On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 10:55:34AM +0100, Leslie Newell wrote: > I use my lathe quite a lot as a semi-manual machine using two large > MPGs. The lathe has a quick change tool post. I would like to have a row > of 8 buttons with LEDs for my most commonly used tools. Each button > selects the tool and applies it's offsets. Put the tool in the post, > press the button and away you go. The LEDs show the currently selected > tool. > > Is this possible? I assume I would have to write a custom hal module but > that shouldn't be an issue.
halui can issue MDI commands. It sounds like you want MDI commands like "T1 M6 G43" and buttons to issue them. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
