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It doesn't seem to be working. Do I need to call that python file somewhere?

Hi Klopp,

That's a beautiful machine!

Looking forward to seeing the end result.

j

I dont have any experience with probe screen.

I don't know where to start. I found two sources:
1) Data in source codes:
lib/python/gladevcp/builtin-panels/versa-probe
github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/tree/master...n-panels/versa-probe
I don't know if it's possible to open it in Gmoccapy. And how?

2) Individual project:
github.com/verser-git/probe_screen_v2.9

What is better?

Thank you! That fixed it:)

Thanks rodw, I had ordered a DM542 from Steppersonline and it arrived today. Even with the 24v and 270OZ stepper and DM542 set at 3A I now have plenty of torque. Problem solved. I guess the TB6600s weren't up to the task.

satiowadahc wrote:

slightly off topic but related, A fun addition I made to our Gui.

Added a button that when you pause a program it appears. Saves the current position, current spindle speed, does a safe z move, switches to manual mode so you can jog.

 

satiowadahc hasn't been on the forum in a couple of years.  Anyone know what UI they were talking about?

I'd love to have exactly that feature.  The other day I was pretty sure my vacuum had clogged, since the pockets I was carving were completely full of sawdust about 3/4 of the way through the job.  If I could have, I'd have paused, done some hand vacuuming, and then kept going.  Other times I've thought, "sure wish I could recheck the positioning of that clamp", sometime after the job has started.

OUCH! 25KW DC motor... you win! I have a 11KW one on a Mazak lathe.
If the drive is working, i would not change it, well i did not change mine, so
-K332 is relay contact for enabling the drive
-Sollwert should be the analog +-10V input
There are other things there, but for now if the rest of the installation is OK, that should be it.
You would need an analog Mesa card like 7i97T or 7i92TM with 7i77, or some other combination.
In general, i use the old drives and motors whenever possible.

I would try to use them for sure, they are very good quality drives and new cost an arm and a leg, so try finding some used motors that work with these drives, for a reasonable price if possible.
Mind the encoder type.

That's a good suggestion. I comment out the offending lines and looked around "Show HAL Configuration"

Turns out, probe.* pins don't exist. HOWEVER, gladevcp.* has all the pins that have been implicated, including gladevcp.toolchange-change and gladevcp.ps_probe_max

The Z-height probing routine kicks off a message complaining that probe.ps_probe_max is not available so I thought I'd try to name it at the outset. I tried using EBMED_TAB_COMMAND to adjust the component name with -c probe but that doesn't run.
I dug around some more and found a line in probe_screen.py that was commented out.I un-commented it and it may have this particular problem. Makes me nervous because there are other lines nearby that are commented out...

Thanks for the tip, Aciera. Great handle, too.

Ah-ha! The 24V field power GND is not connected to earth ground, I was not sure that it should be. That probably explains it then.

Just weird that the machine ran fine for so long.

Thanks, I was getting frustrated with the constantly changing symptoms. I will connect those grounds tomorrow and test again.

The hal driver installation is easy, you need to open terminal navigate to the hal-driver directory and run ./install.sh

Sample hal configuration in the hal-driver/test_config directory

Precompiled .uf2 in the repository binary directory, you not need to rebuild the project if you want to use

Ack!! 40V is a real issue and indicates a grounding problem. This likely
what damaged the step/dir outputs (accidental contact to shield ground would do it)

I would verify that the drive frame grounds connect to earth ground and that the
7I76E ground (24V logic power ground) is also connected to earth ground.

well now all 3 drives are in op mode with no errors showing.

... now what do i do? haha

Yeah that didn't work. I found a different xml with more "stuff" (pdo, etc) and it has put me in OP mode. even though I don't see any actual difference.

But its progress!