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Installed the THCAD2 and to no ones surprise, it works!
No evidence of the deed though, sorry.

You are welcomed, always.
And thank you for sticking with us, you are here for a long time, looooong ...

I recently found this thread and am extremely grateful for all the work on getting NativeCam working once again !!

I have not upgraded my linuxcnc in years because I didn't want to loose NativeCam.

I have a spare computer that I will install Linuxcnc 2.9.4 using the live ISO on tomorrow and NativeCam using the instructions posted last.

I will report back and Thanks once again !!!

yes the one i am using has an index pulse!

That many posts, and you do good if you don't have any mess-ups!
A big THANK YOU! tommylight for all the input to LinuxCNC!

Thanks for the input!
I used 20:1 on the Hypertherm Powermax 85 and F/32 on the THAD-10.
I switched from 50:1 and F/1 settings, but I did not notice any substantial difference.
I just finally updated my CNC Plasma table from PlasmaC to QtPlasmaC.
It's been on the to do list for a very long time and I finally got it done. So far I like the update, sometimes it pays to stop, and "sharpen the axe"!
My Hypertherm Powermax 85 had been giving a service code and needed repair. It took a replacement main circuit board.
Hypertherm plasma cutters have served me well. I have been using this one for a lot of cutting since 2014.

 

Link on the original post updated with the new version with 6.13 RT kernel.

For someone that has several machines with touchscreens, maybe i was a bit quick on the draw, but i always have keyboards on them so i never though about it.
Valid reason, thank you for pointing it out.

This is where i started back then, although i can not find a recent version of it not the exact one i used, but i had this printed and on my desk at all times for months
linuxcnc.org/docs/2.6/pdf/LinuxCNC_Integrator_Manual.pdf
The exact procedure was, i downloaded the 6.04 or 8.04 ISO, installed it, used the stepconf wizard, powered on the machine and it happily engraved EMC2 (that was LinuxCNC back then) on the table, albeit mirrored, so a bit of reading and found out i can edit the hal file and just add minus sign to scale to reverse the offending motor, opened the hal file and had a quick glance for about 10 seconds where my brain went boom thinking this is just like wiring stuff with wires!
Love at first edit.

Does your encoder have index?

I use it quite often, for example drilling a number of holes, I can just enter the list of G83 positions in MDI.

Editing a file with a touchscreen and no keyboard isn't something I want to do, but entering a bunch of MDI commands in the Touchy MDI interface is easy.

And I am far from convinced that there is any applicable standard that prohibits MDI queueing.

I do not think so, nor do i aim to do that.
This post was explicitly because of you as i vividly recall back when you did a post with only "10000" in it and i asked you what was that, and all this was triggered by a friend a few days back when he was browsing through the forum and told me i have nearly 20000 posts.
Maybe if i did not delete so many of my replies to keep topics clean ...
Thank you for the patience with me, i am sure i messed up on more than one occasion.

Thanks! will do.

Looks like you are likely to catch me up some time soon, then.

irwinger wrote:

Not that I would ever 'bite the hand that feeds me', I have to ask if you were coaxing me in to discovery? I mean - how much more effort would it have been to state something like "the line in you HAL 'net spindle-on      => parport.0.pin-09-out' does not initiate the spindle. It defines or assigns a pin to use (pin 9), but it doesn't actually make the pin 'do anything'. What you need is a line that connect the assigned pin to a function like this: 'net spindle-on spindle.0.on => parport.0.pin-09-out'"

Yes that would have been more helpful for sure, in the long run.
I insisted on making a new config as i have seen way to many wander of in the depths oh hal and getting utterly lost and dazed and confused, subsequently giving up on LinuxCNC altogether, so my main aim for new users is to make the machine work first and foremost, then we can chat about options and bells and whistles.
I am glad you are one of the more analytical types and jump head first into problems, will try to keep in mind that next time i reply.
And, no, i am not deleting this, nor do i want you to delete it, it is a valid and respectful response.