[Emc-users] Joypad pendant, hal_input errors
Hi all; After reading some of the messages on this list, I went out and purchased a wired joypad; it is giving me the following messages when I run: halcmd loadusr hal_input -KRAL GASIA Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_48 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_49 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_50 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_51 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_52 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_53 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_54 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_55 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_56 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_57 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_58 Any idea what's happening here? I got a wired joypad because I'm always finding batteries dead when I come to use things - maybe I shoulda got the bluetooth one! Thanks; JohnS -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad pendant, hal_input errors
On Oct 5, 2011, at 16:18 , John A. Stewart wrote: Hi all; After reading some of the messages on this list, I went out and purchased a wired joypad; it is giving me the following messages when I run: halcmd loadusr hal_input -KRAL GASIA Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_48 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_49 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_50 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_51 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_52 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_53 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_54 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_55 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_56 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_57 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_58 Any idea what's happening here? What device is this, exactly? My first guess is that the device reports fewer ABS components than it actually has, and hal_input is rejecting events from the extra ones. Does the device seem to be working (you can look at its pins with halmeter or 'halcmd show')? What do you see if you install the input-utils package and inspect the device with lsinput and input-events? Maybe also try the evtest program, from the package by the same name. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad pendant, hal_input errors
Hi Sebastian; Thanks for the reply, and the ideas. I'm new to EMC, so there is a lot to figure out still. What device is this, exactly? lsinput: /dev/input/event3 bustype : BUS_USB vendor : 0x54c product : 0x268 version : 273 name: GASIA CORP. PLAYSTATION(R)3 Cont phys: usb-:00:1d.2-2/input0 uniq: bits ev : EV_SYN EV_KEY EV_ABS EV_MSC Here is the URL for the product: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/intec-inc-intec-2-pack-wired-controller-playstation-3-g7884/10156935.aspx?path=c2baa19281ba991ddb5a5d020e17ab9ben02 (if that does not work, it is the Intec 2 pack wired controller, WebID: 10156935) Does the device seem to be working (you can look at its pins with halmeter or 'halcmd show')? Yes, the halmeter did work for at least one button input - I'm still figuring out how best to run these programs so I know what to look for. I have modified the hal_input program to just not print out the error message; but, if I have this issue, I wonder how many others might, too? I'll report back on progress; maybe it will help others. Also, any debugging you (or anyone else) wants me to do, just ask. Thanks; JohnS. -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad pendant, hal_input errors
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com wrote: Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_48 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_49 That's because the EMC HID driver hal_input doesn't handle all data from your USB device. The regular kernel HID driver defines the EV_ABS events with codes (ABS_xxx) up to 63 (0x3f), but hal_input only handles what is defined in lib/python/linux_event.py, where the highest event is ABS_MISC (0x28 or decimal 40), and throws an error when your USB device sends ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR (code 0x30 or decimal 48) and higher. The Linux kernel driver uses codes defined in /usr/include/linux/input.h, so linux_event.py should be modified to match it; I enclose a patch that Sebastian can apply directly. I don't have the check-in privileges in the EMC2 git repo, so perhaps the original author of linux_event.py (Jeff Epler) or someone else could apply it there. emc-linux_event.py-patch Description: Binary data -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad pendant, hal_input errors
On 10/05/2011 10:39 PM, Przemek Klosowski wrote: On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Sebastian Kuzminskys...@highlab.com wrote: Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_48 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_49 That's because the EMC HID driver hal_input doesn't handle all data from your USB device. The regular kernel HID driver defines the EV_ABS events with codes (ABS_xxx) up to 63 (0x3f), but hal_input only handles what is defined in lib/python/linux_event.py, where the highest event is ABS_MISC (0x28 or decimal 40), and throws an error when your USB device sends ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR (code 0x30 or decimal 48) and higher. The Linux kernel driver uses codes defined in /usr/include/linux/input.h, so linux_event.py should be modified to match it; I enclose a patch that Sebastian can apply directly. I don't have the check-in privileges in the EMC2 git repo, so perhaps the original author of linux_event.py (Jeff Epler) or someone else could apply it there. Thank you Przemek! Wow, that's a lot of happy trigger buttons! I applied it, but reordered BTN_TOOL_QUADTAP to be in sequential order with the rest of the BTNs. My USB jogpad works fine after the patch (it also worked fine before the patch). John, if you pull the 2.4 branch now you should get Przemek's fix. Or if you wait 30 minutes and install the buildbot debs. I'll try to merge this into the 2.5 branch and master tonight. Oh yeah, one more thing: the evtest program is super handy for debugging these kinds of devices. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Joypad button to tell axis to move?
I have a Saitek P880 joypad. It works REALLY great to do the following: 1) Control X, Y and Z with joyhandles (little levers sticking out of the joypad) 2) Make some buttons like input.0.btn-pinkie to control HAL pins to give HAL pause and resume commands. The nice thing is that depending on how much I deflect joyhandles, the speed of movement is selected accordingly. Unfortunately, I used both joyhandles and have no more of them available. For two more axis, I would like to use regular joypad buttons (not joyhandles) to tell the axis to move forward or back with predetermined speed. kind of like (incorrect) net moveAAxisLeft input.0.btn-top2 = halui.move-axis-A-left In other words: when I press a certain button, I want a given axis to start moving in a given direction at a predetermined speed. When I release that button, I want movement to stop. How can I set that up. thanks -- The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad button to tell axis to move?
On 17 February 2011 21:39, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote: In other words: when I press a certain button, I want a given axis to start moving in a given direction at a predetermined speed. When I release that button, I want movement to stop. How can I set that up. Look at the mux4 component. define states 00 and 11 to be 0 output, 01 to be +speed and 10 to be -speed. Then link the buttons to the sel0 and sel1 pins: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/man/man9/mux4.9.html -- atp Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men -- The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad button to tell axis to move?
On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 13:39 -0600, Igor Chudov wrote: I would like to use regular joypad buttons I did that with my Logitech gamepad: the joysticks do gradual motion and the buttons do on-off motion. This should get you started: http://softsolder.com/2010/10/23/logitech-gamepad-as-emc2-pendant-eagle-schematics-for-the-joggy-thing/ I wrote up a somewhat more elaborate version for Digital Machinist magazine. You can fetch the files (but not the article itself) from: http://www.digitalmachinist.net/files/downloads/2010Winter/DM%205.4% 20Nisley.zip There's a bit of trickery in that version to avoid some race conditions, but the overall logic is straightforward. As soon as I got it set up, there was no going back! -- Ed http://softsolder.com -- The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.
Il 16/12/2010 08:26, Alex Joni ha scritto: You can prevent the joystick links to reach halui when you are not in world mode. (with some simple and2 components). I'm not sure if you can do anything about keyboard jogging though - what kind of GUI are you using? Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it To:Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 1:23 AM Subject: [Emc-users] Joypad question. Hallo list. Is there a way to jog the axis in joint mode only with keyboard, while jog in world mode with the joystick? i'm using axis. something like a logical expression which read if the state of world mode is false or true? is there a pin for that? what do you mean about : I'm not sure if you can do anything about keyboard jogging though ? -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.
On 16 December 2010 11:42, Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it wrote: something like a logical expression which read if the state of world mode is false or true? is there a pin for that? http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.4/html/man/man1/halui.1.html (Look at the halui.mode pins) what do you mean about : I'm not sure if you can do anything about keyboard jogging though ? I think keyboard jogging occurs at a level where we can't interfere with it. -- atp Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.
Il 16/12/2010 13:07, andy pugh ha scritto: On 16 December 2010 11:42, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: something like a logical expression which read if the state of world mode is false or true? is there a pin for that? http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.4/html/man/man1/halui.1.html (Look at the halui.mode pins) what do you mean about : I'm not sure if you can do anything about keyboard jogging though ? I think keyboard jogging occurs at a level where we can't interfere with it. thanks! i can read this: *mode* /halui.mode.is_auto/ pin for auto mode is on /halui.mode.is_joint/ pin showing joint by joint jog mode is on /halui.mode.is_manual/ pin for manual mode is on /halui.mode.is_mdi/ pin for mdi mode is on /halui.mode.is_teleop/ pin showing coordinated jog mode is on the on e wich should interest me is _teleop? right? than i'm not sure if the joint mode is _joint or _manual. what's the difference? -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.
On 16 December 2010 13:00, Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it wrote: the on e wich should interest me is _teleop? right? than i'm not sure if the joint mode is _joint or _manual. what's the difference? It might be easiest to watch them in Show HAL Config and see what they do. -- atp Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.
Il 16/12/2010 14:35, andy pugh ha scritto: On 16 December 2010 13:00, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: the on e wich should interest me is _teleop? right? than i'm not sure if the joint mode is _joint or _manual. what's the difference? It might be easiest to watch them in Show HAL Config and see what they do. ok, you're right. i'll do. ciao, thanks. -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.
Alex, i've a question for you, since, if i'm not wrong, you wrote down the tripodkins.c . have you ever tried to jog into world mode the tripod with a joystick? did it work? i'm asking about this thing everywhere, but nobody can tell me if it work or not with a non-trivial kinematics. thanks davide. -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.
Hi Davide, that's a question that's a bit hard to answer. I remember doing it, but that was around emc2 - 2.1 or even older. In the current versions (due to some bugfixes), I think this is prevented. Can't remember the reason though. I know it should work on the joints_axes3 branch, but that one is still in development/testing phase, so use with caution. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question. Alex, i've a question for you, since, if i'm not wrong, you wrote down the tripodkins.c . have you ever tried to jog into world mode the tripod with a joystick? did it work? i'm asking about this thing everywhere, but nobody can tell me if it work or not with a non-trivial kinematics. thanks davide. -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.
Il 16/12/2010 16:21, Alex Joni ha scritto: Hi Davide, that's a question that's a bit hard to answer. I remember doing it, but that was around emc2 - 2.1 or even older. In the current versions (due to some bugfixes), I think this is prevented. Can't remember the reason though. I know it should work on the joints_axes3 branch, but that one is still in development/testing phase, so use with caution. Regards, Alex ok i want to try to compile that branch, but since i've never done, i just have to ask to check if i'm doing right. i downloaded the git: ..$ git clone git://git.linuxcnc.org/git/emc2.git emc2-dev then, entered emc2-dev directory and wrote: ..$ git checkout -b joints_axes3 Switched to a new branch 'joints_axes3' now what? do i have to clone the new branch, or it is already inside the directory? sorry, it's just the first time i have to do with branches... and then? should i compile from here? standard way? ./configure make make install thank for attention. you've gained a new tester for this branch.. -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Joypad question.
Hallo list. Is there a way to jog the axis in joint mode only with keyboard, while jog in world mode with the joystick? -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.
You can prevent the joystick links to reach halui when you are not in world mode. (with some simple and2 components). I'm not sure if you can do anything about keyboard jogging though - what kind of GUI are you using? Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it To: Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 1:23 AM Subject: [Emc-users] Joypad question. Hallo list. Is there a way to jog the axis in joint mode only with keyboard, while jog in world mode with the joystick? -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] joypad quit working when upgrading from 2.3.5 to 2.4
Looks like this is your problem: Debug file information: Can not find -sec EMC -var NML_FILE -num 1 Unrecognized line skipped: POC FMS LEN DIAMCOMMENT standard_pinout.hal:22: Warning: linkpp command is deprecated, use 'net' HAL: ERROR: pin_new called after hal_ready joypad.hal:19: Pin 'joypad.axis.0' does not exist Looks like you've got a bunch of deprecated stuff. How many versions ago are those files from? Looks like a comment line isn't commented out for the Unrecognized line skipped: stuff. can you call out the new pin in line 19 before hal_ready is called out? Mark On 05/18/2010 11:39 PM, kirk wrote: I upgraded my system from 2.3 to 2.4. I read on the wiki to take out the line: NML_FILE = emc.nml. I did this and started emc2. The errors located in the file emc23_error_nonml were observed. I then included the line with NML_FILE and the errors in the emc24_error.txt were observed. If I comment out the HALFILE = joypad.hal ecm2.4 runs ok. I am including my ini file with this post. The joypad ran fine before the upgrade. Any ideas? Kirk -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] joypad quit working when upgrading from 2.3.5 to 2.4
The hal_joystick component was deprecated in emc 2.2[1] and was intended to be removed in emc 2.4. Instead, use hal_input[2], which will require additional modifications to joypad.hal due to different pin names. hal_input, which has existed since emc2.2, supports more devices than hal_joystick, and also does not suffer from the race condition bug that led us to deprecate hal_joystick. Since in emc 2.4 hal_joystick will never succesfully load, it will be removed for the upcoming 2.4.1 release. Jeff [1] http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.2/html/man/man1/hal_joystick.1.html [2] http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man1/hal_input.1.html -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] joypad quit working when upgrading from 2.3.5 to 2.4
On 05/19/2010 10:15 AM, Jeff Epler wrote: The hal_joystick component was deprecated in emc 2.2[1] and was intended to be removed in emc 2.4. Instead, use hal_input[2], which will require additional modifications to joypad.hal due to different pin names. hal_input, which has existed since emc2.2, supports more devices than hal_joystick, and also does not suffer from the race condition bug that led us to deprecate hal_joystick. Since in emc 2.4 hal_joystick will never succesfully load, it will be removed for the upcoming 2.4.1 release. Jeff [1] http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.2/html/man/man1/hal_joystick.1.html [2] http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man1/hal_input.1.html -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Thanks for the info. I'll try using hal_input. -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] joypad quit working when upgrading from 2.3.5 to 2.4
On 05/19/2010 03:52 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: Looks like this is your problem: Debug file information: Can not find -sec EMC -var NML_FILE -num 1 Unrecognized line skipped: POC FMS LEN DIAMCOMMENT standard_pinout.hal:22: Warning: linkpp command is deprecated, use 'net' HAL: ERROR: pin_new called after hal_ready joypad.hal:19: Pin 'joypad.axis.0' does not exist Looks like you've got a bunch of deprecated stuff. How many versions ago are those files from? Looks like a comment line isn't commented out for the Unrecognized line skipped: stuff. can you call out the new pin in line 19 before hal_ready is called out? Mark On 05/18/2010 11:39 PM, kirk wrote: I upgraded my system from 2.3 to 2.4. I read on the wiki to take out the line: NML_FILE = emc.nml. I did this and started emc2. The errors located in the file emc23_error_nonml were observed. I then included the line with NML_FILE and the errors in the emc24_error.txt were observed. If I comment out the HALFILE = joypad.hal ecm2.4 runs ok. I am including my ini file with this post. The joypad ran fine before the upgrade. Any ideas? Kirk -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users I've been using a joypad for at least three years. I have kept up with all versions of emc2. Thanks for the help. Kirk -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?
Chris, I followed the wiki at http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?A_New_Approach_For_Using_Joypads_With_EMC2 and I couldn't get the joystick to be found by any name I tried. Then I found that HALUI = halui must be before the HALFILE directive in the ini file and everything worked great. It should be something simple just keep trying and explain your results and multiple people will help on this list. Brian sani.broy...@free.fr wrote: I'm trying hard :-) Thanks for your advices. Too late (1.28 AM) to go on tonight, I'll experience debug modes tomorrow. Regards, Chris Le mardi 7 juillet 2009 01:12:00, Frank Tkalcevic a écrit : Everything was neat and clear until I tried the proposed .hal file to integrate the Joypad in axis. Nothing appends, or tombstone sometimes. I found that out the hard way too. It only takes a small change in your .ini file or .hal file and you can no longer use shared hal files. It's an unfortunate side-effect of EMC's flexiblity. You do need to learn the .hal file syntax to get the most out of it. --- --- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/blackberry ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/blackberry ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Joypad ?
Hi all. Anybody using a USB joypad that works ? Regards. -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?
I use the one from the picture on the wiki... I followed the installation procedure and it worked of the bat. I got mine from ebay for $7... I edited the wrong hal file and it got overridden again with a reconfig lol I was to lazy to set it up again... As I recall it was not a big deal to get it going. Rainer On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:34 PM, sani.broy...@free.frsani.broy...@free.fr wrote: Hi all. Anybody using a USB joypad that works ? Regards. -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- _ Rainer M. Schmidt Complex Consulting LLC b...@complexllc.com Mob (646)-275-0296 VoIP (646)-233-1002 FAX (646)-435-9216 -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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It doesn't work at all, despite I followed the procedure line by line. Pins are not named the same, hal_joystick or hal input doesn't work despite this joypad is the same as pictured and is perfectely used by all probe progs using /dev/input/js0. I can't believe you when you say It worked out of the wiki, sorry. Chris Le lundi 6 juillet 2009 18:43:34, Rainer Schmidt a écrit : I use the one from the picture on the wiki... I followed the installation procedure and it worked of the bat. I got mine from ebay for $7... I edited the wrong hal file and it got overridden again with a reconfig lol I was to lazy to set it up again... As I recall it was not a big deal to get it going. Rainer On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:34 PM, sani.broy...@free.frsani.broy...@free.fr wrote: Hi all. Anybody using a USB joypad that works ? Regards. - - ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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sani.broy...@free.fr wrote: It doesn't work at all, despite I followed the procedure line by line. What does not work? You need to tell us step by step what you are doing, what you expect to see, and what you actually see. Pins are not named the same, Then change the names of the pins on the lines that connect the pins to signals. There is no guarantee that the two devices are the same, even if they look identical. hal_joystick or hal input doesn't work How don't they work? You said above that the pin names aren't the same - that tells me that the driver is working, but you see something you don't expect. despite this joypad is the same as pictured and is perfectely used by all probe progs using /dev/input/js0. What probe programs? I can't believe you when you say It worked out of the wiki, sorry. This is rude. Obviously, what's in the wiki worked for someone, so it may also work for others. The fact that it doesn't work for you does not mean that it can't work for anyone else. Note also that you are using 6.06, which may be a critical difference. - Steve -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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Sani, I used the instructions below to get both a Logitech and Sony gamepad to work. The only real trick as far as I remember was making sure to use a recognizable portion of the name (i.e. replacing SAITEK from the instructions). http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?A_New_Approach_For_Using_Joypads _With_EMC2 Regards, Eric Anybody using a USB joypad that works ? -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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Then I am a happy liar who jogs his machine with his JoyPad When I get to the shop later I'll post my hal file edits and the message from Linux when it finds my pad. I might shoot a quick movie how it jogs so you have to stop calling me a liar and I can start calling you dumbass! Why should I lie dude? Rainer On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:03 PM, sani.broy...@free.frsani.broy...@free.fr wrote: It doesn't work at all, despite I followed the procedure line by line. Pins are not named the same, hal_joystick or hal input doesn't work despite this joypad is the same as pictured and is perfectely used by all probe progs using /dev/input/js0. I can't believe you when you say It worked out of the wiki, sorry. Chris Le lundi 6 juillet 2009 18:43:34, Rainer Schmidt a écrit : I use the one from the picture on the wiki... I followed the installation procedure and it worked of the bat. I got mine from ebay for $7... I edited the wrong hal file and it got overridden again with a reconfig lol I was to lazy to set it up again... As I recall it was not a big deal to get it going. Rainer On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:34 PM, sani.broy...@free.frsani.broy...@free.fr wrote: Hi all. Anybody using a USB joypad that works ? Regards. - - ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- _ Rainer M. Schmidt Complex Consulting LLC b...@complexllc.com Mob (646)-275-0296 VoIP (646)-233-1002 FAX (646)-435-9216 -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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I wasn't saying that, sorry Rainer. I copied/pasted the file, got a ton of errors :-) So the example given in the wiki was not, for sure, usable as is :-) Dumbass is not in my translator. Could you explain ? ;-) Regards, Chris. Le lundi 6 juillet 2009 19:19:51, Rainer Schmidt a écrit : Then I am a happy liar who jogs his machine with his JoyPad When I get to the shop later I'll post my hal file edits and the message from Linux when it finds my pad. I might shoot a quick movie how it jogs so you have to stop calling me a liar and I can start calling you dumbass! Why should I lie dude? Rainer On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:03 PM, sani.broy...@free.frsani.broy...@free.fr wrote: It doesn't work at all, despite I followed the procedure line by line. Pins are not named the same, hal_joystick or hal input doesn't work despite this joypad is the same as pictured and is perfectely used by all probe progs using /dev/input/js0. I can't believe you when you say It worked out of the wiki, sorry. Chris Le lundi 6 juillet 2009 18:43:34, Rainer Schmidt a écrit : I use the one from the picture on the wiki... I followed the installation procedure and it worked of the bat. I got mine from ebay for $7... I edited the wrong hal file and it got overridden again with a reconfig lol I was to lazy to set it up again... As I recall it was not a big deal to get it going. Rainer On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:34 PM, sani.broy...@free.frsani.broy...@free.fr wrote: Hi all. Anybody using a USB joypad that works ? Regards. -- --- - ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - - ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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No, cut and paste does not work But following the steps works. I did not attempt cut and paste. Dumbass: Si je suis un menteur, alors vous êtes un con haha 8) I'll send the files later Have to deal with many 'Con' today on the phone On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:06 PM, sani.broy...@free.frsani.broy...@free.fr wrote: I wasn't saying that, sorry Rainer. I copied/pasted the file, got a ton of errors :-) So the example given in the wiki was not, for sure, usable as is :-) Dumbass is not in my translator. Could you explain ? ;-) Regards, Chris. Le lundi 6 juillet 2009 19:19:51, Rainer Schmidt a écrit : Then I am a happy liar who jogs his machine with his JoyPad When I get to the shop later I'll post my hal file edits and the message from Linux when it finds my pad. I might shoot a quick movie how it jogs so you have to stop calling me a liar and I can start calling you dumbass! Why should I lie dude? Rainer On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:03 PM, sani.broy...@free.frsani.broy...@free.fr wrote: It doesn't work at all, despite I followed the procedure line by line. Pins are not named the same, hal_joystick or hal input doesn't work despite this joypad is the same as pictured and is perfectely used by all probe progs using /dev/input/js0. I can't believe you when you say It worked out of the wiki, sorry. Chris Le lundi 6 juillet 2009 18:43:34, Rainer Schmidt a écrit : I use the one from the picture on the wiki... I followed the installation procedure and it worked of the bat. I got mine from ebay for $7... I edited the wrong hal file and it got overridden again with a reconfig lol I was to lazy to set it up again... As I recall it was not a big deal to get it going. Rainer On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 12:34 PM, sani.broy...@free.frsani.broy...@free.fr wrote: Hi all. Anybody using a USB joypad that works ? Regards. -- --- - ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - - ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- _ Rainer M. Schmidt Complex Consulting LLC b...@complexllc.com Mob (646)-275-0296 VoIP (646)-233-1002 FAX (646)-435-9216 -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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Mine works flawlessly... John On 6 Jul 2009 at 18:34, sani.broy...@free.fr wrote: Hi all. Anybody using a USB joypad that works ? Regards. -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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Lucky you :-) Regards, Chris. Le mardi 7 juillet 2009 00:17:16, John Thornton a écrit : Mine works flawlessly... John On 6 Jul 2009 at 18:34, sani.broy...@free.fr wrote: Hi all. Anybody using a USB joypad that works ? Regards. -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users --- --- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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Everything was neat and clear until I tried the proposed .hal file to integrate the Joypad in axis. Nothing appends, or tombstone sometimes. I found that out the hard way too. It only takes a small change in your .ini file or .hal file and you can no longer use shared hal files. It's an unfortunate side-effect of EMC's flexiblity. You do need to learn the .hal file syntax to get the most out of it. -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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I'm trying hard :-) Thanks for your advices. Too late (1.28 AM) to go on tonight, I'll experience debug modes tomorrow. Regards, Chris Le mardi 7 juillet 2009 01:12:00, Frank Tkalcevic a écrit : Everything was neat and clear until I tried the proposed .hal file to integrate the Joypad in axis. Nothing appends, or tombstone sometimes. I found that out the hard way too. It only takes a small change in your .ini file or .hal file and you can no longer use shared hal files. It's an unfortunate side-effect of EMC's flexiblity. You do need to learn the .hal file syntax to get the most out of it. --- --- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/blackberry ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
Hello John, please look at the time setting of your PC. I received this mail with sending date 17.04.2004! Peter Blodow At 14:25 17.04.2004, you wrote: On 17 Apr 2009 at 1:06, Michael Jones wrote: Does anyone have a good example of a HAL file for a joypad that I can build on. This should get you going. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Simple_Remote_Pendant John -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
Does anyone have a good example of a HAL file for a joypad that I can build on. Here's what I want to do with a basic Logitech usb gamepad.. Use the left stick to control x axis, the right stick to control the y axis, and the Hat to control the z axis. (I want one stick, one axis, 'cause it's too easy to get 2 moving when you don't want them to) Use the various buttons to control how fast the axes jog when the appropriate stick is moved. Program the 4 buttons on the right to enable certain functions like spindle start/stop, coolant on/off, Home All, go to a predefined position (i.e. 0,0,0) etc.. I've used the first script in the knowledgebase as a initial attempt, but am having a slight problem. When I let go of the stick on the pad the axis keeps going.. UHOH! ;-) I've looked at the other scripts in the knowledgebase and noticed a setting called a deadzone. Would this solve my problem? Any useful tips? Thanks - Micahel -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
On 17 Apr 2009 at 1:06, Michael Jones wrote: Does anyone have a good example of a HAL file for a joypad that I can build on. This should get you going. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Simple_Remote_Pendant John -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 01:06 -0700, Michael Jones wrote: ... snip I've used the first script in the knowledgebase as a initial attempt, but am having a slight problem. When I let go of the stick on the pad the axis keeps going.. UHOH! ;-) I've looked at the other scripts in the knowledgebase and noticed a setting called a deadzone. Would this solve my problem? Any useful tips? Thanks - Micahel I seem to recall that there was either a loadrt parameter or component parameter that let you set the jog mode to either follow the commanded position or follow the input activity. In other words, when the joystick is held the position commands build up, when you release the joystick, EMC2 continues to try to move to the commanded position causing a run-on. In the other mode, when you release the joystick, the motion stops at the release and cancels the position command. I did a brief search and couldn't find the parameter information, maybe you came across something like this in your research? Maybe someone else remembers where it is. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 10:48 -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 01:06 -0700, Michael Jones wrote: ... snip I've used the first script in the knowledgebase as a initial attempt, but am having a slight problem. When I let go of the stick on the pad the axis keeps going.. UHOH! ;-) I've looked at the other scripts in the knowledgebase and noticed a setting called a deadzone. Would this solve my problem? Any useful tips? Thanks - Micahel I seem to recall that there was either a loadrt parameter or component parameter that let you set the jog mode to either follow the commanded position or follow the input activity. In other words, when the joystick is held the position commands build up, when you release the joystick, EMC2 continues to try to move to the commanded position causing a run-on. In the other mode, when you release the joystick, the motion stops at the release and cancels the position command. I did a brief search and couldn't find the parameter information, maybe you came across something like this in your research? Maybe someone else remembers where it is. I think I found more: axis.N.jog-vel-mode IN bit When FALSE (the default), the jog wheel operates in position mode. The axis will move exactly jog-scale units for each count, regardless of how long that might take. When TRUE, the wheel operates in velocity mode - motion stops when the wheel stops, even if that means the commanded motion is not completed. in: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/config_emc2hal.html -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
When I use this setup, I get a response to the command: loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL name I've replaced the name with everything I can think of.. including various permutations of quotes and the like and get this every time.Somehow the hal stuff isn't recognizing the name of the device Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/hal_input, line 189, in module d.append(HalInputDevice(w, i, f, parts)) File /usr/bin/hal_input, line 52, in __init__ self.device = linux_event.InputDevice(name) File debian/tmp/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/linux_event.py, line 700, in __init__ File debian/tmp/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/linux_event.py, line 685, in find LookupError: No input device matching 'Action' was found --- This time I used Action in place of name stdin:0: hal_input exited without becoming ready Suggestions? Fixes? Thanks, - Michael On Apr 17, 2004, at 5:25 AM, John Thornton wrote: On 17 Apr 2009 at 1:06, Michael Jones wrote: Does anyone have a good example of a HAL file for a joypad that I can build on. This should get you going. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Simple_Remote_Pendant John -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 01:06 -0700, Michael Jones wrote: ... snip I've used the first script in the knowledgebase as a initial attempt, but am having a slight problem. When I let go of the stick on the pad the axis keeps going.. UHOH! ;-) I've looked at the other scripts in the knowledgebase and noticed a setting called a deadzone. Would this solve my problem? Any useful tips? Thanks - Micahel I seem to recall that there was either a loadrt parameter or component parameter that let you set the jog mode to either follow the commanded position or follow the input activity. In other words, when the joystick is held the position commands build up, when you release the joystick, EMC2 continues to try to move to the commanded position causing a run-on. In the other mode, when you release the joystick, the motion stops at the release and cancels the position command. What you are reffering to is valid for MPGs, not for joysticks. (there counts are remembered, and if you stop spinning, the machine might still move to get to the count you intended). For joysticks you need to see what each axis outputs. There are joysticks which output (-value .. 0 .. value), and others that go (0 .. value). The first kind you can easily connecto to halui jogging with speed presetting. (then based on how far you move the stick, halui will command the speed of the jog move). Deadband is used so the axis doesn't slowly creep away if your joystick doesn't output quite 0 when in the neutral position. Before you start hooking the joystick up to halui for jogging, I would first load the joystick component (just like in the HAL file), then use a halmeter and look for the values it outputs for +max, neutral and -max. Also see how linear the values are. Based on these numbers, we'll try to suggest you the best way to hook it up. Regards, Alex -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
Kirk, That looks promising.. I'll try inserting that into the Hal. Thanks, - Michael On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 10:48 -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 01:06 -0700, Michael Jones wrote: ... snip I've used the first script in the knowledgebase as a initial attempt, but am having a slight problem. When I let go of the stick on the pad the axis keeps going.. UHOH! ;-) I've looked at the other scripts in the knowledgebase and noticed a setting called a deadzone. Would this solve my problem? Any useful tips? Thanks - Micahel I seem to recall that there was either a loadrt parameter or component parameter that let you set the jog mode to either follow the commanded position or follow the input activity. In other words, when the joystick is held the position commands build up, when you release the joystick, EMC2 continues to try to move to the commanded position causing a run-on. In the other mode, when you release the joystick, the motion stops at the release and cancels the position command. I did a brief search and couldn't find the parameter information, maybe you came across something like this in your research? Maybe someone else remembers where it is. I think I found more: axis.N.jog-vel-mode IN bit When FALSE (the default), the jog wheel operates in position mode. The axis will move exactly jog-scale units for each count, regardless of how long that might take. When TRUE, the wheel operates in velocity mode - motion stops when the wheel stops, even if that means the commanded motion is not completed. in: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/config_emc2hal.html -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
When I use: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?HereIsHowToCheck I get the (-value...0...value) sequence when I move the sticks. On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Alex Joni wrote: On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 01:06 -0700, Michael Jones wrote: ... snip I've used the first script in the knowledgebase as a initial attempt, but am having a slight problem. When I let go of the stick on the pad the axis keeps going.. UHOH! ;-) I've looked at the other scripts in the knowledgebase and noticed a setting called a deadzone. Would this solve my problem? Any useful tips? Thanks - Micahel I seem to recall that there was either a loadrt parameter or component parameter that let you set the jog mode to either follow the commanded position or follow the input activity. In other words, when the joystick is held the position commands build up, when you release the joystick, EMC2 continues to try to move to the commanded position causing a run-on. In the other mode, when you release the joystick, the motion stops at the release and cancels the position command. What you are reffering to is valid for MPGs, not for joysticks. (there counts are remembered, and if you stop spinning, the machine might still move to get to the count you intended). For joysticks you need to see what each axis outputs. There are joysticks which output (-value .. 0 .. value), and others that go (0 .. value). The first kind you can easily connecto to halui jogging with speed presetting. (then based on how far you move the stick, halui will command the speed of the jog move). Deadband is used so the axis doesn't slowly creep away if your joystick doesn't output quite 0 when in the neutral position. Before you start hooking the joystick up to halui for jogging, I would first load the joystick component (just like in the HAL file), then use a halmeter and look for the values it outputs for +max, neutral and -max. Also see how linear the values are. Based on these numbers, we'll try to suggest you the best way to hook it up. Regards, Alex -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
Kirk, Hey! That worked perfectly! Thanks! I inserted: setp axis.0.jog-vel-mode TRUE setp axis.1.jog-vel-mode TRUE setp axis.2.jog-vel-mode TRUE into the hal file right after the: setp axis.0.jog-enable TRUE setp axis.1.jog-enable TRUE setp axis.2.jog-enable TRUE commands and now when I let go of the stick, the axis stops moving. Now I have to figure out how to map the buttons the way I want. - Michael On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Michael Jones wrote: Kirk, That looks promising.. I'll try inserting that into the Hal. Thanks, - Michael On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 10:48 -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 01:06 -0700, Michael Jones wrote: ... snip I've used the first script in the knowledgebase as a initial attempt, but am having a slight problem. When I let go of the stick on the pad the axis keeps going.. UHOH! ;-) I've looked at the other scripts in the knowledgebase and noticed a setting called a deadzone. Would this solve my problem? Any useful tips? Thanks - Micahel I seem to recall that there was either a loadrt parameter or component parameter that let you set the jog mode to either follow the commanded position or follow the input activity. In other words, when the joystick is held the position commands build up, when you release the joystick, EMC2 continues to try to move to the commanded position causing a run-on. In the other mode, when you release the joystick, the motion stops at the release and cancels the position command. I did a brief search and couldn't find the parameter information, maybe you came across something like this in your research? Maybe someone else remembers where it is. I think I found more: axis.N.jog-vel-mode IN bit When FALSE (the default), the jog wheel operates in position mode. The axis will move exactly jog-scale units for each count, regardless of how long that might take. When TRUE, the wheel operates in velocity mode - motion stops when the wheel stops, even if that means the commanded motion is not completed. in: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/config_emc2hal.html -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 21:17 +0300, Alex Joni wrote: ... snip What you are reffering to is valid for MPGs, not for joysticks. (there counts are remembered, and if you stop spinning, the machine might still move to get to the count you intended). For joysticks you need to see what each axis outputs. There are joysticks which output (-value .. 0 .. value), and others that go (0 .. value). The first kind you can easily connecto to halui jogging with speed presetting. (then based on how far you move the stick, halui will command the speed of the jog move). Deadband is used so the axis doesn't slowly creep away if your joystick doesn't output quite 0 when in the neutral position. Oops, that makes more sense. So it's more like an ADC interface. I guess I need to actually install one sometime. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
Oops, that makes more sense. So it's more like an ADC interface. I guess I need to actually install one sometime. Well, there are 2 ways of interfacing the joystick. The older one, (which I don't think is that good) is taking the output from the joystick, using a stepgen to generate quadrature, and feeding that to the MPG input to the appropriate axis. The newer one, ( which I think is cleaner, better) is taking the value from the joystick and driving halui velocity jogging with it. Both are in the wiki. For the first one your suggestion actually makes sense, and probably fixes things. Regards, Alex -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
When I: cat /proc/bus/input/devices it returns: I: Bus=0003 Vendor=046d Product=c216 Version=0110 N: Name=Logitech Logitech Dual Action P: Phys=usb-:02:00.0-1/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci:00/:00:11.0/:02:00.0/ usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/input/input5 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=event4 js0 B: EV=1b B: KEY=fff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B: ABS=30027 B: MSC=10 when I go into Halrun or try to enter this into my hal file: loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL c216 or loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL Product=c216 I get: Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/hal_input, line 189, in module d.append(HalInputDevice(w, i, f, parts)) File /usr/bin/hal_input, line 52, in __init__ self.device = linux_event.InputDevice(name) File debian/tmp/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/linux_event.py, line 700, in __init__ File debian/tmp/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/linux_event.py, line 685, in find LookupError: No input device matching 'Product=c216' was found stdin:1: hal_input exited without becoming ready Now, I do have a different method working.. loadusr hal_joystick -d /dev/input/js0 -p joypad can this method be interchanged? Does it make a difference? - Michael On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Lars Andersson wrote: Look up your device in the output of cat /proc/bus/input/devices Select any string you like from any of the properties Bus= Vendor= Product= Version= No quotes needed, it does not have to be the whole string either. Unfortunately the property Uniq= cannot be used // Lars -Original Message- From: Michael Jones [mailto:ma...@michaelandholly.com] Sent: den 17 april 2009 20:17 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help? When I use this setup, I get a response to the command: loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL name I've replaced the name with everything I can think of.. including various permutations of quotes and the like and get this every time.Somehow the hal stuff isn't recognizing the name of the device Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/hal_input, line 189, in module d.append(HalInputDevice(w, i, f, parts)) File /usr/bin/hal_input, line 52, in __init__ self.device = linux_event.InputDevice(name) File debian/tmp/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/linux_event.py, line 700, in __init__ File debian/tmp/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/linux_event.py, line 685, in find LookupError: No input device matching 'Action' was found --- This time I used Action in place of name stdin:0: hal_input exited without becoming ready Suggestions? Fixes? Thanks, - Michael On Apr 17, 2004, at 5:25 AM, John Thornton wrote: On 17 Apr 2009 at 1:06, Michael Jones wrote: Does anyone have a good example of a HAL file for a joypad that I can build on. This should get you going. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Simple_Remote_Pendant John - - Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users --- --- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
Alex Joni wrote: Oops, that makes more sense. So it's more like an ADC interface. I guess I need to actually install one sometime. Well, there are 2 ways of interfacing the joystick. Well, there are 3 ways... :) Third is with X driver and remapping events into AXIS. -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
Probably loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL Action would work also. Any text fragment from the selected properties seems to work. -Original Message- From: Michael Jones [mailto:ma...@michaelandholly.com] Sent: den 17 april 2009 21:27 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help? When I: cat /proc/bus/input/devices it returns: I: Bus=0003 Vendor=046d Product=c216 Version=0110 N: Name=Logitech Logitech Dual Action P: Phys=usb-:02:00.0-1/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci:00/:00:11.0/:02:00.0/ usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/input/input5 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=event4 js0 B: EV=1b B: KEY=fff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B: ABS=30027 B: MSC=10 when I go into Halrun or try to enter this into my hal file: loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL c216 or loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL Product=c216 I get: Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/hal_input, line 189, in module d.append(HalInputDevice(w, i, f, parts)) File /usr/bin/hal_input, line 52, in __init__ self.device = linux_event.InputDevice(name) File debian/tmp/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/linux_event.py, line 700, in __init__ File debian/tmp/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/linux_event.py, line 685, in find LookupError: No input device matching 'Product=c216' was found stdin:1: hal_input exited without becoming ready Now, I do have a different method working.. loadusr hal_joystick -d /dev/input/js0 -p joypad can this method be interchanged? Does it make a difference? - Michael On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Lars Andersson wrote: Look up your device in the output of cat /proc/bus/input/devices Select any string you like from any of the properties Bus= Vendor= Product= Version= No quotes needed, it does not have to be the whole string either. Unfortunately the property Uniq= cannot be used // Lars -Original Message- From: Michael Jones [mailto:ma...@michaelandholly.com] Sent: den 17 april 2009 20:17 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help? When I use this setup, I get a response to the command: loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL name I've replaced the name with everything I can think of.. including various permutations of quotes and the like and get this every time.Somehow the hal stuff isn't recognizing the name of the device Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/hal_input, line 189, in module d.append(HalInputDevice(w, i, f, parts)) File /usr/bin/hal_input, line 52, in __init__ self.device = linux_event.InputDevice(name) File debian/tmp/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/linux_event.py, line 700, in __init__ File debian/tmp/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/linux_event.py, line 685, in find LookupError: No input device matching 'Action' was found --- This time I used Action in place of name stdin:0: hal_input exited without becoming ready Suggestions? Fixes? Thanks, - Michael On Apr 17, 2004, at 5:25 AM, John Thornton wrote: On 17 Apr 2009 at 1:06, Michael Jones wrote: Does anyone have a good example of a HAL file for a joypad that I can build on. This should get you going. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Simple_Remote_Pendant John --- -- - Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users --- --- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - - Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
On Apr 17, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Lars Andersson wrote: Probably loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL Action this doesn't seem to work no matter what text fragment I use.. Loading by the /dev/input/js0 seems to work though.. would work also. Any text fragment from the selected properties seems to work. ..snip... -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
Michael Jones wrote: On Apr 17, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Lars Andersson wrote: Probably loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL Action this doesn't seem to work no matter what text fragment I use.. Loading by the /dev/input/js0 seems to work though.. One thing I noticed in your /proc/bus/input/devices file, the number on the S: Sysfs ... line is different from the number on the H: Handlers= line. Your Sysfs node is input5, but the Handlers line shows event4. On my system, the two numbers match, and the driver loads just fine. (I didn't use c216, I only tried Dual and Action) I don't know how to get the numbers to be the same, or if that's the problem, but it did seem interesting. - Steve -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?
On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 06:25 -0600, John Thornton wrote: On 17 Apr 2009 at 1:06, Michael Jones wrote: Does anyone have a good example of a HAL file for a joypad that I can build on. This should get you going. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Simple_Remote_Pendant John John, I just noticed this message. My inbox sorts by date, so it was at the beginning of my +1k message inbox. I think your computer timestamps your message, so having the correct date may be better. I have ntpdate running on my computers to avoid that issue. Of course ideally, I should not have any stale messages in my inbox. Just FYI. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad Example
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 10:34:28PM -0500, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: The reason is that there's no way to get a complete list of all joystick devices (axes and buttons) before you get the first event. If you try to enumerate all the axes first, and the joystick gets moved while you're doing it, then there will be a motion event thrown in the middle of the capabilities enumeration. Also, there's no that's it, those are all the buttons I've got message. You can get notified of a new button or axis at any time. So, the best thing to do is to just start the event loop, and if you receive an event that says this is analog axis #7, just export a HAL pin. If it's a button or motion event, then change the appropriate HAL pin. (at least that's my recollection of the issues jmkasunich had to deal with when writing the driver in the first place) And for this reason, the driver is broken (strictly speaking) -- all userspace drivers must call hal_ready() after creating all pins. This is what allows halcmd 'loadusr -W' to wait the proper amount of time before executing the following commands. Jeff - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad Example
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Kirk Wallace wrote:
Another bit I don't understand:
/* STEP 3: allocate shared memory for joystick data */
js_data = (hal_js_t *) hal_malloc(sizeof(hal_js_t));
if (js_data == 0) {
printf( ERROR: hal_malloc() failed\n);
hal_exit(comp_id);
return -1;
}
hal_js_t is a defined variable type.
sizeof(hal_js_t) is the memory size of this type.
hal_malloc(sizeof(hal_js_t)) returns the memory location of this
variable.
I don't understand what (hal_js_t *) does. hal_js_t is a type so it is
similar to (int *)?
hal_malloc returns a (void *) pointer; this would presumably make
subsequent code complain about pointer mismatches, and the compiler
wouldn't know where to look in the data structure for variables like
(js_data-axis[n]). the (hal_js_t *) casts the returned pointer to the
correct pointer type.
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Re: [Emc-users] Joypad Example
On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 07:52 +, ben lipkowitz wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Kirk Wallace wrote:
Another bit I don't understand:
/* STEP 3: allocate shared memory for joystick data */
js_data = (hal_js_t *) hal_malloc(sizeof(hal_js_t));
if (js_data == 0) {
printf( ERROR: hal_malloc() failed\n);
hal_exit(comp_id);
return -1;
}
hal_js_t is a defined variable type.
sizeof(hal_js_t) is the memory size of this type.
hal_malloc(sizeof(hal_js_t)) returns the memory location of this
variable.
I don't understand what (hal_js_t *) does. hal_js_t is a type so it is
similar to (int *)?
hal_malloc returns a (void *) pointer; this would presumably make
subsequent code complain about pointer mismatches, and the compiler
wouldn't know where to look in the data structure for variables like
(js_data-axis[n]). the (hal_js_t *) casts the returned pointer to the
correct pointer type.
Thanks Ben. The cast makes sense. I think of void as being an invention
to allow functions that return nothing, so the function return type
(void *) tells me that a pointer is returned that points to a
nonexistent variable. Is the (void *) just a reminder to always cast the
return pointer to the variable type we happen to need?
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[Emc-users] Joypad Example
I think hal_joystick.c: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/emc2/src/hal/user_comps/devices/hal_joystick.c?rev=1.2;content-type=text%2Fplain might be a good model to follow for making my modbus user-land component. My guess would be that one would setup HAL and the the HAL pins and then loop to update the inputs and outputs, but the joystick pins are set up in the main loop. Why is that? There is a prefix parameter used to name the pins and buttons but not the component itself: ... snprintf(name, HAL_NAME_LEN-1, hal_joystick-%d, getpid()); comp_id = hal_init(name); ... Is there a reason not to use the prefix here? Thanks. -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending) - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad Example
On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 17:51 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote:
I think hal_joystick.c:
http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/emc2/src/hal/user_comps/devices/hal_joystick.c?rev=1.2;content-type=text%2Fplain
might be a good model to follow for making my modbus user-land
component. My guess would be that one would setup HAL and the the HAL
pins and then loop to update the inputs and outputs, but the joystick
pins are set up in the main loop. Why is that?
There is a prefix parameter used to name the pins and buttons but not
the component itself:
...
snprintf(name, HAL_NAME_LEN-1, hal_joystick-%d, getpid());
comp_id = hal_init(name);
...
Is there a reason not to use the prefix here?
Thanks.
Another bit I don't understand:
/* STEP 3: allocate shared memory for joystick data */
js_data = (hal_js_t *) hal_malloc(sizeof(hal_js_t));
if (js_data == 0) {
printf( ERROR: hal_malloc() failed\n);
hal_exit(comp_id);
return -1;
}
hal_js_t is a defined variable type.
sizeof(hal_js_t) is the memory size of this type.
hal_malloc(sizeof(hal_js_t)) returns the memory location of this
variable.
I don't understand what (hal_js_t *) does. hal_js_t is a type so it is
similar to (int *)?
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Re: [Emc-users] Joypad
That was the example that I was looking at. So will the HALUI be out when 2.2 is released? Thanks John On 22 Oct 2007 at 14:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, here is a slightly out of date example: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Using_A_Joypad_To_Move_You r_CNC_Machine I think now (but I don't remember if they are in the official version or only in the trunk) there are new HALUI pins that allows you to do the same in a very easy way. Regards, Manfredi - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad
Hello, here is a slightly out of date example: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Using_A_Joypad_To_Move_Your_CNC_Machine I think now (but I don't remember if they are in the official version or only in the trunk) there are new HALUI pins that allows you to do the same in a very easy way. Regards, Manfredi My websites: www.m24-pro.com www.emc2cnc.altervista.org From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:08:16 -0500 Subject: [Emc-users] Joypad Can you take a joypad apart and put into a more solid container and use industrial buttons so you can label the functions for input into EMC. The USB input for a remote would be just too easy... Thanks John - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-ussource=wlmailtagline - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Joypad
Can you take a joypad apart and put into a more solid container and use industrial buttons so you can label the functions for input into EMC. The USB input for a remote would be just too easy... Thanks John - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now http://get.splunk.com/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad problem with version 2.1.4
kirk wrote: John, Thanks for all the help. The scaling factors did the trick. On the previous version of EMC 2.1.3 I had to increase the counts per second just to get the thing to move. This new version works considerably better. There is much better control over the velocity. Good to hear that. There was a bug in 2.1.3 that made wheel jogs end short. You cranked up the scale to make it work, then we fixed the bug in 2.1.4 and suddenly your scale was way too high. It's always something isn't it? Glad I could help. Regards, John Kasunich - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad problem with version 2.1.4
Kirk wrote: I am using the joypad.hal file located on the wiki. I have of course modified it for my machine. I am loading halui and using it to control various functions via buttons on the joypad. The previous version of EMC was 2.1.3 which I obtained via Ubuntu Synaptic Package Manager. I also updated to 2.1.4 the same way. There are 246 pages on the wiki. You could make it easier for us to help you by posting the URL of the one you used. You could also post your hal file, as two different people have asked. At least we know you are using halui now. But unless this page: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/emc2/src/emc/usr_intf/halui.cc?graph=1 is lying to me, halui.cc did NOT change from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4, and more importantly, it did not support analog until version 1.39, which is NOT included in the 2.1.4 release. You are going to have to give some details! Regards, John Kasunich - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad problem with version 2.1.4
I attached the hal file on the last message. I am also attaching it again here. The link to the file on the wiki is http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/uploads/joypad.hal Kirk On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 19:57 -0400, John Kasunich wrote: Kirk wrote: I am using the joypad.hal file located on the wiki. I have of course modified it for my machine. I am loading halui and using it to control various functions via buttons on the joypad. The previous version of EMC was 2.1.3 which I obtained via Ubuntu Synaptic Package Manager. I also updated to 2.1.4 the same way. There are 246 pages on the wiki. You could make it easier for us to help you by posting the URL of the one you used. You could also post your hal file, as two different people have asked. At least we know you are using halui now. But unless this page: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/emc2/src/emc/usr_intf/halui.cc?graph=1 is lying to me, halui.cc did NOT change from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4, and more importantly, it did not support analog until version 1.39, which is NOT included in the 2.1.4 release. You are going to have to give some details! Regards, John Kasunich - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users # joypad.hal -- hal configuration file to move a cnc machine using a joypad # [JOG] # Components # We will use hal_joystick to read the axis value (float) for X Y Z, we will send these values to the # speed pin of a sim-encoder component, for X Y Z, this component outputs Phase-A and Phase-B signal, # just like a real quadrature rotary encoder. We will decode those signals with an encoder component for X Y Z # and will send the result counts value to the axis jog pin for X Y Z. # Load the hal_joystick component that creates joypad.axis.n and joypad.button.n pins loadusr hal_joystick -d /dev/input/js0 -p joypad # Load three encoder and three sim_encoder components loadrt encoder num_chan=3 loadrt sim_encoder num_chan=3 # Create links between the axis pins and the speed pin of the sim-encoder for X Y Z net velX joypad.axis.0 = sim-encoder.0.speed net velY joypad.axis.1 = sim-encoder.1.speed net velZ joypad.axis.3 = sim-encoder.2.speed # Create links between sim-encoder Phase-A and Phase-B and encoder Phase-A and Phase-B for X Y Z net XA sim-encoder.0.phase-A = encoder.0.phase-A net XB sim-encoder.0.phase-B = encoder.0.phase-B net YA sim-encoder.1.phase-A = encoder.1.phase-A net YB sim-encoder.1.phase-B = encoder.1.phase-B net ZA sim-encoder.2.phase-A = encoder.2.phase-A net ZB sim-encoder.2.phase-B = encoder.2.phase-B # Create links between encoder counts and jog counts for X Y Z net countX encoder.0.counts = axis.0.jog-counts net countY encoder.1.counts = axis.1.jog-counts net countZ encoder.2.counts = axis.2.jog-counts # Set parameter values setp encoder.0.position-scale1 setp encoder.0.x4-mode TRUE setp encoder.1.position-scale1 setp encoder.1.x4-mode TRUE setp encoder.2.position-scale1 setp encoder.2.x4-mode TRUE setp encoder.capture-position.tmax0 setp encoder.update-counters.tmax0 setp sim-encoder.0.ppr 0500 setp sim-encoder.0.scale1 setp sim-encoder.1.ppr 0500 setp sim-encoder.1.scale-1 setp sim-encoder.2.ppr 0500 setp sim-encoder.2.scale-1 setp sim-encoder.make-pulses.tmax0 setp sim-encoder.update-speed.tmax0 # Enable jog for X Y Z setp axis.0.jog-enable TRUE setp axis.1.jog-enable TRUE setp axis.2.jog-enable TRUE # Attach realtime functions to threads addf encoder.capture-position servo-thread addf sim-encoder.update-speed servo-thread addf encoder.update-counters base-thread addf sim-encoder.make-pulses base-thread # [BUTTON-SAMPLES] # Here are two examples on how to attach some functions to joypad buttons. We will use Halui pins for the # second example. # Scale button # we set two buttons (1 and 0) to choose the jogscale value. Pressing button 1 will set the scale to 0.01 # while pressing button 0 will set it to 0.1. # Components # We will use a two values selector and a flipflop component loadrt mux2 loadrt flipflop # Link between buttons and flipflop, flipflop will output TRUE when rising edge is detected on set pin, FALSE # when rising edge is on reset pin. net button0 joypad.button.0 = flipflop.0.reset net button1 joypad.button.1 = flipflop.0.set # Link between flipflop and mux2, mux2 will output value mux2.0.in0 when mux2.0.sel is FALSE
Re: [Emc-users] Joypad problem with version 2.1.4
John Kasunich wrote: I should proofread before I hit send, not after: If countX looks OK, then its time to look at the motion controller. show pin axis.0.jog will show you the jogging related pins. jog-counts should have the same value as countX. jog-enable should be TRUE. jog-vel-mode should be FALSE, and should be whatever you have set as the jog distance per count. The last sentence should read: jog-vel-mode should be FALSE, and jog-scale should be whatever you have set as the jog distance per count. Regards, John Kasunich - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Joypad problem with version 2.1.4
I just updated my system with the latest EMC 2.1.4. Prior to that I had installed a USB joystick controller and it worked fine. After the upgrade, the analog axes joysticks no longer work properly. If I jog an axis it continues in the same direction as started and does not stop when the control is released. Also the axis velocity is not proportional to the joystick movement. It runs at the current programmed manual velocity scaled by the override. I ran the test specified in the wiki for checking out the joystick controller using Hal Meter. The Joypad works the same as it did before. The analog controls output a zero in the neutral position and vary between 0..1 as a joystick is moved. Does anybody know what I am missing? The joypad.hal file is the same file that I used in version 2.1.3. Thanks, Kirk - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
