Re: [Emc-users] lowest cost in cpu to blink a pyvcp led

2020-06-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 26 June 2020 14:03:31 andy pugh wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 17:34, Gene Heskett wrote: > > loadrt message names="ZFault" messages="Z axis in Fault" > > > > setp hm2_[HOSTMOT2](BOARD).0.ZFault.edge 0 > > Surely the "hm2_[HOSTMOT2](BOARD).0." in that setp command is > extraneous?

Re: [Emc-users] lowest cost in cpu to blink a pyvcp led

2020-06-26 Thread andy pugh
On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 17:34, Gene Heskett wrote: > loadrt message names="ZFault" messages="Z axis in Fault" > > setp hm2_[HOSTMOT2](BOARD).0.ZFault.edge 0 Surely the "hm2_[HOSTMOT2](BOARD).0." in that setp command is extraneous? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium

Re: [Emc-users] lowest cost in cpu to blink a pyvcp led

2020-06-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 25 June 2020 22:14:19 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 25 June 2020 21:31:36 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 June 2020 14:27:11 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Wednesday 24 June 2020 13:22:09 andy pugh wrote: > > > > For an on-screen message: > > > >

Re: [Emc-users] lowest cost in cpu to blink a pyvcp led

2020-06-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 25 June 2020 21:31:36 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 24 June 2020 14:27:11 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 June 2020 13:22:09 andy pugh wrote: > > > For an on-screen message: > > > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/man/man9/message.9.html > > > > Thats exactly what I'm

Re: [Emc-users] lowest cost in cpu to blink a pyvcp led

2020-06-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 24 June 2020 14:27:11 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 24 June 2020 13:22:09 andy pugh wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 at 17:55, Gene Heskett > > wrote: > > > If I interrupt that signal path with an and2, and drive the 2nd > > > input with a timer set to be a 555 like oscillator >

Re: [Emc-users] lowest cost in cpu to blink a pyvcp led

2020-06-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 24 June 2020 13:22:09 andy pugh wrote: > On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 at 17:55, Gene Heskett wrote: > > If I interrupt that signal path with an and2, and drive the 2nd > > input with a timer set to be a 555 like oscillator > > It might be worth considering having a single "flash" and feed

Re: [Emc-users] lowest cost in cpu to blink a pyvcp led

2020-06-24 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 at 17:55, Gene Heskett wrote: > If I interrupt that signal path with an and2, and drive the 2nd input > with a timer set to be a 555 like oscillator It might be worth considering having a single "flash" and feed that in to a mux that drives the pins you want to flash. It

[Emc-users] lowest cost in cpu to blink a pyvcp led

2020-06-24 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; As I've said earlier, I have quite a bunch of pyvcp leds tallying this and that on the Sheldon's axis gui. One of them tracks the vfd & machine power, turning it green when the vfd and motors are powered up. is on. This whole circuit is controlled by a couple 40 amp SSR's so it