It was a good night at the space. Thanks for the help. You got is on the right track. We got the mill moving without error albeit a bit slow on the rapid (which is fine at the moment till we get things worked out). I wasn't aware of pncconf it sounds like a good starting point. I guess we should call it bbbconf? I'm thinking a qt front end should be the way to go. Tom
On Oct 11, 2016 1:04 PM, "Charles Steinkuehler" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > [email protected] > > -- > website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: > https://github.com/machinekit > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Machinekit" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/machinekit/mmbJ_CZUakA/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
