Configuring a Floating Head

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16 Sep 2020 06:33 - 16 Sep 2020 06:33 #182383 by Aldenflorio

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16 Sep 2020 06:38 #182384 by phillc54

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In plasma_cutter.ini change:

[DISPLAY]
DISPLAY = axis
EMBED_TAB_NAME = GladeVCP
EMBED_TAB_COMMAND = halcmd loadusr -Wn gladevcp gladevcp -c gladevcp -H gvcp_call_list.hal -x {XID} gvcp-panel.ui

to:

[DISPLAY]
DISPLAY = axis
#EMBED_TAB_NAME = GladeVCP
#EMBED_TAB_COMMAND = halcmd loadusr -Wn gladevcp gladevcp -c gladevcp -H gvcp_call_list.hal -x {XID} gvcp-panel.ui

Sorry I didn't realise it was an embedded tab.

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16 Sep 2020 06:49 - 16 Sep 2020 06:50 #182386 by Aldenflorio

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Yay it’s working! Thank you very much again. I have one more issue I can see now though. It says Home Axis where it use to say home all. I have a tandem axis set up so I can’t home them individually. How do I get it to have them all home (z-axis being immediate home), I think this is an issue because like I said I only have one limit switch for the z axis and it’s on the floating head so it’s not set to home and limit shared

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16 Sep 2020 06:57 #182391 by phillc54

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That would require every joint to have a home sequence, so in the ini file in the existing [JOINT_N] sections, something like:

[JOINT_0]
HOME_SEQUENCE = 1

[JOINT_1]
HOME_SEQUENCE = -2

[JOINT_2]
HOME_SEQUENCE = -2

[JOINT_3]
HOME_SEQUENCE = 0

For any joint that you manually move to a home position, make sure the below items don't exist or are commented out:

HOME_SEARCH_VEL
HOME_LATCH_VEL
HOME_FINAL_VEL

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16 Sep 2020 07:04 #182393 by Aldenflorio

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It worked. It seems I’m all set. Thank you very much. I really appreciate it

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16 Sep 2020 07:06 #182394 by phillc54

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Great, now you can do some cutting and tuning...

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16 Sep 2020 07:17 - 16 Sep 2020 07:18 #182397 by Aldenflorio

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I may have accidentally lied. So I have a picture I converted into g-code, I plugged that in to see if it all worked. My z axis isn’t moving though. It didn’t move at all. I was expecting a touch off as is suppose to happen with a floating head but nothing. I may just have converted the g code wrong. All the Inkscape videos are weird

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16 Sep 2020 07:20 #182398 by phillc54

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You need a spindle o on command to start the probe sequence. PlasmaC remove all Z commands as it handle all the Z axis height.
Open one of the example files made for Plasmac, they are installed with LinuxCNC.

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16 Sep 2020 07:31 - 16 Sep 2020 07:31 #182401 by Aldenflorio

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I can’t find them. Is there a link to download them?

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16 Sep 2020 07:35 #182403 by phillc54

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When you go to open a file they should be in a subdirectory named plasmac.

Their real location is /usr/share/linuxcnc/ncfiles/plasmac/

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