Using free pins from MPG connector

[rc-ppg]

The 15 pins sub-D connector for the MPG has two free pins.
Is it possible to use them as a input?
I was looking for the possibility to add two extra buttons to the handheld MGP (start and stop).



Regards,

Piet

 

[zombieengineer]

@rc-ppg

The "additional inputs" do not appear on the F1 screen and therefore can not be used by the Masso controller.

All the inputs are opto-isolated - you can lift the cover off and count how many 4 pin chips there is on the board (there are 38 excluding the 2 for the spindle output). The total should match all the wired inputs (including the 3 encoder terminals) and all the inputs from the MPG pendant (for the G3 controller: 24 regular inputs + 3 encoder inputs + 1 E-stop input + 10 MPG [5 axis + 3 resolution + 2 rotary dial] = 38 opto-isolators).

Therefore there are no hidden inputs.

 

[rc-ppg]

Thank you,

Okay, then I have to reroute the extra wires before the connector on the Masso.

Regards,

Piet