Thanks, I will check that out.....I do have a spare encoder channel on the motenc. Do I not worry about connecting the "Z" channel. My MPG is a real MPG. It has A, not A, B, not B only. No "Z" channel....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Wille Padnos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project > Dave Keeton wrote: > >>We must be thinking the same......Scary thing is was I went looking >>through >>the motenc_io file. I figured that it was'nt finding what it was looking >>for, I copied the files over and renamed them. After getting errors here >>and >>there I finally got it working. The difference is you know what your doing >>and I don't. I'm just guessing at this point! I am already an avid ladder >>programmer so if I learn how to configure the I/O points, timers and what >>not in CL then I should be on my way.....can push buttons be tied to tkemc >>through Classic ladder? I am going to need an operator panel with an MPG >>(manual pulse generator) or handwheel and pushbuttons. >> >> Thank you for your help..... >> >> Dave >> >> > Oh - in my usual form, I helped with the specific problem and forgot > about the bigger picture :) > > As far as I know, you can't hook external buttons to TkEMC (or mini, or > AXIS ...). However, there is another user interface you can run at the > same time as any of those - halui. That's how you hook up external > buttons and lights and get things done with them. There is one > exception though - jogging with an MPG needs the MPG to be read in > realtime, so you would load a software encoder counter (or use a spare > on the Motenc, if you have one), and connect that directly to the motion > controller. There are individual jog-enable input bits to select the > axis to jog, and the MPG gets hooked to all of the axes. > > Take a look at the jogwheel.hal file in the max config for more info on > jogwheels. > For more info on halui, look at the various files in the halui_halvcp > config. > > There's also information on the wiki on both of these subjects (search > for halui or jog wheel). > > - Steve > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
