Machsupport Forum
Third party software and hardware support forums. => Galil => Topic started by: JmD on October 16, 2012, 07:54:15 PM
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Is it possible to read information from a Galil variable and place the result in a Mach3 macro variable (or some other place in Mach3)?
I've tried things like NotifyPlugins(3000) where Msg ID 3000 contains "MG _RLX" or just "RLX" or "DRO800=_RLX" (for which I found a suggestion in this forum - but that results - obviously - in an error from the Galil and DRO 800 just gets 0.0000).
///JmD
PS!
"RLX" is a command that reads the captured position of the X-axis on the Galil using the AL (Arm Latch) function. Obviously this is just one example of what kind of values I would like to get from Galil to Mach3, ie values that are not already taken care of by the Galil plugin, like positions etc.
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The notify commands are meant to pass values from Mach to the Galil, not vice verse. Unfortunately, there is no real interface to do what you want. :(
We do report the latched positions when in a probe move. So the plugin is taking care of that case.
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smurph - thank you for the reply - seems this question was either very uninteresting or wery hard since it was two months since I asked it. So I do appreciate your answer.
This seems to be a bit of an oversight - not beeing able to read variable values from Galil in to Mach3. There are certainly more than one situation where you would benefit from running a program "natively" on the Galil and then reporting some result back to Mach3. If there is anyone out there knowing of some hack that can accomplish this I would be more than greatful to know about it.
Meanwhile I wish you all a Merry Christmas and I guess eventually a Happy New Year as well.
Keep 'em chips flyin', folks!
///JmD
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