Manually controlling machine using EMC2?

I think this is the best place to post this, since it has got to do with machining.

Is there a way to manually move the machine using EMC2? What i mean by that is can i use the directional arrow keys on my keyboard, or any buttons on the screen (like on Kcam), to manually control the cnc machine using the stepper motors and driver?

I've read around that you can connect a usb gamepad and edit some of the hal files to control the machine with that, but, the only usb controller i have an a modified original xbox controller, that, on windows, uses open source drivers that are not signed by microsoft (meaning i jsut need to select "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement"). I've tried plugging in that xbox controller to my computer with linux, but when ever i edit the hal files, i get errors on the start up of EMC2.

Since using a gamepad isn't possible right now (unless i go out and buy one) I wanted to be able to just use the keyboard to control my machine.

Thanks.

i knew it must have been simple. thanks. can't believe i didnt see that.

EDIT, oh, i see now, i thought that was editing the feedrate for when running the g-code, not controlling the axis, cool, thanks

In step 3, it says: "In you .hal file (the main one)" <--- what main one?? you guys aren't explaining if its one of emc's system files, or the one in ubuntu/emc2/config/MYCONFIG/.

And if it's in that location i gave, then which is the "main" one, any could be the main one, the "standard_pinout.hal" or the "core_stepper.hal". How are supposed to know?

Thanks, help would be appreciated

EDIT: found more indepth tutorial

After making my own config using the creator i have a folder called "my-mill" containing files: "custom.hal" "custom_postgui.hal" "my-mill.hal" "my-mill.ini" "README" "tool.tbl"

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Step1

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----I run these 2 codes:

CNCMachineComputer@ubuntu:~$ halrun

halcmd: loadusr hal_joystick -d /dev/input/js0 -p joypad

----And it spits out this:

halcmd: <stdin>:1: execv(hal_joystick): No such file or directory

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Step2

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----I followed Step 2 and this is what i got in Terminal:

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=045e Product=0289 Version=0120
N: Name="Microsoft X-Box pad v2 (US)"
P: Phys=usb-0000:02:00.0-1/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:02:00.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/input/input4
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=event4 js0
B: EV=b
B: KEY=683f0000 400000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=3003f

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Step3

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----To make things simple, i used the exact same code as giving in the tut:

----In the my-mill.hal

" # for remote joypad
loadusr -W hal_input -KRAL Dual"

----In the "my-mill.ini" file in the [HAL] section i already have "HALUI = halui" so all is good.

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Step4

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EMC2 starts up and i get a big error log. Will post later (sorry if this is inconvienient

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Any help would be great.

Thanks.

Okay, making progress. now in: HAL Configuration>Pins>Input>0:
i have: input.0.btn-a
input.0.btn-a-not
input.0.btn-b
input.0.btn-b-not
input.0.btn-back
input.0.btn-back-not
...

Onto next step