Thanks. Just trying to figure out how to add code to a tab in AXIS actually. Thought that might give me a hint.
To do that you will need to use GladeVCP or QTVCP.
There is an example here:
wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Hobbing
Download the ZIP file to see the code.
That is a tab in Touchy, but it would work equally well in Axis.
The trick is link events in the UI to code in the handler file.
For example, looking in the UI file we find:
<signal name="clicked" handler="inc_button" object="teeth"/>
(You would set this up in the editor GUI, not by editing the XML, but this is easier to paste)
Then in the Python handler file we have
Code:
def inc_button(self, label, data=None, mystery=None):
val = float(label.get_text())
name = gtk.Buildable.get_name(label)
val = val + increment[name]
if val > maximum[name]:
val = maximum[name]
elif val < minimum[name]:
val = minimum[name]
label.set_text(str(val))
recalc(self, label)
This is a slightly advanced example as this particular handler handles all the increment buttons, each of which passes it the name of the object that generated the event.
The spindle start button handler isn't passed any data (that it uses) but does look for a value in a separate control to get the requested speed.
Code:
def spindle_start(self, label, data=None):
if ok_for_mdi():
s = float(self.builder.get_object('spindle').get_text())
c.mode(linuxcnc.MODE_MDI)
c.wait_complete() # wait until mode switch executed
if label.get_name() == 'spindle_anti':
c.mdi('M4S%f'%s)
else:
c.mdi('M3S%f'%s)
Hopefully there is enough here to get you started? It basically comes down to specifying a handler file in the "loadusr gladevcp" line, and in the GUI editor associating GUI events with functions in the python code.
