gmoccapy macro pop up prompt

Hi,

I would like to have a pop up at the start of a macro that requires the user to click continue, like when starting a program and there is a pop up about load tool x and click continue.

This to to make sure the user has the correct tool in the spindle and any other things they need to do.

For example, I want to have a macro for surfacing the router spoil board.
There should be a pop up that says "Ensure 22mm surfacing bit is in spindle and there is nothing on the table" - then user must click continue.

Is this possible?

Thanks,
Nick

Hallo Nick,

why not use user message?
Gmoccapy hal pin, see section 5.8

Norbert

Norbert,

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping for something much simpler, like the "(MSG, It is done!)" in the macros already, but with a pop up requiring the user to click continue.

If a method like MSG or DBG does not exist, I will look at the pins as a way of doing it.

Using the message dialogs is quite simple, you can set the according hal pin using a cusom M code, like M100.
Do not forget to reset the hal pin after the user clicks OK, otherwise it will stay hight and the next time the message will not appear.

Norbert

newbynobi wrote:

Using the message dialogs is quite simple, you can set the according hal pin using a cusom M code, like M100.
Do not forget to reset the hal pin after the user clicks OK, otherwise it will stay hight and the next time the message will not appear.

Norbert

Hi Norbert, would you give an example of how to use this? I made the message to appear but can't make the program to pause.
Thanks!

Hi

I may no understand what you want. In my plasma configuration I need to sense probing errors and stop the Gcode program execution for operator intervention. So I use the (MSG, This Error) followed by an M0. The operator then hits the pause/run button to continue when the problem is fixed.

John

Want to do the same but from the user created messages, already made the program to pause and now need to know how to resume after pressing OK button.