i'm sorry, but i'm not trying to get you to do any of this for me and thanks
for giving me this info. but i think i'm not reading the same docs

as i never seen any of these before. i don't mind reading thru these
or any info i get from this forum. and what i understood from the doc
i did read, what i had should have worked as i use the example
in the doc.(
www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/hal_pyvcp.html#r1_6_6).
in the example, it only shows what i used. but i'll continue reading.
i appreciate any help !
Thank andy !