On Thursday 16 November 2017 11:58:46 Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, Jon Elson wrote: > > Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:50:58 -0600 > > From: Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> > > Reply-To: EMC developers <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> > > To: EMC developers <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] FlipFlop > > > > On 11/16/2017 09:08 AM, andy pugh wrote: > >> Someone on the forum has noticed that the output pin of the > >> Flipflop component is of IO type > >> > >> This seems slightly odd. (It is a compnent that has had very little > >> attention) > >> https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/commits/master/src/hal/compone > >>nts/flipflop.comp > > > > It looks like (I'm no expert on the code behind comp) that it might > > actually be functional to set or clear the FF by writing a value to > > out. So, almost no way to tell if anyone is actually USING it that > > way! > > > > Jon > > Yes, I tried it and it works as expected (setp-ing the output true or > false sticks ) > > Whether is was intended to work this way, perhaps only the author > knows. > > At the risk of showing my age, I think you could do this on some early > (RTL) hardware flip flops... > Chuckle, yes you are showing your age, me too as I can also remember that. However, I rewrote that code and it doesn't use the flipflop anymore. #3998 used as memory now.
Unfortunately, I must have forgotten to enable the halui stuff, none of it works now. Yeah, I forgot the "HALUI = halui" in the ini file. Now its all triggering but not sure its working 100% yet. I need the camera working to calibrate the rest of it. See my other post about missing gtk+2 stuffs. 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 Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
