On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Chris Morley <chrisinnana...@hotmail.com> wrote: > You would need to change the guts of linuxcnc. [...] > If the HAL component doesn't do what you want you have to write another one > that will. [...] > Is there a reason you can't use the regular way of homing ? > search fast, hit switch, back off, search slow? > I'm thinking maybe you home to a hard stop so don't want to slam into that > at high speed.. well, yes, I'm just using one of the switches, with regular homing. my point was, that if HAL was scriptable and had a notion of state machine, all this could be done in a custom script without need for comp. I guess you think of HAL as netlist, but it does not need to be only netlist. This is a way of abstractly describe machine, so it may include all the components and state machines from layer above.
> spindle control over modbus: > gs2.vdf is a component just for that but is specific to automation direct VDFs > http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html/examples/gs2_example.html thanks > > I don't have an example of tool change without ladder. > It would involve creating a component with comp or C or python. see, RT scripting is needed :) Regards, Alex. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
