Main window: Basic functions: \
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Functions | Discriptions |
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MPG wheel | Direct control of the MPG |
THC/Z axis offset | Controlling the tracking (torch height control) while cutting with the help of an MPG |
Spindle Sync | Spindle control, via the analog output to control the spindle speed. |
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into the Dimension field so that the length of displacements uses the software pendant value:
NOTE: The ET7 controller has two encoder slot reserved for the ET7 keyboard panel. These are permanently assigned to inputs #16, 17, 18, and 19, and cannot be changed despite editing the Config window (the preset cannot be overridden). If encoder input slots are to be used on the ET7 board, the latter two slots (2 and 3) should be used. This preset is not present on the ET6/ET10/ET15 boards where encoder slots 0-3 can all be used.
If you use the ET10 controller, you can utilize the dedicated encoder inputs instead of connecting the MPG wheel to the binary inputs of this controller. In this way, it is not necessary to specify two binary inputs but rather one specific encoder input.
Functions | Discriptions |
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MPG wheel | Direct control of MPG |
THC/Z axis offset | Controlling the tracking (THC) while cutting with the help of an MPG |
Spindle Sync | Spindle control, via the analog output to control the spindle speed. |
Pendant
option - the software value will be chosen instead:soft
into the Dimension field so that the length of displacements uses the software pendant value. The diagram below shows an example of an MPG wheel connection to the ET10 controller (in this example, the MPG wheel in connected to the encoder input #5):
As already mentioned, axis jog control can be set up directly from the MPG through binary inputs settings window. In order to set up this encoder to change some values within the software (such as jog overspeed, motion overspeed, etc), the user can go into Settings > Config > Inputs/Outputs/Sensors > Connections, and add a new connection or edit an existing one.
The settings window should then look similar to this:
This will allow the operator to use the MPG wheel connected to the encoder inputs to change a number of myCNC parameters of the fly by simply turning the MPG wheel handle.