One option would be to generate one big G-code file, with the
appropriate M-CODE to break it up, and an operator's comment to let you
know which section is coming up next.
1. The operator would get a message like:
(Prepare to carve Billy G's name)
2. Put the part in the vise and hit run.
3. The operator get's a message:
(Prepare to carve Billy G's nickname)
4. Flip the blank and hit run.
5. The operator get's a message:
(Prepare to carve Terry M's name)
and so on.
It would probably really mess up your back plot, but you could have
your program generate each individual section with indexed names, like:
Names001.ngc
Names002.ngc
ETC.
So you could preview what F-Engrave did, but also have your program
generate:
Names-ALL.ngc
for the actual cutting once you are satisfied with the g-code.
On 2/24/22 12:21, andy pugh wrote:
On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 01:42, Ralph Stirling
<ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu> wrote:
If you wanted totally automated, you could use linuxcncrsh.
I don't think that linuxcncrsh is appropriate here, that is for remote
connection. I would plan on running the controlling script on the
actual controller PC.
It looks like what I intend can be done with the python interface:
program_open(string) - open an NGC file.
auto(int[, int]) - run, step, pause or resume a program.
Though the documentation on "auto" could afford to be a bit more
forthcoming on what the parameters do, or are for...
(Looking at emcmodule.cc it appears that the first integer is the command:
#define LOCAL_AUTO_RUN (0)
#define LOCAL_AUTO_PAUSE (1)
#define LOCAL_AUTO_RESUME (2)
#define LOCAL_AUTO_STEP (3)
#define LOCAL_AUTO_REVERSE (4)
#define LOCAL_AUTO_FORWARD (5)
And the optional second integer is the start line for run-from-line )
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