Thread: Oem trigger help

I know there are many ways to skin a cat.

But the only way I have done this is with a macropump and brain.

Greg

Hi Daniel,

Yes photos and if you could do a sort of tutorial I am sure lots would benefit - I know I would. The mach site has the answers but you have to know what to look for.
Are you runing the switches through a bob, etc?
I have done heaps of switches on my console but most of these work with keygrabber and I just add a button in screen design and assign an OEM code or VB script to the button.
Maybe a new thread of how to might be the go.
Throwing ideas in the ring for comment.

Hey Rod and Greg,

Thanks for the replies.Driving to work today i had a brain storm and currently installing mach 3 onto my laptop to check to see whether what i think is there, is there. I realise i am over thinking things as usual. After checking the mach site i realise that it is indeed alot simpler than what i need(For the time being). I will setup the trigger with a hot key from within the ports and pins setup. I will just assign it as the onscreen button that i use with my wireless keypad from within screen designer. I do however want to find out if its possible to run the macro without this onscreen button since i would like to remove it and replace it with just the DRO for thickness of plate and then have some buttons for video centering and other bits and pieces.

I will get some photos tonight of the small box and write a small tutorial on setting up the BOB inputs as input triggers for buttons or similar. Not sure when i will get a chance since i am off for a week next week. Its a simple, short tutorial but i also have some jobs to pump out before i go.

Daniel

Hello Again,

Good news is it looks as though i have figured out most of what i needed from the mach site for setting up a macro to the OEM INPUT TRIGGER 301. What i will do is write a small tutorial on that too. I was pretty close in what i tried to do in setting it up but still a fair way away. I knew i needed to set up the SetTriggerMacro but didn't know how to set it up. I tried just setting it up in the mdi line and realise i should have done it in script editor...makes sense. Only problem is that i need to run a small script to setup the tirgger macro each time i run mach 3. Now i just ened to find a way to setup a macro to be executed during startup. It will be good in the future if they add a way to haev extra trigger macros setup easily. Maybe in the autosetup menu in ports and pins, have a button to attach a macro to the oem trigger. Will try this later tonight but should work.

Daniel

Originally Posted by twistedfuse

Only problem is that i need to run a small script to setup the tirgger macro each time i run mach 3.
Now i just need to find a way to setup a macro to be executed during startup.

You can put it in the "Init String" on the config page. Just call a macro number.

Greg

Thanks greg,

I haven't yet had a chance to try out the code setup mainly because i had a job that needed to be cutout last night and by the time i finished i had forgotten to set it up. That init code, obviously that is the macro files that run when mach 3 starts?

Good news is though, i shortened the time frame since i didn't have to walk around to the computer so many times since i had a handy go button. I have taken a few photos of the setup and will post them later after i transfer them off the camera and reduce their sizes.

Daniel

Hey All,

although i haven't tested everything at home (thats tonight's job) i will post these photos of the box i made. Mainly i just used what i still had laying around in the scrap box. The wiring was very simple, although i did scorch 1 wire when i wasn't paying attention. This was because i used a gas portable soldering iron. I will write up a small tutorial on wiring up a small box like this and PDF when i can get a chance.

Daniel