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That is sort of what I tried. Unfortunately the new configs can only be made for a parallel port or a Mesa card.

Since this is a raspberry pi the parallel port won't run. I do have another working CNC that is running a Mesa, but that is operational and in use at the moment.

What I attempted here was to use the sample config I had to get a working gmoccapy, which worked fine, including jogging.

I then ran the wizard with the par_port option and qtPlasmac as the front end to create a default plasmac config.

I then replaced the par_port and associated hal nets, mainly just the joints and limits with the ones from the working gmoccapy config.

Unsure if there is a better way to achieve this.

Make a new QtPlasmaC config, make sure it works properly, only then try to do modifications.

From google translate

The commented out jogs are from the sample that comes with the card I am using.
Am trying to jog using the arrow keys on the qtPlasmac GUI.

The startup shows these as disabled as expected, and when each axis homes they become active.

If I press one the the axis value increments, and the display show the head moving in the corresponding direction, but the motors do nothing.

MDI command like G0X100 do the same

Open it, take some pictures on the inside, post them here ...........

You likely need to disable IRQ coalescing as described in the hm2_eth manual page

man hm2_eth

 

Hello all, could use some help.  Currently in the final throws of getting a new build up and running:
QtPlasmaC V2.9-238.314
Raspberry Pi5
Mesa IO boards
Sheetcam and associated post processors

I realized that my THC was active on holes, which then led me to see that M67 commands weren't working for my holes.  Further investigating showed the following:

• M67 is working as I expect it to if G1 linear commands follow in lines below
• When a G3 is encountered, it resets feedrate to 100% and executes the arc at 100%
• I didn't test G2 yet
• If an inline M67 is issued with the G3, it will execute the arc at commanded rate.  For example, have the following as one line of code:
  • G3 X0.0 Y0.0 I-0.2 J-0.2 M67 E3 Q50
• However, after executing the above correctly it STILL resets feedrate back to 100%

I don't believe this is the expected behavior, my apologies if it is.  If it is the expected behavior, can someone point me to a Sheetcam post processor that would format it as such?

Thank you!