On Sunday 16 March 2014 14:48:07 Michael Haberler did opine: > Am 16.03.2014 um 17:32 schrieb John Kasunich <jmkasun...@fastmail.fm>: > > I'm inclined to agree with Andy that making > > them I/O instead if input was probably a mistake. > > But I don't remember the discussion (if any) > > at the time. Changing from parameter to pins > > was definitely the right thing to do, but I'm not > > so sure about the type of pin. > > So what is the best recipe to cover the use case which brought this up? > > what is needed IMO is a suggestion for: > > - how to create a component HAL-something which can be used as a > parameter inside the comp - the HAL-something should have a way to set > a default - ideally both inside the comp and in halcmd - how to connect > a UI element to change the HAL-something on the fly. > > It would be great to resolve this out once and for all, to give guidance > to folks how to proceed > > - Michael I am, with my little bitty oar here, in favor of the status we have now if that is what it takes to make the hal show config with its editing abilities to work. AIUI, changing that to WO status would also disable the at_pid, something I intend to see if it can make things work even better once I get a SPINx1 installed to drive my lathe spindle.
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