Tormach Plasma

They have thc up,, thcdown ,arcOK, etc built it. Also corner freeze. with thc up allowed, Also thc lockout all from Macro control Does LinuxCNC have that in a normal version ?? IF so then it would be simple to do THC with PP. But I did not see that in LinuxCNC or PP.

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LinuxCNC has THC control
linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man9/thc.9.html
linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man9/thcud.9.html

if you want PP to show this then of course you'll have to add the code yourself
Once setup in your hal file it should work even if PP doesn't show anything special happening

You are mixing things up:
Up/DOWN/ArcOK are signals from Proma THC150 ( or any other THC with those signal outputs ),
Corner lock is controlled by software as the THC has no clue how fast the machine is runnig or that it is about to encounter a corner
THC enable ( not lock out ) is also mostly done in software or by simply switching off the THC.
Linuxcnc has two major configs for THC, both linked in the above post and subsequent links, but you did not read them as you would have seen that both have everything that a fully fledged CNC plasma machine with THC needs, and the PlasmaC has even more than that, it has everything possible.
Anyway you look at it, you can buy the Proma THC-SD and start cutting, or start reading and modifying the GUI, the HAL and INI files to make one of those two configs work for you.

No I am not mixing things up. The signals are used by teh controller to do teh THC functions via software. The controller itself controls the up,down, on,off ,slow down corner lock out, lock out down ,etc. That is when you are using an outside THC sensor modual . Been plasma cutting for over 20 years now with various systems.

LinuxCNC does not seems to have these things built in like other controllers you apear to have to BUILD an entire software controller from scratch compiling all teh moduals. That is pretty much out of teh question as I would want to USE teh plasma cutter not spend all teh time learning how to make a controller.

For instance I can take UCCNC and in about 2 hours have a fully functional plasma table cutting with THC and have all teh bells and whistles. I would not have to compile anything or figure out anything like the hal ini,etc. Simply set up teh configuration and go .

I don't see LinuxCNC being able to do that.

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From my understanding linuxcnc is designed to using external controllers. The THC pointed out is an external controller. Plug it in, hook the outputs into Linuxcnc and you have a working torch. It works differently than other controllers that is true. But utilizing external controllers that you hook it up even faster in my humble opinion

There are servakl different modes of THC control .

THC senses cut voltage and ouputs control signal for teh CNC controller to use to control teh Z axis for cutting.

THC self contained where teh THC senses voltage and controls teh Z directly and teh CNC controller has nothing to do with teh Z axis while cutting.

Integrated THC where teh THC sensor is merged with the CNC controller internally like teh Mesa THCAD and linuxCNC.

Mot of teh posts links given where simple explainations of the function NOT how to actually implement it .

So back to square one ( TP