Hi Everyone,

I have been using Mach3 for a few months now but have not been able to find an option to toggle between Fast and slow Jog.
I know it will fast Jog if the Shift is held down but my Pendant does not have a shift key and I would like to set up Fast and slow jog speeds then switch between them and it will run at that speed until I change to the other option.
Is there an OEM code I could add a button and hotkey on my screen?

Cheers
Peter

Dont think there is but if you have a macro capability from your pendant you could write to the SlowJogDRO to change between 100% and whatever.
If  not you could set up a VB button on the screen and have a hotkey to operate it.
Hood

Dont think there is but if you have a macro capability from your pendant you could write to the SlowJogDRO to change between 100% and whatever.
If  not you could set up a VB button on the screen and have a hotkey to operate it.
Hood

Thanks for that Hood,
My pendant is very basic and can't do macros but I like the sound of your second idea of changing the slow Jog value between a high and low jog value.
I can set up a button on screen and a hotkey to turn it on and off but don't have a clue about writing the VB needed. I will have a read about writing VB and see if I can nut it out.

Cheers
Peter

Something like this may work, it will look at the DRO and if its less than 100%  it will be set to 100%, if its already 100% it will be set to 20%

SlowJog = GetOemDRO (3)
If SlowJog =100 Then
SetOemDRO(3,20)
Else
SetOemDRO(3,100)
End If

Hood

Problem Solved.

Thanks to Hoods suggestion I had a read up on Mach3 VB and have now got a solution to toggling between a fast and slow jog.
I am noting it here in case someone else want to implement a similar solution.

My pendant has a Jog+ and Jog- key.
I'm not interested in incremental adjustment to the Jog speed so I have decided to use both keys to change the slow jog rate up and down.

I  have set a new button for the Jog- Hotkey on my MPG screen to change slow jog rate to 3% using VB script SetOEMDRO 3,3

I have set a new button for the Jog+ Hotkey on my MPG screen to change slow jog rate to 100% using VB script SetOEMDRO 3,100
It works a treat.

As I was typing this Hood has posted a neat little script that would allow this to be done with a single key to toggle between 20% and 100% and back again on the slow Jog.
Thank you for taking the time to do this for me, it is much appreciated.

Cheers
Peter

No probs, your way may suit you better
Hood

Great stuff. I have the same Pendant, and have now set it up to move 0,5% when I press J-, and alternate between 20% and 100% when I press J+.