External Controls

USB Joystick Jogging:
    This allows basic jogging with USB devices.
    eg joysticks and keyboards.
    Its important to note that if the usb device is not
    connected when EMC is started, It will fail with an error.
    For a device to be usable there must be a device rule.
    To search for rules made by pncconf, click
    'Search for device rule'. It will list found rules and
    device names in the text output window.
    To add a rule have the USB device ready, click
    'add device rule' and follow the prompts.
    To test a device add its name to 'Device Name' and click
    'Test device'. This loads the device and halmeter.
    using halmeter click on a pin name and press buttons till
    you see the response in halmeter. Take note of the pin name
    of the buttons you wish to use for jogging / speed selection.
    When done close the dialog box. All the available pin names
    will be displayed in the text output window. Copy
    the wanted pin names into the appropriate boxes. Make sure
    they are copied exactly or EMC will fail with an error.
    When using digital control, jog speed selection uses two 
    buttons to select four speeds.
 
    no buttons                = default speed
    jog speed select a button = a speed
    jog speed select b button = b speed
    both buttons              = ab speed

    If you leave default speed at zero then you must press a
    speed select button to jog - which is a nice safety feature.
    If using analog control, jogging speed is proportional to 
    stick position. There is no scaling or deadzone setting.
    If needed this must be added in a custom HAL file. 
    USB jogging cannot be used with external button jogging
    because they both use the same HALUI pins.
    USB jogging uses HALUI and hal_input. For more info see
    the manual and man pages on these components.

External Button Jogging:
    This allows rapid jogging with simple switches
    Choose a single set of buttons, with axis selected 
    by switches, or separate switches for each axis.
    You can set the jog rate.
    The jog signal names must be designated on the mesa page.
    eg 'Jog X+','Jog X-' for separate buttons or
    'Jog Button Selected +' for selectable axis buttons.
    These signals are under the heading 'Axis Rapid' of
    GPIO input on the Mesa page.
    for selectable axis buttons signal names for the 
    select axis must be designated as well.
    eg 'Joint Select A'
    These signals are under the heading 'Axis Selction' of
    GPIO input on the Mesa page.

    External button jogging uses HALUI. See the manual for 
    more info.

External MPG Jogging:
    Allows jogging with a Manual Pulse Generator.
    Choose a single MPG - with axis selected by
    switches or separate MPGs - for each axis
    (TOUCHY requires a single shared MPG)
    Choose selectable jog rates or a single jog rate.
    (TOUCHY selects its own jog rates)
    If selectable jog increments is selected then
    there are 4 inputs used to select up to sixteen
    Jog rates. The bold face labels - Default, a, b, c, and d
    Allow simple switches (eg center-off or rotary) to be
    used without multiplexing complexities.
    The letters represent which signals need to be
    high for the jog rate.( eg abc) requires signals:
    jog-inc-a, jog-inc-b, and jog-inc-c all to be high for
    that jog rate to be selected.)
    The default jog rate is when no jog-inc signals are high
    This is also the rate if a single jog rate is used.
    Selectable jog increments uses the mux16 component which
    has some options to help filter the inputs.
    - use debounce: debounce is used on switches to help to
    ignore false on/off 'bounces' while switching. It asks EMC 
    to wait till the input is stable for the time choosen 
    (in seconds). the longer the debounce time the longer the
    response to input changes.
    - use gray code: gray code helps to avoid momentary out of
    sequence input errors do to transitional switch movements.
    each sequence in gray code only changes one input, unlike 
    binary coding.
    -ignore all inputs false: In the transition from one switch
    position to the next there can be no input connection for 
    a brief period. This will falsely set the rate to the default
    jog rate momentarily. This setting makes the mux not change
    the jog rate when all inputs are false. This also means the
    default jog rate is unusable. debounce is a better solution.  
    The 'jog incr X' signals will need to be designated on the Mesa
    page. These signals are under the heading 'Overrides' of
    GPIO input on the Mesa page.

External Spindle Override:
    allows spindle speed override to be set by MPG or switches.
    If MPG is choosen, one must choose the spindle override
    encoder signal in the Mesa page.
    if switches is choosen, one must select the apropriate
    overrides increment signals in the mesa / parport page.
    There are 4 inputs used to select up to sixteen override
    percentages. The bold face labels - Default, a, b, c, and d
    Allow simple switches (eg center-off or rotary) to be
    used without multiplexing complexities.
    The letters represent which signals need to be
    high for the override rate.( eg abc) requires signals:
    so-incr-a, so-inc-b, and so-inc-c all to be high for
    that override rate to be selected.)
    The default pecentage rate is when no so-inc signals are high.
    Selectable increments uses the mux16 component which
    has some options to help filter the inputs.
    - use debounce: debounce is used on switches to help to
    ignore false on/off 'bounces' while switching. It asks EMC 
    to wait till the input is stable for the time choosen 
    (in seconds). the longer the debounce time the longer the
    response to input changes.
    - use gray code: gray code helps to avoid momentary out of
    sequence input errors do to transitional switch movements.
    each sequence in gray code only changes one input, unlike 
    binary coding.
    -ignore all inputs false: In the transition from one switch
    position to the next there can be no input connection for 
    a brief period. This will wrongly set the rate to the default
    override rate momentarily. This setting makes the mux not change
    the rate when all inputs are false. This also means the
    default rate is unusable. debounce is a better solution.  
    The override increment signals will need to be designated 
    on the mesa page.

External Feed Override:
    allows feed speed override to be set by MPG or switches.
    works the same way as spindle override - see above.
    
External Max Velocity Override:
    allows maximum axis velocity override to be set by MPG or switches.
    works the same way as spindle override - see above.
    Max axis velocity includes rapid moves where feed override only modifies
    feed moves.