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Group: DynoMotion Message: 8690 From: Hugh Sontag Date: 11/19/2013
Subject: Cycle start from C program
1. How can I use a C program running on KFLOP to cause a GCode program in KMotionCNC to run? I want to monitor an input bit and start the GCode program when an external switch is momentarily pressed.

2. Is there a way to have a C program running on KFLOP select which GCode program is selected in KMotionCNC? I'd like to have several programs loaded in KMotionCNC files 1 thru 5, and be able to start different ones at different times from the C program.

Thanks,
Hugh
Group: DynoMotion Message: 8691 From: Tom Kerekes Date: 11/19/2013
Subject: Re: Cycle start from C program
Hi Hugh,

Regarding:

#1 - See KFLOPtoPCCmdExamples.c for  DoPC(PC_COMM_EXECUTE);

#2 - We don't have a way to select GCode Files from KFLOP.  A kludge workaround might be to use one big GCode Program with all 5 programs added as subroutines.  There is a capability in the GCode Interpreter to call a subroutine N times.  N could be a variable set by KFLOP as 0 or 1.  See the example SubroutineWithConditionals.ngc

Regards
TK

Group: DynoMotion Message: 8692 From: Hugh Sontag Date: 11/19/2013
Subject: Re: Cycle start from C program
Hi Tom,

Thanks for the pointers. I'm waiting for a replacement Z axis. I suspect that it's causing the faults.

Hugh



On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Tom Kerekes <tk@...> wrote:
 

Hi Hugh,

Regarding:

#1 - See KFLOPtoPCCmdExamples.c for  DoPC(PC_COMM_EXECUTE);

#2 - We don't have a way to select GCode Files from KFLOP.  A kludge workaround might be to use one big GCode Program with all 5 programs added as subroutines.  There is a capability in the GCode Interpreter to call a subroutine N times.  N could be a variable set by KFLOP as 0 or 1.  See the example SubroutineWithConditionals.ngc

Regards
TK