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- Page 1 - 1 - www.vistacnc.com VistaCNC P4-S4(E) CNC Control Pendant for Mach4 - 1 - www.vistacnc.com P4-S4 Pendant Mach4 Manual v. 1.0...
- Page 2 - 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.
- Page 3 - 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. Program Cycle Start and Spindle control buttons.
- Page 4 - 4 - www.vistacnc.com PLUGIN and FW Download the latest Mach4 P4-S4 Plugin package from www.vistacnc.com download page and unzip the package. The package includes following files: This manual P4Spendant.m4pw --- P4-S4 pendant Mach4 PlugIn file 1 P4Spendant.sig --- P4-S4 pendant Mach4 PlugIn file 2 Pendant FW update procedure --- pendant firmware upgrade procedure Pendant FW Loader --- tools for FW upgrade P4S_Mach4_FW_v1_1.hex --- FW for Mach4...
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Page 5: Axis Selection
- 5 - www.vistacnc.com FUNCTIONS and OPERATIONS 1. Axis selection Press X/A, Y/B or Z/C axis selection button to select an axis. X axis and A axis, Y axis and B axis, or Z axis and C axis share the same button. Press the button again to select A, B or C axis. □... - Page 6 - 6 - www.vistacnc.com STEP JOG RATE 2.1.3 While double clicking (press, release, and press, within half a second) and holding the EN side button , turn MPG to change step jogging rate. 2.2 VELOCITY, SLOW V and SLOW V RATE VELOCITY 2.2.1 Axis moves at 0 to 100% of maximum axis speed based on how fast the...
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Page 7: Spindle Override
- 7 - www.vistacnc.com DECIMAL DIGITS 2.3.3 Double clicking the EN side button to set up number of decimal digits to display. Settable number: 2, 3 and 4. □ 4 and 2 decimal digits. 2.4 CONTINUOUS RATE In C% mode, turning MPG changes the speed used in CONTINUOUS mode. 2.5 FEED OVERRIDE In F% mode, turning MPG changes current feed overridden (FO) rate. - Page 8 - 8 - www.vistacnc.com Double clicking and holding a Button Jogging button to start jogging. CONTINOUS RATE is used in jogging. When X axis is selected, X,Y Jog button will move X axis, and when Y axis is selected, X,Y Jog button will move Y axis.
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Page 9: Operation Controls
- 9 - www.vistacnc.com 4. Operation Controls 4.1 START / HOLD button While pressing and holding START / HOLD button, LCD displays the button function, and press the EN side button to execute the function. 4.2 STOP / REW button While pressing and holding STOP button, LCD displays the button function, and press the EN side button... - Page 10 - 10 - www.vistacnc.com 5. E-Stop switch button 5.1 E-Stop switch button in P4-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 reset E-STOP.
- Page 11 - 11 - www.vistacnc.com E-STOP switch and EE box connection in P4-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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