I'm having trouble calling a subroutine from a separate file.

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06 Feb 2019 01:20 #125779 by bondglen
I have made many subroutines and have never had a problem calling any of them. But these new ones will not function when called from a separate file. If I include them all in one file, everything is fine.
I have 3 subroutines. I set a global parameter and call the first routine. The first subroutine calls the other two subroutines.
I can't get it to work. nothing happens. I am able to call other routines and they work fine.
It seems that the subroutine might be running in the background.
When I run the subroutine, the stop button becomes inactive, like the program has ended.
But changes on the digital I/O pins sometimes cause action!!?? (The subroutines read the digital I/O pins)
I can't figure this one out.

If anybody has any ideas, please let me know.

Thanks,
Glen

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06 Feb 2019 22:24 #125884 by bondglen
I gave up trying to make the new subroutines work. Went back to old files that previously work perfectly... they don't work! Apparently I have messed up something in my system.
I'm going to do a new install of LinuxCNC.

Glen

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07 Feb 2019 03:30 #125903 by Todd Zuercher
Where are you saving your sub files? Is it possible you could have changed the path in your ini file?

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07 Feb 2019 22:41 #125958 by bondglen
Ok, got it back to where I was originally.
No, the path is still good.
There seems to be some sort of critical requirements for the %.
If I don't use them, LinuxCNC will hang when I load the file.
If I use them at beginning and end of subroutine file, it doesn't work.
Some files seem to work well with no % at the beginning, and at the end use % and M30.
Got to have the M30.
These subroutines, all of them will work fine when executed with MDI. (% and M30 at the end)
I'm trying to find more info on file format for subroutines.

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08 Feb 2019 00:08 - 08 Feb 2019 00:21 #125965 by BigJohnT
linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/gcode/overvie...de:file-requirements

There is a big difference between wrapping G code with a pair of %% and using M2 to end a file.

Also note that the subroutine file name and the subroutine name must match and the file must be executable and I know I put that in the docs but dang if I an find it now. This is an example subroutine file.
(file somefile.ngc)

o<somefile> sub
G0 X2
o<somefile> endsub
M2

Edit: make sure the SUBROUTINE_PATH = /home/yourusername/linuxcnc/subroutines is a valid path in the [RS274NGC] section of the ini file.

Edit: call the subroutine file like this:
o<somefile> call
M2

JT
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08 Feb 2019 16:34 #126007 by bondglen
I think my path to the subroutines is set ok, because I have other subroutines that are called from a file and they work fine. All my subroutines are in the same directory.
What is the difference in calling from a file and entering the command in MDI?
From MDI everything works good, but when I try to call it from a program file it doesn't work.
The same program will call other subroutines without problems.

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08 Feb 2019 21:22 - 08 Feb 2019 21:23 #126018 by BigJohnT
Open a terminal in your subroutine directory and run
ls -l

The read write permissions are on the left and all executable files will usually be green name and other files white.



Subroutine files must be executable like somefile.ngc in the above screenshot.

JT
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09 Feb 2019 03:52 #126034 by bondglen
Ok, I made all files executable. It had no effect.
I took one of the subroutines that won't work and began cutting out several lines of code at a time and trying it. Normally, EMC just hangs after trying to load the file. I continued to cut out lines of code until it started working. Here is what I came up with.
o307 while [#5399 EQ 0]
This line of code doesn't work
if I change it to:
o307 while [#5399 NE 0]
it will load.
The preceding line is
M66 P2 L0
So the value of #5399 could be 0 or 1 depending on digital input pin 2.
Maybe I should change the code from EQ 0 to NE 1.
I think it has something to do with the digital input.

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09 Feb 2019 11:28 #126045 by BigJohnT
The while loop is working I guess but must not ever be equal 0. You can use a debug statement to see what the variable is just before entering the while loop. Axis for example will run the G code file to plot the path out so while that is going on and the variable is not equal to 0 the interpreter waits forever in the while loop. You can in Axis control the preview

linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/gui/axis.html#axis:preview-control

JT

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09 Feb 2019 16:30 #126062 by bondglen
Ok, I tried (AXIS,show) and (AXIS, hide), but they didn't do the trick, but when I used (AXIS, stop) everything started working. But no preview on the screen.
So I re-wrote the subroutine that reads the digital pins to get rid of the do/while loops.
The M66 code provides for a 'wait for high', or 'wait for low' on the digital input pins.
So I used M66 L3 Q5000, and M66 L4 Q5000 to get rid of the do/while loops and now have preview back.
Everything works great!
Many thanks, BigJohnT
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