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Finally Fixed! Before and after pics attached.   



 

Hi all
After a couple of years, I am finally back and ready to making chips. I have a router, use steppers on parport. Linuxcnc is 2.9.4, debian:

Linux cnc0 6.1.0-35-rt-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_RT Debian 6.1.137-1 (2025-05-07) x86_64 GNU/Linux

The router works, I can cut stuff etc. not the problem. The job that I want to do soon requires quite a few tool changes. So far I did it using the dowel method, but that is very time consuming. Sure an automatic tool changer would be perfect, but that's up for in a later stage. For now I have a tool length sensor, that I would like to use with my collet spindle to get tool length set after a manual tool change.

When I run tcdemo.ngc:

- goes to change position
- when I hit "Tool change complete", goes to zmax, tool sensor x and y, starts going towards the sensor.
- As soon as the sensor is touched, I get "Probe tripped during non-probe move" and program is stopped

How can I get over this?

I attach the relevant files in zipped folder "toollength_problem.zip"

Greez
chris






 

Hi, can you detail how you managed it, since other users have had problems? I'm having problems with rtai-modules-5.4.290_5.3.3-linuxcnc_amd64.deb
Another detail is that when I try to remove linuxcnc, I get another error. It says: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Hi, I am thinking about changing my existing VFD against one with Ethercat Option.
I found the Yaskawa GA 500 wich could be connected to ethercat using the YASKAWA, SI-ES3,U1000 interface card.
I didn`t find the vfd in the long list of the yet implemented devices so the question would be how to do so.
First option to use the esi file and to build the hal by myself could be a bit too hard oder too demanding for me.

The GA500 should be full cia402 compatible related to the documentations - does this make it as easy to integrate as with the servo drives?

What problems could occur?
 

ok, found the bug, sorry, is fixed in main and dev

I've attached the config, this is a basic test setup, axis setups work. With the WLED expansion plugin loaded it will compile/flash/run LinuxCNC no issues, but when I add a Blink plugin, and tie it to the WLED0 blue LED it won't compile.

Cheers.
Russell.

 

Hi PCW,

I found a card locally that seems similar to the Sainsmart breakout you had mentioned. I'll add the link below. It says its for Mach3 and LinuxCnc, would this work with my Mesa 7i96s. Thanks so much for your help. Interface Board CNC 5 Axis

Thank you, 


I managed to correct 2 errors myself in addition to the 2 you indicated to me but I can't find this one.

[codeVERSION=1.1
PARAMETER_FILE=linuxcnc.var
TPMOD=
HOMEMOD=
TASK=milltask
HALUI=halui
DISPLAY=qtvcp qtplasmac
COORDINATES=X Y Z
KINEMATICS=trivkins coordinates=XYZ
Starting LinuxCNC...
Starting LinuxCNC server program: linuxcncsvr
Loading Real Time OS, RTAPI, and HAL_LIB modules
Starting LinuxCNC IO program: io
emc/iotask/ioControl.cc 786: can't load tool table.
Starting HAL User Interface program: halui
linuxcnc TPMOD=tpmod HOMEMOD=homemod EMCMOT=motmod
twopass:invoked with <> options
twopass:found ./UDP2.hal
twopass:found ./custom.hal
twopass: Error in file ./UDP2.hal:
    Pin 'motion.float-switch-input' does not exist
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
Running HAL shutdown script
Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules
Removing NML shared memory segments

Debug file information:
Note: Using POSIX realtime
3280
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components
Note: Using POSIX realtim]

I use abs position, when set to zero i reset encoder multiturn position.
If you need a ini setup for abs, late copy this side a config.

Oh, damned... Thank you for the brief explanation.
The root of all the trouble seems I understood this totally wrong.
I thought "selected axis" and also the "increment" was taken from the AXIS screen- both can be chosen there 
Sorry for my sillyness. Now I understood that I need to connect the MPG in the HAL via in/outputs.

Thank you both of you

​​​​​​​Sigi
 

Thank you so much PCW and Jimmy, I will do more research into the options you have both suggested and see which would be easier for me to implement.

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Hi MTate01, thanks for your posts. I have my RS 750E drives jogging. My next step is to wire the E stop.

I don’t know what differential input e stop means or how to wire that circuit. The manual seems to indicate that 24v gets wired to both pins 19 and 21. What is supposed to happen to the voltage on pins 19 and 21 when the e stop button is pressed?

Hey thank you so much, this worked.

Any chance you used program numbers O9xxx or O8xxx .This needs parameter setting (3202) to edit from CNC
google for Fanuc manual B–63525EN/02 page 405 & 428
It should be in EDIT mode and EDIT key enabled.
However you may not be able to delete the active foreground program , the program number which usually shows on top right of the screen.
Could you able to select different program to foreground or not? only the foreground program Number will run in Auto.
The last selected or ran program only will be active as foreground program till you select another program to foregraound.
There is Background edit . it is different