![]() ![]() Sounds complicated but once you get your head around how all this works it's fairly simple. We can 'send' keystrokes to a Mach4 'Input', have it intercepted by the keyboard plugin and through a PLC script, perform an action. The keyboard plugin allows you to configure shortcuts on the keyboard to perform actions, just like most software. The idea to use the keyboard plugin came from a similar instructable here on Instructables but was incomplete and would never work without a lot more research and work something I have done and present here. Luckily Mach4 comes with some plugins, one of which is the keyboard plugin. I have a XHC motion controller which is excellent but does not cater for a pendant. There is just nothing available at a reasonable cost and the units that are available need particular motion controllers. It allows you to control your machine at the machine instead of at the computer keyboard. One very useful add-on device for a CNC machine is a MPG or Pendant. It is CNC control software.īecause Mach4 is newish there is not too many add-on devices for it. Mach4 is a fairly new piece of software by New Fangled Solutions. ![]()
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