On Saturday 15 April 2017 19:35:45 John Figie wrote: > Gene > > I don't know if this helps. There are some global parameters you can > read witin your g code program. > > > - > > #<_metric> - Return 1 if G21 is on, else 0. > - > > #<_imperial> - Return 1 if G20 is on, else 0. > > John.
Its a last ditch thought, but not as dynamic as I'd like. I'd like very much if it was real time as I have used that switch in the middle of a gcode program more than once. Thanks John. > On Apr 15, 2017 9:05 AM, "Gene Heskett" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings everybody; > > > > I think I asked about this once before, but do not recall getting an > > answer I could use, so asking again. > > > > My jog wheel code currently has no way to switch between inches and > > mm's, either for the motion stepsize, or for the displayed step > > size. So I need a pair of pins exposed that tally the G20-G21 > > status, to be used as a step size modifier, and a pin from the view > > mode tallying whether the backplot dro is in mm's or inches. > > > > I would use the G20-21 tally to change the step size to mm's, and > > the view tally to change the size of step display. > > > > If those pins can be exposed for my use, it would solve the last > > problem, that of needing to maintain 2 configs whose only difference > > would be a a pair of setp statements. That doesn't strike me as > > being a long term viable solution. > > > > Can this be done, or is it hidden in the #5xxx data and I've not > > found it? > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
