QtPlasmaC release.

tommylight wrote: Phill, sorry to bother, but:
Press F9, jog manually right, press F9 while still holding the jog button, release the jog button = machine continues to move right till it hits the limits ... or gets out of the shop !
Pressing the arrow key stops it.
Latest master, as usual.
Off to the shop, soon ....

And here was I thinking I would spend tomorrow sitting in the sun reading my Kindle...

That is GUI jog button Tom?

tommylight wrote: Phill, sorry to bother, but:
Press F9, jog manually right, press F9 while still holding the jog button, release the jog button = machine continues to move right till it hits the limits ... or gets out of the shop !
Pressing the arrow key stops it.
Latest master, as usual.
Off to the shop, soon ....

I was going to ask if you were on the latest version that uses the autorepeat disable. But you answered that

Back when we did the isAutoRepeat() work around, sometimes the axis would forget that we released a jog key on the keyboard. :laugh: I would have suspected this was a byproduct of that work around, but if you are on the latest version then it must be something else.

Phill: Reading anything good on the Kindle??

If anyone wants a good book recommendation, highly recommend "The Martian" by Andy Weir... even if you've seen the movie (which pales by comparison) it's still worth the read.

phillc54 wrote:
That is GUI jog button Tom?

Nope, keyboard, still old school here, it just feels good to have something to beat on !

First, I apologize in advance if I'm asking this question in the wrong place.

I'm going through the qtplasmac docs and can't find anything that talks about the line on the very bottom of the gui.

1. Are the g-codes and m-codes just a listing for reference or does it serve another purpose?
2. In the example image below from the docs, bottom left corner, "Job the Z axis down". Where does message this come from? Can I set this message from my gcode files?

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AgentWD40 wrote: First, I apologize in advance if I'm asking this question in the wrong place.

I'm going through the qtplasmac docs and can't find anything that talks about the line on the very bottom of the gui.

1. Are the g-codes and m-codes just a listing for reference or does it serve another purpose?
2. In the example image below from the docs, bottom left corner, "Job the Z axis down". Where does message this come from? Can I set this message from my gcode files?

I should probably document that somehow...

1. They are the currently active G and M codes.
2. Likely when the screen shot was taken the mouse was hovering over the Z- GUI jog button. That area displays the GUI hints/tooltips/etc. I think error messages display there for a short time as well (in addition to the error popup). I dont think you can display messages there voluntarily.

What are you looking to do exactly?

snowgoer540 wrote: What are you looking to do exactly?

I'm running a hypertherm without a RS485 port. I'd like to be able to somehow send a message to instruct the operator to manually set the amps when necessary (e.g. between center spotting and cutting operations)