Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-11 Thread Marcus Bowman
On 10 Feb 2014, at 10:38, andy pugh wrote: > On 10 February 2014 07:35, Marcus Bowman > wrote: > >> Is that a 100 pulse per turn encoder? Does that give enough resolution? > > I am currently running with a 16 pulse per turn encoder and it is perfectly > OK. > > I have a 100ppr one to fit, I

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-10 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/10/2014 01:35 AM, Marcus Bowman wrote: > Nice and straightforward. > Is that a 100 pulse per turn encoder? Does that give enough resolution? > > 100 "pulses" gives 400 counts in quadrature, so it is more than enough. I divide the scale factors by 4, so I have .01, .001, and .0001" per click

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-10 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 02/09/2014 11:35 PM, Marcus Bowman wrote: > Nice and straightforward. > Is that a 100 pulse per turn encoder? Does that give enough resolution? I made this one as a proof of concept: http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/mpg_proto-1a.jpg It has 100 pulses/rev, 25 cycles/rev. and

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 February 2014 07:35, Marcus Bowman wrote: > Is that a 100 pulse per turn encoder? Does that give enough resolution? I am currently running with a 16 pulse per turn encoder and it is perfectly OK. I have a 100ppr one to fit, I anticipate having to reduce the mm-per-click settings in my con

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-09 Thread Marcus Bowman
Nice and straightforward. Is that a 100 pulse per turn encoder? Does that give enough resolution? Marcus On 9 Feb 2014, at 17:59, Jon Elson wrote: > On 02/09/2014 08:50 AM, Pete Matos wrote: >> This is one of the things on the high priority list for the VMC here to >> me. I can really see that

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-09 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/09/2014 08:50 AM, Pete Matos wrote: > This is one of the things on the high priority list for the VMC here to > me. I can really see that it would be nice to have and setting up jobs > would be that much easier. My waterproof and debris proof keyboard is great > but one of those would come i

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-09 Thread Pete Matos
"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 fo

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-08 Thread Billy Huddleston
; > 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.ne

[Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-08 Thread Ted Hyde
wrote: > ---------- > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 11:49:19 -0500 > From: Billy Huddleston > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > Message-ID:<52f50e8f.2070...@ivdc.com> &g

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-08 Thread Tomaz T .
I have the one with BLUE keypad and works OK, you can read about that here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/24-hal-components/26679-xhc-hb04-wireless-mpg-pendant-hal-module?start=10 Till now I didn't noticed any glitches except display going to sleep after ~40sec > > These look

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Frederic RIBLE
Le 2014-02-06 19:55, Dewey Garrett a écrit : > > - > Several folks have reported that the pendant stops updating. > On mine, if the pendant is idle (no buttons pressed, no wheel > movement) for approximately 40 seconds, the display stops

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Frederic RIBLE
Le 2014-02-06 16:23, Sebastian Kuzminsky a écrit : > Frederic, Dewey, are you both happy with the state of that branch? Are > we ready to merge it into master? There is a regression here in simulation mode (without -H flag). I am checking the code. Frederic.

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Pete Matos
WTF the wired one is more expensive?? Figures. Pete On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Billy Huddleston wrote: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/CNC-3-Axis-4-axis-USB-HandWheel-MPG-pendant-for-Mach-3-engraving-Router-system-/181280427312?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a3527cd30 > > Looks like a wir

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Billy Huddleston
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CNC-3-Axis-4-axis-USB-HandWheel-MPG-pendant-for-Mach-3-engraving-Router-system-/181280427312?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a3527cd30 Looks like a wired version.. Not sure about support... On 02/07/2014 01:23 PM, Pete Matos wrote: > Billy those do look nice. I would pr

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Pete Matos
Billy those do look nice. I would probably prefer a wired pendant tho to keep away from the RF if possible altho I understand it is probably not an issue. I would really like a nice pendant for the machine as it would be so much easier than using the keyboard. Besides I don't want to run out of

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Billy Huddleston
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

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Russell Brown
Quoth David Armstrong. >> I started looking around for some cnc pendant. >> I am wondering if anybody has tried to configure one of these: >> >> http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Wireless-USB-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Mach3-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-axis-Controller/1004816998.html >> >yes the xhc04 has

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread Dewey Garrett
If one has a pendant, it can be tested with sim configs in the xhc-hb04 branch (configs/sim/axis/xhc-hb04). There are two configs for the two known button configurations: xhc-hb04-layout1.ini (16 buttons) xhc-hb04-layout2.ini (18 buttons, most common) The pendant i got has 18 buttons (la

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/06/2014 05:41 AM, bruno wrote: > Alternatively, I am pretty sure this type > http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Universal-CNC-4-Axis-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Emergency-stop-for-Siemens-FAGOR/1594520156.html > > would be easy to integrate as it appears as just a bunch of switches and > quadrature enc

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 06 February 2014 12:57:06 Pete Matos did opine: > Dunno the answers to these questions but I am running the Mesa 5i25/7i77 > combo on my machine and as soon as funds allow I intend to setup a nice > pendant as well. I will be listening intently to this conversation. > Lots of nice pen

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 02/06/2014 05:02 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 6 February 2014 11:41, bruno wrote: > >> I am wondering if anybody has tried to configure one of these: >> http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Wireless-USB-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Mach3-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-axis-Controller/1004816998.html > > Yes, there

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread Pete Matos
Dunno the answers to these questions but I am running the Mesa 5i25/7i77 combo on my machine and as soon as funds allow I intend to setup a nice pendant as well. I will be listening intently to this conversation. Lots of nice pendants out there which ones work best with LinuxCNC and the Mesa hardw

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 February 2014 11:41, bruno wrote: > I am wondering if anybody has tried to configure one of these: > http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Wireless-USB-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Mach3-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-axis-Controller/1004816998.html Yes, there is a dedicated HAL component for them: http://wiki

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread David Armstrong
On 06/02/14 11:41, bruno wrote: > Hi all, > > I just upgraded my linuxcnc from 2.4 with parallel port software > stepper, to 2.5 and a mesa 5i25 with prob_rfx2 firmware. I set it up > quite easily using the pncconf .xml "firmware" found here > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.em

[Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread bruno
Hi all, I just upgraded my linuxcnc from 2.4 with parallel port software stepper, to 2.5 and a mesa 5i25 with prob_rfx2 firmware. I set it up quite easily using the pncconf .xml "firmware" found here http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/33697 great job with this pncconf

[Emc-users] MPG Pendant

2008-05-03 Thread John Thornton
Here you go AramK. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Hooking_Up_A_MPG_Pendant John - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to s