CONSTANT(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the CONSTANT(9) page from the HAL Component chapter of the manual. the name is constant, and its whole job is: use a parameter to set the value of a pin. that's it, that's the icon behavior. 💅

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

loadrt constant [count=N|names=name1[,name2...]]

🔥 FUNCTIONS 🔥

• constant.N — this one requires a floating-point thread. no cap, it will not play nice otherwise, fr fr. ⭐

🎀 PINS 🎀

• constant.N.out — float out. bestie, that is the out pin, and it is a float. periodt. 💖

🦋 PARAMETERS 🦋

• constant.N.value — float rw. read-write energy, so you can read it and write it, okay? ✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

John Kasunich. iconic. 👑

🌈 LICENSE 🌈

GPL. the license said what it said. 💜

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and that's the whole page, my love 🫶 — source/version: LinuxCNC Documentation, dated 2026-03-17, page CONSTANT(9). bye bestie 😭💖