Hi Michael, Sounds like a neat machine. I don't have facebook account so I couldn't see the pics.
Have a look at emcrsh <http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Emcrsh>. This gives you full control over EMC over a network or local sockets connection. As long nothing untoward happens on the machine (such as hitting limits etc) then you should be able to simply send a series of commands and assume they are executed. A better solution would be to monitor the responses and act on any errors. it depends on how much time you want to invest. Les Michael Dubno wrote: > I just built a very cool sand table which uses a an x/y machine (no z > axis) to control a magnet on a gantry underneath a pan of sand. On top > of the sand is a ball bearing which drags along the sand to create > patterns. I'm using emc2 and axis to drive the setup which works very > well. My intent is to place mechanism and the computer in a coffee table > and drive the setup remotely through a web interface. I would still love > to use all of the motion control and g-code handling features of emc2 > but I need to automate operations so scripts on the web server can > generate g-code and automatically have emc2 run it. > > Is it possible to automate the running of emc2 and how would I go about > doing it? > > > > Here are some photos of the setup: > http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=576592429&aid=62294. More recent > ones will be added shortly. > > > > Here is a video of the table drawing its first pattern: > http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=56246472429 > > > > Thanks - Mike > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
