If you add the extensions to the [FILTER] section of the ini file they will show up in the file open dialog box.
http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//config_ini_config.html#sub:[FILTER]-Section If configured you can use M5 to stop your spindle... http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//gcode_main.html#sub:M3,-M4,-M5: You can also use M62-65 to control other outputs... http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//gcode_main.html#sec:M62-to-M65: I think I spend too much time reading the manuals :) John On 7 Sep 2008 at 18:33, Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > Hi, > > first of all - thanks for providing such a great toolsuite to work > with our milling machine! So far, it has been a very pleasant > experience to work with Axis/EMC2, instead of a crummy DOS-based > solution we had before. > > I have a few Axis enhancment suggestions to make that I think could be > useful to others. As a proficient python programmer, I'm willing to > provide these as a patch - I just wanted to know if there is a chance > for them to be included in the mainstream distro, and if you guys see > any problems in them. > > Number one is simple: to provide a .axisrc-based list of recognized > file endings. Eagle or ProE spit out other endings that .cnc. Now > while the file-dialog offers the option to select a file regardless of > it's ending, this is a rather inconvenient extra step. So a simple > comma-separated list of file-endings that get's appended or replaces > the normal file-ending list would be nice. Bonus: also add the > file-endings filters are registered for. > > Number two is a bit more complex: As milling can take hours and one > does not always want to stay close to the machine, we would like to > use a remote-controllable power connector to switch of the milling > machine, as well as the vacuum-table and such. > > To do so, a post-program-run-hook would be great. Simply a script one > registers that is fired (possibly with the finished cnc-file as > argument) once the gcode is processed. And only if the user hasn't > interfered. > > Then I could write a small GUI app that allows to e.g. power down the > machine (including the emc2-computer), send an email or do whatever > else one can think of. I don't want to put this into Axis itself, as > it introduces bloat. If there is public interest in it, I'm happy to > contribute it to the community. > > One other thing we also ponder about is a milling-machine-webcam. This > of course isn't really related to EMC2 itself, but as people have been > entertained by watching a coffee-machine filling, this might be > interesting as well :) > > So - any comments, ideas, outcries of rage? > > Diez > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & > win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
