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wels wrote:

Is the DRO box the buttons added in settings, then yes. I just found that I need hal pin

qtplasmac.ext_laser_touchoff
I have to figure out where to put it and if it will work...

That is not quite right. You just need to finish the following hal connection in either the <machine_name>.hal file or the <machine_name>_connections.hal file, I cant remember where it is off the top of my head.

Then do the peripheral offsets part and the LASER button will show.

I would verify that the index works by manually setting the index enable signal
for the tested joint (via the halcmd sets command) and then manually moving
the axis past the index mark to see if the index enable signal gets cleared
at the index mark.

I am going to assume you made a custom button for your laser.  The LASER button in the DRO box is not shown until a offset is set, I reckon the user manual does not explicitly say that.  I'll mark it down to add it to the docs later.

Assuming you made the correct HAL connections

You need to use the peripheral offsets section to set the offset between the torch and the laser, and then the LASER button will appear. 

Is the DRO box the buttons added in settings, then yes. I just found that I need hal pin

qtplasmac.ext_laser_touchoff
I have to figure out where to put it and if it will work...

Did you make a custom user button for your Laser, or are you using the LASER button in the DRO box?

I forgot to mention that this is in QTPlasmaC

Another note on this, I don't have home limits, just the index it looks for. This could be the stem of my issue but the reference machine I am "copying" is the same setup with no limits just search for the index

I already wired in another small 12v PSU, it powers something on the heidenhain impulseformer so I'm not sure if that would introduce noise into the encoder input but I do have buck converters as well now that you mention it.

I am Trying to set up a laser to align the work to the sheet in QTPlasmaC, however, it does not appear to be working properly. In the owners manual it says it should change to mark edge and then mark origin. it just changes to show it is turned on. What am I missing?

Hi all,recently my pc running version 2.8.2 broke down and i had to replace it and installed 2.9.
Thankfully I kept a copy of all my files, so that helped me out a lot.After a couple of hours i got my setup to work again.
The only thing that doesn't work is tool measurement.The option in the advanced settings tab keeps getting greyed out.The line in preference file gets changed to when loading LinuxCNC: use_toolmeasurement = False

Usually when I did a manual tool change, the spindle moved to a certain location and than a popup shows up to change the tool. After clicking ok, the actual tool measurement is performed.
Now the machine doesn't move, it just shows the popup.

(Homing, moving, starting the spindle all works. )