On 10/26/2016 6:00 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 26 October 2016 at 21:59, Jim Craig <jimcraig5...@windstream.net> wrote: >> I also saw that someone had started a graphical HAL configurator and it >> was last modified some 11 years ago. > There have been a few attempts. Do you mean Crapahalic? > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?HAL That is the one that I was looking at. It appears to have a semi complete GUI but I could not get it to load up a hal file. I will take another look to see where it is at and if it looks like it has the basics to do what I want. > > There was also an attempt to use Eagle: > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Eagle2HAL While it would be somewhat nice to use an existing schematic software I would prefer that it was something that would be more automatic and easier to use. The main goal of the project for me is to make HAL much more user friendly so having to set up an external program to interface with the LinuxCNC system. I want it to be more plug and play. > gschem is probably what you found? > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?HalSchematicsUsingGschem I had not found that one yet but I will look further into it. It looks pretty good from the wiki. There are some things that I don't like also. > > The Rockhopper web server makes a decent job of displaying HAL as a graph: > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Rockhopper_Web_Server I have installed and used the Rockhopper_Web_Server and it works to look at the status of the current HAL config but it does not allow for editing. Also it is a royal PITA to set up, or it was for me anyway. Again I see that simple access to the program and simple operation of the program is essential or the users won't use it. The entire goal is a simpler method to set up the machine via GUI vs text editing. > > And I think that there was at least one more that I haven't found. >
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