Charles, Philipp, Mark- greetings
>> http://www.tormach.com/store/index.php?app=ecom&ns=prodshow&ref=30616 >> >> It is configured with a geometric speed law on the spring-loaded ring. >> You can jog at full rapid speed slowing to a crawl allowing touch-off >> to a "tenth" very quickly and safely compared with an MPG or keyboard. >Nice unit...I forgot about those. Do you have configs available to get it working with LinuxCNC or does it "Just Work"? It's not clear from >the product page if I can just buy one and use it with a generic LinuxCNC install, or if it only works with Tormach machines. >I have access to some similar control panels (jog-shuttle with T-Bar and a bunch of buttons....did I mention my day job is HD video editing >equipment?) and it might make for a pretty nifty control: The Contour product is of course aimed at video editing but does CNC very well as it is practically impossible to accidentally move the machine. Joysticks are a bit too easy to knock for my liking. Seb wrote a component that uses the Linux HIDRAW driver to get the button clicks as HAL Booleans; the Ring is encoded as -7 to 7 for the 14 speeds and stop; the inner wheel gives a signed count updated on each click. This is in the current LinuxCNC releases and so Machinekit. man shuttlexpress gets its doc. I have a very simple COMP that translates the ring position number to an arbitrary range of speeds defined by 7 input pins, latches the buttons for axis selection and supports different step sizes. It can be done in HAL but IMO the C is much more transparent. Thus device does not need a Tormach machine tool to be useful. The Tormach version has silk screened labels but is internally the same as the stock unit sold by Contour. Best wishes John Prentice ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
