Re: Pendant Design, Dumb type

Dean,

Feed hold is the commonly used verbage for your item number one.

What will your product offer over the xkeys type products already
available? (they are programmable keystroke emulators, and some are
USB)

Thank you in advance,

Ballendo

P.S. I'd suggest you include an "enter" button (making things a two
step procedure, which shows intent); and some sort of audible and/or
visual feedback prior to "sending" any command which causes motion.
For liability reasons...

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "deanc500"
<deancouillard@s...> wrote:
<snip>So far from the feedback I have received,

> the following functions should be enough.
>
> (1) Escape (or some other word than e-stop)
> (2) Feed Rate override.
> (3) Axis jogging. (Fast & Slow) eg << < X > >>
> (4) Zero all axis.
> (5) Move all axis to the Home position.
> (6) Tool change button
> (7) Cycle Start
> (8) F1 -?
> (9) F2 -?
> (10) F3 -?
>
> Functionkeys could be app specific or user definable. Depends on the
> control method I choose, still looking at options.
>
> Again thanks for the input and a smart pendant is a good idea and
> definitely has its place.