Plamsac air scribe set up

Got him all squared away. For some reason his .ini didnt update to add the "./plasmac/" to the tool.tbl file location. It had missed the M codes location as well. I ran a test configurator on a different configuration and it worked fine, so must have been a fluke in between versions or something.

snowgoer540 wrote:

Got him all squared away. For some reason his .ini didnt update to add the "./plasmac/" to the tool.tbl file location. It had missed the M codes location as well. I ran a test configurator on a different configuration and it worked fine, so must have been a fluke in between versions or something.

It should put a local copy of the tool.tbl in the config directory so it shouldn't need the "./plasmac" added.

EDIT: was that a plasmac update or new install?

EDIT2: I do see an issue where the configurator doesn't copy the tool.tbl for a new install. You should see a tool table not found error when starting LinuxCNC. I have fixed it but will wait for your reply before pushing any changes as more may be needed.
The USER_M_PATH works correctly for both upgrades and new install

phillc54 wrote:

snowgoer540 wrote:

Got him all squared away. For some reason his .ini didnt update to add the "./plasmac/" to the tool.tbl file location. It had missed the M codes location as well. I ran a test configurator on a different configuration and it worked fine, so must have been a fluke in between versions or something.

It should put a local copy of the tool.tbl in the config directory so it shouldn't need the "./plasmac" added.

EDIT: was that a plasmac update or new install?

EDIT2: I do see an issue where the configurator doesn't copy the tool.tbl for a new install. You should see a tool table not found error when starting LinuxCNC. I have fixed it but will wait for your reply before pushing any changes as more may be needed.
The USER_M_PATH works correctly for both upgrades and new install

It was a new install at .140, then he upgraded to .143. I don’t think there was a tool.tbl in the config folder, just the plasmac folder underneath. It did error out, until I pointed it to the plasmac folder tool.tbl. I can have him undo it if it’s not how it should be, but it works now. The M code one was weird too, but a path change fixed it. I had the same results with a new config, the m code path was correct. I didn’t check for a tool.tbl then though as it wasn’t an issue yet.

snowgoer540 wrote:

It was a new install at .140, then he upgraded to .143. I don’t think there was a tool.tbl in the config folder, just the plasmac folder underneath. It did error out, until I pointed it to the plasmac folder tool.tbl. I can have him undo it if it’s not how it should be, but it works now. The M code one was weird too, but a path change fixed it. I had the same results with a new config, the m code path was correct. I didn’t check for a tool.tbl then though as it wasn’t an issue yet.

That explains it...

v0.142 fixed the USER_M_PATH issue but I didn't make it update the ini file as I hoped that no-one would be affected (I should know better)

I will push the tool table fix.

Thanks for the report.

I would suggest that you make sure the tool.tbl file is in the .ini file as:this is to ensure that when he updates next it will not be overwritten.

phillc54 wrote:

I would suggest that you make sure the tool.tbl file is in the .ini file as:

TOOL_TABLE              =  tool.tbl

this is to ensure that when he updates next it will not be overwritten.

Ok, I can help him get it sorted out. So just make a copy of the tool.tbl and put it in the machine folder? Should the edits be taken out of the tool.tbl in the plasmac folder?

snowgoer540 wrote:

Should the edits be taken out of the tool.tbl in the plasmac folder?

No need, that won't affect anything.

Ok, thanks Phill!