On 10/11/2016 12:50 PM, Tom M wrote: > Charles, > Thanks for the detailed response. We have out cnc night tonight and given us > much to look at. > > I wouldn't mind giving it go developing it a go coming up with a > configuration > tool/GUI for the BBB. (Best way to learn about this stuff) > > I took a quick look at the source for stepconf and it appears to be > glade/Python. > I was debating if I should copy the code and just refactor it to handle a > BBB > or start from scratch with QT Python c/c++. Any thoughts?
Code in whatever works best for you. I will say that I've recently used glade, and it's a pain. I actually installed a LinuxCNC instance because it was the easiest (only?) way to get a coherently working instance of the (ancient) GUI editor you have to use to make the ui files. :-/ ...but that's for the HAL pyvcp stuff, you can probably use modern UI tools for something like stepconf. But I would suggest you start with pncconf instead of stepconf. The hal_pru_generic driver was modeled after the Mesa hostmot2 driver, so you'll have fewer things to modify starting with pncconf (which already has no base-thread and very similar pin names) vs. stepconf which uses software stepping. Whatever it's written in, having a utility that would spit out a custom config along with a pin file (for use with config-pin -f) would be AWESOME!!! Good luck! -- Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
