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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: LeeDove on January 25, 2006, 07:28:00 AM

Title: Shift Key
Post by: LeeDove on January 25, 2006, 07:28:00 AM

I have just got a nifty wireless keypad which allows me to use it as a pendant for manual axis control. The only problem is that it does not have a SHIFT key. Does anyone know how I can reassign the Shift in Mach 3 or remap rapid travel to not need the shift key.

Lee Dove

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Brian Barker on January 25, 2006, 12:04:03 PM

There is an OEM code that will do it I think... I will get back to you on that.

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Brian Barker on January 25, 2006, 04:02:48 PM

No such luck :( So we are going to have to add a littl VB code to make your keyboard work :) We can have a button on the screen to set you to 100% jog and we will write the old slow jog rate to a Var in Mach3. So it will be about the same as having a shift key .... Is this okay?

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: LeeDove on January 27, 2006, 05:10:36 AM

Sounds fine to me. So in effect you will create a key similar to Caps Lock whic I can assign.

Lee

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Brian Barker on January 28, 2006, 06:16:54 PM

Yes:)

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: LeeDove on February 20, 2006, 08:58:32 AM

Was your suggetion to help me write the code or are you intending to do it ?  ;D

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Brian Barker on February 20, 2006, 11:11:12 AM

You give me the scrren set that you are going to be running and I will add in the code

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: LeeDove on February 20, 2006, 12:03:07 PM

I use the default screens that come with Mach 3. I suppose I would need to use it on the mdi screen and when setting up using offsets.

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Brian Barker on February 20, 2006, 11:34:31 PM

okay I will have a look tomorrow

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: LeeDove on March 08, 2006, 12:07:10 PM

Any movement on this yet a :-)

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Brian Barker on March 09, 2006, 08:02:15 PM

Press R and you will get FAST JOG and to turn it off press R again :) You can see if it is on by pressing Tab...

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Bloy on March 10, 2006, 09:05:47 PM

Hi Brian,
Where can I look to see your VBscript for this "R" 100% jog activate/deactivate? 
Whenever a script is written I like to examine it and hope that some of it will sink in.

Thanks,
 John(bloy)

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Brian Barker on March 11, 2006, 09:49:16 AM

Go to screen 50 and you should see the button just over the slow jog rate with LED's on each side.

Keep looking and you are going to have my job :)

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: byellin on March 22, 2006, 03:13:34 PM

Bloy,

I think I picked up the same keyboard - no shift key. I downloaded the "fast jog" 1024 file and checked it out. It worked great as long as I was on continuous jog to begin with and wanted to speed things up for a bit. I usually keep my jogging in step mode and hit the shift key to go rapidly to the general area, then I use step to hone in. I modified the VB script to save the prior speed percentage as well as the step/continuous state, so that the "r" key returns to the prior stepping mode as well.  BTW, I used the "insert" key for the ""r" function since this is on the keyboard.

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Bloy on March 22, 2006, 03:33:24 PM

ah! another script to examine!  ??? :)

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Bill s on March 22, 2006, 04:09:09 PM

Hi Brian,

I have lost my screen after trying the above screen, all I get now is a blank screen.

Bill s.

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Brian Barker on March 22, 2006, 04:57:33 PM

O No! You killed it :)

Can you see the screen set 1024.set in the Mach3 directory? If you can go under View/Load Screen and load the 1024.set...

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Bill s on March 22, 2006, 05:04:53 PM

Ok Brian revived the screen BIG THANKS. :D

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: byellin on March 22, 2006, 06:18:47 PM

 :'( Rats!  I didn't mean to kill your system. I hate it when that happens. A thousand apologies to you, all your ancestors, and your present family!   I downloaded the same file to my machine to make sure I sent the correct .set and ran it on two separate computers. Try it again - you can always get back to a "good" system through the "load screens" dialog. It works for me. There's obviously something important different between us. I am honestly not sure what did it to you. When did it croak? I want to check it out so no-one else gets messed up. It'd sure suck to kill my system in the middle of a part.

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Brian Barker on March 22, 2006, 06:47:57 PM

I have done that MANY times to others  :o

But A big thank you for fixing my code!

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: byellin on March 22, 2006, 07:06:31 PM

Brian,

Did you get a chance to look at the code? I hope I didn't crash the system. Is there a way to pull it from the forum if it has a problem? I've been a professional software guy for over 30 years, but have not programmed in VB before. If I screwed something up - let me know so I don't do it again. The code seems very straight forward to me.

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Brian Barker on March 22, 2006, 07:09:16 PM

I will check it at some point tonight... I am looking for a bug in Lcam now :(

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: byellin on March 22, 2006, 08:17:49 PM

No hurry. It's working on my system just fine. It's more of a curiosity at this point. If you get a chance - that'd be great. If not tonight - no big deal.

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Brian Barker on March 23, 2006, 05:14:04 AM

Runs here... and it looks Okay

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: Bill s on March 23, 2006, 04:57:12 PM

Hi Brian,

Screen working OK, also "shift key" screen works as well, I made a mistake not putting the new screen number in the mach3 directory.

Thanks
Sorry for causing concern.

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: byellin on March 23, 2006, 05:57:50 PM

No problem. I'm glad the pendant is working for you. I'm designing an MPG now to replace the keyboard, which will make this whole thing a moot issue for me. I'm using some inexpensive encoders. Let me know if you want to be kept informed on this.  I expect the whole thing will cost about $40. That's a whole lot cheaper than the devices out there today.

Title: Re: Shift Key
Post by: hunserv on October 09, 2009, 04:47:42 PM

Hi byellin, been a while since your post about this MPG issue. Any progress since?