ini to HAL communication

can you post your hal and ini?

Here are my HAL and ini files

clive wrote: I'm a programmer, I'm used to writing my own variable names...

As a programmer you might be interested to know that you appear to have identified a namespace clash.

The spindle.N.on (etc) signals are created by the HAL "motion" component.

linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/man/man9/motion.9.html

But there is also a "spindle" HAL component that is intended to handle gear changes and spindle ramp rate control.

linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/man/man9/spindle.9.html

I wish that I could blame someone else for this, but it was I who changed the names of the motion.spindle.... pins as part of the introduction of multiple spindle support, and also I who committed a HAL component for spindle gearing support that had been sat uncommitted for several years without spotting the scope for confusion.

I will add an explanatory note to the documentation for the "spindle" HAL component.

In nearly every case you would want to look at the "motion" docs to understand the "spindle" pins.

You mean it's not my fault? Wow.

A long, long, time ago when I was a manager, one software engineer commented that whenever I visited his cubicle his code would stop working. :woohoo:

clive wrote: A long, long, time ago when I was a manager, one software engineer commented that whenever I visited his cubicle his code would stop working. :woohoo:

AKA: Sea Gull visit....

when the boss flies in, dumps on you and flies off...

Oops, I appologize. I got that totally wrong, didn't I.

This of course is not the motion man page:

Yes that is a HAL Pin that is defined. Although it doesn't seem to be a valid hal-pin in version 2.8:

linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/man/man9/spindle.9.html

rather it's this one:
linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/man/man9/motion.9.html

and here 'spindle.M.on' does of course exist.:pinch:

Sea Gull visits also include flying in, eating your food and defecating all over you. I never did that.

So should this work in my HAL file ?:
Do I need to make changes to the ini file too?

I'd like to get this fixed as soon as possible; the noise from the router is driving me mad...

Yes, that should work. My appologies again for the confusion.