Re: [Emc-developers] part program directories

2007-11-16 Thread Jon Elson
Ray Henry wrote: > Unless I'm doing something very wrong, the INI file variable for > location of part programs is completely broken. This seems to be true > for even the most recent stuff. Yes, I think this has been the case for some time. You mean the default directory when you open the browse

Re: [Emc-developers] return values from user-defined M codes

2007-11-16 Thread Alex Joni
You can use M66 as described here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/2.2/html/gcode_main.html#sec:M66: In TRUNK (latest CVS) analog inputs also work, in the 2.2.x version only digital inputs. (maybe this counts as a bugfix, as the code doesn't match the docs.. if jeff's ok with this, I could bac

[Emc-developers] return values from user-defined M codes

2007-11-16 Thread Bruce Madigan
Is there a mechanism to obtain return values from user defined M codes? For example, if M101 could obtain information about something that is not easily incorporated into the EMC system, but is readily obtained via something like a shell script, the execution of the ngc program could be controlled

Re: [Emc-developers] part program directories

2007-11-16 Thread Ray Henry
Ah okay. I have been copying the config. But I have also been changing PROGRAM_PREFIX to something other than ~/emc2/nc_files. It would seem after a bit more testing that I must be typing stuff into PROGRAM_PREFIX wrong. Thanks Alex. Ray On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 19:51 +0200, Alex Joni wrote: >

Re: [Emc-developers] part program directories

2007-11-16 Thread Alex Joni
The only thing I can think of that you're doing wrong is using a sample config :) If you select to create a copy of the config, and it gets copied to your homedir, the PROGRAM_PREFIX variable will be fixed to point to ~/emc2/nc_files Maybe it would be better if releases have a predefined PROGRA

[Emc-developers] part program directories

2007-11-16 Thread Ray Henry
Unless I'm doing something very wrong, the INI file variable for location of part programs is completely broken. This seems to be true for even the most recent stuff. Ray - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft De

Re: [Emc-developers] request for comments: new driver for the MesaNet 7i43

2007-11-16 Thread Mario .
Bloat or not, those are the whole libraries you should be grateful for. Completely pre-fabricated ;-) ... you wouldn't want to make them manually from gates on your own. On 11/13/07, John Kasunich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff Epler wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 01:48:21PM -0700, Sebasti