Jeff made a program to do the DRO part of that. It's here: <http://emergent.unpy.net/index.cgi-files/sandbox/dro.py>
It may be easier to start there instead of with Axis. One thing to think about is whether you want the buttons to actually tell emc that it's at zero, or if you just want it to start displaying position relative to the place where you zeroed the display ... - Steve James Reed wrote: > Many thanks to Jeff Epler who answered my questions on Ubuntu and > starting >the configuring of EMC2. I now can program the HAL portion of my project >(at least I have delusions of being able to program HAL). However, when it >comes to hooking it up to a display, I'm once again at a quandry. The >"Configuring EMC2" documentation says to modify a sample config directory >then edit the EMCINI file, referencing chapter 7 of the EMC2 manual. The >EMC2 manual chapter 7 is on HAL internal components. > >I see .ini files in the samples (such as mini.ini) which point to a HAL >file. Are these the INI files being talked about? Is there some >instructions somewhere besides chapter 7 of the EMC2 manual? > >All I want is a display which will show 3 big numbers (for X,Y,and Z >postions), pushbuttons for each to be zeroed, and a pushbutton to zero all. > >OK, I will probably want to grow after that, but if I can just get a DRO >working, I will play around with improvements later. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
