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Do we have a function and pinout for the F-Keys, MPG and Legacy MPG pin headers on the jog panel in an M400 console. The firmware is noted on the processor as V0X04. If there are programmable function keys that go into those it would be very useful

what are you trying to accomplish?

Those three headers were used with the previous generation of control hardware (CPU7 and CPU10 control boards, CNC7 and CNC10 control software under MS-DOS or Linux). That generation used the same jog panel board, but with different firmware (I think the last was "JOGPIC7").

In that generation, there was an optional strip of F keys built into some M400 consoles (ca. 2001-2002) which were read by the jog panel processor, forwarded to the CPU10 board, and ultimately forwarded to the PC software to be inserted into the PC keyboard buffer.

Also in that generation, the MPG functions were handled by the JOGPIC processor, so the MPG handwheel connected to the jog panel board.

None of those things apply to MPU11 and newer hardware and the JogLink firmware. I would be very surprised if the JogLink firmware has any provision at all for reading devices connected to any of those three headers.

If you are looking for additional PLC inputs for operator interface devices or any other function, you will have to look to the MPG and PROBE headers on the MPU11/Oak/Allin1DC board, or to PLC expansion boards such as PLCADD1616 and others.