NotePad++ Info and sources for viewing parameter files

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Gene Uselman
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Joined: Thu Jul 07, 2016
Location: Suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Country: USA
Nickname: Gene
Laser Machine Make or Type: QC
Laser Power: 130W
Laser Bed Size: 900x1300
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: RDw .19 & Lightburn
LightBurn Version: Latest
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: Win 10 Pro
Accessories: I have a combining lenses, pin tables [homebuilt], honeycomb tables , wireless remote, Modifed Ultimate Air Assist, home built non-powered rotary device, PrusaMK4 and Mini Prusa printers.

NotePad++ [a free program] is a very useful tool for laser users- it will load and open both RDworks
files and Lightburn files and with a free plugin will compare two of them and point out to you how they
differ. This will work on Parameter [Vendor or Recovery] files and the Library files from both RDw and LB.
It will take a bit of poking around to find the parameter you are looking for [these files are 550 lines long but
with a little patience it is amazing what you can figure out.

Uses- compare your param file with a downloaded 'Rescue' file from the forum- some differences will be
expected with different size and speed/power machines but if you look at the True/false and yes/no values
you can often figure out what will aid you in getting your machine to work as expected. Good Luck, Gene

You can read about NP++ and download here:
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

You can download the compare plugin and learn about it here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-compare/

Screenshot example:

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Notepad++ screenshot-compare.jpg
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Gordon Newell
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Joined: Tue May 18, 2021
Location: Endeavour Hills, VIC
Country: Australia
Laser Machine Make or Type: Still deciding, will be self build
Laser Power: 100W
Laser Bed Size: 800x1200mm
Home Position: TL
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: 8.01.18
Ruida Controller: RDC6445
Windows Version: 10

https://github.com/pnedev/compare-plugi ... tag/v2.0.0

Version 2 of plug-in that will work with x64 Notepad.
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