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pyVCP m5i20 HOSTMOT-4 test panel

For testing the servo-drives and all the electronics I found this test-panel for the HOSTMOT-4 conifiguration of the m5i20 quite useful.

It uses an XML file (iotest.xml) to define the pyVCP panel layout, and then a HAL file (pyiotest.hal) to hook up the IO pins of the m5i20 to the panel. I'm also using a shell script (iotest.sh) to start the realtime environment and run pyvcp followed by the HAL file automatically.

Compare this to my earler effort with the old VCP. Now with many more widgets in pyVCP I have better control of the DACs etc.

This was written by admin. Posted on Sunday, September 9, 2007, at 09:13. Filed under EMC. Tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

5 Comments

  1. Eric U. wrote:

    might be good to have a zero button on the dacs to stop things if they get out of hand. Very nice job!

    Sunday, September 9, 2007 at 20:51 | Permalink
  2. Tom Powderly wrote:

    Hiya!
    can i update the wiki with your new files?
    tomp

    Friday, September 14, 2007 at 18:40 | Permalink
  3. Administrator wrote:

    Hi Tom P,

    Yes, these scripts and the image are hereby released under the GPL, and you may add them to the EMC wiki if you want.

    Anders

    Friday, September 14, 2007 at 21:35 | Permalink
  4. Administrator wrote:

    this is now on the EMC wiki, here:
    http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?M5i20_Halvcp_Test_Panel

    Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 09:52 | Permalink
  5. TomP wrote:

    Anders,
    I updated the emc wiki page,
    and the link to my site has a comma in it,
    should be a period ;-)
    thx
    TomP

    Friday, December 14, 2007 at 15:00 | Permalink

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