2012/8/19 andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com>: > On 19 August 2012 14:14, John Thornton <bjt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Have you looked at halui to home the joint? >> >> Have you seen this? >> >> http://linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/component/kunena/?func=view&catid=48&id=23317&limit=6 >> > > Or, for that matterr: > http://linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/component/kunena/?func=view&catid=24&id=22572&limit=6&start=6#22961 > Which has a very simple motion-controller included. >
John, Andy, thank You for the links! It starts to seem that I might try to go with a small GladeVCP as the only GUI for this machine. Andy, in Your post You wrote: If you extract the attached file into the configs directory and then navigate into the directory in a terminal window and halrun -I -f laser.hal How can I tell Ubuntu to do these 2 commands right after startup? cd /home/machine/linuxcnc/configs/hm2_stepper halrun -I -f whatever.hal I guess that it requires to create some script, but I have no idea, what else should be added there. Can somebody point me to a place, where it is explained in a simple way? BTW, where can I see, what do those -l and -f mean? -- Viesturs If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
