Graphing a HAL configuration

Hi Andy, I took your tip about looking into Rockhopper, so I could parse .hal.
I have all the prerequisites for Rockhopper, but I get stuck when i try to run :

I found that the .hal file did not include all the data needed to create the graph ( the datatype and dir of each pin)
I began to use halrun and halreport  to gather the data and decided to look into how Rockhopper did this.
but got stuck...
any idea's ?

(meanwhile i poke around the source code to see what the error means.)
(also,  I got popups and hover info and hyperlinks and subsheets working)

thx TomP

Sorry, can't really help. Rockhopper was something I was introduced to at Wichita (you were there too, I think) and I have never really looked at it in detail, just have been aware that it existed. It might be a long way out of date by now.

If working in master, the python hal library supports some possibly useful functions.

get_info_pins()
linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/hal/halmodule.html#_get_info_pins

Thanks for the tip. I know I can use the library because I recognoze the code is like what I wrote ( listOdicts in my code vs listofdicts 555)

tomp

Thanks Andy
I contacted PJensen at ancient tubeclock address.
I'll see if he gets the message
("dingly ping": DiscWorld)
tomp

I got parsing output of to create new graph automatically.
TODO allow multiple hal, bash. python, M1xx files to be aded to project dictionary.
Those can be data sources or sinks and normall y Hal doesnt know about them.
( Like a bash scripot that sets a signal or pin )
TODO: Spread out initial placement to make rats nest easier to work with.
(usinga grid suited to number of nodes ( ie: 3x3 or 5x5 etc)
TODO FilePickers
TODO a node editor to change the side where net enters
and allow changes to pin order in node (helps untangle)
TODO write to hal
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