Gmoccapy - A new screen for linuxcnc

Hi Norbert,
That is very good news indeed.I wish you luck and hope you find a lot of time soon. In the mean time I will be using the screen as is. I have some time to finish my 4th axis as well.

Hi. I've successfully installed gmoccapy simulator in both a virtual machine and on my mills computer and I'm really pleased with the look and functionality.

However, I just tried applying my machines "live" configuration to it without any real luck. I created a new folder under configs for the new configuration, copied the contents of the sim\gmoccapy folder into it and put in my edited .ini and .hal files (as per the wiki page). I copied the desktop shortcut for Gmoccapy and pointed it to the new .ini file, but when I try to run it by double clicking, nothing happens. No errors, no reaction at all! All the other shortcuts I have (for both 2.6.0 & 2.5.2) still work just fine.

I'm guessing that the problem I have is some really basic issue that I should be aware of by now, but it has me scratching my head at the moment!

As a test I tried running the same config folder under v2.5.2, but I got an error then, but I think that's expected as I understand Gmoccapy will not run under 2.5.2, only 2.6.0 (Master), unless I'm mistaken?

I'm really looking forward to trying this screen on my machine, especially once I get my hands on a touchscreen....

Keep up the good work Norbert!

Ben

Ben,
I tried the same as you and got the same problems. Here is what I did to fix it.
I found that if you have never created a config on 2.5.2 you can run from a shortcut link to 2.6.0. It works like that on one of my machines but the other I created a script that sets up the rip-environment and then calls linuxcnc from the dev directory. I call the script from the desktop icon. The config should also remain under the dev branch config directory. I found if I moved it out, linuxcnc would not start either.
Sorry not a very technical answer but this works for me. If you dont come right I will post the script for you.

open a terminal first and then run your startup for linuxcnc , you should then be able to see in the terminal any errors
chances are it's a path or one of the links to the simulation files which are broken , which of course now you dont need ...
if you can zip up your full config folder and attach i'll check it out here for you .

Thanks Ben for the compliments, and be sure, I will go on with the GUI, I have a lot of Idea, but at the moment my familiy needs some time and we do have sommer and my motobikes are crying "Please let us take a ride".

And unfortunately I am not able to resist that beautifull sidecar and solo bikes )

Norbert

Ooh but you are making us jealous over here where it is winter.