MachPro installation

Excluding Mach from the Windows Defender Antivirus scans. 

We have been working to establish digital signatures for the Mach software. When this is complete, the anti-malware scans will be able to compare the Mach files against the public signatures, and verify that the files you've installed are legitimate. For the short term, this step will still be necessary. 

1. From the Windows Start menu, select Settings 

   

2. At the top of the Settings window is a search box. Search for exclusions. It will offer Virus & threat protection. Click on that choice. 

   

3. In Virus & threat protection, scroll down to Exclusions and Add an exclusion - specifically a Folder

   

4. It will open Windows Explorer to your local disk. In the upper left portion of the window, click the New Folder button, and create a folder named Mach 

   

5. Add a second exclusion folder using the same process, and call the second folder Mach Backup
6. Close the Settings window.

Run the Mach_Package_InstallerMach Package Installer

You will be provided with a small installer that will download and install the Mach software to your specifications. 

When you run the installer, you may see thisone warning.of these warnings. Once our software signatures are in place, thisthese warningwarnings will not be raised.

Set the Mode to Normal and the Branch to Release. Install the package manager by clicking on the orange Install Package Manager button, which will in turn install everything else.

Throughout the install process, the progress will be displayed in the bottom panel

When the package manager has finished installing, the menu will show the MachProsoftware versions that are available for you to installinstall. inUnless instructed otherwise, select the Releaserelease branch. Clickat the orangetop of the list and click the Install Selected Package button to begin. 

The bottom of the package manager window will show the current status. 

Once all of the necessaryprerequisites prerequisitespackages have been installed, the statusprogress barpanel will show "Installing mach-(version)" and you will be presented with the MachPro install window.

You will generally take the defaults throughout the menu screensscreens. Exceptions will be noted below.

Select the Machine Type that you are installing and click Next

Select the M31 type of motion control that you will be using: either EtherCat or Step and Direction, then press Next

Accept the defaults for VFD and Modbus PLC, then click Next   

Accept the Control Model defaults and click Next 

Accept the defaults for the Operator Panel and click Next  

Production Options

• Perform network interface configuration. If this is the first time you have installed MachPro on this computer, then De-select this option. IfIt youcurrently alreadyonly have successfully run MachPro on this computer, then deselect this option.
  • The network configuration will require you to connect tosupports a physicalseveral networkspecific porthardware onoptions. yourNetwork computersetup that was previously not being used. Connect a network cable between the M31 and this port on your computer. This portdetails will be reconfiguredprovided with a static IP address of 192.168.208.10 and will be used on a dedicated internal network withonce the M31MachPro motioninstallation controller.is This port will not be available for internet use.
  completed. 
• Start MachPro on login. This is a convenience feature that can make morning startup less complicated for the operators
• Disable UI WIndows Update Notifications. We recommend that you select this option. Note that it is disabling the Notifications, not the updates themselves. Microsoft still allows some updates to be held, but security related updates will be installed on all Windows computers. 

Choose Components: Accept the defaults and click the Install button.

If you are configuring your network interface, you will be given a menu to select the newly connected port on your computer. Its state needs to be connected. Use the number in the first column to select the interface to be configured.

You will have a progress window with the details of your installation.

When the installation process is completed, click the Close button,button on the Mach setup window, and close the Mach Package Installer window also.

Manually configure the dedicated network interface for the M31 motion controller

This is the link to Microsoft's instructions on network configuration. 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/essential-network-settings-and-tasks-in-windows-f21a9bbc-c582-55cd-35e0-73431160a1b9

Scroll to the bottom and expand the section titled: To specify IPv4 settings manually

You will need to:

• Set the IP address to 192.168.208.10
• Set the Subnet mask to 255.255.255.0
• Save your settings and close the settings window
• Connect the Mach J20 port to the dedicated network port on the control computer