Configuring Plasmac - a complete THC/plasma config for any hardware

i will give it a try this year as we build plasma number 5 as huge as the sheets 2500x1500mm cut area

rodw wrote: Open a terminal window and navigate to

Code:

/home/plasma/linuxcnc/configs

Minor correction:
Open a file browser window, not terminal.

tommylight wrote: Minor correction:
Open a file browser window, not terminal.

Tommy, thanks fixed. I Won't go into how long I chased a bug in my hal file today becasue I forgot to addf a component!

So now I've used this a bit, I found the most important setting is the probe height. Probe height is measured up from Zmin. You have to make sure that the probe height is above the top surface of the material.

Here is a workflow from Islander261 using plasmac and Gmoccappy.

islander261 wrote: Here is my typical work flow as it may help clear things up. Using Gmoccapy in the Plasmac branch.

1.Start terminal session.
2.Set Plasmac RIP environment
3. Start LinuxCNC
4. Pick configuration I want to run
5. Take program out of estop
6. Switch machine on with GUI button
7. Press the Homing button in bottom left corner of GUI
8. Press Home All button in bottom left corner of GUI and wait for homing to finish
9. Press Load Material button on buttons panel and wait for gantry to clear table
10. Place work piece on table and square to table motion using laser crosshairs
11. Jog to work piece origin
12. Press Touch Off button on bottom of GUI (second from left)
13. Press X Set button
14. In popup window set X offset to 0 (should be default choice)
15. Repeat 13 & 14 for Y axis
16. Press return button on bottom right of GUI to clear Touch Off Tab, you should see G54 offset label displayed in DRO
17. Check settings
18. Load program
19. Enable Torch
20. Start program

Am I missing something or is this the same directory?

Yes, my mistake. I noticed it this morning but did not want to rely on memory to fix it.. The correct source directory will be somthing like:
~/plasmac/configs/sim/gmoccapy/plasmac/

EDIT: Now fixed in the original post