Hand held controller

[david5 (David Mattice)]

Can someone direct me to a source to find a hand held controller compatible to my computer and CNC

[SLCJedi (Josh Tenny)]

After a lot of different attempts I like the Rii mini keyboard the best.

1,2,3,4 - Control the jog speed
Top Right Arrow Pad - X and Y jog
PgUp/PgDn - Z jog

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[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

There are a couple of options:

• use a numeric keypad:

https://carbide3d.com/carbidecreate/shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcut Cheat sheet for Carbide Create and Motion

Hope this helps! [Carbide3D_create_motion_keyboard_shortcuts_CM5_CC6] Updated version for Carbide Motion 5 and Carbide Create 6 (updated for 627): Carbide3D_create_motion_keyboard_shortcuts_CM5_CC6.pdf (665.0 KB) For folks who only use Carbide Create or Motion: Carbide3D_create_motion_keyboard_shortcuts_CM5.pdf (661.1 KB) Carbide3D_create_motion_keyboard_shortcuts_CC6.pdf (573.3 KB) and Carbide Create build 727 adds a number of keyboard shortcuts, so warrants its own chart: [Carbide3D_…

• use a game controller:

Using a Game Controller with CM513 and later

Unfortunately, my son left his at college, so I haven’t been able to test this until now (picked up one while doing a run for essentials since it caught my eye): Picked up a: (since apparently that is what was used for testing, and I don’t want to trouble over another battery to charge) Only supported on Windows at this time. Initial setup requires plugging it in, and allowing the device to get setup. Controls are active when in Jog mode: Increment: RB — increases current jog rate RT — …

• use a miniature keyboard/trackpad as @SLCJedi suggested

• use a gamepad or other keyboard w/ keyboard remapping:

A different sort of pendant

I find the game controller and numeric keypad layouts a bit confusing (also, my son lay claim to the second Logitech F310 since he left his at college), and while I love the click on my wonderful 6 Key Keyboard (Techkeys SixKeyBoard CNC Edition) I find I need to change the jog rate often enough when using my Shapeoko that it has been consigned to the far corner of the basement for use with my Nomad (and I am anxiously awaiting the 3x3 version). Until that time, I’ve been looking for an alternat…

[CullenS (Cullen Simpson)]

I use this one: NineKeyBoard CNC Edition – TechKeys

But have run into buffering issues with CM on a PI. It seems to overload CM so there are a lot of pauses.

[Mseguin (Martin Seguin)]

Do you have a submarine to control?

[Tod1d (Tod (with 1 'd'))]

This one is pretty nice: Excellent addition to the cnc machine: Control Pendant for Carbide 3D CNC

I bought a 12 key USB remote keypad & programmed it for the arrow, page up/down & number keys.
It works pretty good.

I also tried a wifi app on my phone, but couldn’t get it to work very well.