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Sure. Can you post your config files.
You could also home an axis/the machine and try the joystick to see if that is actually the problem.

5i25 +7i76 configuration with 3 BISS encoder channels on 7I74 channels 0,1,2:

 
 

jimmyrig wrote:

What's interesting is I was able to get it working yesterday in 2.9.2. Same gcode as before. So something happened to break it in 2.10.

There have been many changes since 2.9 so I am not surprised.

How do you increase the jog speed? I've set it in the default angular velocity in just about every location I can think of (display ,traj, kin, etc). Stuck at 1 degree per second.... Might add another slider for A.

Good question, my sim seems to follow the rate in the jog slider but I am not sure in what units...

Is there a keyboard shortcut to jog a?

"[" and "]"
linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/plasma/qtpl...a:keyboard-shortcuts

Does THC work when tube cut is 1? I tried it and it just dove into the pipe. Probably needs some tuning on my end.

I thought that it did but not 100% sure. Tube cutting is experimental and was created for one particular user. We make changes dependant on their feedback. I think that THC would not really be required for tube cutting but I don't do any so I am not really sure.

Finally is their a way to make the display more relevant? Right now just displays a line in the xyz and the "cone" revolves around that line for the an axis. Kinda hard to see what line it is on.

I "think" that you may need to play around with the GEOMETRY settings.
linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/config/ini-...#sub:ini:sec:display

I don't know much about networking but when I type "hostname -I"into the terminal to check my computer's IP address I get 192.168.1.121 so they are the same I see now.

Well, you have changed the sign, which is good, but it looks like the scale is much too high.

Just change it to the negative of what it was before. If it was 1, make it -1.

If you don't know, then try -1, and increase from there as needed.

andypugh wrote:

I thought of a similar but different idea, a board with headers for stepsticks (etc) and for a Pi compute module 4.

But I didn't get any further as I don't actually need one.

A compute module board with an fpga such as this would be interesting.

www.linsn-store.com/product/mini908m-receiver-card/

Probably the same address on the PC, so that might return "connection refused".
Change the 121 at the end to 100.

What's the IP address of the computer and is the ethernet cable known to be good ?

I am not using a network switch and the jumpers are at default position. This is how I have the board connected in the attached.

RMJ wrote:

hm2_eth: ERROR: Could not retrieve hardware address (MAC) of 192.168.1.121: Connection refused

Debug file information:
Note: Using POSIX realtime hm2_eth: Itapi_app_main: Connection refused (-111)

I would guess the Mesa is wired to a network switch and there is something else there with the same IP address, as i have never ever seen a "connection refused" from a Mesa board.
So how is the Mesa wired to the PC? It should be directly wired, not switch or hub or router.
What is the jumper settings on Mesa regarding the IP address?
Did you check the manual?

Hal watch with standard joypad assignments.

 

Hal watch with the statements to reverse X, Y, Z (hat.0.x, hat.0.y, abs.ry)

 

Is the scale value applied wrong perhaps?

What I mean is the "start from line" function. It works very poorly for me, although apparently it works well for some users.
Depending on the position from which the spindle starts, the machine sometimes makes strange movements before it reaches the place from which it should start working. Sometimes the cutter will pass through the material before it sets itself to the starting point.
It works quite well if I first manually set the XY position.
3-axis XYZ machine

Hey everyone! This is my first post and first time installing and configuring Linuxcnc with a Plasma Table that has four Clearpath servo motors and a MESA 7i76e and THCAD-10. I have reinstalled multiple different versions of Linuxcnc trying to solve my problems. So far the 2.7 stretch version of Linuxcnc connects to the 7i76e just fine and I am able to jog the motors but this version missing the slave axis functions I need for my machine's gantry with two motors. Every single later version of Linuxcnc 2.8 and 2.9 give me network configuration problems but has the slave axis(tandem axis) functions my machine needs. I decided to go with the newest version of Linuxcnc 2.9.2 I went through the pncconf and made a base configuration with IP address 192.168.1.121 now when I open the configuration I get stuck on getting Linuxcnc to start due to this error:

Print file information: RUN_IN_PLACE=nO
LINUXCNC_DIR=
LINUXCNC_BIN_DIR=/ust/bin
LINUXCNC_TCL_DIR=/ust/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc
LINUXCNC_SCRIPT_DIR=
LINUXCNC_RTLIB_DIR=/ust/lib/linuxcnc/modules
LINUXCNC CONFIG DIR=
LINUXCNC_LANG_DIR=/usI/lib/tcltk/linuxcnc/msgs
INIVAR=inivar
HAL CMD=halcmd
LINUXCNC_EMCSH=/ust/bin/wish8.6
LINUXCNC - 2.9.2
Machine configuration directory is '/home/rolando/linuxcnc/configs/my_LinuxCNC_machine'
Machine configuration file is "my_LinuxCNG_machine ini"
INIFILE=/home/rolando/linuxcnc/configs/my_LinuxCNC_machine/my_LinuxCNC_machine.ini
VERSION=1.1
PARAMETER_FILE=linuxcnc.var
TPMOD=
HOMEMOD=
TASK=milltask
HALUI=halui
DISPLAY-gmoccapy
COORDINATES=XYYZ
KINEMATICS=trivkins coordinates=XYYZ kinstype=B0TH
Starting LinuxCNC...
Starting LinuxCNC server program: linuxcncsvi
Loading Real Time OS, RTAPI, and HAL_LIB modules
Starting LinuxCNC IO program: io
Starting HAL User Interface program: halui
linuxcnc TPMOD=tpmod HOMEMOD=homemod EMCMOT=motmod
Found file(REL): -/my_LinuxCNC_machine.hal
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
Running HAL shutdown script

identityKinematicsSetup: coordinates:XYYZ
Joint 0 ==> Axis X
Jount 1==> AKIS Y
Joint 2 ==> Axis Y
Joint 3 ==> Axis Z

hm2: loading Mesa HostMot2 driver version a.15
hm2_eth: loading Mesa AnyIO HostMot2 ethernet driver version 0.2
hm2_eth: ERROR: Could not retrieve hardware address (MAC) of 192.168.1.121: Connection refused
hm2: unloading
Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules
Removing NML shared memory segments

Debug file information:
Note: Using POSIX realtime hm2_eth: Itapi_app_main: Connection refused (-111)
/my_LinuxCNC_machine.hal:9: waitpid failed /ust/bin/tapi_app hm2_eth
_/my_LinuxCNC_machine.hal:9: /ust/bin/rtapi_app exited without becoming ready
-/my_LinuxCNC_machine.hal:9: insmod for hm2_eth failed, returned -1
1718
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components
Note: Using POSIX realtime

A description of the controlled hardware and the hal/ini
files would help diagnose homing issues.

Thanks David
I must say that I did not understand much from your conversation
I think I should spend more time understanding inverse kinematics equations.
And also get more skill in working with linuxcnc.