I know that this is an old thread, but it definitely has promise and i stumbled across it a while ago, but just now started to work on it. I really like the idea of being able to change the pendant to suit my needs.
But i am having a few problems getting this going and i was curious if there have been some major changes between 2.7 and 2.8 that affect this project.?
first, i cant compile or install the comp as it is. i keep getting the following errors:
Code:
sudo halcompile --install serialcon2.c
Compiling realtime serialcon2.c
serialcon2.c: In function ‘__comp_parse_count’:
serialcon2.c:85:13: error: ‘count’ undeclared (first use in this function)
count = strtoul(&argv[i][6], NULL, 0);
^~~~~
serialcon2.c:85:13: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
serialcon2.c: In function ‘__comp_parse_names’:
serialcon2.c:112:17: error: ‘names’ undeclared (first use in this function)
names[j] = strtok(p, ",");
^~~~~
/usr/share/linuxcnc/Makefile.modinc:113: recipe for target 'serialcon2.o' failed
make: *** [serialcon2.o] Error 1
and after i updated
Code:
gcc -Os -g -I. -I/build/linuxcnc-2.9.0~pre0.569.gae6e7e00a/src/include -DUSPACE -fno-fast-math -mieee-fp -fno-unsafe-math-optimizations -DRTAPI -D_GNU_SOURCE -Drealtime -D__MODULE__ -I/usr/include/linuxcnc -Wframe-larger-than=2560 -DSIM -fPIC -URTAPI -U__MODULE__ -DULAPI -Os -o serialcon2 /tmp/tmprpPLCd/serialcon2.c -Wl,-rpath,/lib -L/lib -llinuxcnchal
/tmp/tmprpPLCd/serialcon2.c: In function ‘__comp_parse_count’:
/tmp/tmprpPLCd/serialcon2.c:85:13: error: ‘count’ undeclared (first use in this function)
count = strtoul(&argv[i][6], NULL, 0);
^~~~~
/tmp/tmprpPLCd/serialcon2.c:85:13: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
/tmp/tmprpPLCd/serialcon2.c: In function ‘__comp_parse_names’:
/tmp/tmprpPLCd/serialcon2.c:112:17: error: ‘names’ undeclared (first use in this function)
names[j] = strtok(p, ",");
^~~~~
Makefile:2: recipe for target 'serialcon2' failed
make: *** [serialcon2] Error 1
BUT.... if i comment out the singleton directive, then i can compile an install, and then it will load fine.
the other issue with it which caused me grief is that i had to change
Code:
net Xposition halui.axis.0.pos-relative serialcon.xposition
to
Code:
net Xposition halui.axis.0.pos-relative serialcon.0.xposition
is that because my machine is using joints/axes?
and then finally, on the arduino side, i am gettin constant gibberish for the axes display, even when the machine is sitting still. i can manually send updates to the arduino and it is parsed just fine, but when hooked up to the machine the display is constantly flashing random numbers and an occasional 'X', 'Y' or 'Z'. Pretty sure that if machine isnt moving, neither should the position data... maybe its sending random line endings or something? Anybody have a way to find out what is being sent?
and finally, one last question. i originally tried to use a pro micro because with the atmega32u4, it has native usb and i had hopes of maybe using HID commands instead of sending them via serial, but they tend to be rather fickle (and they come up as /dev/ttyACM0 also, which linuxcnc doesnt seem to like) so i switched to a nano which seems to work better, but no native usb (ch340g instead). i dont know how linux handles usb connections, but when i plug it in, it comes up as ttyUSB0. that works ok. but if i have linuxcnc running and it accidentally gets unplugged, then it comes up as ttyUSB1 when i plug it back in and i lose communication. Does linux lock the connection when it is established and thinks this is a new device? that would be a disaster if it got unplugged in the middle of a job and not be able to reconnect...
anyway thanks in advance and ArcEye this is brilliant! im glad there are smarter heads than mine out there and any advice would be greatly appreciated!
