Re: [Emc-users] Startup file in Axis

[Gene H. <gen...@ve...>]

On Monday 03 September 2007, Jack Ensor wrote:
>I don't believe its here, cuz what I see in my ini file (Display
>section) is:
>
>############################################################################
>### # Sections for display options
>############################################################################
>### [DISPLAY]
>
>#+ Name of display program, e.g., xemc
>
>DISPLAY =              axis
># DISPLAY =              usrmot
># DISPLAY =              mini
># DISPLAY =         tkemc
># Cycle time, in seconds, that display will sleep between polls
>CYCLE_TIME =            0.200
>
>INCREMENTS =  0.0004 0.001 0.01 0.1
>
>#- Path/name of help file
># HELP_FILE =             tkemc.txt
>
>#- Initial display setting for position, RELATIVE or MACHINE
>POSITION_OFFSET =       RELATIVE
>
>#- Initial display setting for position, COMMANDED or ACTUAL
>POSITION_FEEDBACK =     ACTUAL
>
>#+ Highest value that will be allowed for feed override, 1.0 = 100%
>MAX_FEED_OVERRIDE =     1.2
>
>#- Prefix to be used
>#PROGRAM_PREFIX = /usr/share/emc/ncfiles/  Changed 7/7/07 to my folder
>PROGRAM_PREFIX = /home/jack/emc2/nc_files/MyStuff/
>
>#- Introductory graphic
>INTRO_GRAPHIC =         emc2.gif
>INTRO_TIME =            5
>
>
>
>I would expect to see a line denoting the .ngc file to load upon opening
>Axis, but I don't.  It always loads the demo file Axis.ngc and I don't
>see a line in the ini file that specifies it either.
>
>Jack Ensor
>
>Gene Heskett wrote:
>>On Monday 03 September 2007, Jack Ensor wrote:
>>>With the Emc2  stock setup using the Axis GUI, the startup file is
>>>axis.ngc.  Where is the startup file designated so that I may designate
>>>something else?
>>>
>>>Jack Ensor
>>
>>That's in the ~/emc2/config/method(stepper etc)/*.ini file, Jack
>
And, I miss-understood your question Jack, somehow I read it that you were 
asking how to change the control display, from axis to tkemc for instance.  
My bad.

I haven't run across the location that causes it to load axis.ngc myself.  
Perhaps one of the coders can illuminate us on this?

-- 
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