I have no power for the last 3 days so using the phone makes it dificult to quote stuff with this editor, but in short:
-i have PlasmaC in daily use in over 10 machines, users got used to occasional stops and are OK with it, luckily rareley happens, i think it is 2.8.4 version.
-i have probably over 20 machines using the old hal THC i cobbled together, in daily use, never fails
-i had 2 machines plus mine using QtPlasmaC, had to switch back to PlasmaC. This was a year or two back, so i will give this another try when i get a chance.
-you and Phill are doing a magnificent job of supporting and fixing this, instantly, utmost respect
-PlasmaC has 4 or 5 ways of disabling the THC, most are useless, except VAD, and void lock sometimes. Right now i can not think of any other valid use case. BTW default should be at 60-70%, not at 95%.
-what should i monitor for the issue where the torch keeps going down till float switch triggers during cut, happens often and ruins the nozzle. More often in QtPlasmaC but that might be just luck
-what should i monitor for the issue where the machine moves to a cut position and just stays there? This happens sometimes even when doing a manual cut where pressing F9 shows the machine running on screen but nothing moves. DRO does not change, machine state does. Again this happens a lot on QtPlasmaC, do not recall this happening on PlasmaC so might be a QT thing. I think these are two issues, one during cutting where the Z axis does not retract properly during normal cutting, and the other stated above where nothing happens.
-i think i have an old config for QtPlasmaC on a laptop for my machine, i can upload that if you think it might help.
-i absolutely have no issues with intelectual property, i do and will post everything i do personally, as can be seen from many posts here, i am strictly Open Source everything, and i did reject any job requiring me to sign an NDA
Ooops, not very short