Billy - I have each of these. The "red button" one was the first I picked up over a year ago, before a lot of the "heavy lifting" was being worked on for the HID interface for LCNC; I thought perhaps I would find some time to reverse-engineer it, and worst case, I could give it to a friend of mine who uses Mach3. I couldn't get it to set up with Mach3 at all, neither could my friend, and it refuses to connect with the current HB04 components. Your particular ebay link states "Does not work with Mach3...." and that should be a warning, although the one I got didn't disclose that. I can't say if it's the same problem, or if the unit was defective, I couldn't even get the HID descriptor to decompile, so perhaps I just received a flaky unit.
On the other hand, the "silver power button" version (actual HB04) I picked up about 6 months ago, worked perfectly right out of the box (profile 2 for the menu layout, I believe), I now have a second one, and both work fine simultaneously, in a shop that has 3 CNC machines, lots of neighboring industrial equipment, and even an RF testing lab a few doors down. I get a very solid 50+ foot range, it's just a matter of ensuring the right remote stays with the right machine. I'm typically the only one using the pendants, so I have an additional level of safety where there is typically only one in use at a time. Plenty of traditional control and estop on each system remains. I have no idea how each pendant is paired to its receiver, whether it's just a factory-side pairing, a serial number or GUID, or just luck from different batches at different times. I agree that a wired pendant is often more appropriate for daily operation because it restricts the operator physically, although a wireless one I've found to be very handy and I believe safer particularly for maintenance or during the building of a machine, to not be hindered by cords, where you can just place the pendant on anything steel (the back is magnetic) and it will stay there, and not accidentally get pulled off by the dreaded "coily cord" syndrome. (Admittedly, the cabled USB version of this pendant isn't coily, which I consider a good thing). And if you "forget it " there, the pendant is not likely to be damaged, just perhaps your pride. Kudos to Fred, Seb, Dewey & co for great work on that component inclusion. It's clean, stable, and I think "just the right amount of thought" for using a USB interface for this purpose. Regards, Ted. On 2/7/2014 11:55 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 11:49:19 -0500 > From: Billy Huddleston<bi...@ivdc.com> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID:<52f50e8f.2070...@ivdc.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > These look interesting.. I might get one.. Only issue I see is.. all the > ones I can find are the 18 key version.. Which hasn't been tested with the > driver according to the Wiki. > Also, Ebay has several of which that have a different face plate.. Ones with > Blue and have Macro.. I like the 16 Key better.. Has Step Mode instead of < > > and says X Y Z 4 Spindle > Feed. Looks like the newer one Has X Y Z Spindle Feed and Something Else ? > Also like the silver all metal button vs the cheap looking red one.. Can > anyone comment on the different > ones ? > > On Ebay > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-NCStudio-CNC-3-4-Axis-Wireless-Handwheel-Manual-Pulse-Generator-MPG-Pendant-/171161089364?pt=BI_Heavy_Equipment_Parts&hash=item27d9fef554 > > One with BLUE keypad -- Has the nice silver Button. > http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-4G-Wireless-Mach3-MPG-Pendant-Electronic-Handwheel-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-Axis-/390713482854?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5af8569e66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
