Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 02 December 2018 20:56:35 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 17:35:38 -0500 > > From: Gene Heskett > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 02 December 2018 20:42:50 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 17:35:38 -0500 > > From: Gene Heskett > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 02 December 2018 21:14:47 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 21:03:05 -0500 > > From: Gene Heskett > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Gene Heskett wrote: Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 21:03:05 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW On Sunday 02 December 2018 18:53:38 andy pugh wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC Glade Python State Machine

2018-12-02 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 22:24, Ted Hyde wrote: I understand the concept of non-blocking routines from other aspects of > my career, so have been cautious to avoid a test like "where" that could > potentially stall the python script. I don't think you need to worry about blocking in Python code.

Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 02 December 2018 18:53:38 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 22:37, Gene Heskett wrote: > > 5i25 P2-7, no signal here except in the halui stanza, direction > > shows there in a halmeter. > > bit OUT FALSE hm2_5i25.0.gpio.027.in PWMGEN dir > > output bit OUT

Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Gene Heskett wrote: Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 17:35:38 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW On Sunday 02 December 2018 16:18:13 andy pugh wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Gene Heskett wrote: Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 17:35:38 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW On Sunday 02 December 2018 16:18:13 andy pugh wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 22:37, Gene Heskett wrote: > > 5i25 P2-7, no signal here except in the halui stanza, direction shows > there in a halmeter. > bit OUT FALSE hm2_5i25.0.gpio.027.in PWMGEN dir output > bit OUT TRUE hm2_5i25.0.gpio.027.in_not IF output_type=1,

Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 02 December 2018 16:18:13 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 21:03, Gene Heskett > wrote: > > For outputs, the dmesg and the halscope selector both appear to be > > > correct, I just fired up lcnc and ran the halscope, no signals from > > the machine are connected to anything as

[Emc-users] LCNC Glade Python State Machine

2018-12-02 Thread Ted Hyde
Greets - I'm trying to write a machine-specific glade gui and I need to create a multiple step jog sequence while a button (and/or preferably a HAL pin) is true. The jog info and my test jogging to a single target value works fine in my glade panels, however the "if" tests (trying not to set up

Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 02 December 2018 10:27:08 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 09:16:29 -0500 > > From: Gene Heskett > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 21:03, Gene Heskett wrote: For outputs, the dmesg and the halscope selector both appear to be > correct, I just fired up lcnc and ran the halscope, no signals from the > machine are connected to anything as I am waiting on some 5 pin > connectors, and the 8 stepgen sigs,

Re: [Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 02 December 2018 10:11:38 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 14:17, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Am I understanding things correctly? That dmesg is correct and "show > > pins" is showing me stuff I can't use because its already used by > > the stepgens? > > No, the other way round.

[Emc-users] Another confusion point for PCW

2018-12-02 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; in the dmesg outout, and in the output of "show pins", as I try to sort out what I can do and where with this new 7i76 card, I see the first 8 gpio's in the 5i25 are available as outputs only, yet as I'm understanding it, those are actually used as stepgen step-dir pairs, fed to

Re: [Emc-users] 7i96 step-direction headers

2018-12-02 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 02:13, Thaddeus Waldner wrote: > > Now what I really want to know is, in the case of multiple DC power > supplies, is it advisable to connect the negative terminals of each, and > are there any pitfalls in doing that? For example, can I connect the > negative terminals of