Extra halpins for Touchy
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13 Oct 2017 09:00 - 13 Oct 2017 09:02 #100317
by InMyDarkestHour
Extra halpins for Touchy was created by InMyDarkestHour
Due to not having a touch screen and wanting a pendant &/or control that interacts with the toggle buttons on the touchy interface I've come up with these few snippets. I have no python experience, so I think I need some advice on the best way to attack this. Or am I barking up the wrong tree. The idea is to have a pendant closer to the machine or a control panel with buttons.
Create new halpins
Logic for halpin, just sends and activate signal to the button callback
So I can run touchy (in sim mode), use halcmd to send signals to the pins and the buttons seem to do their thing. There is a few changes in other areas I've had to make.
Create new halpins
self.c.newpin("select.fo", hal.HAL_BIT, hal.HAL_IN)
self.selectfo = 0Logic for halpin, just sends and activate signal to the button callback
selectfo = self.c["select.fo"]
if selectfo and not self.selectfo:
wfo = wtree.get_widget("fo")
if wfo:
os = wfo.get_active()
if not os:
wfo.set_active(True)
self.selectfo = selectfoSo I can run touchy (in sim mode), use halcmd to send signals to the pins and the buttons seem to do their thing. There is a few changes in other areas I've had to make.
Last edit: 13 Oct 2017 09:02 by InMyDarkestHour.
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13 Oct 2017 13:13 - 13 Oct 2017 13:14 #100325
by andypugh
Replied by andypugh on topic Extra halpins for Touchy
Using Touchy without a Touchscreen seems _slightly_ eccentric...
Touchscreens have become reasonably affordable now. It might be worth considering getting one.
However, I will be making similar changes to my own Touchy in the future as I want to be able to set jog speed with a knob.
I have already modified the FO and SO buttons to echo what the Halui inputs set. That might actually work better for you, switch count-enable in HAL and direct the jogwheel counts where needed.
I probably ought to discuss putting that change into the released version.
Touchscreens have become reasonably affordable now. It might be worth considering getting one.
However, I will be making similar changes to my own Touchy in the future as I want to be able to set jog speed with a knob.
I have already modified the FO and SO buttons to echo what the Halui inputs set. That might actually work better for you, switch count-enable in HAL and direct the jogwheel counts where needed.
I probably ought to discuss putting that change into the released version.
Last edit: 13 Oct 2017 13:14 by andypugh.
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