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Thank you for a quick response.

My target is to connect any series B FANUC motor-encoder-driver for servicing them.

/eugenius

I'm guessing you would need to add a base thread for the parallel port and addf the necessary functions for the LPT port to the base thread.

Is there a reason you can't use 4 stepgens on the Mesa 7i92 ?

For someone that's smarter than myself to answer, and is usually the case, when dealing with config issues it pays to upload your config & hal files.

change_tool() in Gremkin's StatCanon class is not getting called for some reason.

Maybe a bug in gstat then. It seems to work in QtDragon but I have no idea if that uses the same module. Chris would likely be the one to ask.

I want to make a configuration where three stepdir are in 7i92, one stepdir on the LPT port. I have assembled hal and ini, linux cnc starts with them, step generators work in 7i92, and only dir works on LPT (the level changes when the direction changes), step is constantly zero (I look at the oscilloscope). If I use the LPT-only configuration, then everything works. Does this mean that the real-time core cannot run the LPT and mesa step generators at the same time?

newbynobi wrote:

Midnight Commander / Norton Commander:
Yes I was thinking about a two parted window where you may select in each window a different content and with the bottom button it should be possible to copy, rename, move ore load the content of the selected file.

Hmm I think a split view is not so suitable here as this is only to load files. i think for copy or move operations you should use the systems file manager. But renaming could be supported.

Aciera wrote:

This file gives me this. Still an emtpy tool list:


How are you accessing those properties, through the gstat-module?

Yes: github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/commit/5838...f0ddf6aa125c0885dcde

This file gives me this. Still an emtpy tool list:

How are you accessing those properties, through the gstat-module?

@Hansu,

G-code Info;
IMHO the embed Tab should hidethe complete Tool and G-code part.
Ideal would be allowing the user to hide the complete frame or just add a new tab to that location.

Midnight Commander / Norton Commander:
Yes I was thinking about a two parted window where you may select in each window a different content and with the bottom button it should be possible to copy, rename, move ore load the content of the selected file.

Norbert
 

Moons Industries also holds stocks in the USA. They are a quality industrial unit so may not be so economical
www.moonsindustries.com/

Thank you, Phill, that was very helpful.How can I make the file list display with larger sizes? I want to increase the size of the text and icons.  

I created two configurations for 7i96s. One on the carousel component, the other on the ladder. The ladder works fine with Remap T and Ignore m6, just like when changing tools manually. When working with the carousel component, Remap T throws an error "M6: no tool prepared". Remap M6 = Ignore M6 - does not work at all, since Remap M6 is already used. In the configuration, these functions are disabled in the ini file. 
   

TomAlborough wrote:

Hello @cornholio,

You are right - I need to move on to LinuxCNC. I noticed a new CNC machine. It's called "Maslow". Google it as "Maslow CNC".

I want to use it for cutting out frame members for wooden boats.

Does LinuxCNC support it or does something need to be done?

T
 

From reading their blurb it seems to use a GRBL type controller, not compatible with Linuxcnc's model. Just for future reference anything that connects via USB (as of this current time) or uses a GRBL type controller is not compatible with Linuxcnc.

I always thought kinematics related to the motion of a machine, very math intensive, I wasn't aware speed would negate it.

I have concerns with the machine, the main one being what stops the cutter platform from raising if it hits a knot or other harder section of plywood. I really didn't read too much about it. It may be a reasonable design but not something I'd spend any money on.

A Lowrider would be another option. docs.v1e.com/lowrider/
Tho with the amount of plastic involved meh.

Thanks, much appreciated!
Yeah, the board was a pretty attractive option when I bought about 6 years ago.

Automationdirect (dot com) ships to Canada. Excellent selection of drives, etc. and other supplies.

BR

was the only useful one for me. This is the bash scrip that I wrote to produce a hole centered in a box specified by four points. There are two files that this script uses.

#!/bin/bash

# Cut an interior circle starting at xStartBB yStartBB xEndBB yEndBB zStart zStep zEnd feedRate holeDiameter endMillDiameter

# BB is short for BoundingBox

if [ "$#" -eq 0 ];

then echo "$0 xBB yBB xEndBB yEndBB zStart stepZ endZ feedRate holeDiameter endMillDiameter"

else

xStartBB=$1

yStartBB=$2

xEndBB=$3

yEndBB=$4

startZ=$5

stepZ=$6

endZ=$7

feedRate=$8

holeDiameter=$9

endMillDiameter=${10}

millRadius=`echo "$endMillDiameter/2"|bc -l`

# Calculate starting cut points

echo $xEndBB $xStartBB $holeDiameter

center=`echo "(($xEndBB-$xStartBB)/2)"|bc -l`

offset=`echo "((($xEndBB-$xStartBB)-($holeDiameter))/2)"|bc -l`

startXCut=`echo "$xStartBB+$offset+$millRadius"|bc -l`

startYCut=`echo "($yEndBB-$yStartBB)/2"|bc -l`

endYCut=$startYCut

endXCut=`echo "$yEndBB - $offset - $millRadius"|bc -l`

# calculate radius for i

i=`echo "($center-$startXCut)"|bc -l`

cat prolog.nc >rotate.nc

echo "g1 z1.0 f$feedRate" >>rotate.nc

echo "g1 x$startXCut y$startYCut f$feedRate" >>rotate.nc

echo "g1 z$startZ y$startYCut f$feedRate" >>rotate.nc

newstartZ=`echo "$startZ+$stepZ"|bc -l`

for curZ in `seq $newstartZ $stepZ $endZ`

do

echo "g1 z$curZ f$feedRate" >>rotate.nc

echo "g2 x$endXCut y$endYCut i$i j0 f$feedRate" >>rotate.nc

echo "x$startXCut y$startYCut j0 i-$i" >>rotate.nc

done

echo "g1 z1.0 f$feedRate" >>rotate.nc

cat epilog.nc >>rotate.nc

fi

The two external files are prolog.nc

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g17 g20 g54

and epilog.nc

m2

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