AXIS

NAME

axis — AXIS Machinekit Graphical User Interface

SYNOPSIS

axis -ini INIFILE

DESCRIPTION

axis is one of the Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) for Machinekit It gets run by the runscript usually.

OPTIONS

INIFILE The ini file is the main piece of an Machinekit configuration.
It is not the entire configuration; there are various other files that go with it (NML files, HAL files, TBL files, VAR files).

It is, however, the most important one, because it is the file that holds the configuration together.

It can adjust a lot of parameters itself, but it also tells Machinekit which other files to load and use.

ADDITIONAL INFO

The axis GUI exports several pins, which may be used to get its state and other uses.

axisui.jog.x (OUT,bit)
TRUE if x axis is selected for jogging in the GUI

axisui.jog.y (OUT,bit)
TRUE if y axis is selected for jogging in the GUI

axisui.jog.z (OUT,bit)
TRUE if z axis is selected for jogging in the GUI

axisui.jog.a (OUT,bit)
TRUE if a axis is selected for jogging in the GUI

axisui.jog.b (OUT,bit)
TRUE if b axis is selected for jogging in the GUI

axisui.jog.c (OUT,bit)
TRUE if c axis is selected for jogging in the GUI

axisui.jog.u (OUT,bit)
TRUE if u axis is selected for jogging in the GUI

axisui.jog.v (OUT,bit)
TRUE if v axis is selected for jogging in the GUI

axisui.jog.w (OUT,bit)
TRUE if w axis is selected for jogging in the GUI

axisui.jog.increment (OUT,float)
Current jog increment value set

axisui.notifications-clear (IN,bit)
axisui.notifications-clear-info (IN,bit)
axisui.notifications-clear-error (IN,bit)
Clear the different sources of error messages with Axis without using GUI

axisui.run-disable (IN,bit)
A disable bit designed for college use or similar.
All the functions such as touch off and jog will work, but a program cannot be started if it is TRUE.

Connect to safety door interlinks etc. to prevent un-guarded operation

HISTORY

BUGS

None known at this time.

AUTHOR

This man page written by Alex Joni, for LinuxCNC and is now part of the Machinekit project.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs via the machinekit forum at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/machinekit

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