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7 years 5 months ago #133326 by rodw
Replied by rodw on topic Another plasma component...
Well with a bit of luck if you take the 1/32 0 volt reading from the 1/32 full scale and you might end up with about 25000
divide 281.25 by that number and that should be your scale figure (around 0.01125) and the 1/32 0 volt reading will be your offset. But just check the resistance on your raw arc voltage first. Hope I got that right as I bypassed Phills settings.

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7 years 5 months ago #133329 by JTknives
Oh and if your wondering why hypertherm builds 100k resistors into the raw source. 300v/100,000=.003ma so non lethal. 5ma is accepted as maximum harmless current. It also takes 500v to reach that current when In contact with human skin. So 300v@3ma I bet you would not feel besides a mild tingle. No company in their right mind would send raw arc voltage down an exposed cable.

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7 years 5 months ago #133330 by phillc54
I have pushed a few updates.

plasmac.comp file was modified so you will need to run make.

IHS skip type determined by THC enabled/disabled.
Changed files are:
Code:
hal/components/plasmac.comp configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/README.md configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/imperial_plasmac.ini configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/metric_plasmac.ini configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac.hal configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac_run.hal nc_files/plasmac/imperial_ihs_skip_0.ngc nc_files/plasmac/imperial_ihs_skip_1.ngc nc_files/plasmac/metric_ihs_skip_0.ngc nc_files/plasmac/metric_ihs_skip_1.ngc


Increase range of arc-voltage offset and scale.
Changed files are:
Code:
/configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac_config.py


Add THC start delay.
Changed files are:
Code:
hal/components/plasmac.comp configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac_monitor.glade configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac_monitor.hal configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac_run.glade configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac_run.hal configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac_run.py


Remove redundant indicators.
Changed files are:
Code:
configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac_monitor.glade configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac_monitor.hal configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac_monitor.py configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac_run.glade configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/plasmac_run.hal


Cheers, Phill.

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7 years 5 months ago - 7 years 5 months ago #133335 by rodw
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Phill, Got his installed. I noticed we lost the nice colour coded enable/disable button.
I also hit estop straight after a probe with torch disabled and it was about 1.0mm too high
Then did the same in a live cut and it was about 2.0mm too high
Using Ohmic sensing
Is there an adjustment for this height anywhere?
First time I tried that. I'll check my float switch offsets in case its using it

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7 years 5 months ago #133360 by islander261
Rod

I think your probe speed is way too high. I probe at 5ipm or 127mmpm and get very accurate results.

John

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7 years 5 months ago #133403 by rodw
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islander261 wrote: Rod

I think your probe speed is way too high. I probe at 5ipm or 127mmpm and get very accurate results.

John

John, thanks, I just blindly used the defaults so I'll try again.

Re the button colour, I want back and checked what Phill had said on the last two updates in case I missed any required ini file updates.
forum.linuxcnc.org/plasma-laser/35449-an...ent?start=700#133228

The only thing i could see was the need to remove the remaps (which I will say crash Linuxcnc if you forget to remove them)

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