Re: [Emc-users] Introduction and a couple questions

2015-02-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 7:03 PM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: So, for your practice conversion I would say to go with an eBay TB6560 board and the parport. You might want to see the board as a sunk cost that will be replaced later when you are in a better position to specify

Re: [Emc-users] Call a Python file from Axis

2015-02-22 Thread John Thornton
Does the python interface work inside of GladeVCP? JT On 2/21/2015 4:19 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On 02/21/2015 10:17 AM, John Thornton wrote: Just exploring the GladeVCP angle and I can not find a way yet to send output to Axis like I do with my G code Generators. The UI I worked on has the

Re: [Emc-users] Call a Python file from Axis

2015-02-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 February 2015 at 13:12, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Does the python interface work inside of GladeVCP? Yes. Or at least your handler file can use it. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto

Re: [Emc-users] Call a Python file from Axis

2015-02-22 Thread John Thornton
Well I sorta got the python interface to work but I don't see where I can send output to Axis, the only related command is to load a file and I get an error from that A file is already open can't open test.ngc JT On 2/22/2015 7:22 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 22 February 2015 at 13:12, John

Re: [Emc-users] Call a Python file from Axis

2015-02-22 Thread John Thornton
Well I guessed enough that I actually got the python interface to open the file finally... so I guess I can create a file then open it like ngcgui does. JT On 2/22/2015 7:22 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 22 February 2015 at 13:12, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Does the python interface

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.6

2015-02-22 Thread TonyZPP
I would also like to say THANK YOU to all the contributors of LinuxCNC for the tremendous effort they've made. It is much appreciated. I was wondering if the new moveoff feature will allow jogging and touching off during a tool change? That is, when the prompt dialog box appears saying what

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.6

2015-02-22 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 02/22/2015 02:52 PM, TonyZPP wrote: I was wondering if the new moveoff feature will allow jogging and touching off during a tool change? That is, when the prompt dialog box appears saying what tool to insert. No, moveoff does not let you change tool. It's only for moving the tool out of