If you have a chance to look over on page 13 of Tommylight's THC threa
Tommylight's THC threadd
you'll see that I already edited his .hal & .ini files, complete with the Arc OK, torch UP, torch DOWN and Probe Switch pins to fit my setup but for whatever reason I can't get that to work due to joint 2 (Z) errors. I took all the numbers from my functioning .ini file and plugged them into that config without any luck. Why they would work perfectly fine in one configuration and then not even be able to move the axes in another configuration is beyond my ability to comprehend.
In fact the machine would only turn on without an immediate error if I checked the "ignore limits" box: I was able to get the X & Y axes moving but only once before it would throw the limit error as it tried to allow me to get back within the table limits first and then the machine would turn off as I could never get the axes moved far enough to be out of whatever the limit error was being caused by. At least it would appear to be a limit issue from what I understand and I spent much time editing different parts of the .ini file back and forth, especially the limits figures, without any success.
Tommylight looked over my files I posted to his thread and could only find one minor error which on further investigation on my part was actually correct. I posted more info in response to his suggestion but have yet to hear any further feedback although it's been close to 10 days now.
In my feeble mind I can't help but wonder why there is not the ability to hook up a THC with something similar to the stepconfig program. Getting a functional THC with Mach3 was certainly not this difficult. Mach3 took me maybe a half hour to get THC going, this has taken me more hours than I care to recount. It's frustrating trying to reinvent the wheel. Does it have to be that way? I'm not sure at this point, but I doubt it. Seems like every page with info concerning LCNC plasma is "under construction" and has just enough info for someone with a computer programming background to make sense of. Looking at a sample config for me the uninitiated is like looking at chicken scratches in the dirt and trying to make sense of them! Maybe I just have too many irons in the fire and am overthinking things to the point that none of it is gelling for me.
Also I wanted to point out that my plasma table is running fine using the mill setup because the plasma torch is turned on and off using the mill spindle control, F9. My thought is that the spindle on/off label is just a matter of form and not substance? The plasma cutter is still getting a signal despite how the F9 is labeled, it can't tell the difference.
