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I have a mixin class that reimplements the paint event. It first paints the normal widget then adds indicator painting.

github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/master...ts/indicatorMixIn.py

I confirm and see the problem. I'll try to push the fix soon.

*halui_data->so_counts = 0;

should be:

*halui_data->so_counts[spindle] = 0;

Chris,

How are you adding the indicator lights to the upper right corner of the push buttons in QtDragon?



Thanks
JT

I don't know anything about remora sorry.

JT

Yes that's the issue with the M19 command. But could probably be changed in a new release ??
I connect the orient.mode signal to a signal and then manually switch the mode.
An improvement might be to use a custom M command to change the mode (via mux2 or multiselect component)

One thing I might try is to change the orient.comp to have a input for running the index function, that can be controlled easily via hal or M command.

About the brake control:
I found the spindle.xx.locked pin in the documentation which goes high when orient ist done (and low with M5 or a new M19 command) --> it is perfect for controlling the spindle brake !

Oh great so i probably have no issue at all!
My drives only take 32-bit Integer inputs so that is fine.

Thank you!

since the core questions are answered:
I am building an air bearing Diamon Turning Lathe. The goal is to do single point diamond turning of telescope mirrors or similar.
Using ironless linear motors and high resolution glass scales. It is going to get calibrated with an Interferometer so i should get down to 100nm or so of straightness of the axes and linearity of the glass scales.

There will be watercooling of all relevant components down to about 100 millikelvin precision.
I am using Triamec servo drives.

The progress will be documented on my Instagram (Instagram.com/leo.wolf.the.engineer). Please follow if you are interested!

Iv  finally got the encoder somewhat working. Just the confirm , the ec500 outputs a normal 0-10v signal for the spindle or is there a pwm conversion done in remora? I can adjust the spindle speed in the axis GUI and the 0-10v adjusts steady when measuring the ec500 VSO pin with a multimeter. When I am in CSS mode the spindle speed keeps dipping whenever there is a spindle speed change when X moves. If there is a lot of speed changes the spindle nearly stops. When I measure the voltage on the vfd 10v input the voltage drops on every speed change and then gets up to the correct voltage. Looking at the rpm scale etc in halshow show numbers steady when changing speeds. Any ideas what is causing this. 

youtube.com/shorts/1r4Jos8_Y1k?si=qmUFKyu10opyOFco

Hal floats are 64-bit doubles since 2.6 or so way back. But hal integers are only 32-bit, s32 u32. Not 64-bit.
Don't know how it is internally.

That sounds great!
So Linuxcnc is working with doubles internally but not outputting it to HAL in 2.9 right?

If you go the parallel port route, you will probably find you need to run at least two parallel ports. Encoder inputs can eat up a lot of input pins (3 axis would require 6 input pins.) But when you start to look at multiple parallel ports and buying add on parallel port cards, Mesa starts to look much more appealing. For example a Mesa 5i25/6i25 doesn't cost much more than a 2 port parallel port card, but is much more capable, and you know it is going to work with Linuxcnc, vs the crapshoot compatibility of buying a multi parallel port PCIe card. For example the last PCIe parallel port card I used only sort of half worked until I modified the breakout board by adding some external pull up resistors to some of the pins.

OK, thank you very much.

Your drives appear to be cia402 compatible devices.
If you start here
forum.linuxcnc.org/ethercat/45336-etherc...-how-to-step-by-step
clone the cia402.comp and follow the cia402 examples and be sure to set the scale in pulses per device units.
Eg I use metric units and have a drive with 4000 encoder pulses per revolution on a 5mm pitch ball screw so my scale is 800 (pulses per mm)
Also check the notes about what is said about ini file settings for the joints.
The pin for the encoder Is joint.N.pos-fb  which is documented here linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/man/man9/motion.9.html
but you should see the DRO's move if you lean on your motor.

Thanks for the reply,  I didn't have x on center , that sorted the direction issue. The speed fluctuations iv noticed when I am manually changing the spindle speed in the axis gui the 10v analog input is rock solid. Once the machine is in CSS and every time it changes speed the voltage drops before coming up to the correct voltage. This seems to be my issue. The more speed corrections when the axis is moving , the spindle goes so low it nearly stops. But obviously once the voltage goes back up it goes to the correct speed. Any ideas why the 10v signal drops so low on every speed change in CSS ?