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- 1 - www.vistacnc.com VistaCNC P2-S4(E) CNC Control Pendant for Mach4 - 1 - www.vistacnc.com P2-S4 Pendant Mach4 Manual v. 1.0...
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- 2 - www.vistacnc.com PREFACE Any machine tool, including computer controlled machine tool, is potentially dangerous. VistaCNC LLC accepts no responsibility for any damage or injury caused by its use. It is your responsibility to insure that you understand the machine you are using and the procedures for safety operations. If you are in any doubt you must seek guidance from a professionally qualified expert rather than risk injury to yourself or to others.
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- 3 - www.vistacnc.com FEATURES Plug n’ Play USB connection and controls. 100 steps high precision MPG encoder. Step, Velocity and Continuous mode jogging through MPG. Feed rate, Spindle speed, and Step jogging size and rate change through MPG. ...
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- 4 - www.vistacnc.com PLUGIN and FW Download the latest Mach4 P2-S4 Plugin package from www.vistacnc.com download page and unzip the package. The package includes following files: This manual P2Spendant.m4pw --- P2-S4 pendant Mach4 PlugIn file 1 P2Spendant.sig --- P2-S4 pendant Mach4 PlugIn file 2 Pendant FW update procedure --- pendant firmware upgrade procedure Pendant FW Loader --- tools for FW upgrade P2S_Mach4_FW_v1_1.hex --- FW for Mach4...
- 5 - www.vistacnc.com FUNCTIONS and OPERATIONS 1. Axis selection Turn axis selection knob to X, Y, Z, or A position to select an axis to jog. □ Selected axis name. It flashes at ½ second rate. □ Step size and Step jogging rate. The size and rate display changes alternately every 2 seconds. 2.
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- 6 - www.vistacnc.com 2.2 VELOCITY, SLOW V and SLOW V RATE VELOCITY Axis moves at 0 to 100% of maximum axis speed based on how fast the MPG wheel is turned. SLOW V Pressing and holding the EN side button while in V mode temporally slows down the axis movement .
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- 7 - www.vistacnc.com □ 4 and 2 decimal digits. 2.4 FEED OVERRIDE and SPINDLE OVERRIDE FEED OVERRIDE In F% mode, turning MPG changes current feed overridden (FO) rate SPINDLE OVERRIDE Pressing and holding the EN side button to change to S% mode. In S% mode, turning MPG changes current spindle speed overridden (SO) rate.
- 8 - www.vistacnc.com 2.7 OFFLINE OFFLINE When the pendant is in Offline mode, any MPG signals are not sent to Mach4 application. Offline mode can be used to align the MPG wheel to a specific number with no axis movement.
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- 9 - www.vistacnc.com 4. E-Stop switch button 5.1 E-Stop switch button in P2-S4 model Press E-STOP switch button to send out E-Stop signal to Mach4 application and activate Emergency Mode in Mach4. When the button is pressed, the switch is locked down. Twist the button to reset the button and ...
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- 10 - www.vistacnc.com E-STOP switch and EE box connection in P2-S4E SPECIFICATIONS 100 steps (clicks) per Rev MPG. MPG MTBF > 10000 hour. Shipped with10' High Speed USB cable. Extendable to 15’ with extension cable, or to 45’ with ...
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