Another GUI project underway

giz wrote: I realized that shortly after posting, so I took a stab at it and made some progress. I currently have the "Load Spindle" button working, but initiating a M6 command (either in MDI, GUI, or GCode) just causes the control to "hang" as if it's trying to do something. It puts the control into a state that is not idle, but I can't interact with anything until I hit the "Stop" button. I'm a little blind because I don't know what it is hanging up on.

My best guess is that something isn't right about my M6 command.

I'm loading tools by hand right now, so I'm posting g-code for just 1 tool at a time and just want the Z offsets handled automatically. No ATC movements or axis movements associated with M6.

Chipping away at it...

im a little lost, are you using a tool touch off routine? is that where the issue is?

if you do a tool change and the tool is not in the tool table you will get an error message. make sure the tools are already in the table and see if it still hangs maybe? i don't know what else could cause the issue. unless you are using modified subroutines in which case i would not know unless you post so we can see what is in it that may be an issue?

Edit: do you have a program loaded? it needs a program loaded so it does not error. you should have the blank.ngc file loaded automatically at startup! may be your issue, but that usually complains with an error not just a hang.

more info!

Chris

Sice there is still the limit if 56 tools ins the tool table I was happy to see that there is a tool library in probe basic.
But to be honest I don't know how to use it.
Is it already developed or still "under construction"?

Thanks Patrick

anfänger wrote: Sice there is still the limit if 56 tools ins the tool table I was happy to see that there is a tool library in probe basic.
But to be honest I don't know how to use it.
Is it already developed or still "under construction"?

Thanks Patrick

still under construction at the moment but low on the list of priorities unfortunately, it will need some pretty heavy duty work i think to get up and running. but if anyone out there who knows database coding and who could help to set it up that would be awesome. there was a lot of discussion about making the fusion tool table and linuxcnc tool library updated together, that would be pretty sweet ithink! coders needed!!

chris.

I heard back from Nz post and the only cost is the shipping to you.

I was thinking I would give once screen to you and one to Giz

can you email me please so we can discuss it properly. would love to give you a screen after all the hard work you put into probe basic!

you can find my email address here

carbidecutters.co.nz

regards

Andrew

Lcvette wrote:
still under construction at the moment but low on the list of priorities unfortunately, it will need some pretty heavy duty work i think to get up and running. but if anyone out there who knows database coding and who could help to set it up that would be awesome. there was a lot of discussion about making the fusion tool table and linuxcnc tool library updated together, that would be pretty sweet ithink! coders needed!!

Sadly I have no clue from python, I did some perl and still do some sql but I never worked with other people and I don't have the time to learn python right now.

But I have another question. Ho Do I use "rum from here" it never seems to work for me.

Thanks Patrick

I'm trying to get a fault on a stepper drive to stop the machine. I've used the line "net faulty axis.1.amp-fault-in <= hm2_7i76e.0.7i76.0.0.input-20" to trigger a fault when 24v is applied to TB5 pin5 in Axis GUI, but it doens't seem to work in probe basic. pin 20 is getting a signal in the halmeter, and I checked voltage with halmeter, but nothing is showing up in probe basic. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
-Phil

Edit: 6-23-2020
I noticed the function to override the limit switch signal doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have the same experience? Also It would be very nice to have a backlash test function as well. I plan on learning Python pretty soon, so I might be able to help make this GUI complete in the near future. Anyway, I greatly appreciate using this software, thank you for making it free! The US government should help with funding this project in the same way it pays for funding of scientific research, colleges and much more. A Patreon or something should be setup, I would be happy to chip in.