Another GUI project underway

MovT wrote:

Thanks for the impressive and nice work! I use Probe_Basic now and i like it. I am an experienced coder but not with python. Anyway i would be a helping hand.

Is there a description how to set up a development environment? I am sure i will be familiar in a short time.

My short goals are to bring the spindle load and speed widgets to get working. Also a translation into my native language "German" is a nice to have

Best,
Udo

yes the development installation is here:

kcjengr.github.io/probe_basic/dev_install.html

we welcome all help!

auto-mation-assist wrote:

I have looked at all the posts relating to your project and I must say that your work is very impressive.

I hope to be able to get it installed in the next few days in v2.9, convert my configuration files as needed and can run some tests to get a good understanding of all your gui's features. It definitely makes me think that there is no need for me to proceed any further on gui development work that I have been doing on my own.

great, it runs fine so far on 2.9, i use that for dev and run 2.8 on test pc as well and have not run into any issues yet! feel free to stop by the qtpyvcp chat on irc!

Chris

Hello,

I installed the probe basic screen and it is really great. The look and feel is outstanding!

I have one little problem. I live in Germany and work with metric system, but the DRO in the probe basic screen is in Inch. Can I change this to mm? I edited the ink file, but the result is the same.

Best regards,
Jan

decor82 wrote:

Hello,

I installed the probe basic screen and it is really great. The look and feel is outstanding!

I have one little problem. I live in Germany and work with metric system, but the DRO in the probe basic screen is in Inch. Can I change this to mm? I edited the ink file, but the result is the same.

Best regards,
Jan

sounds like you have not correctly changed all of your ini file settings maybe. i have metric working perfectly fine in the sim, try checking the atc_sim/vmc_index_metric.ini file as a template for the metric units display..

this line in particular:

LINEAR_UNITS = mm

also make sure the initialization string is changed from G20 to G21

The G20 to G21 did the trick! thanks

Hi
A Linuxcnc nooby here

I really like this GUI but I can't find how to use it.

I have already had SilverDragon GUI working but would like to try this one.

Can someone please direct me in the right direction?

Cheers
Bruce

Try this Howto. Use LinuxCNC 2.8 or later to get the latest kinematic concept.

www.rainydayprojects.ch/linuxcnc/qtpyvcp-linuxcnc-gui

Best,
Udo

Thanks - that was very helpful

Bruedney wrote:

Hi
A Linuxcnc nooby here

I really like this GUI but I can't find how to use it.

I have already had SilverDragon GUI working but would like to try this one.

Can someone please direct me in the right direction?

Cheers
Bruce

if you are just wanting to use the gui and not do dev work on it for yourself, then you can use this installation which is a users install, much cleaner and easier to update with stable releases.

kcjengr.github.io/probe_basic/quick_start.html

hope this helps!

Chris

OK so I have it all installed but I get this error
"ERROR: In /work/standalone-x64-build/VTK-source/Rendering/OpenGL2/vtkOpenGLRenderWindow.cxx, line 797
vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow (0x56378428fd80): GL version 2.1 with the gpu_shader4 extension is not supported by your graphics driver but is required for the new OpenGL rendering backend. Please update your OpenGL driver. If you are using Mesa please make sure you have version 10.6.5 or later and make sure your driver in Mesa supports OpenGL 3.2."

glxinfo | grep "OpenGL version" returns
"OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 13.0.6"

Graphic card according to lspci is
"VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV516 [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series]"

glxinfo | grep -i vendor returns
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
Vendor: X.Org R300 Project (0x1002)
OpenGL vendor string: X.Org R300 Project

Any help would be appreciated

Bruce