Freelancer wanted to get tool sensor working (software)

I am looking for a freelancer to remote into my system and help me get tool sensor working in either probe basic or dragon QT.

The mill works right now with Dragon QT, able to home, jog, run g-code, even 3d probe. I am giving up though on trying to get this tool sensor to work, spent way to much time trying to get the right ini setting or something. Unable to find any manauls, guides, or anything to set this up in software. The tool sensor is a that standard orange button one from amazon. Its wired in, it works, the software just doesnt want to work.

What happens is when I attempt to use the dragon qt tool sensor it goes to the postion, probes, then sets the tool offset to 9999999. The other "buttons" for setting the tool length just dont work at all, does not press or allow me to press.

The objective is when a tool changed (manually for now) it will move to the tool sensor location, probe, set the tool length, then back to work.

Name your price, I just want it to work. 


 

My email address is on my YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@MrRodW
Qtdragon and probebasic assume you have repeatable tooling. If you don't, I would recommend investing in Tormach TTS collets, their marble plate and a  manual tool height measurer. Measure your 3D probe and your tools and record the settings in the tool table. Probe the material height with the 3D probe and the tool changing routine will do what you want to do. (ask you to insert a premeasured tool) This is far the best way. Works perfectly with QT dragon

Mr.Rodw big fan of your work! I wouldnt disagree with that however if there is solution to continue to use ER16 tooling (I should have mentioned that in the og post) then I would rather do that then invest in a TTS spindle and TTS collets. I know there is a solution to this

Still looking for a freelancer to help get a tool sensor setup in software

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Mr.Rodw big fan of your work! I wouldnt disagree with that however if there is solution to continue to use ER16 tooling (I should have mentioned that in the og post) then I would rather do that then invest in a TTS spindle and TTS collets. I know there is a solution to this

Thanks. I think the framework is there in qtdragon aleady but be prepared to read the docs and play. Conceptually not that hard. probe towards surface, then probe away until contact breaks then set Z0. You can also do it manually until you can roll a cylinder (eg drill or milling cutter) until it just fits under than set Z10 (if it is a 10mm dia cylinder).

I would agree its conceptually not hard but my assumption was the rich features offered by qt dragon, probe basic, or even gmoccapy for setting tool offsets would be more simple to setup. Reading docs, changing parameters, and trial and error just leads to more problems, I have several posts going currently with problems in each interface.

My current solution and only working solution has is to just g-code and probe everything manually and type in tool lengths manually instead of the automation I assumed was already included in these setups. Yes from here I need to make my own macros to automate it myself but I guess I was just fighting the fact that its not as plug and play as it was made to seem. Each tool sensor feature from each interface doesnt seem to work at intented.

Dont get me wrong, I like Linuxcnc, I have been using it for over a 2 years now but progressing into more automated features like getting a 3d probe and tool sensors has been a pain so far for something that seems so modern to use now.

This is why I am looking freelancer services, I am willing to pay for someone to 1. setup it up as intented, 2. figure out the problems, 3. or at least show me whats wrong so I can share my findings to save the next person who wants the same features some time and to get on with machining.

I have no experience with this particular issue and have never used linux cnc for milling/turning but I found Cursor a extremely valuable program for making custom software that operates with linux cnc. It still takes a ton of time and hassle but is still faster then becoming a expert in programing. Very likely is possible to modify dragon qt to have the features that you would like.