PathPilot MegaMod

First you have to find your spindle encoder velocity value. In my case spindle encoder in connected to 5th axis in my Mesa 7i77.
To read velocity I use below link in my hal file: Then in my postgui.hal I pin this signal to GUI: Then in your .py gui file you have to initiate hal pin: In my case actual rpm is simple label. Label initialisation: Label value update: Raw value is rev. per sec. so you have to multiply it by 60 to have value in rpm.
And that is it!

my.cnc.brother wrote: First you have to find your spindle encoder velocity value. In my case spindle encoder in connected to 5th axis in my Mesa 7i77.
To read velocity I use below link in my hal file:

Code:

net spindle-fb-rps motion.spindle-speed-in <= hm2_7i92.0.encoder.05.velocity => spindle-at-speed.in2

Then in my postgui.hal I pin this signal to GUI:

Code:

net spindle-fb-rps tormach.actual_rps

Then in your .py gui file you have to initiate hal pin:

Code:

self.hal.newpin("actual_rps", hal.HAL_FLOAT, hal.HAL_IN)

In my case actual rpm is simple label. Label initialisation:

Code:

#MC **************actual rpm**************** self.actual_rpm_label = self.builder.get_object("actual_rpm_label") actual_rpm_label_font_description = pango.FontDescription('helvetica ultra-condensed 11') self.actual_rpm_label.modify_font(actual_rpm_label_font_description)

Label value update:

Code:

#***********RPM label**************** self.actual_rpm_label.set_markup('<span foreground="white">%s</span>' % "%1d" % (self.hal['actual_rps']*60))

Raw value is rev. per sec. so you have to multiply it by 60 to have value in rpm.
And that is it!

This is awesome, Thank you! I cant wait to try it this weekend.

Does the following code also go in the .py gui file?

In my case actual rpm is simple label. Label initialisation:

Code:

#MC **************actual rpm**************** self.actual_rpm_label = self.builder.get_object("actual_rpm_label") actual_rpm_label_font_description = pango.FontDescription('helvetica ultra-condensed 11') self.actual_rpm_label.modify_font(actual_rpm_label_font_description)

Label value update:

Code:

#***********RPM label**************** self.actual_rpm_label.set_markup('<span foreground="white">%s</span>' % "%1d" % (self.hal['actual_rps']*60))

my.cnc.brother would you happen to know HOW to place B and C axis DROs into the toolpath window ? I need to place them in the top left corner of the toolpath window.

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This is awesome, congratulations !

that is all.....

That is excellent work and result. Rotating the screen is a bril move.

How will you manage PathPilot updates? Diff the files and patch?

My machine is running Pathpilot 2.5, but not ready for real work just yet. Rolling stand, electrics panel, probe and ets still to be done. But it cuts al and steel so very happy so far. Presently trying to resurrect a Renishaw TP2 probe. I look forward to enhancing my installation based on your approach.



gerrit

gerritv wrote:
How will you manage PathPilot updates? Diff the files and patch?

I would love to hear thoughts on this. Redoing the changes every time you update is a PITA.