Dave,
Thank you for the review of the pendant. Can you clarify the comment
about the indent click? What do you mean here. MPG's all have clicks that
determine the step what do you mean indent click? what features other than
just axis select, step distance select and MPG movement have you found are
integrated? I see it has buttons for spindle etc. it also seems to have a
start and pause as well as reset which I am unsure what that would do
actually. It also seems to have a big silver button there up top right what
does it do? I am pleased to hear you like it and after hearing your
comments about the range I am even more feeling that the wired model is the
one for me.
Another question I have is the weight? I mean if you take the pendant
and place it on the table is the MPG click stiff enough to cause the whole
pendant to move on the table? Can you kinda flick the MPG wheel and get a
rapid type movement without knocking the whole pendant off the table? I
was thinking that if this was the case perhaps some thick soft rubber feet
on the back or even some small suction cuts affixed to the back might
help? Might sound crazy but one of the main reasons I want this is to aid
me in setup so I do not have to reach inside the machine with one hand and
then reach way back with my other hand to the control pendant to move the
MPG and then to the keyboard to select step increments altho I have become
quite proficient doing this already LOL... Having the start and pause
etc would be nice and I wonder if feedrate overrides or max feedrate
override could be integrated into it. Just some rambling thoughts here.
Peace
Pete
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 10:42 AM, David Armstrong <[email protected]>
wrote:
> the only difference is in the wireless , other than that they are identical
> iv'e had mine for about 6 weeks ( hb04 ) and it works fine .
> given one niggle , the update of the lcd can at times , be slightly delayed
> but give it half a sec to settle and it's fine .
>
> iv'e not had any problems , the wireless range is limited , so what i did
> was to place the dongle in a plastic box to the side of the machine nearest
> the operator , and ran a usb extention to the pc ,
>
> the MDI has a indent click which is annoying at times , i might open it and
> see if it can be removed , but i am really just picking at straws
>
> overall i'm satisfied with the unit
> i'm just about to obtain another , so their not that bad !
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On 13 September 2014 15:32, Pete Matos <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > This Pendant looks very promising and I am pleased to find that the
> > LinuxCNC Gods have smiled upon it and tried to integrate it. I am
> wondering
> > how you guys find the quality of this unit. I am also wondering about the
> > wireless nature of the unit. Do you find it works pretty well immediately
> > etc? I see they also offer an LHB04 model that comes with a longish USB
> > cable that looks more like what I am interested in. I would love to have
> > quick axis selection and step setting in a portable device I can set on
> the
> > machines table while I do the setup. My machine currently has an MPG
> from
> > the original control and I use the I button and Shift I to move between
> the
> > step settings which kinda takes some careful dexterity as well as
> requiring
> > me to move my attention to the pendant on my Cincinatti Arrow 500 and
> away
> > from the workpiece/table. Here is a link to an ebay ad for the wired
> model
> > I am more interested in. Peace
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Handwheel-USB-MPG-Pendant-LHB04-for-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-Axis-Engraving-l-/300949684991
> >
> > Pete
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 9:47 AM, David Armstrong <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > the only reference i can find to stepsize is in the ini
> > > step = xhc-hb04.stepsize-up
> > >
> > > i cannot find a reference to stepsize in either of the tcl files either
> > , i
> > > dont think it's going to be as easy as changing to stepsize-down
> > > so we shall await Dewey's thoughts
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 13 September 2014 14:23, Marius Alksnys <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > XHC HB04 pendant has hal pin step-up, while it is more convienient
> way
> > > > to approach some position by stepping increment down.
> > > >
> > > > How to change this?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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