RS274(1)

NAME
rs274 - standalone G-code interpreter

SYNOPSIS

rs274 [-p interp.so] [-t tool.tbl] [-v var-file.var] [-n 0|1|2] [-b] [-s] [-g] [ input_file [output_file] ]

DESCRIPTION

rs274 Standalone G-code interpreter interface

Usage: rs274 [-p interp.so] [-t tool.tbl] [-v var-file.var] [-n 0|1|2] [-b] [-s] [-g] [input file [output file]]

OPTIONS

-p
    Specify the pluggable interpreter to use

-t
    Specify the .tbl (tool table) file to use

-v
    Specify the .var (parameter) file to use

-n
    Specify the continue mode: 0: continue 1: enter MDI mode 2: stop (default)

-b
    Toggle the block delete flag (default: OFF)

-s
    Toggle the print stack flag (default: OFF)

-g
    Toggle the go (batch mode) flag (default: OFF)

-i
    specify the .ini file (default: no ini file)

-T
    call task_init()

-l
    specify the log_level (default: -1)

EXAMPLE

To see the output of a loop for example we can run rs274 on the following file and see that the loop never ends. To break out of the loop use Ctrl Z. The following two files are needed to run the example.

FIXME: Some good soul please fix the whitespace for the examples below

test.ngc

    #<test> = 123.352
    o101 while [[#<test> MOD 60 ] NE 0]
    (debug,#<test>)
    #<test> = [#<test> + 1]
    101 endwhile
    M2

test.tbl

    T1 P1 Z0.511 D0.125 ;1/8 end mill
    T2 P2 Z0.1 D0.0625 ;1/16 end mill
    T3 P3 Z1.273 D0.201 ;#7 tap drill

command

    rs274 -g test.ngc -t test.tbl

SEE ALSO

linuxcnc(1)

Much more information about LinuxCNC and HAL is available in the LinuxCNC and HAL User Manuals, found at /usr/share/doc/LinuxCNC/.

BUGS

None known at this time.

AUTHOR

This man page written by Andy Pugh, as part of the LinuxCNC project.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs at https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Andy Pugh.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.