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Flex GUI is up to version 0.8.0 and includes MDI buttons now.

Flex GUI is for folks that want just what they want in a GUI, no more no less.



JT

What control hardware are you using?

Basically for a step/dir controlled spindle,
the step generator is set to velocity mode
and the velocity command is the requested
spindle speed and the step generator scale
is the steps per turn.

Can you post your current hal and ini files?

Leadshine now have a similar system of ethercat base unit + multiple modules

R2EC I think it's called

Much cheaper.
There is some discussion about it github.com/linuxcnc-ethercat/linuxcnc-ethercat/issues/434

You might take a look at Flex GUI for ideas.

gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/flexgui

JT

For the official ISO, editor should be mousepad, for Mint with Mate DE it should be xed, etc.

Scratch start plasma can not be used with CNC, it must have pilot arc.
Since LinuxCNC can be made to do pretty much anything, there is a chance it can be made to work with scratch start, probably a conponent that would raise the torch after probing and triggering the torch on.
Chances are that only raising the torch would often fail to strike an arc, so several tries would help till arc ok confirms cutting started.

I'm getting a message "Failed to import tool library. Please contact the vendor that supplied the file." message when trying to import the tool library file. Any ideas?

Hi,
I am not at all aware how to customise AXIS interface so will appreciate help here.

I would like to install (add) some king of program progress bar or estimated time to finish information that would be available in AXIS.

Is there any "standard" "thing" I can install?
How do I get to it?

Cris.

It seems that I do not have gedit installed.

what will be most convenient editor for G-code on Linux?
how do I install it?

Cris.

File "./lathehandler.py", line 37
print 'Destroy?'

[edit]
Seems you did not get the correct version as 'lathehandler.py' in version 3 does not contain that line. So maybe try again.

Check the entry for EDITOR in the [DISPLAY] section of your .ini file (eg EDITOR = gedit) and make sure that entry (eg gedit) actually opens a text editor when used in a terminal.

Hi,
I have a problem with launching edit G-code file from Axis file menu.

Normally, as far as I recall, when I had a G-code file opened in Axis and than I had go file->edit text editor was automatically launched and current file opened.

now when I do that nothing happens. editor is not launched.

How do I solve this problem?

Cris.

good morning i also have such a chuck i wanted to know if you continued to open the chuck and if so how did you do it thank you 

That is a sensible approach. Some drives have their own inputs for encoders and can pass through that signal via ethercat. May be an option, if the existing drive supports this.

Firm wire uploaded. 9 stepgen working.