Thanks Eric. For some reason I had overlooked 'program_status'. That about wraps up my interface requirements with EMC2.
A follow-on question, but I know is off-track, is the Python programming. It looks as though I will be running multiple processes and I am a bit overwhelmed by the prospect of that level of programming. Do you know of an equivalent user forum for Python? PIGgies seem to be more about networking than problem solving... Best regards, -- -- Glenn, -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric H. Johnson Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 5:11 PM To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Command-line interface to EMC2 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
