Re: [Emc-developers] future plannig was: LinuxCNC (EMC2) with RCS

[Chris Morley]

> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:31:45 +0400
> From: aysta...@gmail.com
> To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] future plannig was: LinuxCNC (EMC2) with RCS
> 
> one example, how do you command spindle from with HAL over modbus/RTU?
> how do you program tool changer without ladder logic?
> homing sequence is hard-coded, so there is no way to implenent systems
> with two end switches
> without going to sources.
> we still have some half-baked solution for master-slave joints in
> gantry kinematics, and this is also the
> area, there scripting of HAL would help.
> These are of top of my head, please correct me if I miss something...
> 

These are limitations of linuxcnc motion controller not HAL.

actually you can command the spindle over modbus, or toolchange without ladder,
and if you mean two end switches for gantry homing you can do that too in HAl.

Chris M
                                          
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