MPG in the MDI window

Now that I've been using linuxCNC for a little, mainly doing semi-manual operations, I've got new questions

I understand the reasoning (at least I think I do) for not having it but is it possible to have the jog (either by key or by MPG) active while in the MDI tab?

M

AXIS (and every other) screen puts linuxcnc into MDI mode when you call an MDI command. To use the MPG you would need to put linuxcnc back into manual mode. This is programmatically possible but there is not an easy way to do this as a user.

Chris

That's too bad
Many years of being able to type in single commands an use the keys/mpg without switching has made me spoiled
I'll get used to it
Thanks
M

Thinkiing a little more...What you could do if you really wanted that behaivor is build a gladevcp panel with a MDI edit line. With gladevcp you can use python to modify the behavior. you need it to record the current mode, switch to mdi, wait for the command to finish and then switch back to the recorded mode.

There may be more details to do it (and of course you need to learn about gladevcp and python programming) but it should be possible.

Chris

cmorley wrote:

AXIS (and every other) screen puts linuxcnc into MDI mode when you call an MDI command. To use the MPG you would need to put linuxcnc back into manual mode. This is programmatically possible but there is not an easy way to do this as a user.

Chris

I did this with my manual MPG. It had a yellow button on it that has to be depressed for the MPG to work as a safety mechanism. This button had its own relay so I used it to always select the correct mode. And yes Gmocappy switches to the jogging tab. It was really annoying before I did this as I had to go to the console and put it in the right mode...

My MPG has the green button on the side that I have to press to use. I was going to open it up and bypass it but maybe this is a better use. I don't think it has a separate relay though
Something I'll have to look at as it would be handy
Thanks
M