Gmoccapy - A new screen for linuxcnc

Norbert,

When using an external program start button. when the program finishes.
I have to go into auto mode in gmoccapy and hit the stop key to get control back. for joging etc.

Jim

Norbert,

On the exit program button how about making it inactive unless you have powerd down the system.

Jim

jbunch wrote: Norbert,

I have been working some more with your interface.

When you are running a program and you pause it and then stop the spindle.
if you resume the program without starting the spindle. I get motion from the axis. All bad...

Also if you start the spindle by hand and then restart the program it does not turn at the scorrect speed until
the program calls for the next spindle speed. IE it defaults to minimum speed.


Jim

Jim this is a difficult point , as speed is determined from within gcode , it would mean in reality that the gcode is read in the background and all modal settings stored
before you would start resuming , as pointed out in your other post , this is one of those awkward areas of machine controllers
although manualy setting the correct speed you wish to start from should be possible from the spindle menu .

are you saying that setting the spindle speed first from the gui and then resuming results in a drop to the default value ?

These are (for example) used to use one jog wheel to jog multiple axis and or overrides.
adding another safety switch is easily done using a HAL AND component.

While personally I would prefer a physical switch for MPG selection, supplying the pins allow the user to do as they please.
and it acts as all other screens.

Chris M

Hallo Chris,

that can be done very easy with a hal file.
please find attached my jogwheel.hal, what does not do anythink special, but only with that file you will not be able to jog.

Take a look at handrad.hal, only line 119, 120 and 121 are relevant for jogging, the rest sets many other options of my pendant.
You have to press and hold down the X-KEY to jog x.

Norbert

Hallo Jim,

Is it possable to move the program close key somewhere else.
more than one I have shut my system down when I did not want to.
Or can you make it a selectable hardware pin.

Where do you want to have it?
Yes, I can make it react to a hal pin, what would be the advantage?

I have been working some more with your interface.

When you are running a program and you pause it and then stop the spindle.
if you resume the program without starting the spindle. I get motion from the axis. All bad...

Also if you start the spindle by hand and then restart the program it does not turn at the scorrect speed until
the program calls for the next spindle speed. IE it defaults to minimum speed.

You are right, you can pause the program, and stop the spindle or coolant, if you just resume the program, the program will run without coolant and with a stopped spindle! I had a lot of discussion about allowing to stop the spindle in a paused program or not. At the end the result was, we can not avoid all errors witch are possible, caused from wrong operator usage.

If you pause a program, stop spindle and coolant, you are responsible to start both again. Gmoccapy will start the spindle with the speed, that was programed at the stop, not at minimum speed!!!!! Check active g-code, there is a programed speed, what will be resumed on restart of the spindle.

When using an external program start button. I can start a program from manual mode.
It grays out the manual mode screen and I do not have a program stop button.
The way out is estop or power off the controller. If using an external button on program start you should
take the interface to auto or run screen.

Can't follow you on that one?
How do you start with an external button? (Halui?)
I have to check this one, it should not be possible to start a program in manual mode, it seems you are going a way gmoccapy does not notice jet!

Norbert

Norbert

jbunch wrote: Norbert,

On the exit program button how about making it inactive unless you have powerd down the system.

Jim

i doubt this is good , if all you want to do is exit program to load another it would mean powering down a machine , such a bad thing to do
also you would never want a running machine , and no gui to control it .

dave