re: "sort of":
be aware that this method relies on the run-from-line feature - which isnt
exactly bullet-proof in particular when using oword constructs/procedures
see the bugtracker for RFL issues
-m
Am 18.03.2012 um 01:22 schrieb Tony Zampini:
> Well, I made the changes to Les Newell's script you suggested, and it
> worked! Sort of :)
>
> Mind you, I'm running version 2.4.3. The first time I tried running a g-code
> program, nothing happened. I found I had to stop the program, then start it
> again. Then it was off and running. This seems to happen every time after
> loading a g-code program.
>
> Also, you mentioned you had to press Alt-TAB to change focus. I found
> all I had to do, after the tool change dialog box appeared, was to click
> anywhere in the EMC window, and it picked up focus. Then I could jog,
> touch off, etc. And I didn't have to press F2 afterwards.
>
> So bottom line is, once you learn the quirks of this tool change script,
> it does the job. It's exactly what I was looking for.
>
> Thanks to everyone.
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Schooner" <schoone...@tiscali.co.uk>
> To: <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 9:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Have now had a play with this and found how to get it working with 2.5
>>
>> Comment out the lines
>> #iniFile = emc.ini(os.environ['INI_FILE_NAME'])
>> #emc.nmlfile = s.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.environ['INI_FILE_NAME']),
>> #iniFile.find("EMC", "NML_FILE"))
>>
>> Change the lines
>> emcStat = emc.stat();
>> emcCmd = emc.command()
>>
>> to
>>
>> emcStat = emc.stat();emcCmd = emc.command()
>>
>> Change the lines at about 52-54 with the backslashes in strange places
>> so that the '\' are end of line continuation markers, as per bash
>>
>> The module then loads and when toolchange commanded, the dialog appears
>> and you can jog all axes.
>>
>> However I found that I had to cycle to and from AXIS using Alt/Tab to
>> get focus for mouse clicks to work and had to press F2 (machine on/off)
>> to get out of this state.
>>
>> Not sure how it was intended to work, but it sort of does
>>
>> regards
>>
>>
>>
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