keyboard jog
Hi Camsoft (or other interested retrofitters, too)
You probably are well aware of my gripes already with keyboard jogging
The gist of my gripe is this: I cannot control the amount of the jog amount, because there seems to be no logic to specify it. So, I try various holding of the key combos (which is not handy, nor as safe as it could be, I might add) for various time intervals to try to jog up by a wee bit. This is next to impossible, no let me say it is simply impossible to have any real degree of control.
Because of this, I have made no attempt to use automatic tool length offset logic, which is easily obtainable, but only perhaps useful for those who have the precision of a manual pulse handwheel.
So perhaps I have overlooked some methods that might be within my grasp in the jog.fil logic, although I highly doubt that I can get the response that I want from that, in its current state.
Now computer games have taught me that Windows can respond very well to keyboard event inputs, so how can we capture a bit of that and use it on our cnc's?
I can elaborate more (and again) how I would like to see keyboard jogging implemented, if you like.
Thanks
First you get good, then you get fast. Then grouchiness sets in.
(Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)