move pyvcp buttons and displays to gmoccapy
08 Dec 2022 21:49 #258916
by piflixe
move pyvcp buttons and displays to gmoccapy was created by piflixe
Hi there! I am still very new to customising the LinuxCNC UI so I hope this question is not already covered by the documentation. Since I have installed a touch screen recently I am evaluating the more touch friendly GUIs for LinuxCNC. gmoccapy or probe_basic seemed like a good choice to me. I would like to move the custom panels created with pyvcp for the axis UI to gmoccapy (or probe_basic respectively). The custom panel covers some custom outputs, Z-touch off and spindle revolution and load. I got the impression that not only gladevcp but also pyvcp could be included in gmoccapy. But I could not find anything about the syntax in the documentation. So if someone could give me a hint I would really appreciate that.
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09 Dec 2022 00:55 #258950
by andypugh
Replied by andypugh on topic move pyvcp buttons and displays to gmoccapy
It is possible that gmoccapy only supports user tabs and not side-mounted panels. The docs don't say that (that I saw) but seem to suggest it.
You can always have the pyvcp panel free-floating and arrange things on screen to your liking (not sure how to keep it that way, though)
a plain "loadusr -Wn pyvcp ........(ie, the filename etc)" in the HAL file will open your panel.
Have you considered building exactly what you want based on Gscreen?
You can always have the pyvcp panel free-floating and arrange things on screen to your liking (not sure how to keep it that way, though)
a plain "loadusr -Wn pyvcp ........(ie, the filename etc)" in the HAL file will open your panel.
Have you considered building exactly what you want based on Gscreen?
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09 Dec 2022 07:46 #258972
by HansU
orBut that also gives you a free-floating panel. I don't know either if embedded pyvcp's are supported in gmoccapy.
Replied by HansU on topic move pyvcp buttons and displays to gmoccapy
a plain "loadusr -Wn pyvcp ........(ie, the filename etc)" in the HAL file will open your panel.
or
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09 Dec 2022 07:56 #258973
by HansU
Replied by HansU on topic move pyvcp buttons and displays to gmoccapy
But you can also consider using a modified AXIS version like presented here: forum.linuxcnc.org/21-axis/40659-axis-2-...f-old-friend?start=0 if you have put a lot of work in your PYVCPs. Otherwise maybe it's worth re-doing them to Glade or Qt. QtVCPs are supported in gmoccapy (see e.g. here linuxcnc.org/docs/2.9/html/gui/qtvcp-vcp...vcp:panels:cam-align)
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09 Dec 2022 10:23 - 09 Dec 2022 10:27 #258984
by piflixe
Replied by piflixe on topic move pyvcp buttons and displays to gmoccapy
Thank you all for sharing knowledge and ideas! I will evaluate the suggestions and post here what I could figure out.
Some more noob questions straight away:
Some more noob questions straight away:
- regarding the suggestion to create my own glade buttons: in the it says I shall set up the LinuxCNC shell environment with
Unfortunately I do not really know what to do with this. I can't find a file called rip-environment nor could I say for shure what is meant by <linuxcncdir>. I figured the linuxcnc command is in /usr/bin but there is no scripts folder there and also not in the ~/linuxcnc folder. I am using the iso install of the Linucnc 2.8 stable release.. <linuxcncdir>/scripts/rip-environment
- I saw that there are multiple documentations sites. If I call linuxcnc.org/docs/ the
, then there is /docs/html/... and /docs/2.6/html/ and /docs/2.8/html/ and so on. I would expect that the specified version numbers have the means of keeping the documentation alive for older releases while the link without any version number always refers to the current stable relase. Is this assumption correct? I found that some examples or explanations do not show anymore in the newer versions of the documentation - so do I have to assume they do not work anymore or has the documentation just been shortened to create a better overview? - I think with my very little knowledge about linuxcnc I could improve the documentation with some hints or explanations that might seem too obvious to experience users or developers. Is there a way or channel of making suggestions to documentation changes like a git or an issue tracking system?
Last edit: 09 Dec 2022 10:27 by piflixe. Reason: somehow the editor broke the syntax so I tried to fix in source mode
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09 Dec 2022 11:21 #258990
by HansU
Replied by HansU on topic move pyvcp buttons and displays to gmoccapy
to 1:
<linuxcncdir> is meant to be the source code repository, you can find here: github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc
But you can install glade-gtk2 and try to set up the catalog like I described here: forum.linuxcnc.org/gmoccapy/45856-spindl...capy?start=10#258756
to 2.
to 3: Yes, just create a Pull Request on github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc
<linuxcncdir> is meant to be the source code repository, you can find here: github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc
But you can install glade-gtk2 and try to set up the catalog like I described here: forum.linuxcnc.org/gmoccapy/45856-spindl...capy?start=10#258756
to 2.
Yes. Also linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/ = linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/ = linuxcnc.org/docs/ (until the next release at least)I would expect that the specified version numbers have the means of keeping the documentation alive for older releases while the link without any version number always refers to the current stable relase. Is this assumption correct?
Do you have a concrete example? Normally they are only removed if not supported/working any more. They also might have moved to another section.I found that some examples or explanations do not show anymore in the newer versions of the documentation - so do I have to assume they do not work anymore or has the documentation just been shortened to create a better overview?
to 3: Yes, just create a Pull Request on github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc
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09 Dec 2022 21:41 #259044
by piflixe
Replied by piflixe on topic move pyvcp buttons and displays to gmoccapy
short feedback from today's progress (only had 45 min unfortunately):
EMBED_TAB_COMMAND = pyvcp filename.xml works, but only if
EMBED_TAB_NAME and EMBED_TAB_LOCATION are also defined. The latter is a bit confusing in my opionion sind the pyvcp elements are opened in a seperate windows and not in the location specified. Nevertheless - this seems like a working solution (in simulation for now) and I am very happy about the helpful comments so far and looking forward to dive deeper into the other options.
EMBED_TAB_COMMAND = pyvcp filename.xml works, but only if
EMBED_TAB_NAME and EMBED_TAB_LOCATION are also defined. The latter is a bit confusing in my opionion sind the pyvcp elements are opened in a seperate windows and not in the location specified. Nevertheless - this seems like a working solution (in simulation for now) and I am very happy about the helpful comments so far and looking forward to dive deeper into the other options.
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10 Dec 2022 11:02 #259076
by HansU
If your screen is big enough for displaying the VCPs beside the GUI, you can also set the size and position of the PYVCP: linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man1/pyvcp.1.html
Replied by HansU on topic move pyvcp buttons and displays to gmoccapy
Sorry I implied this.EMBED_TAB_COMMAND = pyvcp filename.xml works, but only if
EMBED_TAB_NAME and EMBED_TAB_LOCATION are also defined.
If your screen is big enough for displaying the VCPs beside the GUI, you can also set the size and position of the PYVCP: linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man1/pyvcp.1.html
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