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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.

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5 Responses to “pyVCP m5i20 HOSTMOT-4 test panel”

  1. Eric U. Says:
    September 9th, 2007 at 20:51

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

  2. Tom Powderly Says:
    September 14th, 2007 at 18:40

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

  3. Administrator Says:
    September 14th, 2007 at 21:35

    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

  4. Administrator Says:
    September 25th, 2007 at 9:52

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

  5. TomP Says:
    December 14th, 2007 at 15:00

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