Work with probe

gizmo6023 wrote: max_feed_override = float(inifile.find("DISPLAY", "MAX_FEED_OVERRIDE"))
TypeError: float() argument must be a string or a number

What is the entry in MAX_FEED_OVERRIDE in the INI? (perhaps it is blank?)

andypugh wrote:

gizmo6023 wrote: max_feed_override = float(inifile.find("DISPLAY", "MAX_FEED_OVERRIDE"))
TypeError: float() argument must be a string or a number

What is the entry in MAX_FEED_OVERRIDE in the INI? (perhaps it is blank?)

this is the line from my .ini
MAX_FEED_OVERRIDE = 1.2

Odd.
Do you have a text editor that allows you to turn on visibility of invisible characters?
I wonder if there is something wierd on that line.

You could try deleting it and re-typing it.

andypugh wrote: Odd.
Do you have a text editor that allows you to turn on visibility of invisible characters?
I wonder if there is something wierd on that line.

You could try deleting it and re-typing it.

I do not think my editor is that sophisticated but but not sure, Linux is a foreign language to me at the moment, only been using it for a little over a month while attempting to get my machine running.

I deleted and re entered the value in the .ini and get the same error message.

The only difference between the working and broken .ini files are the lines from Verser's install instructions.

broken ini:
# Generated by stepconf 1.1 at Mon Mar 14 19:49:20 2016
# If you make changes to this file, they will be
# overwritten when you run stepconf again

[EMC]
MACHINE = ShopFoxMill
DEBUG = 0

[DISPLAY]
DISPLAY = axis
EMBED_TAB_NAME=Probe Screen
EMBED_TAB_COMMAND=halcmd loadusr -Wn gladevcp gladevcp -c gladevcp -u python/probe_screen.py -x {XID} probe_icons/probe_screen.glade
[RS274NGC]
FEATURES=30
SUBROUTINE_PATH = home/dave/linuxcnc/configs/subroutines
[TOOLSENSOR]
# Control probe rapid feed
RAPID_SPEED = 600
EDITOR = gedit
POSITION_OFFSET = RELATIVE
POSITION_FEEDBACK = ACTUAL
ARCDIVISION = 64
GRIDS = 10mm 20mm 50mm 100mm 1in 2in 5in 10in
MAX_FEED_OVERRIDE = 1.2



vs working .ini:

# Generated by stepconf 1.1 at Mon Mar 14 19:49:20 2016
# If you make changes to this file, they will be
# overwritten when you run stepconf again

[EMC]
MACHINE = ShopFoxMill
DEBUG = 0

[DISPLAY]
DISPLAY = axis
EDITOR = gedit
POSITION_OFFSET = RELATIVE
POSITION_FEEDBACK = ACTUAL
ARCDIVISION = 64
GRIDS = 10mm 20mm 50mm 100mm 1in 2in 5in 10in
MAX_FEED_OVERRIDE = 1.2

There is a syntax error.
To repair attach here your broken ini.