Wow, I didn't even notice the fact that it wasn't for Mach3. Now you have me concerned on which one to get. Silver Button, with 18-Keys would be the one I would want.. But, not finding that one.. I see the Red button versions, with BLUE keys.. automationtechnologiesinc has the Red Button 18-Key that looks just like the first ebay link I sent.. but, says it's for Mach3. I'm debating about wired vs wireless... I hate getting stuff from China sometimes.. hard to tell exactly what your going to get.. This is for my little shop, so, restricting me not a issue.. the room does that just fine.. only 7' x 11' :)
Thanks, Billy On 02/08/2014 09:31 AM, Ted Hyde wrote: > 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.. 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