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PoKeys / Can't get basic motor output.
« on: November 27, 2011, 07:31:12 PM »
Help
I have the following configuration:

Pokey 55 with the latest firmware (v2.1.21). 
CNC4PC motherboard  (with the enable pin directly wired to +5 volts)
M22 output board on port 3
  (Pokey pins 33, 28, 29, 30, 34, 22, 48, 49, 31, 32, 47, & 21)
M21 input board on port 1 with pin 1 connected to +5 Volts (The correlates to pin 5 on pokeys)
  (Pokey pins 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, & 20)
I have tried on a win 7 box and an XP box.

In pokeys, I can see the input fine, and set the output without issue (The pin numbers are really strange for some reason) but I can't get Mach 3 (Latest download) with the pokeys plug-in to see it.  I uninstalled and reinstalled mach 3 it with no luck.  I also install it with and without the printer port driver.  Still no luck.
All I'm trying to configure is X(port 10,pin 33 & 28) , Y(port 10,pin 29 & 30), and Z(port 10,pin 34 & 22) in motor outputs and in the input I've set EStop to port # 10 and pin 5.  The EStop works.

Is there something I need to configure in Output Signals?
Do I need the printer port driver installed?
I noticed that the Device load status only loads to 50%. Is this normal? 


Thanks,
Chris

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PoKeys / Re: How in the world do you get Mach3 to talk to this thing?
« on: October 28, 2011, 12:59:18 AM »
OK, I uninstalled everything, re-installed, and now it's behaving rationally.  Why?  In any case, there is (apparently) a newer plug-in on the Artsoft site.  Should I use that instead of the one from the PoKeys site?

I'm going to be hooking up about 40 switches to the PoKeys.  The only ways I can see to make them do most functions would be to map them to ULEDs, then have either a brain or macro-pump to monitor them all, and take the appropriate actions (and there's no way I'm using brains on that many inputs....).  Is there a better way?  In most cases, I will need each button press to either do an OEMButton command, or execute an M-macro.

Regards,
Ray L.
Hi HimyKabibble, Im in the same boat as you you were.  I has a Pokey 55 with the latest firmware (v2.1.21).  I have a CNC4PC motherboard with a M22 output board on port 3 and a M21 input board on port 1.  In pokeys, I can see the input fine, and set the output with out issue (The pin numbers are realy strange for some reason) But I can't get Mach 3 (Latest download) with the pokeys pluggin to see it.  I unistalled and reinstalled it with no luck.  I am running on a win 7 box.  What steps did you go thru to uninstall and reinstall? did you reinstall pokeys config software?  Delete the mach 3 directory? All I'm trying to configure is X(port 10,pin 28&29) , Y(port 10,pin 30&31), and Z(port 10,pin 32&33) motor.  Once works I'll work on limiter switch inputs.

Thanks,
Chris


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