How to assign hal pins to %I and %Q in classicl.

First attempt with classicladder and linuxcnc. Only programmed Fanuc ladder with faptladder earlier.

I have a general mechatronics pci-card running. In the gm.hal file i have started classicladder with:

loadrt classicladder_rt
loadusr classicladder
addf classicladder.0.refresh servo-thread

In the halmeter I can see all the signals from the gm card for example the emergency stop signal gm.0.estop.0-in.

How do I assign the gm.0.estop.0-in signal to a classicladder input signal for example %I0? If I try to write it in the symbols list classicladder only erase it and replace it with "No hal signal connected".

Thank's a lot BigJohnT. I read all classicladder forum post and discovered that.

But when testing that I realize that if I made a couple of rungs, save them, quit linuxcnc and then restart no rungs shows up if I open the classicladder. If I edit the clp-file directly all my rungs are there. Hmm strange. I could edit directly into the clp-file but then you miss the point with having a ladder diagram for visibility.
I will have to connect some switches and LED's to whats working and what's not.

Try save-as instead of save. I think save is broken.
Also you must specify the ladder program name when you load it.

loadusr classicladder myladder.clp

else it doesn't load any program.

Chris M

First I thought it was because I'm running 2.6.0 but same problem in 2.5.0.
Then I suspect ownership of the hal-file or problem with the searchpath but no.

Finally, finally I discover that the whole problem was due to me ending the filename with cpl instead of clp. Gaaaaah!!

Good night friends.