[Emc-users] display to hal

2007-03-12 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, This is working too good. Is it possible to include spindle and feed selection buttons? This would allow me to select x jog, y jog, z jog, spindle override, feed override from the screen and eliminate a 6 position switch from the panel. As it is I can get by with a two postition switc

[Emc-users] display to hal

2007-03-11 Thread Stuart Stevenson
John, Yes, I typed it. Steve, Thank you very much. It is working. Stuart - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT &

Re: [Emc-users] display to hal connection

2007-03-10 Thread John Kasunich
Stuart Stevenson wrote: > When I tried 'linksp > joginc axisui.jog.increment' I get HAL: 84: ERROR; pins ' > axisis.jog.increment' not found. Did you paste the error message into the email, or hand type it? The reason I ask is because the error message in the email says "axisis". If thats a typ

Re: [Emc-users] display to hal connection

2007-03-10 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Stuart, The config files should work fine. You need to put the connections to AXIS in a separate hal file, and load that file with a line in the ini file as follows: [HAL] POSTGUI_HALFILE = my_hal_file.hal It needs to be done this way because the display program isn't loaded until after the c

[Emc-users] display to hal connection

2007-03-10 Thread Stuart Stevenson
I downloaded the emc2-head, compiled and tried the pin connections. Without changing my config files the pins show up in halshow. When I tried 'linksp joginc axisui.jog.increment' I get HAL: 84: ERROR; pins ' axisis.jog.increment' not found. What have I missed? The config files I used are from 2.1

Re: [Emc-users] display to hal connection

2007-03-10 Thread Jeff Epler
Unfortunately, this new feature builds on other new features added since emc 2.1 was released, so there is no simple way to add only this one feature to emc 2.1. You can try the development version by downloading the source and building it yourself, but it can be unstable at times since it is unde

[Emc-users] display to hal connection

2007-03-10 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Thank you for the quick response. Would I be able to compile the new code with my 2.1 install? If so, where would I get it? What would be the problem/s associated with using the development version on my machine? Stuart - Take