Chris & Stephen, Thank you guys, that did it.
Although I read the Hal manual and did the tutorials, I am still grappling with the notion of threads. I appreciate your help! Tom --- On Tue, 12/2/08, Chris Radek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Chris Radek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] loadrt abs component not working To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 6:58 PM On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 01:48:34AM +0000, Tom wrote: > > Looking at the Halmeter pins/signals, the abs component shows up with 3 pins but > integer values that appear on the abs.0.in pin never come out on the abs.0.out > pin. Zip, nada, no output. Is is as if the abs component needs a parameter or > argument that I am not aware of to make it function. Is there something I am > missing here? You need to add the abs component to a thread for it to run. something like addf abs.0 servo-thread. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
