Gscreen - a GTK / Glade / Python based screen

Hallo Chris,

Dave and myself found one thinks we would like to discuse to convince you to change.

If you are in a tool shop you won't use a mouse if possible. But if you try to enter the settings page you will be asked to enter the code.

Unfortunately it is not possible to enter the code with a keyboard, are you able and willing to change that?

And I found that the grid size from gremlin is set in inch , independent from the machine units, is this the same bug we discussed already related to the velocity label?

Norbert

yes you need to add a couple of things.
calc.set_editable(True)
calc.entry.connect("activate", lambda w : dialog.emit('response',gtk.RESPONSE_ACCEPT))

To the Gmocca's system_dialog function.
so the text entry can be typed in and so pressing enter also 'presses' ok button

I think I will do the same to Gscreen.

As for grid size - I do not know that was a fairly recent addition to the backplotter for foam cutter application. I would need to check the source code.

Chris M

Hello Norbert,

I created another thread named "Tool Touch off with G92 and Fanuc Tool Patch" in the Gcode section of the forum, so as not to clutter up this thread.

I honestly think its just an issue with me not really knowing Gscreen fully yet and not knowing how to perform the touch-off, I'm just used to the touch off button in the AXIS interface.

Thanks

Rick

Well not really - Gscreen's touch table touchoff procedure could use some work I think.
Most of the problem is i have never done it. The lathe I used didn't have an on screen tool table and I forget exaclty how we did it, but it would be close to Norberts suggestion.

How would you like it done?

Chris M

Hello Chris,

That thread I made "Tool Touch off with G92 and Fanuc Tool Patch" explains its fairly decent, how we currently do it. As far as I know, based from what the operators have told me, thats how the other machines work, and pretty much all of the big industrial turning centers that they have run in other shops. I hate to say, but I have to agree with the gentleman that had to put a terminal in his breakroom for the crew to look at so they would except it. Our guys in the shop have been a little hesitant about the whole situation of retrofitting the machines, as the old saying goes " You can't teach an old dog new tricks". We finally got them to except the AXIS front end on our other machine that I finished a while back, the problem is we are setting these up with touch screens so axis isn't very friendly to fat fingers. We love the Gscreen front end and the operators have even said it looks a lot more comfortable to use, so their actually pretty receptive now that they see your screen. My boss has said many times that the G54 info is irrelavant to a lathe in our circumstance and it applies to milling for say milling multiple of the same part at the same time. I don't know if you could make it so when it see's "LATHE = TRUE" in the INI it could maybe make the ZERO ORIGIN or OFFSET ORIGIN button a "Touch Off" button and have it work and apply things the same way as "TOUCH OFF" works in AXIS. Any button really would work if would function the same way. Any R&D you need done we can do for you, we want to change this machine, the other machine thats been done, and 1 more lathe so far that we are going to retrofit over to linux with the Gscreen front end.

Thanks Chris

Rick

One thing I will say is that I dislike the way Touch-Off works in Axis.

The options to touch-off to the coordinate system (set machine) and touch-off the tool (set tool table) need to be more separate. The number of time I have touched-off a tool and moved the machine origin by mistake beggars belief.

I keep meaning to make it two different buttons.