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Thanks for the help on this. The vendor has agreed to refund me on this pendant.I am going back to my home made pendant with Pokeys emulator for the moment until
the new one arrives from Vista. Should have gone this way in the first place. Just as an aside I have a drawer full of used Marposs T25 and T36 probes if anyone is interested.

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Thanks for the explanation Scott. My dilemma is that the pendant has a USB connector on it and no diagram or a pinout. The supplier Marchant Dice advertised it a simple set up requiring the installation of an XML file that they would supply by email. They have not supplied this file and refered me to a website advertising a complete Ethernet 3 axis motion control system utilising this pendant. The plugin they supply is for an Ethernet board so will not be appropriate for this pendant as a stand alone. The site then refers to the Mach forum site for help. Marchant dice have not answered my mail to them requesting assistance.

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Yes the read me file reiterates a previous post. Where I am really confused is as it says
 Select Axis X  OEM trigger 1     Port       Pin
ok, I tick the box in the input window then next to this there are two boxes port and pin numbers, My problem is how do I know which port and pin number to enter. I thought (wrongly) that the test I/O plugin was to read my pendant and tell me which port and pin each function is connected to.

Many thanks for your help

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Sorry if I appear to be stupid but I don't understand. Are you saying that I do not need this Map all I/O plug in to run the pendant. I thought this was to read the inputs that are being outputted by the pendant so I can map them to the OEMtriggers. Is it possible for you to be a little more explicit, and you say read the help that came with it. Came with what?. Once more I apologise for my stupidity but when I bought this pendant I was told it was simple to install only needing a .XML file installing that unfortunately the seller did not supply,he referred me to this forum.

Cheers

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Thanks for the reply. It seems I need to download your "Map all I/O plug in. Problem is I can't find it!.
Can you point me in the right direction?.

Cheers

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Hi, I have a pendant with a USB connector. How do I determine the port and pins to assign to the OEM codes?.

Cheers

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PoKeys / Re: Inputing to OEM codes
« on: March 21, 2009, 07:21:19 AM »
This is the plug in that I am using. As I posted earlier I am assigning digital inputs to mach 3 then selecting Hotkeys via relative OEM codes to perform button presses. Is there another way of doing it that will enable the keys to work without the screen active ?. I would like to be able to select MPG mode from my pendant and switch between axis without opening the window.

regards

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PoKeys / Re: Inputing to OEM codes
« on: March 21, 2009, 06:42:54 AM »
Hi Borisz,I am assigning Pokeys digital inputs to Hotkeys via OEM codes.Could you expand on the Mach 3 plug in ,is this different from the Pokeys plug in that I downloaded from your site.If so will this work for me.

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PoKeys / Inputing to OEM codes
« on: March 21, 2009, 06:11:34 AM »
Hi All. I dont know if I am posting in the right area but here goes.I am using a Pokeys 55 via various switches,Joystick etc and an MPG (wired to the parallel port directly) in a pendant to switch between functions in Mach 3. It all works great but only if the MPG window is open (Tab).I can switch between all functions (selecting  X,Y,Z,A,Step mode,MPG mode)with this window open but when I untab it or switch to another screen (MDI for example) the switches stop working although It is still in MPG mode.Is this something I have to put up with or am I doing something wrong.

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PoKeys / Mach Diagnostics
« on: January 26, 2009, 01:49:34 PM »
I am now getting used to Pokeys and have it doing almost everything that I want.But when I call up the diagnostics in Mach 3 only the first block of inputs 1-8 and 9-16 appear to change status.If I use the upper blocks it all works alright but I cannot see what is happening.   

Any Ideas ?

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