Glenn, There are a number of commands which will give you meaningful status information. They include:
get estop Returns On | Off for whether the machine is in estop get machine Returns On | Off for whether the machine state is on or off. get program Returns the name of the currently loaded program get mode Returns manual | auto | mdi for the current operating mode get program_status Returns idle | running | paused for program run state get step Returns the current step (line of G-Code) executing. Again enter: help get To see a complete list of all commands supported by get. Regards, Eric > While EMC is processing a file, how do I get its status. I > am looking for Busy, Done, etc. EMCRSH and AXIS-REMOTE do > not seem to have any appropriate commands, unless I am > overlooking something. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
