Plasmac parport connections

I would be of great help if you post the base_config.ini file & it's companion HAL file. Followed by the files that are generated by configurator.py

i edited ini file and tried again it still terminated with error

The error message says it all. You are trying to connect a type float pin to a type bit signal.

The plasmac.arc-voltage-in pin is a type float which means you can only connect it to a type float signal.

The error is in file my_plasma_connection.hal which you did not post so there is little we can help with.

John

Exactly what John said. Give us the files that you are actually running as part of the config. So per the screenshot.

myplasma.ini
myplasma.hal
plasmac.hal
myplasma_connections.hal

Finally you give some info that is useful.
It seems the problem is that you are connecting a digital pin (pin 10) which only has a on/ or off state to a voltage pin which is a float type. This type has a decimal point. This is not allowed. This makes sense as a voltage can't simply be on or off when we need to measure what the voltage is.

So the problem really is with your design, not plasmac.
The question comes back to: How are you reading your torch voltage on parallel port system?
You have not actually ever answered that question clearly. You need to do that if you are going to move forward.

You may be able to use a different plasmac mode to work around this.

phoenix wrote: sorry for my arrogent behaviour earlier

is this right
or do i need to make any changes in ini and hal files of my base config
thanks
oppps sorry theres an out pin for torch on

Yes, you need an output pin for the torch.

You also need an input pin for the float switch.

As you stated earlier that you don't have arc voltage yet just put anything in there for the time being and after you have finished the configurator edit mythc_connections.hal and comment out the line referring to arc voltage then you should have a running configuration without arc voltage.