Subroutine to wait for input using M66

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automata
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03 Sep 2011 07:08 #12923 by automata

Subroutine to wait for input using M66 was created by automata

I had this problem to wait for an input before executing the next line of gcode. like a punching machine / drilling mahcine.

This is a subroutine to to do that.

O<wait_for_input_fall> sub
  M66 P0 L2 Q1
  O<loop> while [#5399 EQ -1]
    M66 P0 L2 Q1
  O<loop> endwhile
O<wait_for_input_fall> endsub

Put this subrouting at the start of your Gcode file and call it as:

O<wait_for_input_fall> call

This will wait for input 0 to go low and keep re-checking the input at every 1s.

The changes made to the HAL file are to link motion.digital-in-00 to the input pin. In my case I am using the MESA 7i43 card and I want a time delay after the input is received..

HAL File....

#use halui to configure estop... and machine on
#
net estop-in <= hm2_7i43.0.gpio.047.in_not
net estop-in => iocontrol.0.emc-enable-in
#load a time delay...
loadrt timedelay count=2
#add the time delay function to the servo-thread
addf timedelay.0 servo-thread
#set the on-delays and offselays in seconds
setp timedelay.0.on-delay 0.25
setp timedelay.0.off-delay 0.0
net estop-in => timedelay.0.in
net machineon <= timedelay.0.out 
net machineon => halui.machine.on


# start the program...


# and step-program-input with mode auto
loadrt and2 count=2
loadrt edge count=1
addf and2.0 servo-thread
addf and2.1 servo-thread
addf timedelay.1 servo-thread
setp timedelay.1.on-delay 0.4
setp timedelay.1.off-delay 0.0
#connect andgate to step program edge
net step-program-input hm2_7i43.0.gpio.046.in => and2.0.in0
#and the input with machine on signal
net machineon => and2.0.in1
net step-and-machine and2.0.out => and2.1.in0
net modeauto halui.mode.is-auto => and2.1.in1
net step-program and2.1.out => timedelay.1.in
net progstep timedelay.1.out => motion.digital-in-00

PLEASE USE ABOVE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION and after understanding what it does... This is what works for me. Ofcourse I will also be changing this to make it better and am very open to suggestion to that same effect.

Regards,

automata

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03 Sep 2011 22:49 #12939 by andypugh

Replied by andypugh on topic Re:Subroutine to wait for input using M66

automata wrote:

I had this problem to wait for an input before executing the next line of gcode. like a punching machine / drilling mahcine.

This is a subroutine to to do that.
O<wait_for_input_fall> sub
  M66 P0 L2 Q1
  O<loop> while [#5399 EQ -1]
    M66 P0 L2 Q1
  O<loop> endwhile
O<wait_for_input_fall> endsub

I am a bit confused. Are you saying that M66 P0 L2 doesn't work properly?
M66 L2 is meant to wait P seconds for a falling edge on input Q. There shouldn't be any need for the rest of the subroutine.

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04 Sep 2011 06:51 #12946 by automata

Replied by automata on topic Re:Subroutine to wait for input using M66

Hi Andy,

I am not saying the M66 does not work. Infact it works perfectly.

The routine is to wait indefinitely for an input or stop / abort being pressed.

Although this routine keeps writing to the disk at 1s intervals (to the .var file). So it is a problem if you want to minimize disk writes (if you are using SSD's or Flash based devices with finite write cycles and hve not implemented read-only root file systems).

regards,

automata

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