Hi all,
Daz The Gaz sent me the base that he started 4 years ago for the Xbox 360 plugin. I have spent the past week adding lots of goodies to the plugin. I am not done but it is starting to work the way I would like it to. The major change is that you can configure it like we do with the Shuttle Pro. You simply go into config and press a button or joystick. A dialog will popup with the options you have for settings. This makes it very quick to setup! I think this is the feature that most will like but here are some other highlights:
Diagnostics window for the XBox
Buttons can be mapped as inputs (this makes it so you can call functions in the signal script in the screen)
Exponential rates have been added to the analog sticks (this really helps with precision on the slow moves)
Reverse Jogging for each axis
Added a lockout toggle so you can disable the controller
Custom Gcode strings can be run like the Shuttle
TO DO:
BIG one for me is to make it so you can use the analog sticks as a mouse on the screen
I want to make it so you don't need a mouse at the machine if you have this. (I think it can be done I just have not started)
Need to make an input that shows the X Box locked state (so you can have an indicator on the screen to show if it is locked)
Jogging at feedrate (or limited to a % of Max) sometimes rapid is not needed, I don't know when that would EVER be but..
I know I must have a few more but I just wanted you to have something to use while your home for X-MAS
Here is where you can find the Plugin:
ftp://ftp.machsupport.com/Mach4/Plugins/mcXbox/Enjoy and if you can think of other features I will see what I can do.
Special THANK YOU to Daz and have a happy holiday
Brian