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PoKeys / Re: NEW: 'Official' PoKeys Mach3 Plugin - 'beta' version v0.01

« on: August 13, 2012, 08:00:08 AM »

Hi Matevž,

thanks, I'll do that and wait for the next version. 

Regards,
Mike

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PoKeys / Re: NEW: 'Official' PoKeys Mach3 Plugin - 'beta' version v0.01

« on: August 13, 2012, 06:45:59 AM »

Hi, I just gave the new version a try - everything seems to work great so far, there's just one thing that irritates me...

I have connected a 4x20 LCD to the primary pins, listed in the plugin's LCD-Screen as 23,24,25,26,   28,29,30.
I used these connectors and it seems to work ok.
But...
the plugin's "PoKeys Mapping" shows pin 23-29 (subsequently) including Pin 27 used for the LCD, while pin30 is marked as "not used"

It seems one can't change that manually.
So now I wonder what to do - leave Pin27 unused?

By the way, that's been the same in the previous version, no change with latest firmware/plugin version

Regards,
Mike

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PoKeys / Re: UserLed 2055

« on: August 11, 2011, 04:06:44 AM »

Hi, Scott,
sorry again, if I'm grating on your nerves, but please tell me if you see any problem with the setup in my first post?

The Logic is all in the macropump. no brains activated or other macros involved. The same procedure that is used for Uled 2055 works fine for every other output pin, and there is definitely no other call to 2055 from somewhere else.

If I disable the macropump and try to access 2055 from a single macro, there is no reaction either. So where else could I look for a solution?

Thanks and regards,

Mike

BTW: Pokeys55 is used for my new control panel, and it's completely functional now, after I freed some pin from the rotary switch, but I could still make good use of pin55, that's why I'm so stubborn in this case 

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PoKeys / Re: UserLed 2055

« on: August 10, 2011, 03:13:45 AM »

Thanks, Scott,

I still don't see the point, but I'm afraid my description wasn't clear enough - sorry.
I tried to say that neither setting 0 or 1 for that pin wouldn't work. I can't address that pin or switch its state at all, from within mach3.
So, of course SetUserLED(2055,0) doesn't show any reaction, too.

I can however, switch it in the Pokeys soft. The other 54 pins work OK, so I think I got the principle.

Now is there something wrong with my config or do I still misunderstand what you're telling me?

Thanks again,
Mike

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PoKeys / Re: UserLed 2055

« on: August 08, 2011, 08:24:30 PM »

Hi Scott,

 
sorry, but does that really explain why SetUserLED(2055,1)  wouldn't work?  

Regards,
Mike

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PoKeys / UserLed 2055

« on: August 08, 2011, 07:33:26 AM »

Hi again,

as a workaround for the auxiliary bus problems mentioned earlier, I set up my Pokeys55 without the ExtBus.

everything works ok, but I ran into some minor problems again.

1.

I just have digital inputs and outputs + LCD

Configured it to ULED range starting from 2001
Input range 1: 1 to 27
Input range 2: 35 to 45

Output range 1: 46 to 55

everything works fine, except that I can't use SetUserLED(2055,1) in macros, that won't do anything.
all other output LEDs work as expected. (Yet it works in Pokeys config software)

Did I miss something or is there indeed some strange behavior of the Plugin (10.6.4, btw)?




Sidenote: initially I had defined the unused ExtBus (35-37) pins as Outputs, too, so that the settings were

Input range 1: 1 to 27
Input range 2: 38 to 48

Output range 1: 35 to 37
Output range 2: 49 to 55

but then I couldn't set UserLeds 35 to 37. After switching wires and setting to the setup above, that was no longer a problem.


Would appreciate any hints regarding that LED 2055 thing 

Regards,
Mike

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PoKeys / Re: Auxiliary bus and LCD issue

« on: July 20, 2011, 08:37:24 AM »

Hi Scott,

thanks a lot. I mailed to Boris and he promised to look into that.

Now I'm eager to know what leads to this strange behavior, I'm really at my wits' end here.


Regards,
Mike

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PoKeys / Auxiliary bus and LCD issue

« on: July 17, 2011, 09:22:06 AM »

Hi,

after getting a Pokeys55 and thoroughly testing and experimenting with it, I noticed (seemingly) random activity on PoExtBus devices.

These are continuously switching on/off with no noticeable pattern, about twice a second.

I checked cabling, insulation and grounding, tried every setting I could think of, made sure that neither macropump nor brains were accessing the device.

Now I found out that this happens as soon as I activate the LCD, (which is working fine, btw.)
If I turn it off within the mach3 plugin config screen, the ExtBus works as expected.

Did I miss anything or ist there any other trick to get LCD and auxiliary bus working together?

S/W version: 3.07
pokeys55 Serial: 12096 /FW: 2.1.19
plugin version 10.6.4
mach3 Version: 3.042.020

I'd be most grateful for any hint. Thanks in advance,

Mike