RS485 For Hypertherms
You trying to get the Hyperterm to talk rs-485 for THC?
Yes for the Current, Gas Pressure and Cut Type.
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Yeah, I have an 8 channel logic analyser but the problem I was having with a VMware guest was that it wouldn't open the port consistently.
You trying to get the Hyperterm to talk rs-485 for THC?
Yeh, there is a python user space component that already exists which was written by Pedro. Phill is folding it into Plasmac. I think he is hoping is Hypertherm 30 amp will grow up one day!
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So how do you think the component will work with PlasmaC?
When a tool is selected the component will change the voltage and air pressure on the plasma unit? So when I am cutting something out at 105 amps and I try to do a peck pierce the g code will switch to the piece tool and set the current at say 30 amps but when I go back to cutting it will read the tool change and go back to 105 amps?
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At this stage my thought is that I want tighter integration with PlasmaC so I am looking at doing the comms within PlasmaC itself rather than a separate component. That idea may change down the track.Yeh, there is a python user space component that already exists which was written by Pedro
I have been watering it but nothing yet, maybe now it is Spring...I think he is hoping is Hypertherm 30 amp will grow up one day!
That is pretty much it.So how do you think the component will work with PlasmaC?
When a tool is selected the component will change the voltage and air pressure on the plasma unit? So when I am cutting something out at 105 amps and I try to do a peck pierce the g code will switch to the piece tool and set the current at say 30 amps but when I go back to cutting it will read the tool change and go back to 105 amps?
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So now Stefan, you'll also need a second torch mounted up for marking with the 45XP...
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So now Stefan, you'll also need a second torch mounted up for marking with the 45XP...
Trust me I have thought about it. Quite recently as a matter of fact. It would be handy as I could set up the 45XP to run on argon and with the marking consumables and just use that for marking instead of a scribe. Not as cheap as the scribe but I am sure more versatile.
Now I have to redesign my whole X axis, Thanks Rod...
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I actually hope that Phill's hard work incorporating the current and pressure will require a redesign one day soon. It would be much better if it was done from a Mesa UART so there was no need to run an additional cable back to a PC. One day...
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I think I will give Phill a break after he gets this one working before I annoy him about any further nice to have features. I think multiple z axies would fit into the nice to have list as well as my air drill. Like Rod says one day.
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That could be an additional option, it is only slow comms so it doesn't really matter how it is done plus not everyone has Mesa hardware.I actually hope that Phill's hard work incorporating the current and pressure will require a redesign one day soon. It would be much better if it was done from a Mesa UART so there was no need to run an additional cable back to a PC
I have actually thought about multiple X axes over the last week or so.I think I will give Phill a break after he gets this one working before I annoy him about any further nice to have features. I think multiple z axies would fit into the nice to have list as well as my air drill.
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