.com</a> | Contact: <a href="mailto:darcy@siteware.com" target="_blank">darcy@siteware.com</a> |
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 7:14 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:janick@bergeron.com" target="_blank">janick@bergeron.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p>I do keep my printer settings DAT files saved on my USB stick. It avoids
finding them in that now-bloated list and ensures they remain
consistent.</p><span>
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<p>On 2015-01-04 17:52, Darcy Whyte wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr">You wind up keeping all the settings on your pc
automatically (all that stuff you save on the 2nd tab of the driver).
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