A random thought that occurred to me while looking over cut control and the keyboard shortcuts. I think the specified mini keyboard will have it’s place but I would like something with bigger buttons.
So what about arcade controls? Very cheap, usb interface, configurable for what the buttons do. I’m thinking of a small mounted panel with a joystick for X-Y motion and buttons for Z+, Z-, start, and stop.
Some might scoff at using this in an industrial application but I say why not. I did something like this on my Bridgeport using a VFD and it’s awesome to use.
It went off Mach3, someone had already made a plug in for it to use the controller as a pendant.
But I bet with something like PP Joy, you could easily map out the axis and use them as “key strokes.” But that’s kind of conjecture as I haven’t actually had a chance to checkout cut control yet
I will like to make something like this work? 6 axis Manual Pulse Generator CNC MPG Controller Hand Held Wheel Encoderr Pendant TM1474-100BSL5 https://a.co/d/hXHRK3Z
I’m not a fan of the pendant keyboard either. Battery contacts were broken upon arrival. I used a wireless Xbox controller and mapped (Joy2Key) a joystick for XY control and the D-pad up/down for Z and left/right for tab, etc.
@Cpt_UhOh Gotta ask, Is the sound deadening stuff for resonate vibrations or?
And yeah, @Rotator definitely interested in seeing if you can get that pendant to work for you. Those definitely have a lot of nice options. Unfortunately, with the way the software interface works, I was afraid the biggest hurdle with one of those, is to figure out how to map the buttons without being constrained to the built-in keyboard shortcuts.
I’m pretty sure it will work great. It came today with a package that also had a Centroid Acorn Six motion controller in it. I’m looking forward to pairing the pendant with a fourth axis.
