Amazing. Buy it for about $15, put some bright yellow silkscreen lettering on it, make one little plugin to work on Winbloze, and charge $90... Whadda racket! ;-)
Mark At 09:39 AM 4/7/2008, you wrote: >It's a Contour Shuttle Xpress, just like the Tormach jog dial. > >The Shuttle Xpress is $36.95 according to google. > >I believe there is a simple patch for the kernel to make this device >work correctly. Unfortunately, it was a year ago when I found what I >thought was the correct fix ;) > >If I think of it, I'll bring it to CNC workshop and try to figure out >the fix again (if I don't get to it sooner ...). > >- Steve > >Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: > > >Bummer. It's got a good price tag on it, and for the machine I'm > >planning on using it on, it would be economical. I'm trying to find > >something like that which would be economical for a two-axis machine. > > > >Mark > > > >At 09:08 AM 4/7/2008, you wrote: > > > > > >>This looks a lot like a device I tested a year ago with hal_inpt. > >>Unfortunately, it did not work very well. Here's a link to the message > >>I wrote at the time: > >>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02091.html > >> > >>Excerpt: > >> While this device is recognized by hal_input, it behaves very > >> oddly--the way it operates is at odds with other similar devices. I > >> don't think this device would be useful with emc without > >> device-specific hacks, and even then it would be problematic. Read > >> on if you'd like a longer explanation. > >> > >>Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Register now and save $200. Hurry, offer ends at 11:59 p.m., Monday, April 7! Use priority code J8TLD2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
