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09 Mar 2015 21:52 #56567
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Only of the loop is guaranteed to exit in a known time much less than the thread period.
Bear in mind that the code gets called every thread period. If it hasn't finished when it is called again then very bad things happen....
So, to "wait" in a HAL component you set a flag or timer, then check whether the wait has finished the next time the component is run. You don't wait inside the code.
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I'm thinking a while loop is what I should use. Does that sound right?.
Only of the loop is guaranteed to exit in a known time much less than the thread period.
Bear in mind that the code gets called every thread period. If it hasn't finished when it is called again then very bad things happen....
So, to "wait" in a HAL component you set a flag or timer, then check whether the wait has finished the next time the component is run. You don't wait inside the code.
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09 Mar 2015 22:20 #56570
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gotcha, so how do you determine the waited time amount?
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09 Mar 2015 22:24 #56571
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"fperiod" is a variable that is supplied in a .comp that tells you the period of the thread that the function is running in. You can therefore add or subtract "fperiod" from a static variable (or HAL pin) to track how long the wait has been.
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gotcha, so how do you determine the waited time amount?
"fperiod" is a variable that is supplied in a .comp that tells you the period of the thread that the function is running in. You can therefore add or subtract "fperiod" from a static variable (or HAL pin) to track how long the wait has been.
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09 Mar 2015 22:29 #56572
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is the timeout = 10 ten seconds? or ten of something else?
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09 Mar 2015 22:39 #56573
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"fperiod" is (floating point) seconds. "period" is nanoseconds.
www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/comp.html#_implicit_parameters
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is the timeout = 10 ten seconds? or ten of something else?
"fperiod" is (floating point) seconds. "period" is nanoseconds.
www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/comp.html#_implicit_parameters
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12 Mar 2015 01:51 #56709
by microsprintbuilder
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does this look right?
component ebox "electronic gearbox component";
licence "GPL";
pin in bit spindle-slow
pin in bit spindle-on-in;
pin out bit spindle-on-out;
pin in float spindle-speed;
pin out bit relay1;
pin out bit relay2;
pin out bit relay3;
pin out s32 spindle-gearbox-output-scale
pin out s32 spindle-gearbox-out-min-limit
pin out s32 spindle-gearbox-out-max-limit
pin in s33 spindle-gearbox-low-output-scale
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-low-min-limit
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-low-max-limit
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-mid-output-scale
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-mid-min-limit
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-mid-max-limit
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-hi-output-scale
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-hi-min-limit
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-hi-max-limit
int gear-called
int gear-set
function _;
;;
FUNCTION(_){
static int timer;
if (timer > 0){
timer -= 1;
spindle_on_out = 0;
} else {
spindle_on_out = spindle_on_in;
}
// determine gear required
if (spindle_speed >= 2500){
gear-called = 3
} else if (spindle-speed <= 1200)
{
gear-called = 1
} else
{
gear-called = 2
}
// determine if gear change required
while (gear-called <> gear-set)
{
spindle_on_out=0
if (spindle-slow=0){
wait
} else {
if (spindle_speed >= 2500)
{
relay 1 = 0;
relay 2 = 0;
relay 3 = 1;
spindle-gearbox-output-scale = spindle-gearbox-hi-output-scale
spindle-gearbox-out-min-limit = spindle-gearbox-hi-min-limit
spindle-gearbox-out-max-limit = spindle-gearbox-hi-max-limit
gear-set = 3
timer = 2000
} else if (spindle-speed <= 1200)
{
relay 1 = 1;
relay 2 = 0;
relay 3 = 0;
spindle-gearbox-output-scale = spindle-gearbox-low-output-scale
spindle-gearbox-out-min-limit = spindle-gearbox-low-min-limit
spindle-gearbox-out-max-limit = spindle-gearbox-low-max-limit
gear-set = 1
timer = 2000
} else {
relay 1 = 0;
relay 2 = 1;
relay 3 = 0;
spindle-gearbox-output-scale = spindle-gearbox-mid-output-scale
spindle-gearbox-out-min-limit = spindle-gearbox-mid-min-limit
spindle-gearbox-out-max-limit = spindle-gearbox-mid-max-limit
gear-set = 2
timer = 2000
}}}}
component ebox "electronic gearbox component";
licence "GPL";
pin in bit spindle-slow
pin in bit spindle-on-in;
pin out bit spindle-on-out;
pin in float spindle-speed;
pin out bit relay1;
pin out bit relay2;
pin out bit relay3;
pin out s32 spindle-gearbox-output-scale
pin out s32 spindle-gearbox-out-min-limit
pin out s32 spindle-gearbox-out-max-limit
pin in s33 spindle-gearbox-low-output-scale
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-low-min-limit
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-low-max-limit
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-mid-output-scale
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-mid-min-limit
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-mid-max-limit
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-hi-output-scale
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-hi-min-limit
pin in s32 spindle-gearbox-hi-max-limit
int gear-called
int gear-set
function _;
;;
FUNCTION(_){
static int timer;
if (timer > 0){
timer -= 1;
spindle_on_out = 0;
} else {
spindle_on_out = spindle_on_in;
}
// determine gear required
if (spindle_speed >= 2500){
gear-called = 3
} else if (spindle-speed <= 1200)
{
gear-called = 1
} else
{
gear-called = 2
}
// determine if gear change required
while (gear-called <> gear-set)
{
spindle_on_out=0
if (spindle-slow=0){
wait
} else {
if (spindle_speed >= 2500)
{
relay 1 = 0;
relay 2 = 0;
relay 3 = 1;
spindle-gearbox-output-scale = spindle-gearbox-hi-output-scale
spindle-gearbox-out-min-limit = spindle-gearbox-hi-min-limit
spindle-gearbox-out-max-limit = spindle-gearbox-hi-max-limit
gear-set = 3
timer = 2000
} else if (spindle-speed <= 1200)
{
relay 1 = 1;
relay 2 = 0;
relay 3 = 0;
spindle-gearbox-output-scale = spindle-gearbox-low-output-scale
spindle-gearbox-out-min-limit = spindle-gearbox-low-min-limit
spindle-gearbox-out-max-limit = spindle-gearbox-low-max-limit
gear-set = 1
timer = 2000
} else {
relay 1 = 0;
relay 2 = 1;
relay 3 = 0;
spindle-gearbox-output-scale = spindle-gearbox-mid-output-scale
spindle-gearbox-out-min-limit = spindle-gearbox-mid-min-limit
spindle-gearbox-out-max-limit = spindle-gearbox-mid-max-limit
gear-set = 2
timer = 2000
}}}}
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12 Mar 2015 05:16 #56715
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Rather than ask if it looks right, does it compile, and does it work?
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12 Mar 2015 05:39 #56716
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Haven't done that yet. I thought I'd ask to see if it's plausible. Instead I get my question answered with a question. Thanks for you help.
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12 Mar 2015 05:48 #56717
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It looks like it ought to work, except that you have relay 1 instead of relay1 (etc) in a few places. The pin names and variable names need to match exactly, and can't have spaces.
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07 Oct 2023 20:37 #282515
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Resurrected with mod approval
Microsprintbuilder , did you ever get this working right ? , I am doing a retrofit on a milltronics partner lathe with the identical spindle winding "gear" setup , probably even the same parts , im going to try compiling the last bit you posted and see what can be done with that , this board has no pm's so this is the only way to reach out.
Microsprintbuilder , did you ever get this working right ? , I am doing a retrofit on a milltronics partner lathe with the identical spindle winding "gear" setup , probably even the same parts , im going to try compiling the last bit you posted and see what can be done with that , this board has no pm's so this is the only way to reach out.
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