I don't have but the one MPG, but 32 is the number they claim can live together...
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:22 AM, Bruce Layne <[email protected]> wrote: > I use the Logitech K400 small wireless keyboards with small touch pads > on my LinuxCNC projects, for both a keyboard and in lieu of a wireless > control pendant. I think something like 32 of them can be used in close > proximity, without any cross talk or jamming interference. I'm not sure > what technology they use, but it seems like it might be a spread > spectrum technology. There is no problem with one keyboard talking to > another machine... ever. I assume Logitech imagined a company buying a > dozen of these and putting them in the same office, or a classroom > having one of these per student. The keyboards never get confused about > which one controls which machine, but I get confused about that on > occasion if I carry the keyboards away from their respective machines > for no good reason. > > Hopefully, your MPG will use a similar wireless technology. > > If I were contemplating your application, I'd be less concerned with one > wireless MPG jamming another, and more concerned about a wireless MPG > being jammed by the radiated RFI from a plasma cutter. I'm a bit > concerned about potentially dangerous loss of control with a wireless > keyboard. Even worse, imagine the damage that could occur if a wireless > keyboard dongle interpreted electrical noise as a RUN command as you're > reaching in to unload a part. > > > > On 04/27/2016 09:31 PM, Danny Miller wrote: > > I do love this wireless XHC mpg. > > > > Had some long-term plans of installing a CNC plasma not too far away, > > with the same system. Then I began to wonder if two of these can even > > exist in the same building at the same time. > > > > Obviously I don't want one broadcasting to both machines, or allow the > > plasma cutter's mpg to connect to the CNC router even if the router's > > mpg is off and the plasma cutter is powered down. > > > > There's no "pairing" process or anything. I don't see an unique ID. > > IIRC it's a chip commonly used for wireless keyboards. > > > > http://forum.planet-cnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1125 > > > > It does go through that wireless USB dongle, but it's probably not > > hardwired to only talk to that dongle, it is? > > > > Danny > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications > Manager > > Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple > tiers of > > your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and > > reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! > > https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications > Manager > Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple > tiers of > your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and > reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! > https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
