:Available from the vfs11_vfd directory in (someone's) GIT here, http://git.mah.priv.at/gitweb/vfs11-vfd.git/tree/master . I used a PC with Ubnuntu 8.04, EMC2 2.4.6, emc-dev installed, and the configuration from EMC2 from source, http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/emcinfo.pl?Installing_EMC2#On_Ubuntu_10_04_or_8_04_from_source . I have no idea if the drivers will compile and install with any other configuration -- time will tell. |
:Available from the vfs11_vfd directory in (someone's) GIT here, http://git.mah.priv.at/gitweb/vfs11-vfd.git/tree/master . I used a PC with Ubnuntu 8.04, EMC2 2.4.6, emc-dev installed, and the configuration from EMC2 from source, http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/wiki.pl?Installing_EMC2#On_Ubuntu_10_04_or_8_04_from_source . I have no idea if the drivers will compile and install with any other configuration -- time will tell. |
In this AXIS demo, the Modio features shown on the right of the screen just show evidence of the Modio signals. Usually, the signals would be connected to functions that may or may not show up on the screen when used in a real application. |
The configuration utility runs separately from EMC2 and is used only to change the features shown. pyVCP is very limited in flexibility, so there were many compromises to the layout, but it does serve the purpose. GladeVCP might be better, but it was not available at the time. The LED's show the current status of the registers in the Modio. The radio buttons setup the data that will be sent to the Modio registers by clicking the Write button. The LED's update after the write is complete. Some of the radio buttons are graphically inverted and LED colors changed for features that are initially FALSE with the factory default settings. |
The drivers are C files and can not be installed with comp. Each driver's files should be copied to their own directory, cd to a directory, then run "make && sudo make install" More documentation needs to be done.
cd ~/emc2/homann/modio_config halrun -I h_modio_config.hal #(plus settings if needed)
(Draft 2011/03/05 Kirk Wallace)