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Great work. time to adopt Ethercat all the way!. rtelligent and leadshine both have Ethercat stepper drives. If open loop, both have two channel drives. Not sure wat you have but for a gantry XYYZ machine, you only need two drives! There is some native support in the lcnc Ethercat driver. Should be a breeze now you know how to write the xml file  

andypugh wrote:

I don't have any experience with EtherCAT

I really think HeadHoncho Andy should get his feet wet in the Ethercat pond

automata wrote:

Can someone suggest a way out?
-automata

Use qtdragon or probe basic (says he Facetiously)

I'm having fine-tuning issues with the popular LiCHUAN servos. After initial setup and configuration, I'm experiencing problems with small circles. Instead of circles, I'm getting ellipsoids. Has this happened to anyone else?
The manufacturer simply varies two parameters that I've already modified without solving them. I'm sure it's due to these drivers, since I previously installed DMM servos and this didn't happen. I ran the autotuning program and got perfect circles.
The LiCHUAN servos don't have an autotuning program, which leads me to think it's due to manually adjusting some of the multiple parameters, but I don't know which ones or how.

I thought the message was coming from bash.

I retrofitted a Maho and kept it's DC servos...

forum.linuxcnc.org/12-milling/33035-retr...ing-a-1986-maho-400e

Starting point after referencing the machine:
- The cylinder for spindle support is extended 

The spinport.comp component monitors the position of the axis.
- When the axis reaches position 900, the cylinder is retracted, and when the axis reaches position 1600, the cylinder is extended again.
position axis.x.pos-cmd > 900 Cylinder retracted
position axis.x.pos-cmd > 1600 Cylinder extended 

What I need now is a check to see whether the cylinder is really retracted at the axis position between 900 and 1600 so that the axis can move through!For monitoring purposes, the cylinder is equipped with a reed contact when retracted.

Another factor that must be taken into account during monitoring is that the axis travels a certain distance during the time the cylinder is moving.The spindle support is at the axis position 1250 and I am traveling at a maximum speed of 4 m/s.

After thinking about it, also with your help, all that really needs to be checked is whether the cylinder is retracted between axis positions 1000 and 1500. 

position axis.x.pos-cmd > 1000 and < 1500 ---> cylinder retracted 

I think 100 mm in both directions should be enough for the cylinder movement!?!If that is the case, everything is fine. If the cylinder is not retracted, all axes must be stopped. 

Now the only question is whether the check should be monitored in the spinport.comp file or in the HAL,and what could the code look like?  

Hi, is there any more testing and progress on the scurve planner to report?
-automata

Hi, anyone got latest pathpilot v2.12 code working with python3 or get python2 installed in any recent version of debian?
I have V2.12 source code but can't compile it with python3 on debian bookworm. Now can I install python2 (easily) on debian bookworm.
Can someone suggest a way out?
-automata

Sure, I'll try and do this sometime tomorrow 

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Mesa 7i96S can have inputs set as active low or active high, so pretty much any sensor works.
LinuxCNC can use a single switch to do homing and both limits for any of the axis/joints.
Do download and read the Mesa manual while connecting sensors, it will save you a lot of time.

Please excuse the n00b questions as I work to setup my small AXYZ cnc router. Does anyone know how I should
implement limit switches in Linuxcnc? The factory wiring of my old millennium cnc router has a single blue tipped inductive proximity limit sensor on each axis. The sensors are located at the top of the z-axis, front of the y-axis and left on the x-axis. Each sensor has connections notated sig, 12v and ground. 

My assumption is that these are NPN, Normally Open (NO), but will confirm:

• Normal state (no metal detected): Sig wire outputs ~12V

Activated state (metal detected): Sig wire outputs ~0V

Two questions:
1) Will these play nicely with the 7i96s card I’ve ordered?
2) Are these be sufficient for homing the router? 
 

I would need a Bitfile for the 6i25, the 7i74 is on P3 and the 7i85 is on P2, if that possiple ?

[code]about the laptop/PC, try to reinstall the rio.c component:

[code]sudo halcompile --install riocore/files/rio.c

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It worked, problem was on the hadrware side. Another USB Hub did the trick.

QtPlasmaC updates - Master (v2.10):

• add M52P1 to conversational pre and postamble