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- Page 1 - 1 - www.vistacnc.com VistaCNC P4-S(E) CNC Control Pendant for LinuxCNC - 1 - www.vistacnc.com P4-S Pendant LinuxCNC Manual v. 1.1...
- 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 override, Rapid override, Max velocity, Spindle speed, and Step jogging size and rate ...
- Page 4 - 4 - www.vistacnc.com Driver and HAL file installation 1. Download the latest P4-S LinuxCNC upgrade package from www.vistacnc.com download page, and unzip the package. The package includes following files: 1. This manual 2. Pendant FW update procedure --- for pendant firmware upgrade 3.
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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 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 Axis moves at 0 to 100% of maximum axis speed based on how fast the MPG wheel is turned.
- Page 7 - 7 - www.vistacnc.com DECIMAL DIGITS 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, RAPID OVERRIDE, MAX VELOCITY FEED OVERRIDE In F% mode, turning MPG changes current feed overridden (FO) rate.
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Page 8: Spindle Override
- 8 - www.vistacnc.com 2.6 SPINDLE OVERRIDE In S% mode, turning MPG changes current spindle speed overridden (SO) rate. 3. Button Jog and Function Buttons 3.1 Button Jogging Double clicking and holding a Button Jogging button to start jogging. CONTINOUS RATE is used in jogging. -
Page 9: Operation Controls
- 9 - www.vistacnc.com -> 3.3 F2 (GOTOZ) button While pressing and holding F2 button, LCD displays the button function, and press the EN side button to execute GoToZero function. 3.4 F3 (Machine ON/OFF) button While pressing and holding F3 button, LCD displays the button function, and press the EN side button to execute Machine ON or Machine OFF function. - Page 10 - 10 - www.vistacnc.com 4.2 STOP / REW button While pressing and holding STOP button, LCD displays the button function, and press the EN side button to execute the function. 4.3 SPINDLE ON / OFF button While pressing and holding SPINDLE ON / OFF button, LCD displays the button function, and press the EN side button to execute the function.
- Page 11 - 11 - www.vistacnc.com When the button is pressed, the switch is locked down. Twist the button to reset the button and reset E-STOP. 5.2 E-Stop switch button in P4-SE model Press E-STOP switch button to send out E-Stop signal to LinuxCNC application and activate Emergency Mode in LinuxCNC.
- Page 12 - 12 - www.vistacnc.com E-STOP switch and EE box connection in P4-SE 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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