Re: [Emc-users] Joystick Pendant

2012-05-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 May 2012 06:36, Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com wrote: For now just linking a button to perform touch off zero would be good, but I need a way to control which axis.  I have several buttons spare so I could use one for each axis. Touch-off is equivalent to G10, so you could link a

Re: [Emc-users] Joystick Pendant

2012-05-09 Thread Mike Bennett
Andy That's great Looking at the syntax of G10, I think I would need to add [HALUI] # mdi-command-00 Touch off X MDI_COMMAND = G10 L20 P0 X0 # mdi-command-01 Touch off Y MDI_COMMAND = G10 L20 P0 Y0 # mdi-command-02 Touch off Z MDI_COMMAND = G10 L20 P0 X0 to my INI file I should then be able

Re: [Emc-users] Joystick Pendant

2012-05-09 Thread John Thornton
I use a 0.375 dowel to touch off Z so I used MDI_COMMAND = G10 L20 P0 X0.375 John On 5/9/2012 7:04 AM, Mike Bennett wrote: Andy That's great Looking at the syntax of G10, I think I would need to add [HALUI] # mdi-command-00 Touch off X MDI_COMMAND = G10 L20 P0 X0 # mdi-command-01

Re: [Emc-users] Joystick Pendant

2012-05-09 Thread Mike Bennett
Touch off buttons working a treat. My only observation is that the tool path in Axis does not update, unless I use reload. Mike On 9 May 2012, at 10:20, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 9 May 2012 06:36, Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com wrote: For now just linking a button to

[Emc-users] Joystick Pendant

2012-05-08 Thread Mike Bennett
I've just 'wired' up a joystick to use as a pendant, based on the Simple Remote Pendant article on the Wiki. As I only have two analogue inputs X Y (the third is normally used for throttle and does not self centre so I did not fancy using that) I used the trigger button to select between X

Re: [Emc-users] Joystick Pendant

2012-05-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 May 2012 22:54, Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com wrote: However I notice strange behaviour on start up.  I tracked this down to the fact that input.0.btn-joystick and input.0.btn-joystick-not were both false until the trigger is pressed the first time.  Is this normal?  I guess I can

Re: [Emc-users] Joystick Pendant

2012-05-08 Thread Mike Bennett
Andy For now just linking a button to perform touch off zero would be good, but I need a way to control which axis. I have several buttons spare so I could use one for each axis. Mike On 8 May 2012, at 23:25, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 May 2012 22:54, Mike Bennett