I highly recommend the JogIt! pendant. I bought four of them via a KickStarter campaign. There's a Mach version and a LinuxCNC version. They're awesome. I use the small Logitech K400 wireless keyboard and touchpad to load the program and I do everything else with the JogIt! pendant. I could use the small K400 keyboard as a wireless pendant, but it's still a lot larger than the pendant and the JogIt! pendant has dedicated keys for everything. It plugs into a USB port and is truly plug-n-play with LinuxCNC.
I know this sounds like a commercial, but I have no financial interest and am just a happy customer. I have four, and I think I'm going to buy two more! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1651082654/jog-it-open-source-controller-pendant-for-emc2-and On 06/02/2013 03:16 PM, Dave wrote: > I want to buy a pendant for use with a Bridgeport CNC mill I have > converted to Linuxcnc. > > I think I want an MPG with axes selection, but tell me if you disagree. > > I don't want to make my own as I have way too much other work to do > right now. I am really looking for an off the shelf hardware solution. > If it requires some hal configuration, I am not worried about that. > > What do you guys recommend? > > If the pendant gets bumped, I don't want it fracture and fly apart, etc. > > I've look at the CNC4PC pendants and I have looked at the pendants on Ebay. > > How practical are USB joysticks for use as pendants on a milling machine? > If you are using a USB joystick as a pendant, which model are you using?? > > Thanks, > > Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
