Another plasma component...

I know this maybe confusing because plasmac doesn't support external THC-enable right now.

I agree. I think I mentioned this in a previous post. One of the motion.digitaloutput-nn pins(pin 0) needs to be reserved so there is a method to enable/disable THC from gcode and it should be connected to a THCenable pin on plasmac.

I haven't forgotten about this, just a bit busy at the moment but I will get around to it.

Cheers, Phill.

phillc54 wrote: Rod,
Thanks for the files but:
1. Sorry, I meant the actual internal linuxcnc tool table rather than anything plasmac centric, I am guessing that all it is is a couple/few different nozzles with different diameters to allow for kerf width and comments to suit.
2. That exe file doesn't play well with my iMac, I don't have any Windows machines, I have an allergy to them.

Cheers, Phill.

Phill, I don't think anybody uses the tool table for plasma. The only relevant setting is tool diameter and tool ID.

The file I linked to was a zip file but now I see there was an EXE inside. Let me get off my Chromebook and see what I can find if I go up to my most loathed Windows machine. There are only two programs that keep me locked to Windows. One is my CAD package and the other is Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Almost everything I do is in a browser so the Chromebook is perfect but does not support Zebra Label printers and their ZPL printer description language.

Phill, Here is some Hypertherm book settings plus my Thermal Dynamics tool set (mild steel only). Sheetcam toolsets are just text files so you should find your way around OK even on a Mac!

Anyway, I had to be at home to get these for you as they were on my HDD and not in Google Drive!

Phill, here is the printable cut charts for my TD tool set from the manual. . You could just pull down the manual for any of the larger Hypertherms (eg 45XP) and see similar charts.

I have had another few hours this morning trying to get this working without much luck. I am still getting joint following errors on all axis, and the system coming up in metric or imperial at will.

I noticed the terminal output had quite a few errors on it so I have uploaded that and my config files,

As a last ditch attempt I am going to try a complete re-build of the pc.
What version of Linux would any of you suggest I install to give me the best chance of getting this working, wheezy seems very old to be messing about with but is what is still supplied on the Live/Install and the recommended method.

Plill

I have not tried the latest plasmac yet. Yesterday and today are wild to the mainland delivery days. It was supposed to be only one day but thanks to the ferries and a big multi car wreck on the rural freeway which blocked it for 7 hours we couldn't get everything done. I will get things ready and try and cut tomorrow. I will need to fix my PP first and maybe one of my .hal files. On my system right now motion.digital-out-01 is my THC enable bit. Motion .digital-out-00 is my test probe enable bit. No rhyme or reason here, I just needed the test probe bit first.

John