Just spent a couple of hours playing around and have this pretty much working. I now have a modified version of the manual tool change script that stops the machine when you hit a tool change. After you have jogged and run any MDI, clicking on continue restarts the machine on the next line. Currently I have only tested in simulation as my lathe is still in pieces but it seems to work.
I am not sure yet how it handles spindle and coolant but if need be it would be trivial to track the spindle and coolant status. Two hours learning Axis and Python, 10 minutes of actual coding. I have to say, Axis is not the easiest piece of code to understand. Whoever decided to use single letters for important variables should have been shot. c.auto(emc.AUTO_PAUSE) is not nearly as easy to follow as something like emcCmd.auto(emc.AUTO_PAUSE). Les ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge conference! Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two days of sessions, one day of unconference: $250. Need another reason to go? 24-hour hacker lounge. Register today! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;215844324;13503038;v?http://opensourcebridge.org _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
