Pin 'spindle-enable' does not exist
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04 Feb 2021 17:27 #197664
by EragonPower
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Hello,
In a previous topic i was looking for a solution to my spindle VFD problem, to recap, my VFD has FWD and REV pins for controlling it, not ENA and DIR, as my mesa 7i76e, so i tried to reconfigure the pin outputs to work with FWD/REV in hal, the modification worked at first, AXIS started, but i couldn't try the VFD because i hadn't homed the machine(i haven't a CNC yet, it's coming in the next month, but i've started to build the electical panel any way), i've made this mod some days ago.
Fast forward to today, i've started AXIS from the Desktop and this error appared:
./CNC.hal:379: Pin 'spindle-enable' does not exist
i've looked through the .hal file for an hour searching for the problem, but i found none.
Here are the .hal and .ini files with also the crash report.
Is there anyone that knows what causes the problem?
Thanks in advance
In a previous topic i was looking for a solution to my spindle VFD problem, to recap, my VFD has FWD and REV pins for controlling it, not ENA and DIR, as my mesa 7i76e, so i tried to reconfigure the pin outputs to work with FWD/REV in hal, the modification worked at first, AXIS started, but i couldn't try the VFD because i hadn't homed the machine(i haven't a CNC yet, it's coming in the next month, but i've started to build the electical panel any way), i've made this mod some days ago.
Fast forward to today, i've started AXIS from the Desktop and this error appared:
./CNC.hal:379: Pin 'spindle-enable' does not exist
i've looked through the .hal file for an hour searching for the problem, but i found none.
Here are the .hal and .ini files with also the crash report.
Is there anyone that knows what causes the problem?
Thanks in advance
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04 Feb 2021 19:18 #197671
by Clive S
Replied by Clive S on topic Pin 'spindle-enable' does not exist
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Just say that the error is on line 379 in the hal file. I am not sure but the pin spindle-enable might have changed so use halshow to find the correct name.
Try just hashing # that line out to move on.
./CNC.hal:379: Pin 'spindle-enable' does not exist
Just say that the error is on line 379 in the hal file. I am not sure but the pin spindle-enable might have changed so use halshow to find the correct name.
Try just hashing # that line out to move on.
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04 Feb 2021 20:29 - 04 Feb 2021 21:07 #197679
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i've tried using halshow and the names are correct, i've hashed the line and the problem went to the line below
./CNC.hal:381: Pin 'spindleEnableMesa' does not exist
Edit: I've rewatched a video from swolebro on youtube(www.youtube.com/channel/UCRMLI3S0AFukV1tzX6Cl2Cw) and noticed that he wrote "motion." in front of "spindle-on", so i tried that and AXIS started. I'm not shore why that worked, maybe it's because spindle-enable is a motion pin, so it needed "motion." before it (motion.spindle-enable)
./CNC.hal:381: Pin 'spindleEnableMesa' does not exist
Edit: I've rewatched a video from swolebro on youtube(www.youtube.com/channel/UCRMLI3S0AFukV1tzX6Cl2Cw) and noticed that he wrote "motion." in front of "spindle-on", so i tried that and AXIS started. I'm not shore why that worked, maybe it's because spindle-enable is a motion pin, so it needed "motion." before it (motion.spindle-enable)
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04 Feb 2021 20:50 #197681
by Hakan
Replied by Hakan on topic Pin 'spindle-enable' does not exist
Simple mistake, you just have things on the line in the wrong order.
net <net-name> <pins>
you have
net <pins> <net-name>
net <net-name> <pins>
you have
net <pins> <net-name>
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05 Feb 2021 11:00 #197721
by andypugh
Which version of LinuxCNC are you using?
if motion.spindle-on is a valid pin name then you must be using an old version of LinuxCNC.
But from other things that you have said I suspect that what you have done is create a signal name in HAL called "motion.spindle-on"
The HAL "net" command creates a signal, to which you can then connect as many pins as you want.
But the signal name can be anything (including the name of an existing pin, but that's a really bad idea)
The pin names, however, must be pins that already exist at the time that the net command is executed.
And, on LinuxCNC v2.8+ the spindle on is "spindle.0.on" (or, spindle.1.on for the second spindle, and so on)
Replied by andypugh on topic Pin 'spindle-enable' does not exist
"motion." in front of "spindle-on", so i tried that and AXIS started.
Which version of LinuxCNC are you using?
if motion.spindle-on is a valid pin name then you must be using an old version of LinuxCNC.
But from other things that you have said I suspect that what you have done is create a signal name in HAL called "motion.spindle-on"
The HAL "net" command creates a signal, to which you can then connect as many pins as you want.
But the signal name can be anything (including the name of an existing pin, but that's a really bad idea)
The pin names, however, must be pins that already exist at the time that the net command is executed.
And, on LinuxCNC v2.8+ the spindle on is "spindle.0.on" (or, spindle.1.on for the second spindle, and so on)
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05 Feb 2021 11:56 - 05 Feb 2021 11:57 #197732
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I'm using Linuxcnc 2.8, at first adding "motion." made AXIS start, but now, it's now working again, am i missing something? I'm fearly new at linuxcnc, i don't have many hours working with HAL.
The problem is that AXIS gives a "Pin does not exist"
Update: I've remade HAL file through PnCConf, added and2 components, loaded them into the servo-thread, and connected the signals to the pins of the ands.
I was doing a big mistake, i was connecting the signals to the and2 using this structure:
net spindle-enable => and2.0.in1
the arrow wasn't needed an i wasn't specifing the pin, i've instead have used:
net spindle-enable and2.0.in1
When i've started using this structure AXIS started without errors and everything looks right
The problem is that AXIS gives a "Pin does not exist"
Update: I've remade HAL file through PnCConf, added and2 components, loaded them into the servo-thread, and connected the signals to the pins of the ands.
I was doing a big mistake, i was connecting the signals to the and2 using this structure:
net spindle-enable => and2.0.in1
the arrow wasn't needed an i wasn't specifing the pin, i've instead have used:
net spindle-enable and2.0.in1
When i've started using this structure AXIS started without errors and everything looks right
Last edit: 05 Feb 2021 11:57 by EragonPower.
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06 Feb 2021 10:37 #197821
by newbynobi
Replied by newbynobi on topic Pin 'spindle-enable' does not exist
LINUXCNC does support now more than one spindle, so the Hal pin name must be something like spindle.0.enable.
If I have such problems, I do comment out the entry in my Hal file. I do this with all stuff, that is not ok, until my GUI does start. Then I do open Hal show from the GUI and open the same time the Hal file in an editor. So I can compare the pin names from the Hal file and halshow. After correcting the names, I save the Hal file and restart linuxcnc.
Norbert
If I have such problems, I do comment out the entry in my Hal file. I do this with all stuff, that is not ok, until my GUI does start. Then I do open Hal show from the GUI and open the same time the Hal file in an editor. So I can compare the pin names from the Hal file and halshow. After correcting the names, I save the Hal file and restart linuxcnc.
Norbert
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06 Feb 2021 12:11 #197828
by bevins
Those two statements do the exact same thing. The => does nothing and is for visual enjoyment only.
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I'm using Linuxcnc 2.8, at first adding "motion." made AXIS start, but now, it's now working again, am i missing something? I'm fearly new at linuxcnc, i don't have many hours working with HAL.
The problem is that AXIS gives a "Pin does not exist"
Update: I've remade HAL file through PnCConf, added and2 components, loaded them into the servo-thread, and connected the signals to the pins of the ands.
I was doing a big mistake, i was connecting the signals to the and2 using this structure:
net spindle-enable => and2.0.in1
the arrow wasn't needed an i wasn't specifing the pin, i've instead have used:
net spindle-enable and2.0.in1
When i've started using this structure AXIS started without errors and everything looks right
Those two statements do the exact same thing. The => does nothing and is for visual enjoyment only.
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19 Mar 2021 20:33 - 19 Mar 2021 20:35 #202890
by Muzzer
I really don't understand how this spindle.0.on signal is generated and by what. Is it logically the same as spindle.0.enable in the spindle RT component man? I get the feeling that "on", "enable", "true" and "1" may all have the same effect.
linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/man/man9/spindle.9.html
PncConf has set up 3 PID instances for my lathe (x, y and s) but I can't see spindle being called. However, in the main hal file I have 3 connections to my spindle-enable net:
net spindle-enable <= spindle.0.on (where does this come from?)
net spindle-enable => pid.s.enable
net spindle-enable => hm2_5i25.0.7i76.0.0.spinena
Can you tell me where spindle.0.on connects? Many thanks. You will note that there is no "loadrt spindle" anywhere.
There are still various things not working here. The pendant connects up but doesn't control the Probe Basic GUI. I have some work to do here to understand what is happening.
Replied by Muzzer on topic Pin 'spindle-enable' does not exist
And, on LinuxCNC v2.8+ the spindle on is "spindle.0.on" (or, spindle.1.on for the second spindle, and so on)
I really don't understand how this spindle.0.on signal is generated and by what. Is it logically the same as spindle.0.enable in the spindle RT component man? I get the feeling that "on", "enable", "true" and "1" may all have the same effect.
linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/man/man9/spindle.9.html
PncConf has set up 3 PID instances for my lathe (x, y and s) but I can't see spindle being called. However, in the main hal file I have 3 connections to my spindle-enable net:
net spindle-enable <= spindle.0.on (where does this come from?)
net spindle-enable => pid.s.enable
net spindle-enable => hm2_5i25.0.7i76.0.0.spinena
Can you tell me where spindle.0.on connects? Many thanks. You will note that there is no "loadrt spindle" anywhere.
There are still various things not working here. The pendant connects up but doesn't control the Probe Basic GUI. I have some work to do here to understand what is happening.
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19 Mar 2021 20:41 #202892
by PCW
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All spindle pins exported by motion:
halcmd: show pin spi
Component Pins:
Owner Type Dir Value Name
13 bit IN FALSE spindle.0.amp-fault-in
13 bit IN TRUE spindle.0.at-speed
13 bit OUT TRUE spindle.0.brake
13 bit OUT FALSE spindle.0.forward
13 bit I/O FALSE spindle.0.index-enable <=> spindle-index-enable
13 bit IN FALSE spindle.0.inhibit
13 bit IN FALSE spindle.0.is-oriented
13 bit OUT FALSE spindle.0.locked
13 bit OUT FALSE spindle.0.on
13 bit OUT FALSE spindle.0.orient
13 float OUT 0 spindle.0.orient-angle
13 s32 IN 0 spindle.0.orient-fault
13 s32 OUT 0 spindle.0.orient-mode
13 bit OUT FALSE spindle.0.reverse
13 float IN 0 spindle.0.revs
13 float OUT 0 spindle.0.speed-cmd-rps
13 float IN 0 spindle.0.speed-in
13 float OUT 0 spindle.0.speed-out
13 float OUT 0 spindle.0.speed-out-abs
13 float OUT 0 spindle.0.speed-out-rps
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