Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
Hi Andy; You realise that that way you end up with bearings of the same quality > as the current set? > Have you looked on (for example) www.simplybearings.co.uk ? Kind of off-topic, but yes, I realize that I'm getting what was in there again. But, it does give me a spindle to repair as I see fit, and use the new one as a CNC spin-indexer when done. Maybe not the most cost-efficient. BTW - shipping, duties, taxes when importing to Canada is a bit of a costly exercise. Even some places (like LittleMachineShop.com) add $$ just for the paperwork. Other places refuse to send here, e.g., McMaster-Carr, because the paperwork is just not worth it. Sigh. JohnS. -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
On 15 May 2014 18:05, John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Lets see - right now the mill is down because of spindle bearing issues; > new parts on their way from Sieg in China. You realise that that way you end up with bearings of the same quality as the current set? Have you looked on (for example) www.simplybearings.co.uk ? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
Hi Norbert, Andy; Norbert - Have most certainly looked at gmoccapy; then went out and priced touch screens with VGA ports, and...(there's a lot of scots blood in me!) I however DO LIKE what you are doing; maybe for my upcoming CNC Lathe. Andy - the mill has the 2xG540 config in there, powering one G540, the other header not connected. The printer port on the motherboard has my MPG connected to it. I could quite easily use the 2nd 5i25 port as an input - off hand, there's more than enough pins there to add a couple of buttons that I think I'd need. Lets see - right now the mill is down because of spindle bearing issues; new parts on their way from Sieg in China. JohnS. -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
On 15 May 2014 16:45, John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Actually, I could just put a header on the 2nd port of the enclosed 5i25, > and use that. Which 5i25 config are you using? There are many ways to add more IO to a 5i25, it can support something like 768 IO channels. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
Hallo John, have you looked at gmoccapy? It has been designed to be used without mouse and keyboard, just with a touch screen or hardware buttons placed around the screen. Norbert Am 15.05.2014 17:45, schrieb John Alexander Stewart: > Andy - I had forgotten about this. > > Actually, I could just put a header on the 2nd port of the enclosed 5i25, > and use that. Hmmm - the machine is in a small case, but there might be > room somewhere there for it... > > Hmmm - thanks for the creative thoughts. > > My goal is to create a set of buttons that will allow me to use my little > mill with MPG as a manual mill, without the hassle of using the > keyboard/mouse to do things like set spindle speed, home, etc. The > mouse/keyboard is not handy to use - they sit on a board that sits on a > small rubbish bin, and is just far enough from the monitor to be difficult > to read. > > So, the thought was to turn on power, have the computer boot into LinuxCNC, > use it without resorting to keyboard/mouse, and see how it goes. > > John. > -- > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
Andy - I had forgotten about this. Actually, I could just put a header on the 2nd port of the enclosed 5i25, and use that. Hmmm - the machine is in a small case, but there might be room somewhere there for it... Hmmm - thanks for the creative thoughts. My goal is to create a set of buttons that will allow me to use my little mill with MPG as a manual mill, without the hassle of using the keyboard/mouse to do things like set spindle speed, home, etc. The mouse/keyboard is not handy to use - they sit on a board that sits on a small rubbish bin, and is just far enough from the monitor to be difficult to read. So, the thought was to turn on power, have the computer boot into LinuxCNC, use it without resorting to keyboard/mouse, and see how it goes. John. -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
On 14 May 2014 17:54, John Alexander Stewart wrote: > know it's not perfect, but as I have run out of inputs on my mill, You could matrix-wire the buttons, would that help? They don't have to be physically in a matrix, just logically. http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man9/matrix_kb.9.html -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
I know it's not perfect, but as I have run out of inputs on my mill, I have an Arduino in the mail that will allow me to send keyboard commands with button presses - I have to be running "Axis", but from there, I think I can control my mill with this Arduino. Most arduinos do not allow keyboard emulation, (of course, as I've about 20 at home) but newer ones do - look for "keyboard arduino library". Not perfect, but pretty simple to do. Maybe it'll help someone? JohnS. -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
Erik, While not exactly what you are looking for, you can use C snippets to create brand new HAL components. I created a couple myself, one to bring 16 inputs and 16 outputs to a set of external shift registers for expanded IO capabilities, and one to generate blink codes for a status LED. I also implemented a RUN/Resume button using only existing HAL components in a similar way as above. The one addition I made was to add flip-flops to the HAL configuration so that each button press could only RUN or RESUME depending on the state when the button was pressed. Without the flip-flop, I found that RESUME would often turn into RUN when the machine switched away from PAUSED. Let me know if you would like more information. -Kip On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Erik Friesen wrote: > I have found myself wishing I could insert c snippets somehow, to me it is > would be way easier that manually figuring out the logic. It gets very > hard to follow three or more logic items that work together. For example, > it takes quite a few to make a run/resume switch. > > > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Viesturs Lācis >wrote: > > > 2014-05-14 0:57 GMT+03:00 Erik Friesen : > > > > > Hmm. Didn't know you could net more than one per line. > > > > > > > You can do it in one line or break it up (for me breaking up is easier to > > understand, when I need to go through HAL file few months later), for > > example, > > net run-file whatever.gpio.000 > > net run-file halui.mode.auto > > net run-file halui.program.run > > > > Viesturs > > > > > -- > > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform > > available > > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > > ___ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > -- > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform > available > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
On 14 May 2014 13:10, Erik Friesen wrote: > I have found myself wishing I could insert c snippets somehow, to me it is > would be way easier that manually figuring out the logic. You can write user-defined components in C. The problem with C-snippets is that you would be effectively introducing an interpreted version of C into the realtime threads, which is likely to get expensive. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
I have found myself wishing I could insert c snippets somehow, to me it is would be way easier that manually figuring out the logic. It gets very hard to follow three or more logic items that work together. For example, it takes quite a few to make a run/resume switch. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2014-05-14 0:57 GMT+03:00 Erik Friesen : > > > Hmm. Didn't know you could net more than one per line. > > > > You can do it in one line or break it up (for me breaking up is easier to > understand, when I need to go through HAL file few months later), for > example, > net run-file whatever.gpio.000 > net run-file halui.mode.auto > net run-file halui.program.run > > Viesturs > > -- > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform > available > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
2014-05-14 0:57 GMT+03:00 Erik Friesen : > Hmm. Didn't know you could net more than one per line. > You can do it in one line or break it up (for me breaking up is easier to understand, when I need to go through HAL file few months later), for example, net run-file whatever.gpio.000 net run-file halui.mode.auto net run-file halui.program.run Viesturs -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
Hmm. Didn't know you could net more than one per line. On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2014-05-13 22:35 GMT+03:00 Erik Friesen : > > > What component do I use to start a program with an external switch? > > > > Using halui.program.run just tells me > > > > "can't do that (EMC_TASK_PLAN_RUN) in manual mode" > > > > Piece of cake :) > In the same line simply tell it to switch to auto mode: > net start-program whatever.gpio.00 halui.mode.auto halui.program.run > > Experience shows that putting halui.mode.auto before halui.program.run > works better... > > Viesturs > > -- > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform > available > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
2014-05-13 22:35 GMT+03:00 Erik Friesen : > What component do I use to start a program with an external switch? > > Using halui.program.run just tells me > > "can't do that (EMC_TASK_PLAN_RUN) in manual mode" > Piece of cake :) In the same line simply tell it to switch to auto mode: net start-program whatever.gpio.00 halui.mode.auto halui.program.run Experience shows that putting halui.mode.auto before halui.program.run works better... Viesturs -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Start program with external button
What component do I use to start a program with an external switch? Using halui.program.run just tells me "can't do that (EMC_TASK_PLAN_RUN) in manual mode" -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Start program with external button
Maybe this will get it. http://www.linuxcnc.org/emc2/index.php/italian/forum/24-hal-components/6442-problem-to-run-a-program-with-external-cycle-start On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: > What component do I use to start a program with an external switch? > > Using halui.program.run just tells me > > "can't do that (EMC_TASK_PLAN_RUN) in manual mode" > -- "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
