Hi, guys
If you need any urgent help, contact us at support@poscope.com or matevz@poscope.com, if you want to contact me directly.
Regarding your problems. Please download the attached plugin and test it. Before that, make sure that you are running the latest development version of PoKeys firmware and software.
Regards,
Matevž
ok...new dll in place...fired up the pokeys app....updated the firmware (failed first time..worked fine the second attempt..could easily have been a network connection issue)
My encoder (on pins 3 &4 ) is mapped only in the beta pokeys plugin and works fine. I have a push knob encoder, which the switch is mapped through pin 10 as the reset and it works now as well and does not take over control as before (although I have not yet tested any gcode... just switches and knobs etc)
I have the pokeys keyboard active as well and it works just fine for these FRO and reset functions.
BUT I have now noticed a few oddities and am writing here , treating this as beta feedback for you guys. :-)
I an under the impression these are background issues in the plugin code rather than the xml/saveable config.
1- Upon MACH3 startup.... the kbd48CNC now always defaults to axis C enabled. Is there any way to pre-set which axis it comes up on?
(I tried playing with the plugin config but don't see anything there.)
2- I have a couple push buttons (actually joystick switches) for jogging, attached as digital inputs to the 56u
Even though the 'C' axis is active (on the kbd48CNC) I can still jog correctly as the the joysticks are mapped to button pushes. BUT.... INC jogs are at TWICE the distance set (IE 0.100 will move 0.200) After touching an axis select button on the kbd48CNC (x,y or z), the first move will be the proper distance, but there after are twice the set distance. I've manually entered other valuse to increment, just to manually verify it was not kbd48CNC or other related issues.
3- toggling the 'jog mode' use to cycle through all three modes/selections IE: CONT-INC-MPG modes , now it does not. It only switches between CONT and INC I have to hit the kbd48CNC 'MPG' button to get it over to the MPG jog.
4-I have the 56U pin 9 mapped as a Mach3 "SHIFT KEY" to enable FAST JOG function on a button near my joysticks which works just fine ....
so too does the right most kbd48CNC keyboard '~ ' key to enable/toggle FAST JOG mode The SHIFT key will light up the Mach3 screen LED properly as long as the key is held down. The kbd48CNC '~ ' toggle the mode, but does not light the screen LED The kbd48CNC '~' KEY is a toggle rather than a momentary like the SHIFT KEY, but the kbd48CNC '~' does not light the Mach3 screen Fast JOG LED at all.
Thanks for the encoder fix.... this was my biggie. The rest right now are just annoyances, I'll have to try and remember (save the INC jog at double the distance.
...was thinking that was a key bounce issue... but is not as the + / - keys on the kbd48CNC do the same (double distance)