DIY Arduino ATC Pathpilot....

I did add the new rules file and changed the IDs to match my device. The error message I get said that PP could not open the com port. I have looked but not really found any reference to which port it is trying to open yet ( Still looking through the code.

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Here is the error I get when PP looks for teh Arduino.
2022-01-24 16:20:49.138303 CST (+0:00:04.008069) | ATC: i/o error Traceback (most recent call last):
File "python/hal_zbotatc.py", line 1018, in connect_to_device_thread
self.atc_s_cmd = serial.Serial("/dev/zbot_atc", baudrate=57600, timeout=0)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/serial/serialutil.py", line 236, in __init__
self.open()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 268, in open
raise SerialException(msg.errno, "could not open port {}: {}".format(self._port, msg))
SerialException: [Errno 2] could not open port /dev/zbot_atc: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/zbot_atc'
[python/hal_zbotatc.py:1255]
2022-01-24 16:20:49.145704 CST (+0:00:00.007401) | ATC: device not found [python/hal_zbotatc.py:1069]
2022-01-24 16:21:03.145798 CST (+0:00:14.673367) | Check ATC USB cabling, or fuses. Switching mill to manual toolchange. Repair problem. To re-enable, click ATC in Settings tab. [tormach_mill_ui.py:8194]
2022-01-24 16:21:03.154095 CST (+0:00:00.008297) | Tool change type changed to Manual [/home/operator/v2.8.3/python/ui_settings_mill.py:136]

Tried that and get the same error. PP is looking for something it cannot find.

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Remember this is a NON Tormach machine and it does NOT have the atc card and it appears to be looking for it but cannot find it.

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Update minor progress. I worked on the rules a bit and got PP to ping the Arduino and the Arduino signals back but PP does not like what it says so it shuts the ATC mode back down. Not having any idea what PP is looking for when it pings the Arduino make it tuff to figure this out.

The Arduino is working as I can talk to it with the Arduino IDE serial monitor. I can ping it with VE and get the responce.info back.

So now to figure out what PP did not like when looking for the ATC.

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Snow do you know IF any of teh pins on the Arduino need to be jumpered to emulate the ATC is ready to run. I see in the PP atc code IF anything is not reporting as correct then PP shuts down the ATC function all together. Things like PDB or VFD not responding. ONCE I get PP talking to the Arduino then I can figure out the rest maybe (. At this point I am not sure if it is a comm issue or a setup issue with hardware.

Perhaps you could check with your friend who wrote all the code. He seemed to make it work.

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