Tormach Plasma

Anyone have an idea on how to make PathPilot into a plasma cutting control using teh Mesa THCAD card ??. Seeing how Tormach has a router version of PP it is only a step away from a plasma setup.

Just a Thought, ( TP

That "step" took several years to come to a fully functional plasma with THC, and a lot, a lot of time starting with Dalur (whoever that was), BigJT, Myself, PhillC, and the help of other members of this forum.
You can give it a try, since i never used PathPilot i do not know how hard it would be,but here are some starting points:
forum.linuxcnc.org/49-basic-configuratio...hc-config-that-works
On the first post you have all the other links and configs and info.
regards,
Tom.

OK I was assuming that LinuxCNC already had a THC component built in like most other DIY controllers do. I seems it does not , So THC is pretty much out of teh question for PP unless tormach desides to ADD a thc component to PP.

Thanks For the Time. ( TP

Vmax549 wrote: OK I was assuming that LinuxCNC already had a THC component built in like most other DIY controllers do.

On what planet did you see that ?
None of the DIY controllers have built in THC anything, they all use external THC's.
Only Linuxcnc (now) and some industrial ( read: north of 100.000$ machines ) have proper THC control built in.

Garrett at Mojo has THC working with PP: www.youtube.com/channel/UCTXqGTx2cjUYAZZzSpywYAg

he is using a Proma THC-SD, it has nothing to do with Path Pilot as it cuts the control to Z axis and uses it's own control for it.
That would be the simplest implementation, and it works. No need to change anything on Path Pilot at all.
Beware that the Proma THC-150 will not work the same way, it has outputs that go to the computer and the computer controls the Z axis, so it will need modifications to HAL.