On Monday 23 November 2020 08:48:17 andy pugh wrote: > On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 at 00:00, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Andy, I tried to send your a copy 2k copy of align.zi > > Can you just explain what it is and where it comes from? I've had the package installed o my mills since forever, the package contains zero information as to the author or is src. I do recall getting it from a link om our wiki, probably 5 years ago, but I've no clue if the wiki still links to it. The package is a slightly more than 2kilobyte .zip, and contains 7 files, all ready to run:
align-start.ngc which records the first position of a 2 position measurement. where ever the machine is when the gui button is clicked. align-x.ngc which assumes the 2nd point you've located and clicked on its button, someplace generally along the x axis, gets the 2nd point you want to use, calculates how far out of a straight line along the x axis the 2 points are, and applies an R correction to the P0 co-ordinate map. align-y.ngc which does the same thing assuming your 2 points are a roughly along the y axis align.ini, is a list of HALUI commends to add to the [HALUI] section of your .ini file. align.xml, which is 4 paragraphs of xml code you add to your pyvcp.xml file, it draws the 4 buttons in the gui. clear-offset.ngc, which clears out any rotations the above might have done. post-gui.hal, which "net"s it all together for hal. And that is all I know about it as the zip does not contain a README.txt to ack who the author might be, no license specs or anything else. The files do have comments as to what each does, but that is it. I have tested it to about 45 degrees in both directions and it just works. Its handy as can be IMO, but I didn't write it nor am I going to steal someone else thunder, it is what it is, and if the author see's this post and pops up claiming its his, at least that question, and the applicable license might be answered. That would be a definite plus. Until then its PD AFAIAC. I did a fresh search on the wiki, got 24 hits just now, but none of the pages actually pointed to the file. Get a copy of the .zip by going to the page in the sig, adding "Mill-stf/gcode-etc/" to the address bar which if you aren't coming from the same /24 as a known bot, should show it to you. If its a no response, email me with your outside ipv4 address and I'll clear it out of my iptables rules. 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) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
