How to display DRO's on LCD with Pokeys55

[wuselrob]

Hello everybody,

I bought a Pokeys55 for building up a pendant.
The LCD works very well with the Pokeys-Software, but now I was searching how to get the LCD running with Mach3 but I didn't find anything helpful for Newbies like me.

It is a 4x20 LCD and I want to display the DRO-Values for X,Y,Z and A (Maybe later I can display Spindle Speed and Feedrate as well?).
Can somebody give me a hint, how to do this with a VB macro? I read something about Userlabels.
How do I get the DRO-Values in these Userlabels so I can display them?

I've never written VB macros before.

Thank you so much in advance and sorry for my English
Greetings,
Robert (Germany)

[borisz]

Hi!

Did you checked PoKeys plugin for Mach which can be downloaded from www.poscope.com?
It has direct LCD support without programing..

regards

Boris

[wuselrob]

Hi Boris,

yes, I mean this plugin.
But I don't find out how to get my DRO Values on my LCD. Is there a How2 anywhere?

Regards,
Robert

[borisz]

OH, I have unreleased beta.
Will ask Scott if he is close to release.

regards

Boris

[poppabear]

the current pokeys 7.4 that is on boris/s site, is LCD capable, please see the HELP button on the plugin dialog.

also, you will need to choose what labels to use for your DRO display, then send your DRO code to them via VB, see Wiki on how to use VB.

scott

[wuselrob]

Hi,

Okay, thanks. So there is no easy way to do this without studying VB. I will try my best.

@Boris
Does the Plugin work only with LCD on the first pin configuration (23-26 and 28-30) ?
You mailed me, that I probably have found a bug in the latest pokeys firmware, so Pins 23-26 aren't working for LCD right now.
Do you know when this problem can be solved and when an update will be released?

Thank you,
regards,
Robert

[borisz]

LCD2 is working now. LCD1 should be solved in about 2-3 weeks.

regards

Boris

[wuselrob]

LCD2 is working now

Hi Boris,

you mean the Mach3 Pokeys Plugin? Is there an update that works with LCD2 as well?
In the 7.5 version from poscope.com the label in the config dialog says: "Use LCD Display (Pins 23-26, 28-30 used by LCD)"

What I made so far in the Pokeys Plugin config dialog:



And then I activated Macropump and made a file called macropump.m1s where I put this in:



So, the DRO values should be permanentally formatted and written into the userlabels, right?

But my LCD2 (pins 28-30, 31-34) displays nothing.
Shall I wait for the bugfix?

Thank you.
regards,
Robert

[borisz]

Please wait for bugfix. Also plugin with LCD2 support should be released soon.

regards

Boris

[eloid]

any updates for this?

Please wait for bugfix. Also plugin with LCD2 support should be released soon.

regards

Boris