QTplasmaC wont turn on

snowgoer540 wrote:

I wont have time to take a look at this closer until after work today. But here's what I noticed when I took a quick look on my lunch break:

Looks like you suspected something with the estop_latch component (based on the copy of the hal file and the commented out lines in the original version). That reminded me of this change to the QtVCP project back in June: github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/commit/38d2...fb0a4f5a3cbf21a3d622

Without knowing when the last time you updated was, I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

I notice that you hide the stop button, so you could try changing ESTOP_TYPE in the INI file from 1 to 0 to make it an indicator. I suspect it would show that it is not coming out of estop.

I am not super familiar with the ESTOP_LATCH component (or why you chose to use it). Knowing nothing about your system other than what I can see in the backup, you could try changing to the method below.

I am used to doing ESTOP this way (modified for your estop input):

# --- ESTOP-EXT ---
net estop-ext <= hm2_7i92.0.7i76.0.0.input-00-not

# ---estop signals---

net estop-out <= iocontrol.0.user-enable-out
net estop-ext => iocontrol.0.emc-enable-in


I am honestly not sure if you need -not or not, I will say that my estop is set up to provide input to the mesa card when the system is not estopped. (said another way for clarity, my system removes the estop signal when the estop is pressed). Use that to determine the "-not" need.

I should also note that I use a contactor and a "start" button to latch the contactor to power my system, and provide the +24v signal to the mesa input.

Hopefully that helps in the meantime.