Hi Gene, On Vancouver Island so other end of the country and about 4 days by road if one is not driving 24/7.
Thanks for the code fragment. Very helpful. I do have two buttons # **** Tag buttons **** net remote-rapid-to-Z-home halui.mdi-command-16 <= pyvcp.rapid-to-Z-home net remote-rapid-to-XY-home halui.mdi-command-17 <= pyvcp.rapid-to-XY-home And they are coupled to the system in the .INI file along with the pendant buttons as #16 and #17 in the list to create the G-Code for motion. [HALUI] # These are the commands for the HB04 and PyVCP screen buttons. # a halui hal pin is created for each MDI_COMMAND below # halui.mdi-command-00, halui.mdi-command-01,... etc # MDI_COMMAND=G0 X0 Y0 Z0 MDI_COMMAND=(debug, example: mdi-01) MDI_COMMAND=(debug, example: mdi-02) #03 M110: clears notifications MDI_COMMAND=M110 MDI_COMMAND=(debug, example: mdi-04) MDI_COMMAND=(debug, example: mdi-05) MDI_COMMAND=(debug, example: mdi-06) #07 M101: example print to stdout MDI_COMMAND=M101 MDI_COMMAND=(debug, example: mdi-08) MDI_COMMAND=(debug, example: mdi-09) MDI_COMMAND=(debug, example: mdi-10) MDI_COMMAND=(debug, example: mdi-11) #12 Set current physical X position to be 0 MDI_COMMAND= G10 L20 P0 X0 #13 Set current physical Y position to be 0 MDI_COMMAND= G10 L20 P0 Y0 #14 Set current physical Z position to be 0 MDI_COMMAND= G10 L20 P0 Z0 #15 Set current physical A position to be 0 MDI_COMMAND= G10 L20 P0 A0 # 16 pyVCP button Full speed to Z0 MDI_COMMAND= G0 Z0 MDI_COMMAND= G0 X0 Y0 If I understand the HAL file code then your mister is totally controlled by the slider. No simple button for ON/OFF? John > -----Original Message----- > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:ghesk...@shentel.net] > Sent: September-11-21 7:01 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Serial Port access > > On Saturday 11 September 2021 05:02:47 John Dammeyer wrote: > > > I'm still waiting for mine to arrive. Latest is that it arrived at > > Canada Post in Toronto. I'm going to guess it's going via surface > > from there to here. So another week. > > I take it you are sorta out in the toulies then? I got mine from ebay, > bought 4 of them knowing the limited lifetime of the silicon hose the > the pump squeezes with rollers. Its now been close to 2 years & about a > gallon of koolmist thru it, and 3 of them are still in the bag. About $9 > usd a copy on ebay. > But that was then, now I'll be 87 in a couple weeks. And alone again. > You're more than 20 years further along on this than I am. > > Not sure how to do sliders yet on the AXIS interface. > > Piece of cake John, the pyvcp .xml file snippet that draws them: > but there's a wagon load of stuff above it too. :o) > ======================== > <labelframe text= "mist motor speed"> > <vbox> > <hbox> > <spinbox> > <width>("5")</width> > <halpin>"mist-on-adj"</halpin> > <min_>.000</min_> > <max_>.025</max_> > <initval>.005</initval> > <resolution>0.001</resolution> > <format>".3f"</format> > <font>("Helvitica",12)</font> > <param_pin>0</param_pin> > </spinbox> > <spinbox> > <width>("5")</width> > <halpin>"mist-off-adj"</halpin> > <min_>.000</min_> > <max_>.250</max_> > <initval>.100</initval> > <resolution>0.001</resolution> > <format>".3f"</format> > <font>("Helvitica",12)</font> > <param_pin>0</param_pin> > </spinbox> > </hbox> > </vbox> > </labelframe> > ============== > then in postgui.hal: > ================ > # for mister pump motor speed ctrl > net mister-spdon <= pyvcp.mist-on-adj => timedelay.3.off-delay > net mister-spdoff <= pyvcp.mist-off-adj => timedelay.3.on-delay > ================ > then in the main.hal: > ================ > 6040-5i25-7i76-rs485.hal:addf xor2.1 servo-thread > # turns mister on/off > 6040-5i25-7i76-rs485.hal:net mist-on => xor2.1.in0 > # turn on pump motor speed control > 6040-5i25-7i76-rs485.hal:net osc-fdbck <= xor2.1.out => timedelay.3.in > # make speed timer oscillator > 6040-5i25-7i76-rs485.hal:net mister-out <= timedelay.3.out => xor2.1.in1 > ================ > and: > ================ > loadrt timedelay count=4 #.3 is mist motor timer > loadrt xor2 count=2 #.1 one is mist-ctl > 6040-5i25-7i76-rs485.hal:addf timedelay.3 servo-thread > # is mist oscillator > 6040-5i25-7i76-rs485.hal:net osc-fdbck <= xor2.1.out => timedelay.3.in > # make speed timer oscillator > 6040-5i25-7i76-rs485.hal:net mister-out <= timedelay.3.out => xor2.1.in1 > ================ > The xor2.1 is the on-off switch for te oscillator, interrupting the > feedback path when the mist button is off > > Note too, that depending on what else you already have in the .hal file, > the .number. may change. > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users