Hello. A fellow friend of mine uses Lantek for his machines, which doesn't come in very handy with linuxcnc itself for a retrofitted plasma machine.
For example, the generated machine code looks like:
Code:
%1806
(JOB000476)
G71
N3 G90 D1 T1
N5 G00 X22.5 Y-1186.4
N7 M21
N9 G41
N11 G01 X17.61 Y-1189.88
N13 G03 X26.745 Y-1182.155 I22.5 J-1186.4
N15 G03 X19.02 Y-1191.29 I22.5 J-1186.4
N17 G01 X22.5 Y-1186.4
N19 G40
N21 M20
N23 G00 X22.5 Y-998.9
N25 M21
N27 G41
N29 G01 X17.61 Y-1002.38
N31 G03 X26.745 Y-994.655 I22.5 J-998.9
N33 G03 X19.02 Y-1003.79 I22.5 J-998.9
N35 G01 X22.5 Y-998.9
N37 G40
N39 M20
N41 G00 X215.535 Y-945.15
N43 M21
N45 G41
N47 G01 X210.645 Y-948.63
N49 G03 X219.775 Y-940.905 I215.535 J-945.15
N51 G03 X212.05 Y-950.04 I215.535 J-945.15
N53 G01 X215.535 Y-945.15
N55 G40
N57 M20
N59 G00 X215.535 Y-1107.65
N61 M21
N63 G41
N65 G01 X210.645 Y-1111.13
N67 G03 X219.775 Y-1103.405 I215.535 J-1107.65
N69 G03 X212.05 Y-1112.54 I215.535 J-1107.65
N71 G01 X215.535 Y-1107.65
N73 G40
N75 M20
N77 G00 X315.71 Y-795.69
And surely linuxcnc doesn't read this.
What procedure can i follow to allow lantek to work with qtplasmac?
I'm thinking maybe i can change the M codes somehow in the post processor for lantek, to M3 to turn on the torch probe + on sequence, but i still need to imprint 'material number' in the beginning and some other start parameters.
do you guys have any suggestions?
