RS485 For Hypertherms

All these features are nice and all but, are we going to be able to choose what optionsfeatures we want to use and not be obligated to use all for plasmac to work?

I am hoping I already know the answer but...... I have to ask.

Just use the bits you want.

phillc54 wrote: Just use the bits you want.

Which brings me to a thought. Linuxnc's multispindle functionality makes it so darn easy to add additional tools but we started numbering them in a fixed fashion in Plasmac. I think the development team (who is that now?) should think about adding some sort of spindle type to the configuration. So somebody who wants a drill and not a scribe can specify its on spindle 1 and so on. Adding that flexibility that now might save Plasmac from the kind of confusion the joint axis feature has brought (That one has yet to play out. Wait until 2.8 becomes the release version and 2.7 users upgrade...)

Development team = 1 man army = PhillC

We are helping him immensely by requesting more and more features, and blatantly pointing out his mistakes !

That is meant as a joke, so please take it as such! Thank you.

The reality is that a lot of people helped and Phill is relentless in constantly improving PlasmaC and adding more features that the rest of us relentlessly request !

tommylight wrote: Yes it is, and it is not height sensitive as plasma.
Adding big buttons for up/down while cutting would be useful.
Basically it is:
-Fire the torch ( acetylene or propane with some oxygen )
-Press run on Linuxcnc
-Wait for the set amount in gcode or panel
-Turn on the relay or the valve for the cutting oxygen
-Engage motion.

Tom,

Does a gantry oxy set use a special set of tips? I know as a fabricator how much difference it makes for your oxy cut to have a nice clean tip. How does they gantry oxy keep its tips clean? Using tip cleaners at the beginning of every cutting session?

rodw wrote: Which brings me to a thought. Linuxnc's multispindle functionality makes it so darn easy to add additional tools but we started numbering them in a fixed fashion in Plasmac. I think the development team (who is that now?) should think about adding some sort of spindle type to the configuration. So somebody who wants a drill and not a scribe can specify its on spindle 1 and so on. Adding that flexibility that now might save Plasmac from the kind of confusion the joint axis feature has brought (That one has yet to play out. Wait until 2.8 becomes the release version and 2.7 users upgrade...)

Rod,
I'm not 100% sure where you are heading here.
It has been bugging me a bit too. When I started I didn't think beyond one spindle then when we added the air-scribe I thought that would be it, but...
I would love to hear more.