>
> It has occurred to me that there is no reason that I couldn't use two
> keyboards - one actual and the
> second wired to push buttons. (Has anyone done this?)
Sure, there are things for sale that will do this but I just took an old USB
keyboard (one that had seen too much coolant ...) and wir
Karl Schmidt wrote:
> I'm also looking for comments about GUI + mouse vs buttons or GUI + mouse +
> buttons... Should there
> be a mouse and keyboard on the machine?
>
Yes, there should be a mouse or keyboard (or both). If nothing else,
for choosing what g-code file to run. You will have to
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
> There are USB and PS/2 interfaces that make lots of buttons look like a
> keyboard to the PC. They're often used by people making gaming cabinets
> for their PCs. You can use the hal_input driver to make the buttons
> that look like keys look like buttons again.
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 15:43 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
> Karl Schmidt wrote
> >I'm starting a list of what should be on this panel:
> >
> >Emergency stop
> >
> >
> Hardware, must stop the machine, should also notify EMC that the machine
> has been stopped.
I've got an older Allen Bradle
Karl Schmidt wrote:
>I'm putting controls on a vertical mill and I'm new to EMC2, but have a
>background in electronics.
>
>I'm gathering information on putting together a control panel - I have a nice
>jog wheel - plenty of
>buttons and switches, but I'm also thinking about a mouse and keyboar
I'm putting controls on a vertical mill and I'm new to EMC2, but have a
background in electronics.
I'm gathering information on putting together a control panel - I have a nice
jog wheel - plenty of
buttons and switches, but I'm also thinking about a mouse and keyboard.
It has occurred to me t
