Re: [Emc-users] Override (force) HAL inputs

2009-01-18 Thread John Thornton
Hi Thomas it is used on this page http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Simple_Remote_Pendant John On 17 Jan 2009 at 21:07, Thomas Kaiser wrote: > On the other side, the "or" suggestion from John looks good, too. > But I > could not get it working till now :-( > John, do you have a real

Re: [Emc-users] Override (force) HAL inputs

2009-01-17 Thread John Kasunich
Thomas Kaiser wrote: > > That's exactly what I was looking for. It works perfect for me, right now. > > On the other side, the "or" suggestion from John looks good, too. But I > could not get it working till now :-( > John, do you have a real live example for me? > The two approaches are signi

Re: [Emc-users] Override (force) HAL inputs

2009-01-17 Thread Thomas Kaiser
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > Thomas Kaiser wrote: > >> Hello All >> >> I would like to override (force) the input of the home switches for testing. >> >> I created a "checkbutton" vcp component which should overwrite the >> "both-home-x/y" signal: >> >> >> "x-axis-home-force" >> >> >> In t

Re: [Emc-users] Override (force) HAL inputs

2009-01-16 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Jeff Epler wrote: >You should go with John's proposed solution, using HAL realtime >components to perform the logic between the physical input and the panel >item. It's a much better idea than Stephen's. > > Heh. That is assuming that he wants an override for an attached machine function, ver

Re: [Emc-users] Override (force) HAL inputs

2009-01-16 Thread Jeff Epler
You should go with John's proposed solution, using HAL realtime components to perform the logic between the physical input and the panel item. It's a much better idea than Stephen's. Jeff -- This SF.net email is sponsore

Re: [Emc-users] Override (force) HAL inputs

2009-01-16 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Thomas Kaiser wrote: >Hello All > >I would like to override (force) the input of the home switches for testing. > >I created a "checkbutton" vcp component which should overwrite the >"both-home-x/y" signal: > > > "x-axis-home-force" > > >In the postgui.hal: >linksp both-home-x pyvcp.x-axis-ho

Re: [Emc-users] Override (force) HAL inputs

2009-01-16 Thread John Thornton
What you want to do is "or" the the inputs. http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//hal_basic_hal.html#r1_3_5 John On 16 Jan 2009 at 23:43, Thomas Kaiser wrote: > Hello All > > I would like to override (force) the input of the home switches for > testing. > > I created a "checkbutton" vcp compo

[Emc-users] Override (force) HAL inputs

2009-01-16 Thread Thomas Kaiser
Hello All I would like to override (force) the input of the home switches for testing. I created a "checkbutton" vcp component which should overwrite the "both-home-x/y" signal: "x-axis-home-force" In the postgui.hal: linksp both-home-x pyvcp.x-axis-home-force But this does not work. I