Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 29 March 2020 09:40:38 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 at 08:15, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > And there is no need to add a tiny move to M66. > > > > Somebody should fix the docs, it say it needs a move to activate it. > > No it doesn't. That is for M67 (and the requirement can be

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-29 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 at 08:15, Gene Heskett wrote: > > And there is no need to add a tiny move to M66. > > Somebody should fix the docs, it say it needs a move to activate it. No it doesn't. That is for M67 (and the requirement can be avoided by using M68)

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 28 March 2020 23:03:59 andy pugh wrote: > On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 at 03:08, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Is the analog-in-00 and and analog-out-00 two separate circuits > > independent of each other? > > Yes. > That will help clarify my thinking, a bunch. So I can use 00 for independent

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-28 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 at 03:08, Gene Heskett wrote: > Is the analog-in-00 and and analog-out-00 two separate circuits independent of > each other? Yes. And there is no need to add a tiny move to M66. M67 takes effect on the next move, but that's for output, not input. M66 ENN transfers the

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 28 March 2020 15:51:02 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 28 March 2020 13:55:28 andy pugh wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 17:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > mornings git pull so it might not be page 812 any more. Is now on > > > page 814 according to evince: > > > > > Section 14.15

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 28 March 2020 13:55:28 andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 17:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > > mornings git pull so it might not be page 812 any more. Is now on > > page 814 according to evince: > > > > 14.15.6.6 > > Section 14.15 is "14.15 Creating Userspace Python Components" > >

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-28 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 17:50, Gene Heskett wrote: > mornings git pull so it might not be page 812 any more. Is now on page > 814 according to evince: > > 14.15.6.6 Section 14.15 is "14.15 Creating Userspace Python Components" So, this is a Python function for use in custom userspace

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 28 March 2020 10:01:51 andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 13:45, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Where did you find that format? Is it in the docs somewhere? > > > > page 812, /usr/share/doc/linuxcnc/Documentation.pdf > > The 2.7 docs don't even have a page 812, and in 2.9 and 2.8

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-28 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 13:45, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Where did you find that format? Is it in the docs somewhere? > > page 812, /usr/share/doc/linuxcnc/Documentation.pdf The 2.7 docs don't even have a page 812, and in 2.9 and 2.8 that page is discussing kinematics. Searching the PDF for the

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 28 March 2020 07:16:49 andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 07:45, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Now, the actual line from the gcode which should be good > > #<_Z_dist>=hal.get_value("ovrtrvl-scaler-mux.out") > > Where did you find that format? Is it in the docs somewhere? page 812,

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-28 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 at 07:45, Gene Heskett wrote: > Now, the actual line from the gcode which should be good > #<_Z_dist>=hal.get_value("ovrtrvl-scaler-mux.out") Where did you find that format? Is it in the docs somewhere? If so, can you say which file and which page? You seem to be trying to

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 27 March 2020 16:04:21 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 27 March 2020 14:39:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 27 March 2020 07:20:33 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Friday 27 March 2020 02:53:03 theman whosoldtheworld wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > They are read only. > > > > > > > >

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 27 March 2020 14:39:39 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 27 March 2020 07:20:33 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 27 March 2020 02:53:03 theman whosoldtheworld wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > They are read only. > > > > > > The FEATURES=12 or whatever gives you access to the values, but > > >

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 27 March 2020 07:20:33 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 27 March 2020 02:53:03 theman whosoldtheworld wrote: > > Hi > > > > They are read only. > > > > The FEATURES=12 or whatever gives you access to the values, but you > > cannot change them, that would be the Holy Grail. > > > > If the

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-27 Thread theman whosoldtheworld
Fine! Il giorno ven 27 mar 2020 alle ore 12:23 Gene Heskett ha scritto: > On Friday 27 March 2020 02:53:03 theman whosoldtheworld wrote: > > > Hi > > > > They are read only. > > > > The FEATURES=12 or whatever gives you access to the values, but you > > cannot change them, that would be the

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 27 March 2020 02:53:03 theman whosoldtheworld wrote: > Hi > > They are read only. > > The FEATURES=12 or whatever gives you access to the values, but you > cannot change them, that would be the Holy Grail. > > If the pin can be written to, you can do it from a user M code > > halcmd

Re: [Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-27 Thread theman whosoldtheworld
Hi They are read only. The FEATURES=12 or whatever gives you access to the values, but you cannot change them, that would be the Holy Grail. If the pin can be written to, you can do it from a user M code halcmd setp value type thing Whether it is linked and what type of pin it is is going to

[Emc-users] another wild hare idea.

2020-03-26 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I have some code in my Sheldon's hal file that accepts a value from gcode, #<_tpmm> or #<_tpi> that twiddles that value shipped across motion and then shows me via a pyvcp text box, the numerical distance value of the overshoot from inertia between the initiance of the reverse