Thanks Tom. A graphical design of HAL components connections is anyway useful and I think that many LinuxCNC users/integrators would like to have a reliable tool for this. I hope that this feature will be available soon :-) But the Rockhopper is a nice discover for me.
Regards Alex On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Tom Easterday <tom-...@bgp.nu> wrote: > You don't have to run Rockhopper all the time (which is the source of my > problem). You can just launch it from the command line and connect to it > with a web browser when you want to do a hal graph. If you launch > Rockhopper after Linuxcnc is running you will never see the error I have. > Rockhopper is completely independent of Linuxcnc so run it, do your hal > graph, and then exit it. > > The graphical layout of hal is great for designing, or debugging a > configuration as you can easily trace all the logic. Very complicated hal > configurations will not work so well as the graphviz algorithm that does > the layout will begin to merge lines when a node has many inputs coming to > it. We would like to add a better graphing algorithm at some point but we > could only find expensive commercial ones with distribution issues. A > schematic algorithm, like Ed is using in Eagle, would do a better job of > not running lines on top of each other, etc. > > -Tom > > On Jun 18, 2013, at 3:41 AM, alex chiosso <achio...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi people. > > Reading this mail I discovered "Rockhopper python interface" feature that > > honestly I have never heard before. > > First of all it seems to be very useful. > > It shows the hal file component connections graphically. > > Is this feature available independently from "Rockhopper python > interface" ? > > I mean is there any way/procedure to show the hal files in a graphical > way > > without install the full "Rockhopper python interface" ? > > Is there any way to design a hal file graphically ? > > > > Regards > > > > Alex > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Tom Easterday <tom-...@bgp.nu> wrote: > > > >> So, it turns out this isn't a disk problem at all but a problem in our > >> Rockhopper python interface that I have running by default on these > >> machines. It is calling halcmd repeatedly and if Linuxcnc tries to > launch > >> during this time bad things happen. This is one of the items on the > agenda > >> at Wichita so hopefully we may have a resolution (or beginnings of) > soon. > >> > >> Reinstalling everything from scratch is how I discovered it, so this > was a > >> helpful exercise. > >> > >> Tom > >> > >> On Jun 17, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Dave <e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Another option is to get a copy of 10.04 and install that (that should > >>> give you the format option). Then download the LinuxCNC install script > >>> and do the install via the script via an internet connection. > >>> > >>> I think I did that the last time I did a fresh install and that worked > >>> fine. > >>> > >>> Dave > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 6/17/2013 10:37 AM, Tom Easterday wrote: > >>>> On Jun 17, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Dave<e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I'm fairly certain that when you boot the liveCD and then choose to > >>>>> install the system that it goes through the normal Linux install > >> process > >>>>> that includes formatting the drive. > >>>>> > >>>> I am running the LiveCD install again and it does not give you the > >> option to format the drive in any specific filesystem. Just lets you > >> select a disk and if there is already something there it will > (presumably) > >> partition the disk and install them side by side. But, there are no > >> options, menus, etc to let you pick a drive format. So, I am installing > >> again with whatever the default is, probably EXT4.... > >>>> > >>>> -Tom > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > >>>> > >>>> Build for Windows Store. > >>>> > >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Emc-users mailing list > >>>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > >>> > >>> Build for Windows Store. > >>> > >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Emc-users mailing list > >>> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > >> > >> Build for Windows Store. > >> > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Emc-users mailing list > >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
