On Friday 16 July 2021 14:52:33 Todd Zuercher wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Dobbins <tu...@hotmail.com> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2021 1:49 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] AXIS UI Jog > Button > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Be sure links are safe. > > >Yes. Keyboard and click on radio button both change so the Tool > > buttons refer to the correct axis. But Pendants don't seem to have > > that feature. John > > If a USB (or in this case a Ps/2) keyboard can do it, then somewhere > in the code for that, there must be a way to get any other device > connected by USB to make the same GUI updates. > > Or am I just being naive? > > Martin > > Mouse and keyboard inputs are handled very differently from those on a > pendant. The mouse and keyboard are part of the user interface and > get to Linuxcnc through Axis or what ever UI is being used. Pendant > inputs get to Linuxcnc directly through Hal. This has the advantage > of being real-time and independent of userspace hangups, but has the > disadvantage of not being easily tied into the UI. > > Todd
I had suspected as much, but in this case its (this jogging from a mesa encoder input dial) is all handled by hal, which IIRC sends it to motion, never getting anywhere near axis. So it would be totally dependent on motion telling axis, I think. > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
