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Third party software and hardware support forums. => PoKeys => Topic started by: mark4 on November 25, 2011, 02:18:12 AM
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hello this is going to be a long post i may get typers cramp. anyhow i purchased a pokeys 56e downloaded microsoft .net framwork and installed everything was going well using the pokeys software communicated and tested outputs inputs ect now onto mach i installed the pokeys 56 plugin from the pokeys web site there is no documentation so i am not sure what the plug in is doing ? does it only config pins on pokeys device or does it link pokeys to mach ie ports and pins ? one thing i found out about the plug in is if you have the pokeys software running the plugin will not see the pokeys board from within mach. next i got tcp modbus working what exactly should be checked under ports and pins modbus input output support i have this checked now. modbus plugin supported i dont have this checked. tcp modbus support i have this checked. next i am able to get into setup tcp modbus and test i have the pokeys board plugged into a cnc4pc mother board with a cnc4pc m24 output board i have a bigger setup than this however i disconnected everthing else for ease of testing. now when i tested tcp modbus i was able to write 1 or 0 to pokeys and my outputs activated great i thought a little more experimentation and i would be set wrong i have not been able to get mach to talk to pokeys i did some reading and video watching tried different brains and configurations in ports and pins. so here is what i am not sure of ports and pins port 0 i supposed to be modbus i set port 0 ands just about every number i could thing to plug in to outputs and enables nothing has anybody got port 0 to work for them that is what i would really like to do. on the other hand you do what you have to so i proceded to write a few simple brains with modbus outputs this should have sent the signal to pokeys and my output board this didnt work either any help will be appreciated thank you :)
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hi update for whoever reads this i finally had an apifany the cfg is the key number and the adress from there always starts with 0 so if i set up cft 2 with 2 inputs when adressing this from brain will be cfg 2 modbus adress 0 and 1 consectutively. however i can only get this to work on one computer and not the one that is going to be running the machine so i have decided to stop banging my head against the wall and go to a pokeys 56 usb so i can use port 10 and make my setup easier, having said that i think with a future plugin the 56 e will be a good board but not right now hope this helps
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I thnk you need a PoKeys56U board and 3 additional large buttons connected to it. Then, map these buttons to 'Shift', '.' and ','.
When you are done, please try to ask the question again using these buttons.