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Does the machine have 4th or/and 5th axis?

Can you program QtPlasmaC to make a bevel cut and how to do it.
 

Thanx for all the advices , PCW , Lcvette , Langdons , I already start to rewire the 24 V needed for the pins from a estop controled wiring , this is a good solution .
I will atached the hal files that included the carousel movement.

Actually you can:

setp  hm2_7192.0.encoder.00.index-enable true

As long as hm2_7192.0.encoder.00.index-enable is not connected to
a signal in the hal fiie. It will be set true once at LinuxCNC startup.

The error you have is that you did not comment out the net command connecting
hm2_7192.0.encoder.00.index-enable to the signal x-index-enable:

# ---Indexsignal GMS fuer Referenzpunkt X (NICHT MIT NORMALEM ENDSCHALTER)

net x-pos-fb  <=  hm2_7i92.0.encoder.00.position
net x-vel-fb  <=  hm2_7i92.0.encoder.00.velocity
net x-pos-fb  =>  joint.0.motor-pos-fb
net x-index-enable  joint.0.index-enable  <=>  hm2_7i92.0.encoder.00.index-enable
net x-pos-rawcounts  <=  hm2_7i92.0.encoder.00.rawcounts

But for testing it's better to do this in halshow

Note that while you cannot change hm2_7192.0.encoder.00.index-enable
in halshow (or the hal file) if it's connected to a signal, you can
change the signal ( x-index-enable) in halshow for testing.
 

I reply into this because I had the same problem and solved it (thanks to Crish as always for the help) you probably are not calling tool prepared, or something iocontrol.x.tool related that "hangs" the toolchange

In my case was something like calling M64P7 with:
net ATC-pocket-reached motion.digital-out-07 iocontrol.0.tool-prepared

I got Linuxcnc to start, thanks for the guidance.
Regarding 3D acceleration, it's clearly something in the kernel that I can't get it to work.
I also made an overlay to block mali at startup and load Panfrost. It loaded but with an error.
~$ sudo modprobe panfrost
dmesg | tail -20 | grep -i "panfrost\|drm"
[   60.606789] panfrost: unknown parameter 'enable_mmu' ignored

~$ XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp glxinfo -B | grep "OpenGL renderer"
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7, 128 bits)

I made the system with: Armbian_25.8.1_Orangepi5_trixie_vendor_6.1.115_minimal.img. After that I installed Cinnamon. I have Mesa 25.0.7-2 installed.

Hello, everyone.  I'm new to this. I'm from Spain, and I can hardly find any information about LinuxCNC for 5-axis machining centres. Let me explain. I have a robust 3-axis desktop CNC, running on Arduino + CNCShield. I am designing and building a table to add A/B axes and make it 5-axis. What controller board do you recommend for using LinuxCNC? My knowledge is limited. The drivers for my motors with encoders have Step/Dir. If there is a post from someone who has built a 5-axis CNC using LinuxCNC, I would appreciate it. Thank you.

I solved this problem. When I installed from the .iso, the drives for the computer wifi were not available, so I installed without an internet connection. This evidently creates a system that only mostly works. The apt app was broken. I connected to the the internet with a cable and re-installed the .iso. Now, I've been able to do sudo apt install glade without issue.

We would like to see the error you get.
Nevertheless, I happen to know why. It's because index-enable is an IO pin, it's both input and output, a bit special.
So you can not set it to true, only connect it to a pin that is IO both input and output. Such as joint..index-enable
Relevant links www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/drivers/hostmot2.html#_pins_5
linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man9/motion.9.html#JOINT%20PINS

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So ruhig geworden hier 

I changed according to your suggestion. But same issue "joint follwing error"
I am not seeing any mismatch of imperial vs metric units. I think I have defined only mm.

Yes I have set jumpers correctly. I tried flashing grblhal.. everything was working. So its not related to hardware or jumpers

Do you need it to cut 4 axis or just 2 axis?

IInteresting—I used the Fusion360 post processor from the first page of this thread (forum.linuxcnc.org/plasmac/38438-plasmac...t-processors?start=0). After rereading the PDF, it doesn’t explicitly say so, but I think I need to create separate 2D profiles for each feature I’m cutting. Since the post processor doesn’t generate Z movements, would that mean making individual profiles for all 12+ holes plus the part outline? and i assume plasmaC will control Z when it goes to probe for each cut?  I also tried Inkscape (which I like), but it skips certain splines and rounded corners in my parts. Redesigning everything just to fit Inkscape’s gcode output would be counterproductive.

Thank you so much Tommylight for your reply, i greatly appreciate your help!

I don't understand what you mean.
Perhaps you should directly describe the actual problem you are facing.