On Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 3:50:53 PM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:
>
> I remember that there was some problem with Modbus module which I thought 
> was solved by ArcEye. (Maybe he will chime in.) But given that it was the 
> so called "userspace" component, it would be in machinekit-cnc, not 
> machinekit-hal. But it doesn't look like it is there. 
>
> The problem with mb2hal is that it presents itself as a non-real-time 
> component (Modbus is generally considered as a non-RT), but as far as I 
> know the Modbus RTU can be used in RT, the TCP because of inner working of 
> TCP communication cannot. 
>
> Given the "RT" and "userspace" components definition in Machinekit is a 
> prehistoric vintage from LinuxCNC which outlived it's usefuness, maybe it 
> is time to have something capable both of RT and non-RT functioning. 
>
>
Yes

 

> I am planning something for which I will need the modbus communication, 
> problem is, I plan in years. 
>
> Cern. 
>
>
> Dec 28, 2019, 02:36 by [email protected] <javascript:>: 
>
> > Maybe a slight misunderstanding as I just realized mb2hal does exist in 
> the (legacy?) MK repo but is missing from the mk-hal split repo as is a 
> couple other user comps. 
> > 
> > I'm not requesting a special lcnc flavored mb2hal, As modbus is a 
> protocol I would expect a working modbus component to work generically. 
> What I'm asking is is there a particular reason it's not in the split repo? 
> If it fails to build for whatever reason I'm sure I'm not the person anyone 
> wants modifying the code and PR'ing it. I could however help test it. 
> > 
> > On Friday, December 27, 2019 at 6:50:45 PM UTC-5, Michael Brown wrote: 
> > 
> >> As things are currently I'm certain that if you convert any "simple" 
> existing mk userspace component and replace the functional code with 
> >> that lcnc modbus component you are requesting, test it, get it to 
> function as expected and lastly create a PR.. 
> >> Someone eventually will forward the pr request into the repo ... :-) 
> >> 
> >> Best wishes 
> >> Michael Brown 
> >> 
> >> On Friday, December 27, 2019 at 4:46:09 PM UTC+1, justin White wrote: 
> >> 
> >>> Bump...not alotta interest in modbus in my eh? 
> >>> 
> > 
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