I`m building a plasma cutter at the moment and it should run with linuxcnc. I found the nice Gmoccapy Plasma version, but no detailed install instructions.
In the wiki it is only writting the correct files to copy and the changes to made will be told later, but i cannot find anything more about it.
Gmoccapy is running fine. Can someone help me to get the plasma version running?
Linux CNC 2.6.8 from ISO file including unbuntu
THC from Proma
Steering: Benezans Triple Beast with stepper Motors
Cutter: Stahlwerk PCut 120
You have to make a normal xyz axis config using Stepconf or Pncconf. Then make sure that is running.
What I do is open both the new ini file and the sim ini file.
Then copy the sim [DISPLAY] stuff over the Axis.ini file {DISPLAY] contents.
Then you need the plasma.py, plasma.hal and plasma.glade files in your config directory.
You also need the signal.py, signal.glade and signal.hal in your config directory.
This should all startup and run. From here you implement your particular THC choice by using the builtin THCUD component or you write your own for your system.
The plasma screen contains many controls that cater for a complex software controlled THC or a simple hardware bit bang THC solution. As I said the choice of THC is yours.
Tell us what your choice of THC is going to be and I will elaborate on that.
OK I see you are using the Proma. That is a simple bit bang system and you can use the THCUD component. Look at the man page for the THCUD to get a good idea of what signals you need. The Proma works very well and has very little problems.
