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JT

So after throwing my ethercat stuff in the corner in disgust for six months or so ago, I pulled it out and finally fixed it!

I reset the drive to factory defaults by adding this into my xml filePowered up Linuxcnc, homed the drive and tried to move it which sounded awful, then unplugged the power supply to the ECT60 ethercat drive.
Closed Linuxcnc and deleted that code from the XML file.

Hey presto running as smooth as a baby's bum!

The manual says 
Sub-index of object dictionary 0x1011: 01 Write 1, and then power on again to restore the driver to the factory state. When restoring the factory setting, first stop the motor running, then save the parameters. Thats roughly what I did!

So for the time being I have shelved this idea. It turns out to be vastly more complex then
I had envisioned. The problems I had come across ,
1 Having to purge the inner chamber of all Oxygen while doing the job,
2 Making sure the components where sealed against dust and make sure no risk
of spark,
3 Metal dust inhalation hazard when the machine would be opened back to the atmosphere,
4 Post process handling of said metal dust still in the part.
5 Cost of consumables ( inert gas, powdered metals, filters, ECT)
And lastly not enough demand for that process for the amount of hassle it implied.
Oh well. It was an interesting idea.

i typed in "sudo apt-get install ethtool" in order to follow some things mentioned here

forum.linuxcnc.org/27-driver-boards/3868...rking-issues?start=0

Now if I type "sudo ethtool -c enp86s0"

I get a bunch of messages.
most items are marked n/a
rx-usecs: 0
tx-usecs: 0

I assume I switched off what you suggested.

The ping times went down from approx. 0.5 ms to 0.5 ms ?

"63 packets transmitted, 63 received, 0% packet loss, time 63476 ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.185/0.455/0.577/0.05 ms"

I am not sure what the conclusion is.

p.s. that I get anything at all is a plus.  From all packets lost to 0% is progress.

Do you outline your build on YouTube or elsewhere? I am curious on what you used or recommend
for nozzle / hot end.,

Thanks for the reply!

I actually did go through it all already and actually started doing something in that direction, but I got stuck on trying to install the Glade. Since I already did a lot of mess trying to install Qt and playing with QtPyVCP, I decided to try setting the fresh instance of linuxcnc following all the steps that I documented when I did it first time. Then I figured out that they no longer work and decided to actually ask for the help because it seems to be the endless loop of trials and error

I am at work now, but when I come home this evening I'll try again and c/p the errors that I am getting.