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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Mach4 Plugins => Topic started by: Grimey on June 03, 2016, 08:44:42 PM

Title: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: Grimey on June 03, 2016, 08:44:42 PM
Gents,

Anyone know how to "soften" the transition between the feed rates using the Shuttle Pro? Mine transitions with a hard thump which doesn't sound good for the ball screw. I'm almost positive the machine enclosure itself acts like a drum head and amplifies the sound I'm hearing. But it's a terrible sound that makes me flinch every time I hear it!


Title: Re: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: Pedio on June 08, 2016, 11:01:36 PM
change the jog increments on the home screen.
Title: Re: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: TDAY on September 05, 2016, 02:11:53 PM
How do you get the center jog wheel to act as a mpg in Mach4 like it does in Mach3? Right now it does nothing.
Troy
Title: Re: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: Pedio on September 05, 2016, 02:27:53 PM
I suspect it is doing something you just can't see it. Watch the position windows for the axis you are moving. You may be moving it very slightly. The speed of the two wheels on the shuttle pro is controlled by the jog speed. If you select a faster increment you will likely see the movement. I have mine set at .01". This works for me. On another post someone told us how the Shuttle Pro uses this to calculate how far/fast to move.
Title: Re: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: TDAY on September 06, 2016, 08:21:06 AM
It doesnt matter what inc it is set to, there is still no movement when using the center wheel of shuttle. Also, iam using a Shuttle Express if it matters. I never had this issue with the Mach3 plugin version.
Title: Re: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: DazTheGas on September 06, 2016, 12:24:41 PM
May be a dumb question, but have you setup the mpg in the mach config?

DazTheGas
Title: Re: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: Grimey on September 06, 2016, 01:48:46 PM
I can confirm TDAY's report. The inner wheel on my ShuttlePro is no longer working after I upgraded to Mach4Hobby 4.2.0.2914 either. I was using the previous version 27xx? and everything was working fine.

Daz, define what you mean by "setup the mpg in the mach config". I have the *********tlePro plugin enabled. But, I do see MPG0 through 9 (or so) in the Mach config. Is that what you're referring to?

The ShuttlePro has its own setup where you click a button on it and set what that button does. Moving both the inner and outer wheel doesn't bring up anything here though, so I can't use that to program the ShuttlePro.
Title: Re: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: TDAY on September 06, 2016, 02:03:42 PM
Iam now using Mach4 development version: 4.2.0.3155. And still get no movement from inner jog wheel.
Troy
Title: Re: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: Grimey on September 06, 2016, 02:59:37 PM
TDAY, I fixed mine by enabling MPG0 in the Mach configuration. Be sure to configure the X, Y, Z selector buttons via the ShuttlePro configuration to enable the both the MPG0/Jog axis.
Title: Re: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: DazTheGas on September 06, 2016, 03:09:06 PM
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Daz, define what you mean by "setup the mpg in the mach config". I have the *********tlePro plugin enabled. But, I do see MPG0 through 9 (or so) in the Mach config. Is that what you're referring to?

Yes that is what I mean ;-) - have tried it with 3155 and all is good......

DazTheGas
Title: Re: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: TDAY on September 06, 2016, 07:36:12 PM
I will give it it a go tomorrow when i get back to the mill.
Thanks again,
Troy
Title: Re: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: TDAY on September 07, 2016, 07:43:46 AM
I enabled MPG0 and and set axis selection buttons in the plugin and all works now. :) Big plus being able to adjust the accel and velocity, much nicer movement now. :)

Thanks again,
Troy
Title: Re: Shuttle Pro question
Post by: royce on December 29, 2017, 06:53:55 AM
*Cross posted from the main M4 forum because I have not had a response yet*

Mach4 Build 4.2.0.3485. wx4.set
ESS v213

I've been wanting to address this issue for a while. I want to set a maximum jogging feedrate using my shuttlepro, for instance surface milling a part real quick, i.e. set max feedrate to 15ipm then turn the (large) wheel all the way keeping that feedrate. It seems it will always use my rapids. I've adjusted my Feedrate and Rapidrate sliding bars but that won't change anything. My Jog feedrate (sliding bar on main screen) does not change either.

It it seems when i'm jogging slow with the wheel when i'm @ +5ipm it will jump to 25ipm when I want to go slightly faster, I can't get anything in between those values. I setup the MPG0 as mentioned. I just started to have weird issues while jogging fast, when I let go of the wheel in an X or Y travel it will stop and go the other direction for a split second. I had thought my shuttle got splashed with coolant, bought another, still the same issue. I'll look at replacing the USB extension cable next for that issue.