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, it is quite nice. Performance with the mesa board is incomparably better than software stepping. 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 usb, probably HID, so hal_input might work. For the display part however I have no idea what could be done. If the pendant does not appear as some standard usb device, I thought the best approach would be to write a new display, similar to linuxcnclcd. 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 encoder, I think. Any comments, experience with those ? I have not found much about anybody using them on linuxcnc, so I wonder if I am just breaking new ground, or they are such crap that nobody uses them Bruno ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
