Recent PlasmaC Update and No Motion

PurduePete wrote: I have the same issues as Tesremos. I was able to dry run fine on the first program. But after that first dry run was complete and the program restarted, the second pierce caused the same issue and added a new one. I no longer have any job control after killing the cut program. Navigating to other screens is possible but nothing functions. Only fix is restarting LinuxCNC.

This I’ve definitely experienced as well.

i can replicate this in Sim, if i load a plasmac example, enable machine, home, load file, press play. hit the ohmic button, let it start cutting, and then disable the machine(f2), upon re-enabling the machine, nothing.


the log displays these

IDLE
command (EMC_SPINDLE_OFF) cannot be executed until the machine is out of E-stop and turned on
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gmoccapy/notification.py:168: GtkWarning: Invalid icon size 48

self.popup.show()
(2, 2)
AUTO Mode
RUN
IDLE
(2, 2)
RUN
IDLE
/usr/bin/gmoccapy:5204: GtkWarning: Invalid icon size 48

gtk.main()
task: main loop took 0.146590 seconds
(2, 2)
AUTO Mode
emc/task/emctask.cc 69: interp_error: Unknown oword number
Unknown oword number

@PurduePete
Do you use ohmic, you didn't have ohmic enabled in the config you poste.

@Teremos
Do you use Gmoccapy?

I don't undestand how this plasmac.comp can affect any thing else...

that test was conducted in gmocappy sim . i use axis to control my machine, it has the same issue, no movement possible after a break away, or machine disable is done whilst in movement.


i guess this is a different issue to the no moment after pierce, i haven't yet turned my torch on, have been conducting tests with it disabled.


my break away switch has very serious issues before this, so when i notice thatch its failed to detect the work surface, i either hit pause or panic and hit f2, it does not resume afterwards..

Could you give this one a try.

Edit: after a machine off and on you will need to jog Z to a reasonable position

Okay, so motion continues very happily after both a breakaway trigger, or a machine disable, or estop.

but it does not attempt to probe at all. nor does breakaway stop the machine. it throws the error "break away switch activated program paused" 10-15 times , but does not pause.

oops, I forgot to let you know to add this line: It really belongs in /usr/share/doc/linuxcnc/examples/sample-configs/by_machine/plasmac/plasmac.tcl but you need to edit that as root. For this testing it should be ok in the connections.hal.

no change. added to net plasmac:machine-is-on halui.machine.is-on => plasmac.machine-is-on with to plasmac.tcl

You did restart LinuxCNC?

i restarted the entire pc just to be sure

Waiting for component 'trivkins' to become ready....Waited 3 seconds for master. giving up.

this is new?


Edit: working fine now! second restart + opening fresh plasmac sim seems to have worked.