On Dec 2 2014 9:12 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > On 2014-12-02 17:59, andy pugh wrote: >> On 2 December 2014 at 15:26, Marius Liebenberg >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is it possible to do a synchronized jog of at least two axis? I >>> need to >>> move two axis along a specific curve in manual jog mode if >>> possible. >> I think the answer is "no" > Thought as much. I will have to take the current position and work > out > the curve to the end of the travel and then trigger an MDI routine > with > the parameters to complete the spiral travel to the end. > Can I do that from a python script to HAL?
if you find a way, let me know. I have an application where I need to traverse a spline and then backtrack from time to time and go back over it. > I will need a forward and reverse button that must know about the > current position and then do something with that. >> You might be able to achieve something very similar by programming a >> G-code curve and using a manual feed-override knob. That is what I was originally thinking for my task -- except for the reversals. The first time I poked at this (something like 10 years ago), I wrote a custom driver and fed in Bezier splines... EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
