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General Mach Discussion / Fang Gamepad for Mach3

« on: September 14, 2007, 05:28:02 AM »

Hello.
Has anybody tried to use Fang gamepad with Mach3 and does anybody know whats inside the gamepad, processor etc ?
Per

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General Mach Discussion / Pendant/control panel with PIC 18f4221.

« on: August 05, 2007, 06:57:17 AM »

Hello all.
I want to build my own pendant/control panel for my router and i am going to use a PIC 18f4221 microcontroller. I want to learn to program this unit and use it for controll Mach3. Has anybody done this and what are the hints ? What do i have to think about when i am doing this ? Be gentle to me because it´s hard to learn an old dog (46year) to sit. 
Per

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General Mach Discussion / Best way to connect a pendant to pc ?

« on: July 06, 2007, 04:49:51 AM »

Hi all.
I have started to build an pendant and what ports are best for keygrabber, PS2 or USB ?
My MPG is connected to the parallel port but the rest must go thru keygrabber.
Best regards.
Per

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General Mach Discussion / Macro for Z-axis probe

« on: September 13, 2006, 09:50:55 AM »

I want a simple macro that lower the z-axis down until i hits the probe and then the thickness (that i know) of the probe get into the z-axis DRO.
Do i have to put the thickness of the probe in the macro or can the macro ask me if i want to set another thickness of the probe and save it even if i switch the computer off ?
Best regards from
Per