I think I like tweaking/enhancing my machine and controls as well as I like making parts! (wood signs mostly)...anyway...I am going back to the drawing board on a new screen set...may buy a touch screen, but that will be the general design...will probably emulate the new Haas stuff.
I do not want a full on keyboard, but on my manual operation page, I would like a few keys (G,T,M, etc) and a number pad...what I am looking for for is guidance on how to press one of the keys and place its value in the MDI. I could brute force it by building a string in a variable and maybe script it to make whatever I am doing happen, but it would be way cooler if I could press my buttons and fill out the MDI, then press enter to execute...as I am typing this I suppose I could fake the MDI and use a user label...hmmmm...if anyone has an elegant solution or point me in the right direction I would love to hear it...
Thanks
Leslie