WHB04B-4 Pendant Plugin

[Vance]

Has anyone besides formantjim tested the plugin?? Any feedback will be fine:)
About usb - this MPG has a :
ProductId = 60307;
VendorId = 4302;
Try attaching program for checking
Starnge, but on all my PC's it's working fine.

I was looking to buy one but then Robertspark comments about model/type variations for 4 axis caught my eye; this driver doesn't care if it is the same 4 axis in USB or wireless, no?

[formantjim]

Hi Shad I downloaded the file and ran it here is the screen shot.

This works flawlessly with Mach 3 together with the UC 300ETH and has done for over two years. The PC is a little stick PC running Windows 10 that plugs into the back of my monitor via its HDMI plug and then I have the spare USB socket used for an ethernet and usb hub with the UC 300ETH, the RS 485 modbus adapter for the VFD and finally the wireless usb for the pendant.

As I mentioned previously I'm running the Neuron driver as the last one posted does not do anything at all there is no communication to the pendant at all. The Neuron one does not allow continuous motion via the pendant wheel but step operates perfectly. Also once in step mode my qwerty keyboard loses the ability to allow movement via the page up down home and end keys.

Hope all this information helps and again really appreciate the time you guys are taking.

JIM

[shad]

formantjim,
Please run usbview.exe, click on the USB Input Device and in the right panel you can see all information about connected mpg.
You can take a screenshot of this panel and post.

[thegreatwaldo]

Hi Shad
I just bhad a quick go with your second posted plugin. All seems to work so far except the continuous button on the controller doesn`t do much. To switch to continuous mode working I just press the step button which seems to work as a toggle switch between step and continuous. So far so good I haven't had a chance to check out the macros but setting switches to home seems to work. keep up the good work, stay safe.

Cheers
Andrew

[shad]

Hello!
Thank you for feedback!
"Step" button toggle the MPG jog mode - MPG Continuous -> MPG Single -> MPG Multi->MPG Continuous........
"Continuous" button on the pendant switch UCCNC to the Continuous mode if it was in MPG Continuous or MPG Single or MPG Multi mode.

All WHB04B pendants has a same USB VendorID and DeviceID. ProductId = 60307 and VendorId = 4302.
The difference in the supported axis count.
Current plugin support 4 axis, but no problem to add support for 6 axis.

Also there is a plugin for this pendant with support some Neuron THC futures.

[thegreatwaldo]

Hi Shad

Thanks for the info
.Cheers
Andrew

[alamillo106]

Hi Shad, I tested the plugin so far it looks like everything is working fine!
I am very happy ! thank yo so much

[shad]

Hi Shad, I tested the plugin so far it looks like everything is working fine!
I am very happy ! thank yo so much

Thank you for feedback!

[formantjim]

Hey Shad sorry for the delay in responding to your request to run the usbview software. I've been away from my machine just returning to it tonight and managed to run the file whilst connected to Mach 3 and UC300ETH see attached.

What is it you are looking for in this file?

Cheers JIM

[formantjim]

Well after extensive testing on a couple of PC's I determined there must have been something corrupt with the UCCNC software. When I loaded the plugin and then configured it a little icon appeared in the task bar at the bottom and was not visible on the machines screen. I reloaded UCCNC and voila it now works perfectly. I cannot thank you enough Shad for the plugin. I have today managed to make UCCNC work on my CNC/Laser machine and produced stunning results.

Here i'm just using the engrave plugin within UCCNC of a random image from the web engraving on brass with PWM control of the 10W fibre laser.