Help with my plasma config

Hello,

What I have done is use pncconf to generate a basic config that with it I can use the arrow keys on my keyboard to drive around the plasma head.

Then I took the configs from gnipsel.com/shop/plasma/plasma.xhtml and attempted to modify them by comparing them to what pncconf made.

The important part (i think) of the error when I try to start linux cnc is

Debug file information:
plasma.hal:270: Pin 'thc.torch-on' does not exist
2165
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components


The relevant area around line 270 of my plasma.hal is

# spindle on starts the arc
net spindle-on motion.spindle-on => parport.0.pin-16-out

net spindle-on thc.torch-on

# starts the motion when the plasma arc has transfered to the work
net start-motion-input thc.arc-ok <= motion.digital-in-00 <= parport.0.pin-15-in


What file should I put the thc.torch-on pin in, and how should I parse it?

Thanks

Thanks.

I am trying really hard to be self sufficient in this endever but it is definitely stretching the limits of my knowledge.

I am now stuck at this error

shop@shop-desktop:~$ emc
EMC2 - 2.5.0-pre2-626-g402b6cd
Machine configuration directory is '/home/shop/emc2/configs/plasma'
Machine configuration file is 'plasma.ini'
Starting EMC2...
emc/iotask/ioControl.cc 751: can't load tool table.
Error: no pyvcp element in file!
Shutting down and cleaning up EMC2...
Cleanup done
shop@shop-desktop:~$

In my ini file I am calling plasma.xml, and the file exists.

# Highest value that will be allowed for feed override, 1.0 = 100%
MAX_FEED_OVERRIDE = 2
MAX_LINEAR_VELOCITY = 1
DEFAULT_LINEAR_VELOCITY = .025
PROGRAM_PREFIX = /home/shop/emc2/nc_files
INTRO_GRAPHIC = emc2.gif
INTRO_TIME = 5
INCREMENTS = .1in .05in .01in .005in .001in .0005in .0001in
EDITOR = gedit
PYVCP = plasma.xml
[/i]

and the tool table loading part


# tool table file
TOOL_TABLE = tool.tbl


But runing find / tool.tbl showed no results. Do I even need this?

the plasma.xml file is unchanged from
gnipsel.com/shop/plasma/plasma.xhtml


<pre>
<pyvcp>
<hbox>
<checkbutton>
<text>"THC Enable"</text>
<halpin>"thc-enable"</halpin>
</checkbutton>
</hbox>

<labelframe text="THC Settings">
<hbox>
<vbox>
<label>
<text>"Vel Tolerance "</text>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
</label>
<label>
<text>"Volts Setting "</text>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
</label>
<label>
<text>"Volts Tolerance"</text>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
</label>
</vbox>
<vbox>
<spinbox>
<width>"5"</width>
<halpin>"vel-tol"</halpin>
<min_>.01</min_>
<max_>1</max_>
<resolution>0.01</resolution>
<initval>0.2</initval>
<format>"1.2f"</format>
<font>("Arial",10)</font>
</spinbox>
<spinbox>
<width>"5"</width>
<halpin>"volts-requested"</halpin>
<min_>0</min_>
<max_>200</max_>
<resolution>1</resolution>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
<format>"1.0f"</format>
<font>("Arial",10)</font>
<initval>1</initval>
</spinbox>
<spinbox>
<width>"5"</width>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
<halpin>"volts-tolerance"</halpin>
<resolution>0.1</resolution>
<initval>1</initval>
<min_>0</min_>

<max_>10</max_>
</spinbox>
</vbox>
</hbox>
</labelframe>
<labelframe text="Arc Volts Status">
<hbox>
<vbox>
<label>
<text>"Under"</text>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
</label>
<rectled>
<halpin>"volts-under"</halpin>
<height>"20"</height>
<width>"40"</width>
<on_color>"green"</on_color>
<off_color>"red"</off_color>
</rectled>
</vbox>
<vbox>
<label>
<text>"OK"</text>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
</label>
<rectled>
<halpin>"volts-ok"</halpin>
<height>"20"</height>
<width>"40"</width>
<on_color>"green"</on_color>
<off_color>"red"</off_color>
</rectled>
</vbox>
<vbox>
<label>
<text>"Over"</text>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
</label>
<rectled>
<halpin>"volts-high"</halpin>
<height>"20"</height>
<width>"40"</width>
<on_color>"green"</on_color>
<off_color>"red"</off_color>
</rectled>
</vbox>
</hbox>
</labelframe>
<labelframe text="Status">
<hbox>
<vbox>
<label>
<text>"Velocity"</text>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
</label>
<rectled>
<halpin>"vel-status"</halpin>
<height>"20"</height>
<width>"40"</width>
<on_color>"green"</on_color>
<off_color>"red"</off_color>
</rectled>
</vbox>
<vbox>
<label>
<text>"Arc"</text>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
</label>
<rectled>
<halpin>"arc-ok"</halpin>
<height>"20"</height>
<width>"40"</width>
<on_color>"green"</on_color>
<off_color>"red"</off_color>
</rectled>
</vbox>
<vbox>
<label>
<text>"Offset"</text>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
</label>
<number>
<halpin>"offset"</halpin>
<font>("Helvetica",10)</font>
<format>"+4.4f"</format>
</number>
</vbox>
</hbox>
</labelframe>

<label text="Actual Volts"/>
<meter>
<halpin>"actual-volts"</halpin>
<text>"Torch"</text>
<subtext>"Volts"</subtext>
<size>150</size>
<min_>0</min_>
<max_>200</max_>
<majorscale>25</majorscale>
<minorscale>5</minorscale>
</meter>

<labelframe text="MDI Commands">
<button>
<halpin>"rapid-to-home"</halpin>
<text>"Rapid to Home"</text>
<font>('Helvetica',10)</font>
</button>
</labelframe>
</pyvcp>
</pre>



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did you just remove it from the .ini file? I have commented out tool_table and the Tool_change_... and it still complains

I found some lines in the plasma.hal that needed to be commented out to make the tool.tbl error go away, now I am just working on the pyvcp issue.