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NT4Boy wrote:

loadrt not count =2 (I'll just show one here)
add not.0 servo-thread
net my-input-signal-1 <= hm2_7i92.0.encoder.03.input-index
net inverted-signal-1 = not.0.in
net inverted-signal-1 => your-desired-component (which I guess is min-y)

Yeah, that is not OK, should be something like
loadrt not count =2 <<<<< if you need two inverted pins, needs also another addf
addf not.0 servo-thread
addf not.1 servo-thread
net my-input-signal-1 <= hm2_7i92.0.encoder.03.input-index
net non-inverted-signal-1 = not.0.in
net inverted-signal-1 => not.0.out
net inverted-signal-1 => to whatever signal it needs to go

net my-input-signal-2 <= source of the input for inverting
net non-inverted-signal-2 = not.1.in
net inverted-signal-2 => not.1.out
net inverted-signal-2 => to whatever signal it needs to go

Yes, it is the index pins that are inverted. Thanks.
net min-y <= hm2_7i92.0.encoder.03.input-index is a pin that needs inverting.
i tried with
net min-y <= hm2_7i92.0.encoder.03.input-index-not , but it errors
the other syntax my friendly AI chatbot suggests for this is:-

loadrt not count =2 (I'll just show one here)
add not.0 servo-thread
net my-input-signal-1 <= hm2_7i92.0.encoder.03.input-index
net inverted-signal-1 = not.0.in
net inverted-signal-1 => your-desired-component (which I guess is min-y)

I don't get what the connection is between inverted-signal-1 and my-input-signal-1
Or should all three lines read inverted-signal-1

Still trying to learn.

vizavadsky wrote:

Could not open command file 'custom_postgui.hal'
Could not open command file 'shutdown.hal'

Edit the ini file and omit those two lines then try again, usually they are not used.

unknown wrote:

Be wary of those devices, they could just be a USB to parallel port. I bought a similar device thinking it would be a proper hardware serial port, but what it actually was a a USB to serial port.
Getting the right laptop to work can be a bit of a hit & miss exercise. Tho it's not something that I would recommend for a parallel port setup. Mesa maybe.

 

Ah, I hadn't thought about the "hidden" USB being a risk at all. 

Tommy Light has a good little thread on Lenovo laptops that he has gotten to work great on production machines so if I go down this path, I would try to get one of the ones he has had luck with. But yes, he does run them on Mesa Ethernet cards. 

Thanks again, let's see what I'll end up with. This is research as of now though I do think I'll pick up the lathe within a few weeks. 

Thanks a lot, this is now working well.

I think it's good to have an information system that notifies also about new features that are disabled by default (for compatibility reasons).

I implemented such, based on Acieras snippet.
It is able to hide the messages you have read but displays new ones id there will be any in the future.

You can try it out using this branch: github.com/hansu/linuxcnc/tree/gmoccapy-info-message

Thank you for those lines, I'm now receiving signals!

Could you suggest the appropriate numbers for type, frequency, and scale?

I attempted the following settings, but I’m getting a +10V output at the spindle, even at M3 S9000. This should ideally be half of that value.

setp hm2_7i95.0.pwmgen.00.output-type 2
setp hm2_7i95.0.pwmgen.pwm_frequency 2000
setp hm2_7i95.0.pwmgen.00.scale 0

In terminal "qtvcp copy", check "qtdragon", name "qtdragon_custom" for your case, then ask you to create folders, agree, ask for copy, agree also. Now in your home folder will be qtvcp/screen/qtdragon_custom. You can modify it as you wish, and the original files in the system folder will be unchanged for comparison.