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.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 > > yes the xhc04 has been added to linuxcnc http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Using_A_XHC-HB04_Wireless_MPG_Pendant
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