Joystick, Pendant support

Arkadiusz

Hello,

I'm building xyz positioning machine using DuetWifi and I'm looking for some way to control axis with joystick/keyboard.

I came across this one and I was wondering if it would be suitable:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SHINA-Wireless-Pendant-Handwheel-Generator/dp/B06X19THB5/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=cnc+pendant&qid=1559646969&s=gateway&sr=8-8

Maybe someone has better idea I'm open to suggestions.

Cheers
Arkadiusz

Veti

using something like this
https://www.banggood.com/Wemos-ESP32-Joystick-Kit-Wifi-Bluetooth-Module-Development-Tool-p-1261995.html?cur_warehouse=CN

then write a small arduino programm that makes http calls to the duet web interface that sends commands
https://github.com/chrishamm/DuetWebControl

like rr_gcode?gcode=G0%20X50

Arkadiusz

Thanks that's sort of what I was looking for. Only thing is that my time on this project is limited, do you know If i could buy finished product somewhere? I don't mind paying more.

Phaedrux

I found these threads

https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/4690/cncjs-for-duet3d
https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/8042/support-for-a-manual-jog-box-cnc-mpg

I also seem to recall a forum post about someone using a cheap USB keypad and a modified DWC to do the same thing but I can't find it.

Arkadiusz

@phaedrux Great find, that is very helpful. Thanks !

Danal

With regard to: https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/4690/cncjs-for-duet3d

I became bogged down in the internals of CNCjs and decided not to pursue this. To be honest, part of the reason is that all my CNC machines have TinyG in them, and CNCjs already works fine for these boards.

If there is renewed interest in CNCjs for Duet, I can take another look.

Arkadiusz

I looked at your post and it looks very promising.
I was wondering if CNCjs at its current state will allow using pendant to just simply move xyz axis? There is no need to know coordinates, I would home all axis before that.

Danal

@arkadiusz said in Joystick, Pendant support:

I was wondering if CNCjs at its current state will allow using pendant to just simply move xyz axis? There is no need to know coordinates, I would home all axis before that.

Yes. The wheel moves an axis, and a knob on the pendant chooses X, Y, Z, etc. Also, those pendants have a local LCD that shows the current coordinate.

Danal

Also, the wheel has clicks, and most software lets you set the size of a step that results from 1 click, set via some other buttons on the pendant.

Separate from the pendant itself, most software will recognize a "stream of click" that occurs because you are just spinning the wheel (that's why the wheel has a little stalk) and go into some kind of "traverse" mode (rather than hundreds of little start/stop steps). Again, though, that's the software, not the pendant itself.

Arkadiusz

That's what I was looking for, thanks for confirming that pendant works. Since you are experienced CNC machinist, have you got any pendant that is worth recommending? I wan't to avoid getting product with bad documentation and poor user base.