I think everyone is trying to find a way to do what you want with the existing software.
In order to run two different Gcode programs at the same time, you would need two gcode interpreters and two planners running at the same time. That is not possible with the existing software that I am aware of: LinuxCNC or Machinekit. If someone tells me I am wrong, I would be happy to test it. :-) That would be very nice to have for custom machines. As in the case of gantry machines that need to transfer parts to another a joining gantry machine where they could physically collide. The ability to plug in different interpreters and planners has been discussed on the Machinekit email list but I don't know how far that has progressed. Keep in mind that the ability to run different interpreters and planners as plug in's is much different than running multiple instances of interpreters and planners which is what you would like. Dave On 9/24/2015 2:24 PM, Jerry Scharf wrote: > There is an axis for the second robot and the hal files are all set up. > This is about the python interface and running two separate motion commands > at the same time. If I can do that, then a simple threading system works, > otherwise it needs to be fancier... > > jerry > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Karlsson & Wang < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>> ... >>> I now need to extend it to run two separate robots off the same linuxcnc >>> controller and receiver program. This brought up a question about the >>> python interface. >> Add an extra axis ? >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
