I suspect there is actually a lot of interest in being able to run 
multiple paths at the same time, but I also think it is likely a lot of 
development work to make it happen.

Dave

On 9/24/2015 4:05 PM, Jerry Scharf wrote:
> Dave,
>
> This is what I thought and after talking to the person, we can wait the few
> days to get a separate system in for him. Everyone will be happy this way.
> It's a small system so I am going the BBB/cape/machinekit way (I hate it
> when the controller is larger than the machine.).
>
> Sounds like there is little interest in the remote gcode stuff, which is
> fine.
>
> jerry
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Dave Cole <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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 ?
>>>>
>>>>
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