By Alexander Richter, info@theartoftinkering.com 2022
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This is a little script to manage Toolchages useing the Hydraulic Head Revolver of an old Weiler Primus CNC machine I am retrofitting.
This software works with LinuxCNC 2.8, 2.9 and 2.10. For 2.8 however you have to change #!/usr/bin/python3.9 in the first line of arduino.py to #!/usr/bin/python2.7.
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edit headrevolver.py to find your tool.tbl file.
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make headrevolver.py executable with chmod +x, delete the suffix .py and copy it to /usr/bin
sudo chmod +x headrevolver.py
sudo cp headrevolver.py /usr/bin/headrevolver -
add this entry to the end of your hal file:
loadusr headrevolver -
you should now see new Pins created in your hal, which you can connect to your settings. Have a look at hal_example for reference.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA