On 2010-08-15, Ignoramus30661 wrote:
On 2010-08-15, Gunner Asch wrote:
wrote:
Bought a new Saitek P880 joypad at a garage sale ($2).
Looks like this
http://ef.algebra.com/e/220652673897

Trackballs work very very well as a jog controller. Just a heads up....


I am overjoyed to report, that this joypad is working really well,
after some bumbling and stupid mistakes due to not following manuals.

This is much better than just a trackpad. I control X, Y and Z. I also
have about 8 buttons that I can program to do whatever I want.

Right now I have two buttons for SPINDLE START and SPINDLE STOP
working. In addition, I have a CYCLE PAUSE and CYCLE RESUME buttons
already working.

By the way, I wanted to add CYCLE START, but I changed my mind.

I think that it is too dangerous due to joypad's nature.

i