On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 16:42 -0500, Chris Radek wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 05:16:21PM -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > > > > Any var that exists in the var file at startup will be saved, but I > > don't think that "new ones" are created in the file. So if you set > > #4327=1 in your G-code, but #4327 wasn't in the var file at EMC2 > > startup, then it won't be saved. > > > > This is right -- also, to answer the other part of the question, you > shouldn't write to the var file while emc is running -- just use MDI > and let emc handle the var file. Everything just works better that > way (single reader, single writer).
Thanks for these answers! I'll pass them on to the fellow who asked, and also let him know to join the list. Thanks, Matt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
