Getting back to LinuxCNC plasma table

[acourtjester]

Well I was able to do a work around for my problem and get the parts cut today. Had to click on the ignore Arc OK and no THC.
Next step when I get the time is a complete install following the above link with the newer version of QTPlasmaC.

[plasmanewbie]

Gotta do what you gotta do to get things done. Hopefully you can get everything sorted out, pretty impressive how deep your into this Tom

[acourtjester]

Well me and LinuxCNC are doing battle again, trying to finish a new software change. Working with the procedure from the post above, having a problem with opening up QTPlasmaC the other GUIs seem to work. Working with Phill from down under, he is a great help we just have not put a finger on why its not working. One thing I did find with with this Dell I am using the disc must be set to Legacy in the BIOS. And the above procedure links to a newer version of Mint and that did not work, has to be 19.4 version from another download site.

[plasmanewbie]

Good job sticking it out Tom, I would have given up long ago, that stuff is beyond me!

[acourtjester]

Thanks I need to keep going the plasma section of my table is down until this gets worked out.

[acourtjester]

Well after going over some of the commands in the setup again and the network info it is now working. I will be moving the controller back to the shop for operational testing and work.

[kn612]

If I had known MX Linux was going to give you so much trouble I wouldn't have recommended it. It's been rock solid on the hardware I have. It's odd you are experiencing bugs with an identical setup

Looking forward to seeing if your arc ok issue is resolved. Are you using qtplasmac 2.10 now?

[acourtjester]

No sir not your fault, Problems I had were my miss-steps and that the site had updated version of Mint. Your recommendations put me on the path to get the newer version of QTPLasmaC, which is what I wanted. My posting is just to show the experiences and things can be worked out by sticking with the process. Phill (linuxcnc blog) from down under gave me the site for the older version which is this one, for those who want to setup their controller with it. And thanks for your last post about the arc voltage THC page.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mx-lin ... o/download

[acourtjester]

Update I was having a problem with the pause command (M01) SheetCam would not complete a G-code when I tried to use it. This is part of the Center punching routine I do, so I can change the amp setting on the plasma unit after doing the dimpling in the G-code. Les sent me an edited Post Processor which corrected the problem. This is for the LinuxCNC PlasmaC post processor.

[weldguy]

Thats great. Wish customer service like that existed everywhere!