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10 Feb 2016 04:52 #69911
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I'm working on building a Gladevcp panel to replace an old Pyvcp one. A couple of the buttons in the old panel were used to trigger a couple of Halui commands that in turn commanded a couple of custom M1xx codes to turn off vacuum clamping.
I worked ok, and i'm sure that I could make the Gladevcp work that way, or activate the M1xx codes directly. I'm just not sure that this is the best way to make it work. There just seems to be so many ways to possibly make this work. What are some of your oppinions of the best ways to get it done.
I think I would like to have some onscreen feed back of the state of the vacuum clamping. Also what are some ways to make this work, so that the clamping can be turned on and off regardless of linuxcnc's state kind of like mist/lube, but also be able to still use the custom M1xx codes.
I worked ok, and i'm sure that I could make the Gladevcp work that way, or activate the M1xx codes directly. I'm just not sure that this is the best way to make it work. There just seems to be so many ways to possibly make this work. What are some of your oppinions of the best ways to get it done.
I think I would like to have some onscreen feed back of the state of the vacuum clamping. Also what are some ways to make this work, so that the clamping can be turned on and off regardless of linuxcnc's state kind of like mist/lube, but also be able to still use the custom M1xx codes.
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10 Feb 2016 15:44 #69929
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There is a GladeVCP button type that can run a G-code command directly.
www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gui/gladevcp....d_action_mdi_widgets
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I'm working on building a Gladevcp panel to replace an old Pyvcp one. A couple of the buttons in the old panel were used to trigger a couple of Halui commands that in turn commanded a couple of custom M1xx codes to turn off vacuum clamping..
There is a GladeVCP button type that can run a G-code command directly.
www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gui/gladevcp....d_action_mdi_widgets
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10 Feb 2016 18:59 #69948
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But that still has to shift Linuxcnc into MDI mode, so you can't make a change during a run. Just trying to weigh all the options before i commit to one way of doing this.
What would be the best way to do this without requiring MDI, so that something can be turned on/off while in auto mode?
Maybe I'll decide MDI is the best way to go, but I'd still like to know how to make the other way work.
What would be the best way to do this without requiring MDI, so that something can be turned on/off while in auto mode?
Maybe I'll decide MDI is the best way to go, but I'd still like to know how to make the other way work.
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10 Feb 2016 19:20 #69952
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Halui requires the machine to be in MDI mode too (or, at least not in Auto mode).
What do the M-codes do?
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What would be the best way to do this without requiring MDI, so that something can be turned on/off while in auto mode?.
Halui requires the machine to be in MDI mode too (or, at least not in Auto mode).
What do the M-codes do?
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10 Feb 2016 19:51 #69954
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halcmd sets ...
The ones I'm working on right now turn on and off vacuum clamping for the router table.
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What would be the best way to do this without requiring MDI, so that something can be turned on/off while in auto mode?.
Halui requires the machine to be in MDI mode too (or, at least not in Auto mode).
What do the M-codes do?
halcmd sets ...
The ones I'm working on right now turn on and off vacuum clamping for the router table.
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10 Feb 2016 23:03 #69967
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Well, you seem to already be doing things the hard way...
Why not link the PyVCP pins of a toggle switch directly to the HAL pin that controls the vacuum?
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What do the M-codes do?
halcmd sets ...
The ones I'm working on right now turn on and off vacuum clamping for the router table.
Well, you seem to already be doing things the hard way...
Why not link the PyVCP pins of a toggle switch directly to the HAL pin that controls the vacuum?
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11 Feb 2016 07:22 #69981
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Perhaps look at ...
M62 - M65 Digital Output Control
linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode/m-code.html#mcode:m62-m65
and a OR2 in hal for your buttons.
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M62 - M65 Digital Output Control
linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode/m-code.html#mcode:m62-m65
and a OR2 in hal for your buttons.
Rick G
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15 Feb 2016 15:56 #70166
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Ok, I've made something that does what I want it to do. But I am not sure it is the best way to accomplish it.
I wanted a pair of radio buttons. (I like the visual feed back they give of the state of on/off.) Then I also wanted a pair of M-codes that could also turn on/off the same thing. And last of all I wanted the the radio buttons to change when the M-codes were used.
So when my vacuum was turned off, the "Off" radio button was active, and when the vacuum was on the "On" button is active. The only way I could think of to make it work was to create a hal pin in the gladevcp's python file and use that to change the set_active(True) for the appropriate radio button.
like this:Then using the hal pin from the hal radiobutton to actually trigger the signal to the propper out put pin(s).
It seems a little backwards to me to have the M-code trigger the the glade button, but I just couldn't think up another way that worked. (without using MDI for the Glade)
I wanted a pair of radio buttons. (I like the visual feed back they give of the state of on/off.) Then I also wanted a pair of M-codes that could also turn on/off the same thing. And last of all I wanted the the radio buttons to change when the M-codes were used.
So when my vacuum was turned off, the "Off" radio button was active, and when the vacuum was on the "On" button is active. The only way I could think of to make it work was to create a hal pin in the gladevcp's python file and use that to change the set_active(True) for the appropriate radio button.
like this:
def on_vacuum_state_value_changed(self, pin):
state = pin.get()
if state:
self.vac_on.set_active(True)
else:
self.vac_off.set_active(True)It seems a little backwards to me to have the M-code trigger the the glade button, but I just couldn't think up another way that worked. (without using MDI for the Glade)
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