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The above link should take you here: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000040345766.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000014.3.3c1678c9y97TcC&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.13338.128125.0&scm_id=1007.13338.128125.0&scm-url=1007.13338.128125.0&pvid=a170f208-6d9b-4032-ba6d-ea633da3db7b&_t=gps-id:pcDetailBottomMoreOtherSeller,scm-url:1007.13338.128125.0,pvid:a170f208-6d9b-4032-ba6d-ea633da3db7b,tpp_buckets:668%230%23131923%2318_668%23808%234094%23160_668%23888%233325%2319 > So we're back to my original suggestion that a simple machine controller > which can react to buttons and an MPG for local control but no trajectory > planning perhaps has an Ethernet connection, not to an HTML application but > a dedicated application created with a write once compile or run anywhere > application. > > John Dammeyer > Going way back to this discussion. I'm not suggesting the purchase of this since it's closed architecture. And to build this here in North America would certainly be more than $350 for a 5 axis unit. But aside from the fact that this module can also do G-Code, imagine an Ethernet connection to this that can treat this as something similar to one of the MESA (or others) Break Out I/O Interfaces and you end up with perhaps the best of both worlds. A local machine controller that lets you work with the hardware in more of a manual mode. But, flip a switch and LinuxCNC can take over with a full screen with graphical user interface and tool path. I would, for example, also put a large 80mm diameter MPG knob on this pendant. I'd go away from the membrane keypad to something that was more intuitive for working with the mill in a manual fashion - perhaps using two hands while holding onto it, one on the MPG and one for the buttons. Maybe more like remote control boxes for airplanes and module cars. In a way you could almost call it an intelligent BoB running an RTOS. With the LinuxCNC control it just becomes exactly that. An intelligent BoB where the buttons and knobs now become that pendant you normally plug into the USB port of the PC. John Dammeyer _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
