Awesome commands to pause and resume, I saved them for later use!!! The joystick on the wood router is also a nice touch. I use a joypad.
i On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Rando Sauvage <[email protected]>wrote: > 2011/4/7 Stephen Wille Padnos <[email protected]>: > > > > Rando Sauvage wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >> I am an EMC2 user and currently I am doing some pieces which take > >> several hours to mill. > >> So, I would like to run my CNC while I am not at home (eg while I am > >> at work), but still want to take an eye on my CNC through an IP camera > >> + *get the possibility to remote control the AXIS GUI* (this is the > >> important part ;-)) > >> > >> Basically what I would need is: > >> 1) Remotely pause and continue a running GCode program. > >> > >> 2) While the program is paused, I need to be able to stop the spindle > >> and the lube (these one are important because eg if the mill broke, I > >> need to stop the spindle ASAP. but I don't know if it is possible > >> since I can't stop the spindle from AXIS while a program is paused) > >> > [...] > > You don't need any IP cameras or other hoo-ha to remote control EMC. Of > > course, if you want to see the actual machine, an IP camera is a > > reasonable way of doing that. > > > > EMC has been designed from the start to allow multiple user interfaces, > > which can be on a remote machine if you like. This is in addition to > > the option of running a remote X session, or remote desktop software > > such as VNC. > > > > The NML messaging system allows you to set up channels as being remote. > > I believe there are sample server.nml and client.nml files in the sample > > configs directory (maybe in common/ or something). > > > > You can run AXIS on the EMC machine and start a program running. > > When you get to work or wherever, fire up Axis, tkEMC, mini, emcrsh - > > whatever, and if the NML file is configured correctly, you will connect > > to the remote machine. Both UIs will be running, and either could take > > control - if someone at home smells smoke and hits ESC on that keyboard, > > the machine will stop. You will see the change in machine state on your > > remote UI. Similarly, you can hit ESC to stop the machine, and the UI > > on the PC controlling the machine will show what you have done. > > > > There are a couple of caveats to this: > > 1) I'm pretty sure that nothing bad happens, but you should experiment > > with running a part and then starting another UI. Specifically, try > > AXIS - I don't know whether it will happily connect to a running EMC or > > if it will load its "splash file" and stop the machine. > > 2) Specific to AXIS, you would need a command-line option to disable the > > creation of HAL pins on the remote control PC. That machine isn't > > likely to (and doesn't need to) run an RT kernel, and besides you don't > > want HAL running on your machine at work, since it's not connected to > > the machine anyway. > > 3) File handling is a little weird with remote machines. You need to > > have the loaded file available at the same path on all machines you want > > to run UIs on. NML doesn't transfer the file, and the status buffer has > > the full path name to the file, so if you want to see the code as it's > > executing, you'll need to make sure you have the same file in the same > > location on the remote PC. > > > [...] > > Hi everyone, > > Sorry for the late reply and thanks a lot for your detailed answers ! > > I am not a big fan of VNC that I consider of a "last resort" solution. > > Running 2 UI in parallel is a really interesting and powerful feature. I > have not tested yet, but I could run a light UI in parallel to Axis. > According to what you explained to me, I think it will be simpler to run > this UI on the EMC computer and export the display through SSH (as you > proposed). This solution also has the advantage of not needing any software > installation at work. > > For now, I finally achieved to remote control my machine by using "halcmd" > as suggested too. I have done 2 scripts called emc_pause & emc_resume. Both > scripts can pause & resume a running program, and also deals with the > spindle & the coolant flood (that's great!). > Here is the *emc_pause* script: > #!/bin/sh > halcmd setp halui.program.pause 1; > sleep 0.1 > halcmd setp halui.program.pause 0; > sleep 1 > halcmd setp halui.spindle.stop 1; > sleep 0.1 > halcmd setp halui.spindle.stop 0; > halcmd setp halui.flood.off 1; > sleep 0.1 > halcmd setp halui.flood.off 0; > echo Machine paused. > > And the *emc_resume* script (there are some delays for the coolant flood > and > the spindle to restart): > #!/bin/sh > halcmd setp halui.flood.on 1; > sleep 0.1 > halcmd setp halui.flood.on 0; > sleep 3 > halcmd setp halui.spindle.start 1; > sleep 0.1 > halcmd setp halui.spindle.start 0; > sleep 3 > halcmd setp halui.program.resume 1; > sleep 0.1 > halcmd setp halui.program.resume 0; > echo Machine restarted. > > > Last is a picture of my machine controlled by EMC2: > http://www.usinages.com/files/t_img_7895_vue_ensemble_147.jpg > > Thanks again, > Xavier > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Xperia(TM) PLAY > It's a major breakthrough. 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