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Thanks for that info. I have been doing that for years now. It makes it impossible to upgrade or update a machine if you modified the source. I suppose I will just have to do it again.

I am moving away from Mach3 (yay!) and created a StepConfig from the Mach3 XML file. I had to tweak some settings, but in the end the X and Z axis are moving properly. On the pin configuration I had to add the ESTOP OUT pin, which is working now. However, M3 is not turning on the spindle. With a scope and while using Mach3 I figured out that the spindle turns on when pin 16 goes HIGH. The spindle doesn't use PWM, it's just single speed. So, in the parallel port pin setup I tried Spindle ON, Spindle CW and Spindle CCW for  pin 16, but nothing happens when I issue M3 on the MDI or when I run a simple GCode program. On the scope, I don't  see the pin change logic level when I issue an M3 command. I also tried to set Mist Coolant on the pin but M7 doesn't do anything either.

The parallel port is set in OUT mode. As far as I understand, that makes pin 16 an output from the PC to the lathe. I have 3 parallel ports on the PC and I tried them all with the same result, thinking that maybe pin 16 was unresponsive on the first port.

I'm on LinuxCNC 2.9 and I am attaching my HAL file if that helps. 

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

This should give you A-axis jogging with 'Home'/'End' keys

 

You would likely need to add these to the 'on_key_event' function in 'bin/gmoccapy':


Like this:

With the other control does the axis jog the same direction? X+ = X+ travel on both machines.
If the jog is correct is the Post the same?

HAL PushButton widget

under PushButton properties:
check 'indicator_option'
set 'shape_option to 1'

under AbstractPushButton properties:
set 'checkable'

for MDS-A/B/C and SSCNET I,II servo thread runs at 888us

Sorry I wasn't clear about what I asked. I meant the keyboard hot keys to jog the extended axis like A.

If you mean these they should be created automatically when an A axis is defined in the ini:

 

I cannot seem to find the jog keys for the A axis. Where they included recently?

I see it was moved to there. I looked at the documentation and it showed to be elsewhere.
Old dogs and new tricks.

Hello everyone, after the resignation of my very esteemed colleague, I need to set up the software on a functional system using a LinuxCNC mesa7i76e card with a Raspberry Pi 4. When the SD card got corrupted, I had to reinstall the software, but I have no knowledge about this subject. I downloaded the LinuxCNC 2.8.0-pi4 image file from the internet and wrote it to the SD card. The system runs, but I can't establish communication with the Mesa card during the setup. If anyone can provide support on this matter, I would appreciate it. Thank you in advance and have a good day.

In the latest release (3.4.8) there should be a checkbox 'Use keyboard shortcuts' on the 'Advanced Settings' page:
linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gui/gmoccapy.html...apy:tool-measurement

I just installed a new machine with Gmoccapy and I found that there are no keyboard hotkeys enabled. So I find this in the manual.

There are many more machines running without MPG or Touch screens that make use of keyboard hot keys to jog. Why does it get removed without option to enable it?
Can anyone tell me how to get the keyboard hotkeys enabled so I can jog the machine?
 

all the tools offsets are reset by the same amount.

So do you mean the all tool offsets in the tool table or only the currently active tool offset?