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Is there a way to keep track of overall machine hours/distance travelled?
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03 Apr 2022 09:28 #239139
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Is there a way to keep track of overall machine hours/distance travelled? was created by Twizzlermill
Hello,
I wonder whether there's a way to keep track of time and/or distance, not per job, but overall, like mileage on a car.
I'd like to keep track of it, mostly to implement a regular greasing schedule.
TIA
I wonder whether there's a way to keep track of time and/or distance, not per job, but overall, like mileage on a car.
I'd like to keep track of it, mostly to implement a regular greasing schedule.
TIA
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05 Apr 2022 20:16 #239379
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Replied by andypugh on topic Is there a way to keep track of overall machine hours/distance travelled?
It's certainly been done, but I don't know of a built-in way.
This is part of a possible solution:
linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/man/man9/time.9.html
Though I think I would use a simple Python HAL component connected to halui.program.is-running and spindle.0.on to count program hours and spindle hours.
This would need to save data to file on shutdown, then load the data back in on startup.
It probably should be a built-in feature.
This is part of a possible solution:
linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/man/man9/time.9.html
Though I think I would use a simple Python HAL component connected to halui.program.is-running and spindle.0.on to count program hours and spindle hours.
This would need to save data to file on shutdown, then load the data back in on startup.
It probably should be a built-in feature.
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06 Apr 2022 20:14 #239470
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Replied by biqut2 on topic Is there a way to keep track of overall machine hours/distance travelled?
Yes there is. I have a handy timer on my setting page in gmoccapy just for this. I'm away from my machine and computer at the moment but I can look it up once I'm back in the shop if needed.
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06 Apr 2022 20:44 - 06 Apr 2022 20:45 #239473
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Replied by HansU on topic Is there a way to keep track of overall machine hours/distance travelled?
We have done something like this here: forum.linuxcnc.org/gmoccapy/40709-gmocappy-clock?start=50
(scroll down to the last post)
(scroll down to the last post)
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07 Apr 2022 05:47 #239505
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Replied by itsme on topic Is there a way to keep track of overall machine hours/distance travelled?
Here is also a solution for tracking machine hours with axis:
forum.linuxcnc.org/38-general-linuxcnc-q...el-distance-for-axes
forum.linuxcnc.org/38-general-linuxcnc-q...el-distance-for-axes
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07 Apr 2022 13:48 #239544
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Replied by HansU on topic Is there a way to keep track of overall machine hours/distance travelled?
Sure, you can embed the VCP wherever you want.
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