Greetings everybody; In the various .ngc files that clicking on this button or that button runs, I fail to understand just exactly how the CamOn and CamOff buttons, which run the similarly named ngc scripts, are actually supposed to work.
The camon script launched by checkbutton1 in the .xml file, sends a trigger to both the ForOn and ForOff functions with the end result being that the machine moves (I think) to put the camera dead on the witness mark just made with a v bit engraving tool. But since the same script also triggers the ForOff timer, while the CamOff trips only the ForOff timer. So the machine runs to the offset in tool pocket 99, and runs immediately back to where it started from, making it impossible to complete the rest of the calibration. Similar confusion is generated by the do-nothing CamOff button since the machine is already there. So, it seems to me the CamOff button isn't needed at all by making hal steer it to toggle it to the opposite state, tallying the state by the color of the CamOn button. That I can do I believe. Am I even in the same ballpark? The lack of docs for how this is all supposed to work is not helping a bit. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
