pause spindle using USB pendant

qtdragon.external-pause is momentary.... This causes qtdragon.spindle-inhibit & spindle.0.inhibit to go high.

If I press the button again the spindle does not restart & the spindle does not lower into the work piece. It just makes air cuts with the spindle paused.

However if I press the spindle paused button (next to reload on the ui) the spindle starts up. I get the dialog box & the spindle lowers to the correct height to continue the program.

I need to find a HAL pin for that spindle paused button.

Thanks
Alex

Can you post the qtdragon_handler file?

How do I find the handler file (& what does it do)

Does this mean that qtdragon.external-pause is likely to dissappear the net time I reinstall linuxcnc?

Thanks

Maybe the easiest is change the INI setting:
[DISPLAY]
DISPLAY = qtvcp -i qtdragon

and run linuxcnc from the terminal.

Hi there

Attached is the startup of linuxcnc.
I have also attached a copy of the pause_pin.py file referenced.

Thanks
Alex
 

That pause_pin.py file is the modification that adds the two new pins.
That's how you got the behavior in 2.9.

anyways try this pause_pin.py file instead off the old one.
Don't forget to connect both of the new pins:

qtdragon.external-pause
qtdragon.external-eoffset-state (to motion.eoffset-active)