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24 Oct 2021 23:21 #224143 by andypugh
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I do sometimes add a weight to it. But there is not any material left to do much with so you have to be careful about collisions.!

 

A few tack welds to hold the material down to the slats might be an option?
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25 Oct 2021 03:49 #224181 by rodw
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A few tack welds to hold the material down to the slats might be an option?

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Who would think to do that at the beginning of a job? There is no problem then! :)
Actually, the system handles the warped material remarkably well. Half of it happens after a section has been cut so its never as bad as that photo shows.
I just get impatient with the probing and want to make it faster. I think it can be done fairly easily. I just get distracted with other projects.

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25 Oct 2021 04:09 #224189 by rodw
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If it only QtPlasmaC that you are having path issues with then you can easily change the type in installation:
linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/plasma/qtpl...inuxcnc_installation

 

[code]source ~/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/rip-environment
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Still says this script is only useful for RIP systems,
I'll check a couple more things.

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26 Oct 2021 02:06 #224318 by rodw
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Well, this is a bit strange, I managed to build a RIP in another folder ~/linuxcnc-pla and when it loads, I get these messages despite both settings being in the ini file.

<commandline>:0: Pin 'ini.z.max_limit' does not exist
<commandline>:0: Pin 'ini.z.min_limit' does not exist

Just after that  I get
hm2/hm2_7i76e.0: error finishing read! iter=3073
I know that shuts down Linuxcnc but I've never seen this before so here is the output
plasma2@plasma2:~$ halcmd show param *tmax
Parameters:
Owner   Type  Dir         Value  Name
    68  s32   RW           1320  abs.0.tmax
    38  s32   RW           1920  and2.0.tmax
    38  s32   RW           1368  and2.1.tmax
    38  s32   RW            960  and2.2.tmax
    38  s32   RW            816  and2.3.tmax
    38  s32   RW           1104  and2.4.tmax
    38  s32   RW          11328  and2.5.tmax
    38  s32   RW           1104  and2.6.tmax
    38  s32   RW            792  and2.7.tmax
    38  s32   RW            624  and2.8.tmax
    47  s32   RW           1608  conv-float-s32.0.tmax
    50  s32   RW              0  conv-s32-bit.0.tmax
    95  s32   RW           1344  db_arc-ok.tmax
    95  s32   RW           1224  db_breakaway.tmax
    95  s32   RW           1944  db_float.tmax
    95  s32   RW            936  db_ohmic.tmax
    23  s32   RW           1728  estop-latch.0.tmax
    23  s32   RW          10944  estop-latch.1.tmax
    23  s32   RW           1200  estop-latch.2.tmax
    23  s32   RW            912  estop-latch.3.tmax
    83  s32   RW              0  hm2_7i76e.0.read-request.tmax
    83  s32   RW        1693200  hm2_7i76e.0.read.tmax
    83  s32   RW         106896  hm2_7i76e.0.write.tmax
    62  s32   RW           3240  ilowpass.0.tmax
    19  s32   RW           6456  motion-command-handler.tmax
    19  s32   RW          76896  motion-controller.tmax
    65  s32   RW            840  mult2.0.tmax
    65  s32   RW           1152  mult2.1.tmax
    65  s32   RW           1296  mult2.2.tmax
    65  s32   RW           1032  mult2.3.tmax
    71  s32   RW           1632  mux2.0.tmax
    71  s32   RW            720  mux2.1.tmax
    53  s32   RW           1776  mux4.0.tmax
    56  s32   RW           1464  mux8.0.tmax
    74  s32   RW           1176  not.0.tmax
    89  s32   RW           4704  ohmicsense.tmax
    29  s32   RW           1368  or2.0.tmax
    29  s32   RW            888  or2.1.tmax
    29  s32   RW           1080  or2.2.tmax
    29  s32   RW          10344  or2.3.tmax
    29  s32   RW            816  or2.4.tmax
    29  s32   RW           1032  or2.5.tmax
    86  s32   RW           2784  pid.s.do-pid-calcs.tmax
    86  s32   RW          11232  pid.x.do-pid-calcs.tmax
    86  s32   RW           2376  pid.y.do-pid-calcs.tmax
    86  s32   RW           2088  pid.y2.do-pid-calcs.tmax
    86  s32   RW          11280  pid.z.do-pid-calcs.tmax
    92  s32   RW          14304  plasmac.tmax
    59  s32   RW           1248  select8.0.tmax
    20  s32   RW        1767576  servo-thread.tmax
    35  s32   RW          12696  siggen.0.update.tmax
    80  s32   RW           1536  stepboost.0.tmax
    77  s32   RW           3168  thcad10.tmax
    41  s32   RW           1584  toggle.0.tmax
    44  s32   RW           1392  toggle2nist.0.tmax
    32  s32   RW            840  xor2.0.tmax
Ping is 
plasma2@plasma2:~$ ping 10.10.10.10
PING 10.10.10.10 (10.10.10.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.10.10.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.103 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.106 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.105 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.10: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.103 ms
and I have set the coalescing. not sure if it was required or not but it did improve ping time marginally.


Latency is not an issue.

 

Is there something with QT or QTplasmac that needs reinstalling in the new RIP installation? It would seem the overrun is due to the software (QT/QTplasmac)
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26 Oct 2021 02:57 #224319 by phillc54
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What is the complete output in the terminal?

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26 Oct 2021 04:02 #224323 by rodw
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What is the complete output in the terminal?

I'll let you know later. I accidentally deleted my linuxcnc folder. Have no idea how... I am rebuilding the linuxcnc-dev folder so I'll see how it goes...
I've still got the debs I made earlier so may revert to them ...

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26 Oct 2021 04:21 #224324 by phillc54
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One possible reason for the error is that the directory link to qtplasmac in the config folder is pointing to the wrong place, eg you had a link for a package build when it should be a link for a rip build.

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28 Oct 2021 05:25 #224547 by rodw
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Well I think I am a happy camper now. I have been adding some enhancements using some spare outputs on my MPG.
I've now got voltage, feed and rapid overrides via my 6 axis MPG using the spare pins. 
Is there a way to  use a MPG for the jog override slider? I could not see a way in Halui or QTplasmac.

Also, another member wanted to default the file sort order to be descending on dates. This makes sense as the files just added are at the top of the list when you get to the machine. 

I don't think its a QTP issue but the QT filemanager seems to be where this is displayed. see this file
github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/master...file_manager.py#L116
Does the Numeric parameter on that line refer to the column number?
It would be great if Mr Phil and Mr Morley could put their heads together on that one. It would be awesome of sort column and default order could be set in the ini file or saved in a prefs file between sessions.

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28 Oct 2021 05:53 #224549 by rodw
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Also in the very early days plasmac had a park button in the GUI. What are the gcode commands to achieve that? I'm not strong with Gcode. I leave it to Sheetcam.
 

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28 Oct 2021 08:48 - 28 Oct 2021 08:49 #224554 by snowgoer540
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Also in the very early days plasmac had a park button in the GUI. What are the gcode commands to achieve that? I'm not strong with Gcode. I leave it to Sheetcam.


 

I have these buttons set up on my wide screen monitor such that they form a quadrant that matches where the torch would go on the table if viewed from the top down, in the last two rows of buttons. They allow me to park the torch at the extents of my table with a click.

BUTTON_13_NAME = G53\X0Y51
BUTTON_13_CODE = g53 g0 x0 y51
BUTTON_14_NAME = G53\X51Y51
BUTTON_14_CODE = g53 g0 x51 y51
BUTTON_15_NAME = G53\X0Y0
BUTTON_15_CODE = g53 g0 x0 y0
BUTTON_16_NAME = G53\X51Y0
BUTTON_16_CODE = g53 g0 x51 y0

Obviously you'll have to change them to match your table dimensions and from dinosaurs to metrics.
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