Re: [Emc-users] Comp Basics

2007-08-28 Thread Kirk Wallace
Thank you Ray and Jeff for your replies. I am really going to have to allocate some time to CL. I hope you didn't spend allot of time on the turret software, Jeff, that's a fair amount of coding. I will need to study it for a while, but from my current understanding, I am in a way, happier about

Re: [Emc-users] Comp Basics

2007-08-28 Thread Jeff Epler
Hi Kirk. The way you have to think about a time-consuming task in a HAL component is different than the way you would think about it in a script or in ladder rungs. I have enclosed an example below that does some of what you need, though I am sure it will still require adaptation to your situatio

Re: [Emc-users] Comp Basics

2007-08-28 Thread rehenry
uh, yup! Before CL I did it with a Tcl/Tk hack to the tkio/iosh files but right now I see a fairly clear path to success with CL. I know a few guys who have written macro tool changers for their Fanuc or other controls because they want some unusual behavior during tool changes. Using the