As indicated above, I'm haveng difficulties with this latest upgrade. I switched from Mach to Pathpilot on my Novakon Torus Pro a while back and ran the system for months without a hitch. Great software. However, I recently switched to a later version PP 2.1.5 and cannot keep the tool table populated. Using the procedure published by Tormach, I backed up my system and reloaded after the upgrade but my tool table will not stay populated once I power down and re-start. I have manually loaded some values in the TT (offsets) and they too are lost where cycling the system.
Any ideas??
Why would the new software eliminate the table when starting up??
Any help will be appreciated.
I'm just getting into Linuxcnc so I'm quite lost.
Bill
Check the path pilot log in ~/gcode and look for tool.tbl I believe. ( typing on my iPhone at the moment from memory)
I suspect a file permissions problem that you can read it but not write it
The tool table is in ~/router/tool.tbl Again from memory
do
sudo chmod 750 ~/router/tool.tbl
sudo chown operator ~/router/tool.tbl
Those should fix issue if it’s related to permissions
Thanks for the information. I can't believe this problem is my machine only.
Summary. Upgraded from PP 1.9.7 to 2.0 then 2.1.2. Moved all my Torus Pro files generated by several folks to make the Novakon run PP and had the software running to my satisfaction. That is, until I noticed that my tool table disappears when I cycle the power. I use the ADMIN SETTINGS RESTORE command and load the current tool table. When I power down and back up, offsets shows all my tool id's but the data table is all zeros. I'll try to load a Screen Print of both the before and after.
I'm running a Torus Pro servo with everything stock but the 5I25 card and a dedicated SSD for pathpilot. Version 1.9.7 ran great but I wanted some of the new features offered in the 2.0 upgrades. Besides, I've already paid for it!!!!
Has anyone running my configuration been successful in the upgrade???? Again, I have made no modification other than adding the Novakon ini file, hal file and Torus Bit.
In an effort to help understand what is happening, I cleaned out my pathpilotlog.txt file and restored my tool table. Screen print number One. I then cycled the power and the resulting tool table (offsets) was as listed in screen shot number two. I then printed out the new pathpilotlog.txt and will attempt to attach it. If anyone finds any hint of what my problem is, will you please help.
In the log, mentions are made of "pack porting tools 1-256 in one line and "no update file found" in another line.
I know this is PP and they did a number on the UI but I'm hoping some of this is just Linuxcnc.
If there is anyone that had been successful in this upgrade using a torus pro servo, would it be possible to share your ini,hal and bit files???
I'll put you on my C
Hey snowgoer.
I've tried all the latest versions and cannot get the later versions to run. I keep getting a screen to pick my configuration from a list and the 1100-3 is not even listed. and it keeps going back to the same screen regardless of the selections. I've spent the day trying the different configurations and will attempt version 2.0 tomorrow which I hope will work for me. If I don't get some guidance or even a direction to look, I'll revert back to 1.9.7 with a learning experience I hope to soon forget. This has been a major disappointment.
Bill
