Building a chain driven Plasma table.

Currently I am Wiring up the control box.

I just upgraded to Linuxcnc 2.9 and use Qtplasmac.
Seems things are much more simple compared to Plasmac.

But no I am a bit confused.
So I updated firmware for the Mesa board 6i76e
Now how do I get The Thcad working?
I run the pncconfig. There are two firmwares I can choose from. 7i76e and one For 7i76e_7i76x1_Dpl
Which is the right one?

Or do I still have to manually edit some hal files?

Creative25 wrote:

I run the pncconfig. There are two firmwares I can choose from. 7i76e and one For 7i76e_7i76x1_Dpl
Which is the right one?

It probably doesn't matter if you are just running the 7i76E with nothing on the expansion ports.

Or do I still have to manually edit some hal files?

You might have to, but see how close you can get with the GUI configurator.

Thanks
The Configurator did make a hal file with entries for the thcad.

Is there I way that i can make the thcad show the voltage without connecting a plasma cutter?

Voltage is shown all the time, 0V if everything is set up properly when the torch is off.
If you have a THCAD5 or THCAD10, use a battery of 1.5 or 3 or 3,7 or 9V, it will show on screen but the value will be /scale.

Thanks for the info.

If I connect a 1.5 volt battery i can see the Led on the Thcad blinks faster.
But on Qtplasmac it always shows Zero

I Attached the hal file that was generated by the Configurator.

 

Screenshot of preferences?