Getting Started - Setup / Download / Configuring
17 Nov 2014 22:44 #53173
by Askjerry
Replied by Askjerry on topic Getting Started - Setup / Download / Configuring
@BigJohnT
Thanks for the syntax... the file is not causing errors... but it's not doing anything either. The panel comes up, but the buttons are still non-functional.
The custom_postgui.hal file looks like this now.
Once we get the buttons functional... I need to find the names reference...
I understand gladevcp.btn_x_minus as I programmed it in Glade, but I need to find where the other names jog-x-minus and halui.jog.0.minus come from... so I can look up the JOG reference for getting the slider connected... and for the LED indicators.
For example... I know that the LED to detect the X-Home is called led_x_home and that it must connect with halui.?????? just need to find the references.
For now... what am I missing to activate the buttons?
...and I REALLY do appreciate the help!!!
Jerry
Thanks for the syntax... the file is not causing errors... but it's not doing anything either. The panel comes up, but the buttons are still non-functional.
The custom_postgui.hal file looks like this now.
# =================================================================
# Custom Post GUI - Net Connection File - November 2014 V1.0
# =================================================================
# The commands in this file are run after the AXIS GUI starts
# -----------------------------------------------------------------
# Be sure this follows the [DISPLAY] header
# GLADEVCP= -u ./hitcounter.py mypanel.glade
# -----------------------------------------------------------------
net jog-x-minus halui.jog.0.minus <= gladevcp.btn_x_minus
net jog-x-plus halui.jog.0.plus <= gladevcp.btn_x_plus
# -----------------------------------------------------------------
net jog-y-minus halui.jog.1.minus <= gladevcp.btn_y_minus
net jog-y-plus halui.jog.1.plus <= gladevcp.btn_y_plus
# -----------------------------------------------------------------
net jog-z-minus halui.jog.2.minus <= gladevcp.btn_z_minus
net jog-z-plus halui.jog.2.plus <= gladevcp.btn_z_plus
# -----------------------------------------------------------------
net jog-a-minus halui.jog.3.minus <= gladevcp.btn_a_minus
net jog-a-plus halui.jog.3.plus <= gladevcp.btn_a_plus
# -----------------------------------------------------------------
# led_x_home needs to go TRUE if the X-Axis is homed
# led_y_home needs to go TRUE if the Y-Axis is homed
# led_z_home needs to go TRUE if the Z-Axis is homed
# led_a_home needs to go TRUE if the A-Axis is homedOnce we get the buttons functional... I need to find the names reference...
I understand gladevcp.btn_x_minus as I programmed it in Glade, but I need to find where the other names jog-x-minus and halui.jog.0.minus come from... so I can look up the JOG reference for getting the slider connected... and for the LED indicators.
For example... I know that the LED to detect the X-Home is called led_x_home and that it must connect with halui.?????? just need to find the references.
For now... what am I missing to activate the buttons?
...and I REALLY do appreciate the help!!!
Jerry
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18 Nov 2014 05:42 - 18 Nov 2014 05:44 #53179
by Askjerry
Replied by Askjerry on topic Getting Started - Setup / Download / Configuring
Nah, they do not activate... they stay grey.
When I followed the pyVCD example, I typed in the XML, then put the code into the custom_postgui.hal and everything worked.
Here is the pyVCD sample screen shot...
I thought that if I used Glade to make the XML file... it would work the same way... but apparently not. It loaded... that's a start... and the latest configuration didn't crash the system... but it never activates. Not sure why. I asked another friend and he said something about needing to write a whole Python program to make it work. So I'm kinda stuck now. It's odd... because the pyVCD only needed two items... the XML and the lines I put in the custom_postgui.hal file.
Hopefully someone can take the ZIP file I attached in my last post and look at it... then find some minor thing I missed. But for now... I'm using the first configuration I built with a pyVCD set of Jog Buttons (image above)... right out of the manual... all I did was add in the A-Axis buttons.
I want to get the Glade version working... then learn how to do the MDI calls.
One step at a time I guess.
When I followed the pyVCD example, I typed in the XML, then put the code into the custom_postgui.hal and everything worked.
Here is the pyVCD sample screen shot...
I thought that if I used Glade to make the XML file... it would work the same way... but apparently not. It loaded... that's a start... and the latest configuration didn't crash the system... but it never activates. Not sure why. I asked another friend and he said something about needing to write a whole Python program to make it work. So I'm kinda stuck now. It's odd... because the pyVCD only needed two items... the XML and the lines I put in the custom_postgui.hal file.
Hopefully someone can take the ZIP file I attached in my last post and look at it... then find some minor thing I missed. But for now... I'm using the first configuration I built with a pyVCD set of Jog Buttons (image above)... right out of the manual... all I did was add in the A-Axis buttons.
I want to get the Glade version working... then learn how to do the MDI calls.
One step at a time I guess.
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18 Nov 2014 14:48 #53187
by Askjerry
Replied by Askjerry on topic Getting Started - Setup / Download / Configuring
I took a step back and revisited the pyVCP method of doing this... I was able to achieve all the functionality that I was going to do using Glade.
Building the panel was an interesting experience... but I program public safety radios... and all the export files are XML... so I kind of felt at home once I figured a few things out.
I wanted to share with the community... so I documented all my efforts HERE .
I haven't given up on Glade... after two days to get it working I'm sure I'll revisit it... but for now... I'm gonna tinker with the PROBE and put some intelligence into my setups.
Thanks for the help!!
Jerry
Building the panel was an interesting experience... but I program public safety radios... and all the export files are XML... so I kind of felt at home once I figured a few things out.
I wanted to share with the community... so I documented all my efforts HERE .
I haven't given up on Glade... after two days to get it working I'm sure I'll revisit it... but for now... I'm gonna tinker with the PROBE and put some intelligence into my setups.
Thanks for the help!!
Jerry
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18 Nov 2014 15:42 - 18 Nov 2014 15:44 #53188
by newbynobi
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