can you add a measurement field and a go to button to emc2

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9 years 8 months ago #87818 by Pause22
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Thanks i am going to set it up using MDI to control it with G code for now but its not idiot proof,i would really appreciate it if you could give it some thought when you get time .Have a great holiday! thanks Sean

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9 years 8 months ago #88787 by andypugh
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Try this.

Pin 1 STEP
Pin 2 DIR
Pin 10 Home-Switch

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9 years 7 months ago #88807 by Pause22
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Thankyou i will look at it later today,What should i do with it ?

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9 years 7 months ago #88811 by andypugh
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Extract the file into your linuxcnc/configs directory and start it from the config picker.

I couldn't figure out how to make the entry box as big as the position readout, so it's all a bit ugly.

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9 years 7 months ago #88813 by Pause22
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I thought that was what i needed to do ,but when i try i get the message (squeeze cannot extract this archive type the application to support this is missing} any ideas ?

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9 years 7 months ago #88834 by andypugh
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I had very nearly as much trouble getting Squeeze to _make_ the archive file in the first place.
In the end I used the command line, and it appears that you need to do that to extract it.
Download the file then use the command
Code:
tar -xvf one_axis.gz
and you should end up with a folder that can be put in the configs folder.

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9 years 7 months ago #88865 by Pause22
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hi not having much joy extracting this ,i have the file in downloads i am right clicking it, then open with other app,then use custom command is that correct ?

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9 years 7 months ago #88866 by andypugh
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I think you will need to do it from the terminal. As far as I can see Debian is hopeless at creating or extracting archive files.
open a terminal
Code:
cd ~/Downloads tar -xvf one_axis.gz
Then you can move the folder using the GUI into linuxcnc/configs

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9 years 7 months ago #88873 by Pause22
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I don't know how but i managed to extract it,it looks really good ! thanks so much.
i will have a play with it later, do i configure it in stepconf ?

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9 years 7 months ago #88876 by andypugh
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No, that won't work as stepconf will over-write the whole thing

Either wire the step / dir / home as I described or hand-edit the HAL file to change those 3 pins.

If you look at the HAL file you will see there is almost nothing to it.

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