Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-11 Thread Marcus Bowman

On 10 Feb 2014, at 10:38, andy pugh wrote:

 On 10 February 2014 07:35, Marcus Bowman
 marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote:
 
 Is that a 100 pulse per turn encoder? Does that give enough resolution?
 
 I am currently running with a 16 pulse per turn encoder and it is perfectly 
 OK.
 
 I have a 100ppr one to fit, I anticipate having to reduce the
 mm-per-click settings in my config.
 (one of these inexpensive ones http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281232534797 )
 
That's the one I was looking at. And I see the price has dropped, so that's the 
way to go, for me (before the price goes back up).
Thanks.
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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 February 2014 07:35, Marcus Bowman
marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote:

 Is that a 100 pulse per turn encoder? Does that give enough resolution?

I am currently running with a 16 pulse per turn encoder and it is perfectly OK.

I have a 100ppr one to fit, I anticipate having to reduce the
mm-per-click settings in my config.
(one of these inexpensive ones http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281232534797 )

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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-10 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 02/09/2014 11:35 PM, Marcus Bowman wrote:
 Nice and straightforward.
 Is that a 100 pulse per turn encoder? Does that give enough resolution?

I made this one as a proof of concept:
http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/mpg_proto-1a.jpg

It has 100 pulses/rev, 25 cycles/rev. and works well for axis jogging. I 
expect to use many of these, so I need them to be as inexpensive as 
possible. Making them in house is the cheapest so far.

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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-10 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/10/2014 01:35 AM, Marcus Bowman wrote:
 Nice and straightforward.
 Is that a 100 pulse per turn encoder? Does that give enough resolution?


100 pulses gives 400 counts in quadrature, so it is more 
than enough.
I divide the scale factors by 4, so I have .01, .001, and 
.0001 per click
of the encoder.  I have a lowpass filter on it (thanks, Jeff 
Epler!)
to prevent it from buzzing the servos.  I use it often 
when cleaning
up a face or edge while off-hand machining to count out 
thousandths
of an inch for the next pass.  And, I use the .0001 per 
click mode
with an edgefinder.

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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-09 Thread Pete Matos
This is one of the things on the high priority list for the VMC here to
me.  I can really see that it would be nice to have and setting up jobs
would be that much easier. My waterproof and debris proof keyboard is great
but one of those would come in real handy. Interested to see what you guys
go with and why and how well it works for you.  Please keep us posted on
them.

Pete



On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Billy Huddleston bi...@ivdc.com wrote:

 Wow, I didn't even notice the fact that it wasn't for Mach3.  Now you have
 me concerned on which one to get.  Silver Button, with 18-Keys would be the
 one I would want.. But, not
 finding that one.. I see the Red button versions, with BLUE keys..
 automationtechnologiesinc has the Red Button 18-Key that looks just like
 the first ebay link I sent.. but, says
 it's for Mach3.  I'm debating about wired vs wireless...  I hate getting
 stuff from China sometimes.. hard to tell exactly what your going to get..
  This is for my little shop, so,
 restricting me not a issue.. the room does that just fine.. only 7' x 11'
 :)

 Thanks, Billy


 On 02/08/2014 09:31 AM, Ted Hyde wrote:
  Billy - I have each of these. The red button one was the first I
  picked up over a year ago, before a lot of the heavy lifting was being
  worked on for the HID interface for LCNC; I thought perhaps I would find
  some time to reverse-engineer it, and worst case, I could give it to a
  friend of mine who uses Mach3. I couldn't get it to set up with Mach3 at
  all, neither could my friend, and it refuses to connect with the current
  HB04 components. Your particular ebay link states Does not work with
  Mach3 and that should be a warning, although the one I got didn't
  disclose that. I can't say if it's the same problem, or if the unit was
  defective, I couldn't even get the HID descriptor to decompile, so
  perhaps I just received a flaky unit.
 
  On the other hand, the silver power button version (actual HB04) I
  picked up about 6 months ago, worked perfectly right out of the box
  (profile 2 for the menu layout, I believe), I now have a second one, and
  both work fine simultaneously, in a shop that has 3 CNC machines, lots
  of neighboring industrial equipment, and even an RF testing lab a few
  doors down. I get a very solid 50+ foot range, it's just a matter of
  ensuring the right remote stays with the right machine. I'm typically
  the only one using the pendants, so I have an additional level of safety
  where there is typically only one in use at a time. Plenty of
  traditional control and estop on each system remains.
 
  I have no idea how each pendant is paired to its receiver, whether it's
  just a factory-side pairing, a serial number or GUID, or just luck from
  different batches at different times.
 
  I agree that a wired pendant is often more appropriate for daily
  operation because it restricts the operator physically, although a
  wireless one I've found to be very handy and I believe safer
  particularly for maintenance or during the building of a machine, to not
  be hindered by cords, where you can just place the pendant on anything
  steel (the back is magnetic) and it will stay there, and not
  accidentally get pulled off by the dreaded coily cord syndrome.
  (Admittedly, the cabled USB version of this pendant isn't coily, which I
  consider a good thing). And if you forget it  there, the pendant is
  not likely to be damaged, just perhaps your pride.
 
  Kudos to Fred, Seb, Dewey  co for great work on that component
  inclusion. It's clean, stable, and I think just the right amount of
  thought for using a USB interface for this purpose.
 
  Regards,
  Ted.
 
  On 2/7/2014 11:55 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
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  Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2014 11:49:19 -0500
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  Subject: Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant
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   emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
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  These look interesting.. I might get one..   Only issue I see is.. all
 the ones I can find are the 18 key version.. Which hasn't been tested with
 the driver according to the Wiki.
  Also, Ebay has several of which that have a different face plate.. Ones
 with Blue and have Macro..  I like the 16 Key better.. Has Step Mode
 instead of   and says X Y Z 4 Spindle
  Feed. Looks like the newer one Has X Y Z Spindle Feed and Something
 Else ? Also like the silver all metal button vs the cheap looking red one..
 Can anyone comment on the different
  ones ?
 
  On Ebay
 
 
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-NCStudio-CNC-3-4-Axis-Wireless-Handwheel-Manual-Pulse-Generator-MPG-Pendant-/171161089364?pt=BI_Heavy_Equipment_Partshash=item27d9fef554
 
  One with BLUE keypad -- Has the nice silver Button.
 
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-4G-Wireless-Mach3-MPG-Pendant-Electronic-Handwheel-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3

Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-09 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/09/2014 08:50 AM, Pete Matos wrote:
 This is one of the things on the high priority list for the VMC here to
 me.  I can really see that it would be nice to have and setting up jobs
 would be that much easier. My waterproof and debris proof keyboard is great
 but one of those would come in real handy. Interested to see what you guys
 go with and why and how well it works for you.  Please keep us posted on
 them.


I just made my own.
See   http://pico-systems.com/pendant.html

The picture is my ugly one, I later made a smaller one that 
can be
operated with one hand.

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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-09 Thread Marcus Bowman
Nice and straightforward.
Is that a 100 pulse per turn encoder? Does that give enough resolution?

Marcus

On 9 Feb 2014, at 17:59, Jon Elson wrote:

 On 02/09/2014 08:50 AM, Pete Matos wrote:
 This is one of the things on the high priority list for the VMC here to
 me.  I can really see that it would be nice to have and setting up jobs
 would be that much easier. My waterproof and debris proof keyboard is great
 but one of those would come in real handy. Interested to see what you guys
 go with and why and how well it works for you.  Please keep us posted on
 them.
 
 
 I just made my own.
 See   http://pico-systems.com/pendant.html
 
 The picture is my ugly one, I later made a smaller one that 
 can be
 operated with one hand.
 
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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-08 Thread Tomaz T .
I have the one with BLUE keypad and works OK, you can read about that here:
http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/24-hal-components/26679-xhc-hb04-wireless-mpg-pendant-hal-module?start=10

Till now I didn't noticed any glitches except display going to sleep after 
~40sec


 
 These look interesting.. I might get one.. Only issue I see is.. all the ones 
 I can find are the 18 key version.. Which hasn't been tested with the driver 
 according to the Wiki. 
 Also, Ebay has several of which that have a different face plate.. Ones with 
 Blue and have Macro.. I like the 16 Key better.. Has Step Mode instead of  
 and says X Y Z 4 Spindle 
 Feed. Looks like the newer one Has X Y Z Spindle Feed and Something Else ? 
 Also like the silver all metal button vs the cheap looking red one.. Can 
 anyone comment on the different 
 ones ?
 
 On Ebay
 
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-NCStudio-CNC-3-4-Axis-Wireless-Handwheel-Manual-Pulse-Generator-MPG-Pendant-/171161089364?pt=BI_Heavy_Equipment_Partshash=item27d9fef554
 
 One with BLUE keypad -- Has the nice silver Button.
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-4G-Wireless-Mach3-MPG-Pendant-Electronic-Handwheel-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-Axis-/390713482854?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item5af8569e66
   
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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-08 Thread Billy Huddleston
Wow, I didn't even notice the fact that it wasn't for Mach3.  Now you have me 
concerned on which one to get.  Silver Button, with 18-Keys would be the one I 
would want.. But, not 
finding that one.. I see the Red button versions, with BLUE keys.. 
automationtechnologiesinc has the Red Button 18-Key that looks just like the 
first ebay link I sent.. but, says 
it's for Mach3.  I'm debating about wired vs wireless...  I hate getting stuff 
from China sometimes.. hard to tell exactly what your going to get..  This is 
for my little shop, so, 
restricting me not a issue.. the room does that just fine.. only 7' x 11' :)

Thanks, Billy


On 02/08/2014 09:31 AM, Ted Hyde wrote:
 Billy - I have each of these. The red button one was the first I
 picked up over a year ago, before a lot of the heavy lifting was being
 worked on for the HID interface for LCNC; I thought perhaps I would find
 some time to reverse-engineer it, and worst case, I could give it to a
 friend of mine who uses Mach3. I couldn't get it to set up with Mach3 at
 all, neither could my friend, and it refuses to connect with the current
 HB04 components. Your particular ebay link states Does not work with
 Mach3 and that should be a warning, although the one I got didn't
 disclose that. I can't say if it's the same problem, or if the unit was
 defective, I couldn't even get the HID descriptor to decompile, so
 perhaps I just received a flaky unit.

 On the other hand, the silver power button version (actual HB04) I
 picked up about 6 months ago, worked perfectly right out of the box
 (profile 2 for the menu layout, I believe), I now have a second one, and
 both work fine simultaneously, in a shop that has 3 CNC machines, lots
 of neighboring industrial equipment, and even an RF testing lab a few
 doors down. I get a very solid 50+ foot range, it's just a matter of
 ensuring the right remote stays with the right machine. I'm typically
 the only one using the pendants, so I have an additional level of safety
 where there is typically only one in use at a time. Plenty of
 traditional control and estop on each system remains.

 I have no idea how each pendant is paired to its receiver, whether it's
 just a factory-side pairing, a serial number or GUID, or just luck from
 different batches at different times.

 I agree that a wired pendant is often more appropriate for daily
 operation because it restricts the operator physically, although a
 wireless one I've found to be very handy and I believe safer
 particularly for maintenance or during the building of a machine, to not
 be hindered by cords, where you can just place the pendant on anything
 steel (the back is magnetic) and it will stay there, and not
 accidentally get pulled off by the dreaded coily cord syndrome.
 (Admittedly, the cabled USB version of this pendant isn't coily, which I
 consider a good thing). And if you forget it  there, the pendant is
 not likely to be damaged, just perhaps your pride.

 Kudos to Fred, Seb, Dewey  co for great work on that component
 inclusion. It's clean, stable, and I think just the right amount of
 thought for using a USB interface for this purpose.

 Regards,
 Ted.

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 These look interesting.. I might get one..   Only issue I see is.. all the 
 ones I can find are the 18 key version.. Which hasn't been tested with the 
 driver according to the Wiki.
 Also, Ebay has several of which that have a different face plate.. Ones with 
 Blue and have Macro..  I like the 16 Key better.. Has Step Mode instead of  
  and says X Y Z 4 Spindle
 Feed. Looks like the newer one Has X Y Z Spindle Feed and Something Else ? 
 Also like the silver all metal button vs the cheap looking red one.. Can 
 anyone comment on the different
 ones ?

 On Ebay

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-NCStudio-CNC-3-4-Axis-Wireless-Handwheel-Manual-Pulse-Generator-MPG-Pendant-/171161089364?pt=BI_Heavy_Equipment_Partshash=item27d9fef554

 One with BLUE keypad -- Has the nice silver Button.
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-4G-Wireless-Mach3-MPG-Pendant-Electronic-Handwheel-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-Axis-/390713482854?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item5af8569e66

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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Russell Brown
Quoth David Armstrong.
 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

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

FWIW, I've got one of those and it works for me using the info on the
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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Billy Huddleston
These look interesting.. I might get one..   Only issue I see is.. all the ones 
I can find are the 18 key version.. Which hasn't been tested with the driver 
according to the Wiki.  
Also, Ebay has several of which that have a different face plate.. Ones with 
Blue and have Macro..  I like the 16 Key better.. Has Step Mode instead of   
and says X Y Z 4 Spindle 
Feed. Looks like the newer one Has X Y Z Spindle Feed and Something Else ? Also 
like the silver all metal button vs the cheap looking red one.. Can anyone 
comment on the different 
ones ?

On Ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-NCStudio-CNC-3-4-Axis-Wireless-Handwheel-Manual-Pulse-Generator-MPG-Pendant-/171161089364?pt=BI_Heavy_Equipment_Partshash=item27d9fef554

One with BLUE keypad -- Has the nice silver Button.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-4G-Wireless-Mach3-MPG-Pendant-Electronic-Handwheel-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-Axis-/390713482854?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item5af8569e66


Alieexpress
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/2-4G-3-Axis-USB-Wireless-Handle-Wheel-For-CNC-Mach3-Router-Engraving-Machine-LCD/407448_577158496.html

Automation Technology
http://www.automationtechnologiesinc.com/products-page/mpgs/wireless-mpg-handwheel-for-mach3-controller


On 02/07/2014 07:07 AM, Russell Brown wrote:
 Quoth David Armstrong.
 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

 yes the xhc04 has been added to linuxcnc
 http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Using_A_XHC-HB04_Wireless_MPG_Pendant
 FWIW, I've got one of those and it works for me using the info on the
 above page.


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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Pete Matos
Billy those do look nice.  I would probably prefer a wired pendant tho to
keep away from the RF if possible altho I understand it is probably not an
issue.  I would really like a nice pendant for the machine as it would be
so much easier than using the keyboard.  Besides I don't want to run out of
battery power at an inopportune moment.  The same thing in a USB model if
that will work would be sweet.  If you do get one maybe you can help me get
mine setup with the same thing.

Pete




On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Billy Huddleston bi...@ivdc.com wrote:

 These look interesting.. I might get one..   Only issue I see is.. all the
 ones I can find are the 18 key version.. Which hasn't been tested with the
 driver according to the Wiki.
 Also, Ebay has several of which that have a different face plate.. Ones
 with Blue and have Macro..  I like the 16 Key better.. Has Step Mode
 instead of   and says X Y Z 4 Spindle
 Feed. Looks like the newer one Has X Y Z Spindle Feed and Something Else ?
 Also like the silver all metal button vs the cheap looking red one.. Can
 anyone comment on the different
 ones ?

 On Ebay


 http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-NCStudio-CNC-3-4-Axis-Wireless-Handwheel-Manual-Pulse-Generator-MPG-Pendant-/171161089364?pt=BI_Heavy_Equipment_Partshash=item27d9fef554

 One with BLUE keypad -- Has the nice silver Button.

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-4G-Wireless-Mach3-MPG-Pendant-Electronic-Handwheel-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-Axis-/390713482854?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item5af8569e66


 Alieexpress

 http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/2-4G-3-Axis-USB-Wireless-Handle-Wheel-For-CNC-Mach3-Router-Engraving-Machine-LCD/407448_577158496.html

 Automation Technology

 http://www.automationtechnologiesinc.com/products-page/mpgs/wireless-mpg-handwheel-for-mach3-controller


 On 02/07/2014 07:07 AM, Russell Brown wrote:
  Quoth David Armstrong.
  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
 
  yes the xhc04 has been added to linuxcnc
 
 http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Using_A_XHC-HB04_Wireless_MPG_Pendant
  FWIW, I've got one of those and it works for me using the info on the
  above page.
 

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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Billy Huddleston
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CNC-3-Axis-4-axis-USB-HandWheel-MPG-pendant-for-Mach-3-engraving-Router-system-/181280427312?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item2a3527cd30

Looks like a wired version..  Not sure about support...


On 02/07/2014 01:23 PM, Pete Matos wrote:
 Billy those do look nice.  I would probably prefer a wired pendant tho to
 keep away from the RF if possible altho I understand it is probably not an
 issue.  I would really like a nice pendant for the machine as it would be
 so much easier than using the keyboard.  Besides I don't want to run out of
 battery power at an inopportune moment.  The same thing in a USB model if
 that will work would be sweet.  If you do get one maybe you can help me get
 mine setup with the same thing.

 Pete




 On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Billy Huddleston bi...@ivdc.com wrote:

 These look interesting.. I might get one..   Only issue I see is.. all the
 ones I can find are the 18 key version.. Which hasn't been tested with the
 driver according to the Wiki.
 Also, Ebay has several of which that have a different face plate.. Ones
 with Blue and have Macro..  I like the 16 Key better.. Has Step Mode
 instead of   and says X Y Z 4 Spindle
 Feed. Looks like the newer one Has X Y Z Spindle Feed and Something Else ?
 Also like the silver all metal button vs the cheap looking red one.. Can
 anyone comment on the different
 ones ?

 On Ebay


 http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-NCStudio-CNC-3-4-Axis-Wireless-Handwheel-Manual-Pulse-Generator-MPG-Pendant-/171161089364?pt=BI_Heavy_Equipment_Partshash=item27d9fef554

 One with BLUE keypad -- Has the nice silver Button.

 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-4G-Wireless-Mach3-MPG-Pendant-Electronic-Handwheel-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-Axis-/390713482854?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item5af8569e66


 Alieexpress

 http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/2-4G-3-Axis-USB-Wireless-Handle-Wheel-For-CNC-Mach3-Router-Engraving-Machine-LCD/407448_577158496.html

 Automation Technology

 http://www.automationtechnologiesinc.com/products-page/mpgs/wireless-mpg-handwheel-for-mach3-controller


 On 02/07/2014 07:07 AM, Russell Brown wrote:
 Quoth David Armstrong.
 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
 yes the xhc04 has been added to linuxcnc

 http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Using_A_XHC-HB04_Wireless_MPG_Pendant
 FWIW, I've got one of those and it works for me using the info on the
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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Pete Matos
WTF the wired one is more expensive??  Figures.


Pete



On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Billy Huddleston bi...@ivdc.com wrote:


 http://www.ebay.com/itm/CNC-3-Axis-4-axis-USB-HandWheel-MPG-pendant-for-Mach-3-engraving-Router-system-/181280427312?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item2a3527cd30

 Looks like a wired version..  Not sure about support...


 On 02/07/2014 01:23 PM, Pete Matos wrote:
  Billy those do look nice.  I would probably prefer a wired pendant tho to
  keep away from the RF if possible altho I understand it is probably not
 an
  issue.  I would really like a nice pendant for the machine as it would be
  so much easier than using the keyboard.  Besides I don't want to run out
 of
  battery power at an inopportune moment.  The same thing in a USB model if
  that will work would be sweet.  If you do get one maybe you can help me
 get
  mine setup with the same thing.
 
  Pete
 
 
 
 
  On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Billy Huddleston bi...@ivdc.com
 wrote:
 
  These look interesting.. I might get one..   Only issue I see is.. all
 the
  ones I can find are the 18 key version.. Which hasn't been tested with
 the
  driver according to the Wiki.
  Also, Ebay has several of which that have a different face plate.. Ones
  with Blue and have Macro..  I like the 16 Key better.. Has Step Mode
  instead of   and says X Y Z 4 Spindle
  Feed. Looks like the newer one Has X Y Z Spindle Feed and Something
 Else ?
  Also like the silver all metal button vs the cheap looking red one.. Can
  anyone comment on the different
  ones ?
 
  On Ebay
 
 
 
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-NCStudio-CNC-3-4-Axis-Wireless-Handwheel-Manual-Pulse-Generator-MPG-Pendant-/171161089364?pt=BI_Heavy_Equipment_Partshash=item27d9fef554
 
  One with BLUE keypad -- Has the nice silver Button.
 
 
 http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-4G-Wireless-Mach3-MPG-Pendant-Electronic-Handwheel-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-Axis-/390713482854?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item5af8569e66
 
 
  Alieexpress
 
 
 http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/2-4G-3-Axis-USB-Wireless-Handle-Wheel-For-CNC-Mach3-Router-Engraving-Machine-LCD/407448_577158496.html
 
  Automation Technology
 
 
 http://www.automationtechnologiesinc.com/products-page/mpgs/wireless-mpg-handwheel-for-mach3-controller
 
 
  On 02/07/2014 07:07 AM, Russell Brown wrote:
  Quoth David Armstrong.
  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
  yes the xhc04 has been added to linuxcnc
 
 
 http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Using_A_XHC-HB04_Wireless_MPG_Pendant
  FWIW, I've got one of those and it works for me using the info on the
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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Frederic RIBLE

Le 2014-02-06 16:23, Sebastian Kuzminsky a écrit :
 Frederic, Dewey, are you both happy with the state of that branch? Are 
 we ready to merge it into master?

There is a regression  here in simulation mode (without -H flag).
I am checking the code.
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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-07 Thread Frederic RIBLE

Le 2014-02-06 19:55, Dewey Garrett a écrit :

 -
 Several folks have reported that the pendant stops updating.
 On mine, if the pendant is idle (no buttons pressed, no wheel
 movement) for approximately 40 seconds, the display stops
 updating. Pressing any button restores display updating so I
 just leave one button unassigned and press it to wake up the
 pendant.

 Running the xhc-hb04 program executed standalone as a simulator
 now reports when it detects the pendant going to sleep; when
 using with hal, a pin is created for the condition (xhc-hb04.sleeping)

 I think it would be good to merge to master to get some
 testing with other pendants.
Thanks for the new feature to handle sleeping.
I have tested with my 16 buttons MPG, but the behaviour is different: it 
does not send 04 00 00 00 00 00 when entering sleep mode.
However, I get this message sometimes when powering up the MPG.

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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread David Armstrong
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

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http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Using_A_XHC-HB04_Wireless_MPG_Pendant

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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread andy pugh
On 6 February 2014 11:41, bruno br...@tinkerbox.org wrote:

 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

Yes, there is a dedicated HAL component for them:
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Using_A_XHC-HB04_Wireless_MPG_Pendant

 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

That would be very easy to interface via a 7i73 board from Mesa.

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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread Pete Matos
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

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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 02/06/2014 05:02 AM, andy pugh wrote:
 On 6 February 2014 11:41, bruno br...@tinkerbox.org wrote:
 
 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
 
 Yes, there is a dedicated HAL component for them:
 http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Using_A_XHC-HB04_Wireless_MPG_Pendant

Frederic Rible and Dewey Garrett and I have been adding support for this
pendant to LinuxCNC.  It's nearly ready to be merged into master, for
now you can check it out in the xhc-hb04 branch on git.linuxcnc.org.

Frederic (who wrote the driver) tested that branch and reported that it
works for him.  Dewey wrote a bunch of configs that should hopefully be
easy to add to a machine config, but i haven't heard any test reports of
that (and i don't have one of these pendants to test with myself).

Frederic, Dewey, are you both happy with the state of that branch?  Are
we ready to merge it into master?  And then I guess it's time to update
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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 06 February 2014 12:57:06 Pete Matos did opine:

 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
 
FWIW, someone published a setup to use a saitek game controller, but the 
very short throw joysticks I found to be less than worthless as there was 
no feel to let the user know he was driving at an angle when he thought 
he was driving just the x or y.  The next update, requiring a new config, I 
never added it to.  Way too high a mistake probability.  

However with the single axis at a time from the MPG, it might be more 
usable. YMMV.  The keyboard does work, in all 3 4 axis's at once if you 
have enough fingers.  ;)

 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-Handwh
  eel-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
  
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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/06/2014 05:41 AM, bruno wrote:
 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.


I'm pretty sure you are right, mechanical switches and an 
encoder.
I have built two of them, see :
http://pico-systems.com/pendant.html
I use some diodes to multiplex the XYZ-feedrate-spindle
selection so I use up fewer digital inputs.  I have links to the
hal code to interface this to LinuxCNC.  It is for my PPMC
line of products, so would need a little adapting to Mesa
products.

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Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant

2014-02-06 Thread Dewey Garrett

If one has a pendant, it can be tested with sim configs
in the xhc-hb04 branch (configs/sim/axis/xhc-hb04).  There
are two configs for the two known button configurations:
xhc-hb04-layout1.ini (16 buttons)
xhc-hb04-layout2.ini (18 buttons, most common)

The pendant i got has 18 buttons (layout2), is marked HB04 on
the front, and the label on the back is marked WHB04-L with a
date code 201312.  It is working fine for me.

-

Some modifications were made to make it easy to add a pendant
to an existing configuration (no hal file edits are required).

From the README:

  An xhc-hb04 pendant can be added to existing configurations.
1) copy files to the configuration directory:
   $ cp xhc-hb04.tcl your_config_dir/
   $ cp xhc-hb04-layout*.cfg your_config_dir/
2) Edit existing configuration ini file to:
  a) add [HAL]HALFILE=xhc-hb04.tcl
  b) add stanza [XHC-HB04_CONFIG]
  c) add stanza [XHC-HB04_BUTTONS]
  c) add or update stanza for [HALUI]

  See the demo ini files for more detailed examples.

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Several folks have reported that the pendant stops updating.
On mine, if the pendant is idle (no buttons pressed, no wheel
movement) for approximately 40 seconds, the display stops
updating. Pressing any button restores display updating so I
just leave one button unassigned and press it to wake up the
pendant.

Running the xhc-hb04 program executed standalone as a simulator
now reports when it detects the pendant going to sleep; when
using with hal, a pin is created for the condition (xhc-hb04.sleeping)

I think it would be good to merge to master to get some
testing with other pendants.
-- 
Dewey Garrett


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