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 hardware will be interesting to see. Peace
Pete On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 6:41 AM, bruno <br...@tinkerbox.org> 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
