> That unit does look nice. But the wireless thing scares me a bit. > Someone test one of those out on a small machine. :-) > > I did get a Pendant from this chinese supplier: > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-CNC-4-Axis-Pendant-MPG-Handwheel-Emergency-stop-Switch-controller-/281117912050? > I have a similar one I picked up from a Chinese supplier and am very happy with it.
> The total bill was $92 including shipping from Hong Kong and I got it in > less than 2 weeks. > > The unit looks to be of decent quality. The MPG has a good feel and it > does not feel cheap. The coil cord is like a small rubber SO cord with > flying leads and > of decent quality. Time will tell how it holds up. For $92 I would > say it is a very good deal. I would not hesitate to buy another unit > from this seller. > > Dave Cole > > > > On 6/23/2013 9:19 AM, Pete Matos wrote: >> Wow that looks like a really nice unit man.... I have been wanting >> something like That for my VMC here. My only concern is the wireless >> nature and if it will cause problems. It certainly looks like it has tons >> of features. Peace >> >> Pete >> >> >> >> On Sunday, June 23, 2013, Frederic RIBLE<fri...@teaser.fr> wrote: >> >>> Le 2013-06-23 07:10, andy pugh a écrit : >>> >>>> On 22 June 2013 02:36, f1oat<fri...@teaser.fr> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I have developed a HAL module for this kind of MPG pendant. >>>>> Look at >> http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/24-hal-components/26679-xhc-hb04-wireless-mpg-pendant-hal-module >> >>>> Would you be interested in adding this to the LinuxCNC distribution? I >>>> think that this model of pendant is likely to become quite common, and >>>> that LinuxCNC ought to support it. >>> Yes, I will be very happy to see this module in the official distribution. >>> I know it will need some additional work to support the different >>> keyboard layouts we can find on the market. >>> For that, I am waiting for usage reports from other users. >> ------------------------------------------------ N. Christopher Perry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
