On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:14:15AM -0600, Jon Elson wrote: > OK, now that I have a bunch of other problems fixed, I need to see how > to implement the title question. > > This customer has a Haas mini-mill, and wants to use EMC to control an > indexing head. So, he will have the XYZ moves programmed in the Haas, > and the A axis programmed in EMC. When he needs the next A position, he > has the Haas send a contact closure to a digital input on the PWM > controller, which I think can wake it out of an optional stop, and when > it gets to the next position, it sends a contact closure back to the > Haas to continue machining.
haas -> halui.program.resume halui.program.is-paused -> (invert? oneshot?) -> haas gcode in EMC is M0, G0A..., M0, G0A..., ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
