Another GUI project underway

My bad, I tried changing the repo name to probe-basic for consistency. GitHub swore up and down they would create an automatic redirect, but I guess they did not. I changed the name back for now, so as not to break existing URLs.

Cheers,
Kurt

I've been looking forward to loading this onto my mill retroti, and I finally did it yesterday. So excited to bring the machine online with Probe Basic!

Fooling around with it yesterday, I had two questions. The first, where should I start researching how to connect my toolchanger to the UI? And the second is whether or not there is a continuous jog function.

Thanks so much for your contributions to LinuxCNC!

giz wrote: I've been looking forward to loading this onto my mill retroti, and I finally did it yesterday. So excited to bring the machine online with Probe Basic!

Fooling around with it yesterday, I had two questions. The first, where should I start researching how to connect my toolchanger to the UI? And the second is whether or not there is a continuous jog function.

Thanks so much for your contributions to LinuxCNC!

For jog continuous, add JOG in front of you increments in the ini line..

JOG, 0.010in, 0.001in etc


For connections to the ATC you just use the m6 remap files, they have the analog signals embedded in the remap files. There are notes in the files for what's what and you just wire your ATC sensors and command functions in Hal to match. You may need to adjust the files to suit your ATC type!

Chris

On my vcp 4 I added a signal and slot to my continuous and increment buttons to toggle the respective mode.

I found it worked every time that way. Im not sure if it is something I did or not

Right on - I'll add the JOG function this weekend and look into the tool changer signals later.

I don't have my Orient functioning correctly so changing tools manually right now. And by that I mean I am using HALShow and "sets" to change the Tool_Unclamp signal to True/False to move tools in and out lol. So my immediate need is to connect the probe basic Drawbar buttons to my tool unclamp signal.

Cut my first real parts this week and I have to say - Probe Basic makes LinuxCNC feel so much more approachable than the Axis GUI.

giz wrote: Right on - I'll add the JOG function this weekend and look into the tool changer signals later.

I don't have my Orient functioning correctly so changing tools manually right now. And by that I mean I am using HALShow and "sets" to change the Tool_Unclamp signal to True/False to move tools in and out lol. So my immediate need is to connect the probe basic Drawbar buttons to my tool unclamp signal.

Cut my first real parts this week and I have to say - Probe Basic makes LinuxCNC feel so much more approachable than the Axis GUI.

you should have a manual drawbar button, at least i have one on my machine for easily .loading the carousel, it is right on the head.

how are you orienting your spindle? does your spindle drive have an orient input and angle adjustability? mine does so it was pretty easy to just send the signal to orient and the angle was setup in the drive to suit the carousel fingers and tool drive dogs in the correct position. so all i do is send a signal to the drive to orient and it does its thing. i do not have experience with the linuxcnc method of orientingso can't help there if that is the method you are using but I am sure someone in the forums has done it and could help!

yes i agree, Probe Basic is much bigger with more scvreens, but it makes things feel a bit more intuitive in my opinion. once you have everything setup it is very simple to use.

Chris