Need Help with Pokey & Mach

[kencor1]

I need help setting up a button input in mach3. I want to set up an external reset button with Pokeys. I have the updated plugin for mach and I have the current version updated in the pokeys board.  I have enabled pin 13 on the pokeys board as an input. In mach I have set up port 10 input 13 in the ports and pins setup, in the mach hotkeys setup I have set trigger 13 to oem code 1021. Please tell me if I have done something wrong. Nothing happens when I press the button. I bring up the pokey diag menu in mach and it does not show anything happening when I press the button. If someone could please help me with this one input setup the rest will be easy.

Thanks,
Tom

[borisz]

Hi!

Are you using 1.9 version of PoKeys software and latest Mach plugin? They are both on www.poscope.com
Did you saved configuration to PoKeys device?

regards

Boris

[Hood]

You need to set the OEM Trigger in ports and Pins to Port 10 Pin 13, as you seem to like the number 13 it is the Oem Trig 13 you need to set to that port and pin number. If that is what you have done then it should work fine presuming you have the switch wired properly (Pin 13 on pokeys, through switch to ground pin)

Hood

[kencor1]

Thanks for the reply Hood.  I have the current versions installed, the switch is wired correctly I know because before I hooked it up to mach I was able to use it to launch a program when I was playing with it when I 1st got it.  Do you know if in the plugin control menu, pokeys dialog, when I press the button hooked up to the input should it show in the window that is is active?

Thanks,
Tom

[Hood]

It should show the state of it and the state should change when you press it.
Hood

[kencor1]

I forgot to mention that I am also using the smooth stepper. One other question, Do I need to somehow enable port 10 in Mch somehow?

Tom

[kencor1]

Hood, Nothing happens when I press the button on the diag Menu.

Tom

[ostie01]

Try to switch to another USB port.

[Hood]

SS shouldnt be a problem, and no you dont have to enable port 10.
If you want attach your xml and I will check you have the pins set correctly, if you do then it at least eliminates that.
Hood

[gifre70]

try run mach3 when pokeys setup program still runs in background.

Josep