Ron, IMHO I'd say that's the best appraoch. Whatever you choose to display or whatever language you wish to program with can easily send the proper commands to EMC. Then EMC can do what it does best, control the machine.
Dale Ron Ginger wrote: >>What I do find disturbing is the attempt to bypass the interpreter >>entirely. My thoughts here will be old hat to many readers. I'm really >>bothered by some scripting language telling to machine to go to x3000m >>without testing that command to the limits of the device as recorded in >>a configuration file somewhere. At the same time there is no regular >>error feedback to tell the operator to f*6k off. > > > For my use I don't see bypassing the interpreter. I would be happy to > issue simple G code commands from the Script language. I don't mean to > keep pushing the Mach model, but all VB can do from Mach is issue g code > commands to the interpreter. With that dozens of 'wizard' screens have > been written to do a wide range of tasks, from simple facing, to text > engraving, pocketing, and hole arrays. > > I'm going off to read my new Python book, and follow some of the > references Jeff offered. Maybe someday I will have an example of what > I'm talking about. > > ron ginger > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
