> > I think The reason is people want to change/add a few things display
> > wise and at the moment there is no way to get access to any of AXIS
> > internal data that controls that except thru HALUI.
>
> Well, not really. You (and they) have the source code for AXIS. You
> may be able to make a UI that does most of what AXIS does by using halui
> and pyvcp, but asking it to mimic what a completely separate UI shows is
> asking a lot. Remember, EMC is pretty unique in that it allows more
> than one GUI to operate the machine simultaneously. Halui is not an
> extension of AXIS, it's an entirely sesparate user interface. If you
> change the color of the DRO in AXIS, would you expect the color of the
> DRO to change in tkEMC at the same time? This is what you're talking
> about -
This is not what I am talking about.
In this case I want a way to display what AXIS displays in X Y Z
For instance maybe I want to have a display that I can read from
10 feet away-not everybody has a table top lathe :)
I don't care if HALUI gives me this info or AXIS or any other way.
Whatever makes the most sense. That why I'm was asking for
ideas.
the machine state is not being changed when you set AXIS to
> display inches vs. mm, so it's unreasonable to expect another UI (halui)
> to reflect that internal AXIS state change. Of course, if you issue
> G20/G21 from AXIS (which does effect a machine state change), I would
> expect all other UIs to show which one is in effect, which they do.
>
I'm talking about a few odds and ends-not an entire GUI
I understand that EMC can be run with multiple GUI- That is why having
AXIS (or whatever GUI) export a few hal pins for status on some internal
data would probably be better.
> > > What is the problem you are trying to solve?
> > >
> >
> > I want to display a pyvcp panel that shows a readout of what AXIS
> > displays in X Y Z.
> > halui.relative.pos is perfect right up till you switch AXIS to display
> > metric .
>
> Do you specifically want a pyvcp DRO panel, or are you trying to mimic
> some of the "screen builder" functionality of other control software?
>
> - Steve
If I was trying to have complete screen builder functionality I think I would
use
gtk's glade instead of thinker ( or does thinker have a glade equivalent? )
Not a bad long term idea but that is not what i was talking about.
I want to add a panel to AXIS that displays X Y Z position in larger font
I want it larger then AXIS's new large font and I don't want it in the
Graphics area.
If you have a really recent trunk run stepconf and select xyz-button pyvcp
panel. That will show you what I'm trying to do.
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