Manual Data Input (MDI)¶

MDI Interface¶

The MDI Interface uses a QLineEdit to enter commands. Three different ways can but used to enter the commands. Using the Keyboard, using a popup G code in a touch screen which can handle all G code entries and last a full popup Keyboard which can enter any valid command including DEBUG prints.

MDI Command Entry¶
Function	Input	Widget	Name
Enter MDI	Keyboard	QLineEdit	mdi_command_le
Enter MDI	G code Popup	QLineEdit	mdi_command_gc_le
Enter MDI	Keyboard Popup	QLineEdit	mdi_command_kb_le

G code popup window

Keyboard popup window

MDI history uses a QListWidget named mdi_history_lw to display the MDI history. You can click on a line in the history display to copy the command to the MDI Interface

MDI Controls¶

The following QPushButtons can be used to execute MDI commands, copy or clear MDI history

MDI Push Buttons¶
Run MDI Command	run_mdi_pb
Copy the MDI History to the Clipboard	copy_mdi_history_pb
Clear the MDI History	clear_mdi_history_pb

The MDI history is kept in a file named ‘mdi_history.txt` in the configuration directory.

MDI Button¶

MDI buttons execute a MDI command when the button it pressed and are created by adding two dynamic properties called function and command to a QPushButton.

Note

If the command property is not found the button will not be enabled

Select the button then create a dynamic property by pressing on the green plus sign in the Property Editor.