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General Category => SmartBOB controllers and dedicated accessories => Topic started by: broered on May 12, 2015, 12:18:17 PM

Title: USB Pendant for Mach 4
Post by: broered on May 12, 2015, 12:18:17 PM
Based on a reference note you had on your web site, regarding USB Pendants - I contacted VistaCNC.

VistaCNC's response:
"Our USB pendants  do not support Mach4.
We don't have Mach4 plugins yet. We are currently working on those plugins..."

I'm doing this "on paper" as I continue to acquire parts and try to understand it: 
I have an Intel NUC PC - usb connected to a - PMDX-410, PMDX-407, and PMDX-134, with (4) Gecko G203V's
I'm planning on running Mach 4 on the NUC PC.
Assuming plug-ins existed, would you just plug the pendant into an available USB port on the NUC PC. 

Does anyone have a USB pendant that will work with this hookup?? (or is that really a Mach 4 question)
Title: Re: USB Pendant for Mach 4
Post by: Steve Stallings on May 12, 2015, 01:46:22 PM
Any USB pendant with a Mach4 plug-in would work by plugging it into any
available USB port on the host computer. At this time I do not know of
any plug-in for generic devices such as a PC gaming controller. It is sad
to know that Vista does not yet have a plug-in for their devices. They are
quite nice.
Title: Re: USB Pendant for Mach 4
Post by: broered on October 24, 2015, 12:28:42 PM
Re-visited the Vista CNC site.
They now list software to upgrade their P2-S and P1A-S pendants from Mach 3 to Mach 4

If anyone has any experience using these pendants on Mach 4 - Please comment.
(thanks)