Hi Andy!

On 24.08.2014 20:04, andy pugh wrote:
> On 24 August 2014 18:22, Philipp Burch <[email protected]> wrote:
>> So my question is: Is it possible to adjust dwell times while the
>> interpreter is executing a program?
> 
> Yes, there are many ways to do it, in fact.
> 
> What GUI are you using? You could easily add a GladeVCP or PyVCP panel
> to the GUI with a spinbox or knob in it.
> Alternatively you could connect up a physical knob that the operator
> could twiddle.

Up to here, I already wanted to complain and say that it should work
without need to stop the program. I'm glad that I read your whole post
first ;)

> 
> In either case the G-code then needs to read the pause time in from
> HAL then use it.
> 
> You would conventionally use M66 to get the value from HAL, but in 2.6
> it is possible to read hal pins directly in G-code if you set up an
> INI switch to enable that.
> 

Hey, that sounds like a great idea! I somehow didn't even consider to
make my G code dynamic in such a way, but that's definitely a good
option. Thanks for the hint!

Cheers,
Philipp

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