Turret Rotating to fast and missing steps

its a parallel port on pc
there no home switches
i believe i have a signal to measure the spindle speed.
i have re install debian wheezy and upgraded to linux 2.8
at the moment i have toolchanger.comp not found  im curently getting
(sudo: halcompile: command not found) what am i now doing wrong??

Maybe try installing this package:
www.linuxcnc.org/dists/wheezy/2.8-rt/bin...c-dev_2.8.2_i386.deb



Got the link from here:
forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...c-dev?start=0#216159

i managed to update install 2.8.4
couldn't get them links to install
be looking all day
heres what i done i downloaded Clives/your boxford file put it all in Linuxcnc con-figs file clicked on file opened terminal

m@debian:~/linuxcnc/configs$ sudo halcompile --install toolchanger.comp
[sudo] password for m:
sudo: halcompile: command not found
m@debian:~/linuxcnc/configs$

m@debian:~$ uname -r
3.4-9-rtai-686-pae

m@debian:~$ uname -v
#1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 3.4.55-4linuxcnc

any ideas now???

Working with outdated hardware can be a bit of a pain.

The first link I posted should download a .deb file. That works for me.

Then you would need to install that .deb file:
www.tecmint.com/install-local-deb-packag...n-ubuntu-linux-mint/

edit:
If your pc has internet access you could also check the "package-manager" for the "linuxcnc-dev" package. Not sure if that still works on wheezy though.
 

thanks
had to reinstall installed to toolchanger.comp file the ran updates.

Now trying to just now see i i can run clives files to see if it starts up i still i get errors custom.hal missing

how do you copy and paste a debug file on Linux instead of typing it out?

In the "LinuxCNC Errors" window there should be a button in the lower right "Select All". You should then be able to copy/paste the content.

edit:
As for the missing "custom.hal":
In the Boxford.ini file under [HAL] section remove (or put a # in front of the line to comment it out)
HALFILE = custom.hal

There will likely be more errors to work through

morning
i have no copy and paste for some reason
i have create report file and close buttons only
i curently have ngc file not found: ngc tooolchange-54 Remap=m6 modalgroup=6 ngc=toolchange
note mav max 23.000 units/sec units/sec 1380.000 units/min
note ljog max23.000 units/sec 1380.000 units/min
note ljog default 15.000 units/sec 900.000 units/min

Might be better to start your config in a terminal window anyway:
$ linuxcnc
this should bring up the config selector window.
You should then be able to copy the error messages from the terminal window.

$ linuxcnc -l
ie minus lowercase letter L, should start linuxcnc with the configuration last used.


as for the ngc file not found:
In the Boxford.ini file under [RS274NGC] delete or comment out this line:
REMAP=M6 modalgroup=6 ngc=toolchange


edit:
Also since you don't have homing/limit switches on your machine change these lines in the Boxford.ini [JOINT_0] section:

HOME = 0
HOME_OFFSET = 0
HOME_SEARCH_VEL = 0
HOME_LATCH_VEL = 0
HOME_SEQUENCE = 0

and these in the [JOINT_1] section

HOME = 0
HOME_OFFSET = 0
HOME_SEARCH_VEL = 0
HOME_LATCH_VEL = 0
HOME_SEQUENCE = 1

The relevant documentation can be found here (section 6.13):
linuxcnc.org/docs/html/config/ini-homing.html

 

thank you guys for all your help so far !!!!
links and tips. !!
it loads up i have not connected to the machine yet how do i put back in the tool changer ngc file .
i also need to change my pins to suit my board.

i currently have
Found file(REL): ./Boxford.hal
No tool selected. Use M6Tx to set current tool
note: MAXV max: 23.000 units/sec 1380.000 units/min
note: LJOG max: 23.000 units/sec 1380.000 units/min
note: LJOG default: 15.000 units/sec 900.000 units/min
note: jog_order='ZX'
note: jog_invert=set()
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
task: 1612 cycles, min=0.000156, max=0.053974, avg=0.010242, 0 latency excursions (> 10x expected cycle time of 0.010000s)