Re: [Emc-users] looking to add inputs on Pico setup

2020-02-24 Thread Chris Albertson
I' slowly working on a USB pendant. All the data both directions will go over a virtual serial port and USB. I'm pretty sure you can buy a serial interface pendant, in fact that is how most of them work On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 7:26 AM Ed wrote: > Is there an easy way to add encoder inputs on

Re: [Emc-users] looking to add inputs on Pico setup

2020-02-24 Thread John Dammeyer
I used a USB pendant. Works with both MACH3 automatically and with LinuxCNC using the [XHC_HB04_CONFIG] # specify layout = n for LIB:xhc-hb04-layout{n}.cfg files layout = 2 # coords: specify upto 4 letters from set {x y z a b c u v w} # coords: switch labels are xyza but any unique 4 letters

Re: [Emc-users] Question for people using new qtpyvcp gui and touch screens

2020-02-24 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
I have an 800x600 panel mount monitor with resistive touch screen. It's ELO brand, has drivers for Windows and Linux. Plan is to one of these days have it on my mill. On Monday, February 24, 2020, 7:32:56 AM MST, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 24 February 2020 08:00:36 andy pugh

Re: [Emc-users] looking to add inputs on Pico setup

2020-02-24 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 at 15:26, Ed wrote: > Is there an easy way to add encoder inputs on a 4 axis Pico Systems > setup? Hopefully without giving up I/O. Maybe one of the USB pendants? Or possibly an Arduino ( https://emergent.unpythonic.net/01198594294 ) -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with

Re: [Emc-users] back to my out of whack encoder

2020-02-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 24 February 2020 10:24:57 dave engvall wrote: > It is unusual for epoxy not to stick. Pocket eh? Take a Q-tip with > either lye or muriatic acid and etch. Then wash with water, then > degrease with iso-propanol, trichoroethylene, perchlor (dry cleaning > solvent),  etc. This assumes the

Re: [Emc-users] back to my out of whack encoder

2020-02-24 Thread dave engvall
It is unusual for epoxy not to stick. Pocket eh? Take a Q-tip with either lye or muriatic acid and etch. Then wash with water, then degrease with iso-propanol, trichoroethylene, perchlor (dry cleaning solvent),  etc. This assumes the pocket is aluminum which is amphoteric. ... reactive with

Re: [Emc-users] Question for people using new qtpyvcp gui and touch screens

2020-02-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 24 February 2020 08:00:36 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 at 07:39, andrew beck wrote: > > Problem is they are not the current popular screen resolution which > > everyone is using. > > What resolution are they? 640x480 for the video of ones I've bought on ebay, ex p.o.s.

Re: [Emc-users] Question for people using new qtpyvcp gui and touch screens

2020-02-24 Thread Stuart Stevenson
What resolution do you need for an industrial touchscreen? On Mon, Feb 24, 2020, 7:07 AM andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 at 07:39, andrew beck > wrote: > > > > > Problem is they are not the current popular screen resolution which > > everyone is using. > > > What resolution are they? >

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary Head

2020-02-24 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 at 21:38, Jeff Johnson wrote: > Ok.Thanks guys I see there are simpler ways to go now. There is something to be said for using tools that are familiar. is the table already motorised? Does is have an existing drive? What control signals does that drive expect? -- atp "A

Re: [Emc-users] Question for people using new qtpyvcp gui and touch screens

2020-02-24 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 23 Feb 2020 at 07:39, andrew beck wrote: > > Problem is they are not the current popular screen resolution which > everyone is using. What resolution are they? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses,