How to add inputs and outputs to iocontrol

What version of EMC are you running?

What are the inputs and outputs for? Perhaps there might be an easier way...

John

What triggers the outputs?

Are the outputs on the parallel port card?

Can you tell us what your trying to do?

John

If your wanting to do this with G-Code look at M100-199

www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//gcode_main.html#sec:M100-to-M199:

John

By "TCL" do you mean your using the TKEMC interface or is it another interface?

A physical button or a button on the screen that you push with a mouse click?

Have you looked at pyVCP?

John

kreshnik,

There are several ways to control a HAL output.

First, take a look at how halshow does it. If I remember correctly, it basically exec's halcmd, and pipes commands to it. Using this method, you can send "setp motenc.0.whichever_bit 1" (or 0) to turn a bit on and off.

Second, if you're not required to use TCL, you can make a simple pyvcp panel with a few buttons. Connect these buttons directly to the motenc pins in HAL, and you'll have a GUI that lets you twiddle bits directly. Use checkboxes if you toggles rather than momentary contacts.

You can also control some outputs using G-code, so you could (in some circumstances) use an MDI command to control them. This is probably not a good idea, but I figured I'd mention it anyway You can't use this method while a G-code program is running, for example.

- Steve