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 I have been trying to use the spotting operation on my plasma cutter. 

it is a file with an array of many holes. 
so I used the drilling operation. 
I used the postprocessor for local materials.

So I got it to work well. Does the spots as expected. 
But there is some strange behavior on my machine. 
If I load the file the machine uses the jogging as set on the machine. But if I activate the button for slow jogging it still jogs fast. After a couple of spots the machine stops at random amounts of spots. 
The pause resume button does nothing. 
I have to stop the program completely and resume at the line where it stopped. 

Is the local materials post processor ok for spotting operations or do I need a custom post processor for this?

 


 

I managed to get all 3 axes working.
For the inputs, do I need to connect the GND to GPIO33, for example?
It's ok the inputs work
Could someone help me to make the changes in the al file and the ini file

I found Freecad is one of the few free cad programs that don’t need an internet connection.
I used other free programs like google sketch and others. Google sketch free only works on the internet. Others just became paid versions.
I chose Freecad I because I know it will remain free and it does not require internet.

For doing simple stuff like brackets and everything else you do on a plasma cutter Freecad is easy to use.
There was a steep learning curve but it was absolutely worth it.

Using letters on free am seems a bit complicated so I use Inkscape.

Sometimes I design a part export it to svg and add some letters.

Constraints on the sketcher was a bit difficult to learn. After watching some YouTube videos I got a better understanding and absolutely love it.

Spreadsheet functions are also excellent.

For example you can design a flansch. Link a spreadsheet to it and change the size number of holes etc by just entering the numbers in the spreadsheet.

So, I've done a lot of progress . After I changed the usb  to RS232 cable( don't buy low quality RS232 to usb cable) I've been able to connect to my driver and configure the external enable and the internal disengage of the motor brake(you need to power the io from external 24v source with Leadshine) . After all this i wired a 24v Finder relay for the motor enable commanded by the mesa,when i launch the program the mesa power  the relay and enable all the drivers. Now  I'm able to move the axis from linuxcnc, but i think I'll change the basic Axis gui with probebasic for more userfriendly interface. For the motor wiring I have to thank the Leadshine tech support, they reply very fast, and for mesa i refered to this guy video  (very helpfull, the 7i76EU version it's same wiring confirmed by Mesa tech support , for shematics and 3d support prototipe refer to this  and official 7i76E pdf ). So now i've to do some tests and project all the electrical supply for all that stuff, and i have to adapt the motors to the mecanical part with new mounting plates(i think i will design them with Fusion 360 and buy them from PCBway machining or other). That's all.

I did a test with a stepper motor it worked perfectly but when I wanted to connect the other 2 now impossible to remove the emergency stop

hi, i installed linuxcnc raspberry5 4gb image on ssd and it starts normally but i am not able to connect to wifi. i followed the instructions, used menuconfig with my data and country=IT but nothing. maybe because in the ssid there are two spaces? "FRITZ.Box 7590 BX" i tried before asking... god knows how much i tried

Thank you ,but I could not find out any useful information in that whole thread.

I'd like to know how to do homeing with Lichuan LC10E Servo drive.

I'm using cia402_homecomp with fixing of cia402.comp line 240.

Are some of successful forum discussions out of date ?

Is the Fanuc style of Gcodes display really better then linuxcnc's?

Here is both styles:
 

AUTO_TOOL_PROBE = False

Where did that come from? I don't see anything that reads it.

I'll look into these problems as soon as I can.

I tested this feature, and its working perfect, as desired. For further testing i like to insert icons near a spinbox, as i did in my glade panel, but dont know how to do.

 

I have some ideas about the appearance, but first i need more testing, how i integrate all my machining and probing routines.