Yann, In addition to what Ray said, if you are up to writing a simple interface you can use emcrsh described here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Emcrsh
This is a simple telnet like text interface which can be used to query machine information and issue commands. It can be run either locally (localhost) or over a network. You could sample the positions, and then issue MDI commands to move to the desired points, or have it generate an actual g-code file which can also be run over the same interface. Since the interface is simple text, you just need to get your program to issue and parse the same commands you type in through telnet. Regards, Eric (sorry for my poor english, I'm from france) I'm doing a machine to apply glue for photovoltaics modules assembly. The goal is to apply a line of silicon glue around a metal frame, before assembly of the frame with the laminated photovoltaic module, and then to make a second pass to fill the gap betwen the laminted module and the frame border with the same glue. For the hardware part, the machine is very similar to lots of hobby CNCs I've read about on the internet : it's a X Y Z table, moved with steppers, and with te glue distribution system attached on the Z axis. I'm using EMC to control the steppers. And my problem is : is there any possibility in Axis, on with some other EMC GUI, to "learn" moves by jogging manually the machine, and taking points, then having the computer to move the machine making lines between theses points. As the moves I need to do are very simples, (just drawing a square with the glue, in fact), I think learning moves like this will be far more easy than creating Gcode. And it will be easier to adapt the moves and speeds if I have some tolerances issues with the frames or the modules. Some ideas ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
