Leo Williams wrote: > > I have several nearly identical vmc’s I’d like to retro to emc. I am > working on the first retro now. The machines are too large to reach > the control during setup. This means a remote jog pendent with a > remote mpg/ axis/ axis increment selector is the best option. However > I see no provision in axis to have a remote mpg. A Cinturn series MO > lathe I have, ( 31,000 lbs for a 12 x 60 with a 50 HP spindle) has a > remote/ console switch on the controls on the sliding door to switch > back and forth between the remote and control console. Either that or > can I hook up the remote to axis so that axis only displays active > axis and jog increment? > You don't see it in Axis because some of it is done by an add-on to Axis, and the rest is done by HAL components. See http://pico-systems.com/codes/jebport/pendant.hal for the jog, MPG, etc. part of it. This code is entirely done in HAL, and selects the axis and jog rate. To adjust feedrate and spindle speed overrides from the pendant, it takes a couple more inputs that you connect to the halui component. If you only want to use the pendant to jog, then what is in the file above is all you need. You will need to adapt that file to bring in the switch signals from the pendant through whatever CNC interface you have available. (I use my own PPMC boards in that example.)
A wiring diagram of one similar pendant is at http://pico-systems.com/images/minimill_pendant.pdf Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester recently released a report on the Return on Investment (ROI) of Google Apps. They found a 300% ROI, 38%-56% cost savings, and break-even within 7 months. Over 3 million businesses have gone Google with Google Apps: an online email calendar, and document program that's accessible from your browser. Read the Forrester report: http://p.sf.net/sfu/googleapps-sfnew _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
