Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal for HAL-based motion control

2007-01-31 Thread Ray Henry
Thanks for the quick response, John. "Flow control" is a great term for what our task planner ought to do for us. I have seen and can easily understand how each developer, when faced with an issue, in this case tool change, will think first about the portion of code they are most familiar with

Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal for HAL-based motion control

2007-01-30 Thread jmkasunich
Ray Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And I'd interpose a third way -- task. Both of the above approaches > using the HAL and the Interpreter have a good deal of merit within the > context of each system. What is missing from each is a system wide way > of describing the state of the machine

Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal for HAL-based motion control

2007-01-30 Thread Ray Henry
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Re: [Emc-developers] Proposal for HAL-based motion control

2007-01-29 Thread Kenneth Lerman
f Of Jeff Epler Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 4:40 PM To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-developers] Proposal for HAL-based motion control Is this the way we should approach sequences of motions for toolchanging and the like? Comments, please. HAL-BASED

[Emc-developers] Proposal for HAL-based motion control

2007-01-29 Thread Jeff Epler
Is this the way we should approach sequences of motions for toolchanging and the like? Comments, please. HAL-BASED MOTION CONTROL Often, it's desirable to command a sequence of motions outside of g-code. For instance, a number of movements may be required during a tool c