Gmoccapy - A new screen for linuxcnc

Excellent, all working now, thanks for the help.

Tom

To Norbert




That is OK, but why you go on if you get an error????
Have you not seen :
checking for library containing Tcl_Init... no
configure: error: tcl lib not found

So why did you go on?
Please correct the error by installing : tcl

Are you on UBUNTU 14.04 ?

After getting no more errors on configure, you can do

Make
sudo make setuid
. ./scripts/rip-environment


I am definitly not good about Linux and terminal command,

This is why i have wait so long to get Gmoccapy, i was waiting to have it work on a stable version of Linuxcnc.

So here i am, i have Download the 2.6 Live+Install image and rebuild my hard disk to make Gmoccapy runing.
It was serve with Debian instead of Ubuntu, dont know why, but it is ok for me.

Eccept for Dropbox wont work very well, ( not at all ) on debian.

So i am asking just one thing.

Having a Safe MACHINE and Get actual gmoccapy 1.3.X instead of the Gmoccapy 1.2 offered for the STABLE Linuxcnc install


I am shur, if nothing is done in a near future with a new realease 2.6.4 to correct the Pause Stop problem of Gmoccapy, some one will Break his machine soon and
will be very hungry.
( As an expample, my ATC Spindle rebuilt cost is around 4500 euro ........and it take at least one month. )

THank you very much.

Mael.

Hallo Mael,

ok, Now I do know you are on Debian Hybrid ISO.

so after installing tcl with

sudo apt-get install tcl

should bring you to a stable release.

Please check on every step for errors and if there are some, please report it, so we can help.

Norbert

Mael:

i also use debian hybrid iso , so if you are still having difficulty let me know and i will help
their is now no need to use development version

you should have an update to linuxcnc 2.6.4 available now , that has the updates to gmocappy to solve your problem

Dave

Hi Norbert,

At the weekend I made a tool setting probe so that I could use the tool measurement in Gmoccapy. It's an excellent addition to my mill, I can wind the knee up or down during the tool change without having to touch off any tools!

I do have a question/bug though. After running the subroutine to measure the tool, the machine continues with my program, but the G code viewer (below the DRO in auto mode) continues to show the tool measurement subroutine. Sometimes it switches back to displaying my program, and sometimes it sticks on the subroutine, it depends which tool I have changed to! I've played around with my tool table but I cant work out the difference between the ones which work and the ones which cause the bug.

Hope that description made sense.

Many thanks, Tom

Tom ,
sound like it could be noise or the pin needs debounce
have you a pullup on the pin to 5v ?, or perhaps fit a transistor as a ttl switch , to make the transition sharper

i also use screened cables , vfd's can make a mess of low voltage signals