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PoKeys / Re: Does Pokeys 57E support more than 4 axis in Mach4?

« on: October 10, 2017, 04:10:29 AM »

PoKeys57E is a general-purpose I/O device on Ethernet interface that supports 3 axes "out of the box" (directly on pins). With the new Mach3 plugin and the use of PoExtBusOC16CNC extension, all 6 axes in Mach3 can be used.

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys 57U - Spindle Speed Control

« on: October 10, 2017, 04:09:18 AM »

As described in the support ticket, PoKeys57U is a general purpose I/O device that has support for CNC as one of its functions.
Pokeys57CNC was designed for CNC use and already has a 0-10V analog output built-in.

The manuals and software are always available under https://www.poscope.com/downloads/

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PoKeys / Re: Pokey 57CNC Analog Output

« on: October 10, 2017, 04:07:55 AM »

Can you rewrite your first line? Is the analog output not working at all or only at some minimum speed?

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys57cnc mach3 onboard Relay

« on: July 30, 2017, 06:33:39 AM »

The motor enable signal (if used) must be mapped to dedicated motor enable signals (on the motor connectors) or the general purpose PoKeys pins. We will update the plugin to allow the use of the relay outputs or open-collector outputs also.

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PoKeys / Re: Rough jogging...need help

« on: July 30, 2017, 05:04:48 AM »

The capability of USB connection depends heavily on your computer's hardware. Some manufacturers provide sub-par USB controller drivers that may deliver full speed in transfer speeds, but be very slow to exchange the data both ways (to and from the device). PoKeys devices depend on constant exchange of information between the PC application and the device - if the system and drivers can't cope with it, the PoKeys device will not be able to fully reconstruct the motion data received from Mach.
There is a troubleshooting option in the PoKeys configuration application that tests for operational speed and it is planned that such a test to be incorporated into the Mach4 plugin directly.
If you experience problems with slow USB connection, please inform PoLabs support about it and provide information on your system information (motherboard type, operating system version etc.).

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PoKeys / Re: Pokey 57u and PoNET kbd48CNC

« on: July 30, 2017, 04:57:22 AM »

The kbd48CNC MUST be connected to the PoKeys device with the cable originally provided. It should not be extended!

What are you referring to regarding that not all actions work? Mach3 or Mach4? In Mach3 you are free to remap signals on your own in the 'Mapping' section of the plugin settings. In Mach4, the keyboard uses the default set of actions and since not all are supported by Mach4, some actions may not work. However, you are free to use the 'Map to Mach4 signals' option and configure all buttons and LEDs on your own in Mach4 directly.

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys57cnc mach3 onboard Relay

« on: July 30, 2017, 04:54:12 AM »

I assume you are referring to Mach4 plugin and not Mach3...

Check the Mach4 configuration of output signals, especially the output enable signal.

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys57cnc 10v spindle control only reaches 8.1v

« on: May 20, 2017, 01:43:18 AM »

The adjustment pot is really small and relatively stiff. Are you sure that you indeed rotated it? Observe the flat region on one side of the pot head.

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PoKeys / Re: Pokeys57CNC, Mach4 and fusion probing - does it work?

« on: May 19, 2017, 01:20:24 AM »

PoKeys57CNC does indeed support probing. It may be unclear to me what you mean by fusion probing, so can't answer it.
Regarding the polarity of the probe input - the plugin does not expect this to change during runtime. The best way to solve it to use the NO switch and the touch pad in parallel.

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PoKeys / Re: PoKeys 57E buttons, MACH4

« on: May 19, 2017, 01:16:10 AM »

Look at the blog: http://blog.poscope.com/mach4-tutorial-custom-signal-mapping/