adding auto leveling to linuxCnc

I got it going and it was easy.

Just changed the name of signal line like this-

net xpos2-cmd <= axis.x.pos-cmd => compensation.x-pos

I can see the Z motor moving so its now fine. Now time to scan the table again and get it around the 0 Z level.
Will post again when I cut .1 mm above the glass.

Thanks
srl

The scanning and Z compensation seem to work properly (I check this using a cup, I scan it, remove it and then I see when moving on same 'Z' depth, the tip carves the shape of the cup). The problem I have is that the Z compensation is lagging, when I put the cup back, there are collisions between the tip and the cup, the Z is lagging behind the current XY position.

seems that compensation.py is best for dealing with a flat surface that is tilted or uneven -- you sample surface height at 10 mm X-Y spacing, and then it interpolates a height map with 0.1-1 mm resolution depending on the scaling factor.

Check out Compensation.loadMap() method definition from the compensation.py file. ~ 30 lines of code and this is where things happen. If you provide a much denser probe-results.txt, the code may handle it poorly if without modification.

Essentially what loadMap() does is take X,Y, Z value from probe-results.txt, clean it up a little bit, feed them into scipy.interpolate.griddata(), and returns a value-mapped 2D array with X and Y being the index.

Since array indicies cannot be float, so X and Y must be int() -ed, and this might be a significant source of error (and bug!) if you r application requires a much better resolution than 0.1-1 mm.

ok, will check, thank you for your reply

I've recorded videos where you can see how the Z compensation is lagging.



I've probed the tape, removed the probe and I'd like to see the Z axis "draw" the arc, as you can see it's lagging very badly.

Ah I see, when feed rate is high it wont keep up.
In Compensation.run() method definition there is a time.sleep() function sitting in the while True loop. Modifying its value may give better or worse lagging behaviors.

Think of the Python script as a real-time module in the HAL file. After initialization (loadMap()), and clicking enable in the GUI, this script is just constantly comparing current machine position with the generated heightmap, and outputting height adjustment to the joints.

This obviously will take specific amount of time that is dependent on the particular Linux machine running the script.

I have not benchmarked the timing behaviors, but I think it is possible to add time stamping like this and review the numbers in the terminal. Python can print to the terminal if you invoke Linuxcnc from the command line by calling "linuxcnc":
```
import time
print_every = 1000
time_counter = 0
t_total = 0.0
t1 = 0.0
t2 = 0.0
  while True:
  time.sleep(UPDATE_INTERVAL)
  t1 = time.time()
  ##start of original while loop code
  ##end of original while loop code
  t2 = time.time()
  time_total += t2-t1
  time_counter += 1
  if time_counter > 1000:
    print("average execution time is %f "% (time_total / time_counter))
    time_counter = 0
```
If decreasing the sleep interval does not help or causes problem, another way is to just decrease your feed rate to below your (resolution / UPDATE_INTERVAL). Unit here is machine unit per second

I've now been using it and its great. The dial shows that my table level variance has been reduced from .3mm down to .05. The milled parts come out much better. My next job is to move off VDFMOD to MB2HAL.
srl

I use g-code ripper almost 1 year.. Can i save the g-code with probe data ? I mean when i start to run g-code from g code ripper, at the half of running this program i have to shut down my machine, so can i save the probing data then i continue run my gcode later?

Dear friends,

I tried to use the autoleveller and got the error report as attached.

I followed ds.lithographie  steps and did followings:
1. copied compensation folder unzip under the same folder ini file is.
2. Offset added under Z axis and Halfile added in ini file.
3. postgui halfile modified (attached).
4. custompanel.xml changed (attached). I am doubtful If I made any thing wrong.
5. downloaded autoleveller jar and placed as per attached photo.
6. downloaded jdk 8 u341 from oracle www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#license-lightbox.
    My system is 32 bit. Not sure there is any mistake.
    tar used and extracted folder pasted in autoleveller folder as per attached photo.
7. created run.sh (attached as test file) and moved to bin folder. Not sure if I typed the address right in the run.sh file, big doubt.
8.  error report attached. it says "No module named scipy.interpolate". If any such module needed, please mention the source and how/where to paste/install it.

Thanks in advance for any help.