[Emc-developers] Array HAL Pin Type?

2012-02-10 Thread Kirk Wallace
Can a HAL pin type be created for an array? I would like a HAL pin be able to handle a packet. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- V

Re: [Emc-developers] Technical questions for the developer's list?

2012-02-10 Thread EBo
On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:27:46 +, andy pugh wrote: > On 10 February 2012 19:08, Mark Haynes wrote: > >> Is it okay for me to ask this developer's list some technical >> questions I have about this project? > > Absolutely. > > You can _probably_ use hal_input to read your USB device, depending

Re: [Emc-developers] Technical questions for the developer's list?

2012-02-10 Thread Karl Cunningham
On 02/10/2012 11:08 AM, Mark Haynes wrote: > Next I am developing a new Non Contact Coordinate Measuring Machine > (CMM) and need to access some peripheral devices for my CMM over USB. > I am aware that USB is not real time but for my specific application > it does not need to be. Is it okay for m

Re: [Emc-developers] Technical questions for the developer's list?

2012-02-10 Thread andy pugh
On 10 February 2012 19:08, Mark Haynes wrote: > Is it okay for me to ask this developer's list some technical questions I > have about this project? Absolutely. You can _probably_ use hal_input to read your USB device, depending on if it presents a HID interface. -- atp The idea that there i

[Emc-developers] Technical questions for the developer's list?

2012-02-10 Thread Mark Haynes
Hello Everyone, First I would like to introduce myself. I am a Manufacturing Engineer and a self taught programmer. I've been working with CNC equipment for about 4 years. I stumbled across LinuxCNC a couple years back but just recently began using in on one of my vertical milling platforms.