Hi Guys, Thanks for the replies, I will give the changes a try and see where I get to - I will probably have to bug you more as I get deeper into the bowels of the beast. Greg, I probably will release everything open source, as EMC is a great piece of software and I would like to contribute where I can. The micro I am using is the parallax "Propeller" chip, which is about as secure as a soggy paper bag, so if someone really wanted my code they could get it anyhow. At the moment it is far from complete, it will be a couple of months before I would be happy to release this. Also as a side note, I have a Windows GUI done in C# for EMC, once again using the telnet interface. I will release this also as open source, unfortunately this will have to be in a cut down version, as I wrote this for a commercial application for a customer, it is quite cool, and I am quite proud of it, in that It has adapters (software) and you can choose the motion controller you are using, at the moment this supports the dreaded ncPod, Mach3 through the its COM object and now EMC. It is totally remotable, in that you could have a screen with the estop button on it in the US, and I could have the cycle start button here in Australia and the machine could be in Timbuktu. (Not sure why you would do this, but you could if your little heart desired). The EMC side of this needs to be finished off, as it is suffering from the same error message reporting problems. Thanks again for your suggestions guys Regards Andrew -----Original Message----- From: AKSYS Tech Pty Ltd [mailto:a...@austarnet.com.au] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:30 PM To: 'emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: Telnet Interface questions Hi, I have been working on a Ethernet based pendant/operator console for EMC for a little while now (whenever I get a spare moment) , and have run into a little problem. I am using the EMCRSH, Telnet interface to EMC.
My pendant was going to be quite a simple affair, but as things go, it has grown larger that first anticipated. I now have up to 84 inputs, being pushbuttons, rotary switches and encoders, and LED indicators for all of these inputs. I also have a 8" digital photo frame as a monitor. These are all controlled by a microprocessor, which is also handling the Ethernet connection to my mini-itx EMC computer. The problem I am having is when I get an error from EMC, I can't get the error message back to my pendant. I have tried the Get Operator_display, Get Operator_text and Get error commands, but none of these are returning an error to me. I am testing this by issuing a simple G01 command from MDI mode, this should invoke an error in regard to having no federate. I get an error displayed on my EMC computer, but all my status reporting to my micro are returning OK's. Is there some other command I should be using??? Regards Andrew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
