EMC has most of the functionality shown on the link you provided.
Language Features
YES ? Local Variables for passing parameters and for
intermediate calculations within a macro
YES ? Common Variables shared by all macros
??? ? Permanent Common Variables that keep their
values even when power is turned off
??? ? System Variables to read and write a variety of
CNC data items and generate alarm messages
YES ? Standard operations (add, subtract, multiply and
divide)
YES ? Trig Functions (Sin, Cosine, Tangent and their
inverse)
YES ? Math Functions (SQRT, ABS, ROUND, FIX,
FUP, LN, EXP)
YES ? Logical Bitwise Operators (AND, OR, XOR)
NO ? Conversion Functions (BCD to BIN, BIN to
BCD)
YES (IF-THEN) ? Branching (IF-THEN and GOTO)
NO (GOTO)
YES ? Conditional Operators (equals, not equals, less
than, less than or equal to, greater than, greater
than or equal to)
YES ? Loops (WHILE-DO-END)
Planned ? Variety of calling formats with parameters
including defining custom G-codes and M-codes
To a log or error message ? Printing of values to a serial port
Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andre'
Blanchard
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 11:20 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Interactive machining
At 09:06 AM 8/20/2007, you wrote:
>One of the things that often happens in these parts is that some folk
>are much more comfortable with software programming with it's loops and
>jumps and fancy maths and find g-code to be awkward. I don't have a
>problem with that and supported the O word as an extension to the
>interpreter even though there was no precedent/equivalent in the world
>of g-code.
But there is precedent and equivalent in the world of g-code, it's called
MACRO-B and is and option available on most any control.
And it makes possible things EMC has not even come close to yet.
http://www.gefanuc.com/literature/pdf/gft-321.pdf
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Andre' B. Clear Lake, Wi.
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