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Thanks for all your work over the years!  I'd never have been able to finish up my latest build without your help and contributions.  

cmorley wrote:

Compiling problems aren't usually QtDragons fault - you didn't  mention what system you are compiling in so no one could help or evaluate the problem.

I'm sorry Qtdragon didn't suit you out of the box, but there is quite alot you could change.
For instance based on your pic, you could turn on the machine and home it, then the colors change from disabled to enabled and look like this:

 

 

First, about compilation issues.
My system is Debian 13.7 and the LinuxCNC sources are from the Git repository, main branch, i.e. version 2.10.
There is some misunderstanding here, because when LinuxCNC is compiled, the Python scripts are not compiled, but only copied to the right place. This means that if the scripts author screws up, it's his fault, because compilation itself doesn't change anything.
So we have the following flower:
 
This is what happens after compiling LinuxCNC yourself.
However, there are two live images that I ran.
1. linuxcnc_2.9.10-amd64.hybrid.iso
2. linuxcnc_2.10.pre1-amd64.hybrid.iso
Qtdragon starts in both, but neither suits my system.
In linuxcnc_2.9.10-amd64.hybrid.iso there is numpy 2.2.4 but LinuxCNC is 2.9.
In linuxcnc_2.10.pre1-amd64.hybrid.iso there is LinuxCNC 2.10, but Debian 12 with numpy 1.24.2.
Someone's sources have obviously gone wrong...

As for these "gray on grey" numbers, I wrote that I ran Qtdragon for the first time in my life and just took a look. I opened the tab called "offsets", so I thought there were offsets there and it didn't occur to me that it would only work after homing, because offsets have nothing to do with homing the machine.
Well, now I noticed that someone stuffed a machine position into the offsets, for unknown reason, because they can be seen much more conveniently in the window below. I started to wonder what else the authors of Qtdragon would surprise me with, but I think I'm less and less curious about it.
 

Thanks.

Hello,
I’ve installed the DebianNetInstall.iso without a desktop environment, and then installed the real-time kernel, LCNC, Openbox, and a very simple file manager via the terminal. It seems to be working—very low jitter.
Hans

"Vielen Dank für die lieben Worte! Ich hoffe, es wird dir nützlicher sein als FreeCAD."

KR,
George

Ok Georg und vielen Dank
Ich bin zwa nur auf der Hobby-Schiene in Holz aber es ist die Profiliga etwas ganz anderes wie das Cam von Freecad.


King regarde
Juergen

From what I've measured, the issue seems to be on the encoder side.

I initially thought that analog ground and power/system ground were connected. The original cables are currently in use. According to the diagrams, the analog signal for the axis is connected to the machine's frame/ground.

Is it better to isolate the analog ground from the system ground? Under what conditions is it strictly necessary to tie both grounds together?

Dear Everyone, 

we did some time ago a linux CNC retrofit with mesa board. We got mostly everything to work, probing and multi height sensor does not and I have to say i would love to get into it and spend the time to get QT dragon to work properly, but the time is becoming crucial and the machine should be running. 
Hence I would like to ask, if there is someone who would be able to either come hands-hand for a 1-2 days and or work remotely with us. Paid of course. 

It is a 1200x1000mm 3axis cnc german spindle, chineese base, completely new electronics from us with Mesa ethernet board. 
I have an xyz probe and tool length measure. 

I would prefer a european source just for the time difference but since it is rather urgent and we seem to be quite stuck in the process, i would take any help we can get. 

Any tip is more then welcome. 
(i will search the forum for the Tods and Davids of course, i saw many many cnc advice online and will try to reach out as well. ) 

I have a 1994 Kitamura Mycenter Zero with a Yasnac mx3 controller.
It has a Yaskawa Varispeed 626 mv3 C spindle drive,which stopped working—it’s completely dead. The repair technician said it would cost 2,000–3,000 € to repair. I found a used drive online for significantly less than the repair costs, but now here’s the problem: I bought the milling machine used and only received one manual and no parameters. (I’ve backed up the Yasnac controller’s parameters.) And since the old Yaskawa Varispeed is dead, I can’t get the parameters from it. Now I’m wondering if there’s anyone in the whole world who has a backup of the Yaskawa Varispeed 626 mv3 C parameters for the Kitamura Mycenter Zero, or knows where I can get one. Of course, I’ll pay for it.

You should be able to follow the MPG example in the  docs. It is for a parallel port but its really all the same with a Mesa card. I had no troubles with a 7i76e. You probably don't need the axis select......

Hallo Juergen,

danke fürs Nachprüfen – damit ist es klar: Der Fehler liegt bei uns, nicht an deinem Firefox.

Was passiert: Die Linux-Version von Takshak bringt eigene Kopien einiger Systembibliotheken mit. Beim Öffnen des Handbuchs hat Takshak dem Browser seinen eigenen Bibliothekspfad mitgegeben. Auf neueren Systemen (z. B. Debian 13) kann Firefox mit diesen älteren Bibliotheken nicht starten – deshalb öffnet sich nichts. Aus dem Terminal gestartet bekommt Firefox eine saubere Umgebung, darum funktioniert es dort.

Wir konnten das genau nachstellen und haben es behoben: Ab Takshak CAM 1.0.7 startet Takshak den Browser – und alles andere, was es außerhalb des Programms öffnet, etwa Ordner und Links – mit deiner normalen Systemumgebung. Getestet auf Debian 12 und 13: Das Handbuch öffnet sich, und die Hilfe einer Operation springt direkt zu ihrer Seite.

Bis 1.0.7 erscheint, findest du das Handbuch auf Deutsch online:
takshakcam.com/manual/de

Die beiden Meldungen in deinem Screenshot („Install Failed: Unable to enable systemd service“ und „Not running on one of the supported Live systems“) kommen übrigens von appimaged, einem separaten Hilfsprogramm für AppImages – nicht von Takshak. Für Takshak spielen sie keine Rolle.

Danke für deine Geduld und die Rückmeldung!

Viele Grüße
Georg

The firmware is installed. The mpg counts, but there is no connection to axis.

Unfortuately HALUI doesn't integrate well with guis.
Overrides changes in HALUI will show in QtDragon but not HALUI jog speed.
There has been some work on this recently but it hasn't made it in linuxcnc yet.

It's possible to add custom code/pins to qtdragon to help with integration.
Can you be specifics about what you need?

Looks fantastic in pics! haven't trued it yet.

Always interested in contructive feedback good or bad - really am.
But stuff like this makes me shake my head a bit.

Compiling problems aren't usually QtDragons fault - you didn't  mention what system you are compiling in so no one could help or evaluate the problem.

I'm sorry Qtdragon didn't suit you out of the box, but there is quite alot you could change.
For instance based on your pic, you could turn on the machine and home it, then the colors change from disabled to enabled and look like this:

 

Qtdragon has optional stylesheets to easily change colors, there are several built in.

If fonts are a problem you can change them too.
linuxcnc.org/docs/stable/html/gui/qtdragon.html#_stylesheets

If you asked nice I bet someone would have even helped you get something that works better for your eyes.

Or don't use it at all. Choice is yours.