Probe Screen for LinuxCNC 2.8

Info

Probe-Screen is currently being redesigned.

History

This repo was originally a fork of https://github.com/verser-git/probe_screen_v2 by Serguei Glavatski / Vers.by. Hopefully, this will become a community maintained probe screen for LinuxCNC. Anyone with an interest in helping out, please submit PRs or ask to join the project via a GitHub issue.

Install

1. See "psng/install_del_from_your.hal" Delete (or comment out) from all .hal files lines of the form:

   #loadusr -W hal_manualtoolchange
   #net tool-change iocontrol.0.tool-change => hal_manualtoolchange.change
   #net tool-changed iocontrol.0.tool-changed <= hal_manualtoolchange.changed
   #net tool-number iocontrol.0.tool-prep-number => hal_manualtoolchange.number

2. See "psng/install_add_to_your.ini" Add to your .ini settings, substitute your own constants.

3. The following folders from the archive are placed in configuration folder:

   /python
   /psng

4. Copy .axisrc to your home ~/ folder. If you are already using .axisrc, then only add to your file contents of this .axisrc.

Use

Set the probe in the spindle.

Move manually probe for Z about 2-10 mm above the workpiece surface, and for XY about the position indicated by the colored dot on the appropriate button Probe Screen.

Fill parameters. Meaning of the parameters should be clear from the names and pictures (the name pop up when approaching the mouse). If you change the parameters are automatically saved in .pref .

Hit only the button that corresponds to the position of the probe above the workpiece. For the other buttons - you must move the probe to another position above the workpiece.

You do not need to expose offsets for tool "Probe", the program desired zero offsets for the current tool makes herself, and G-code works off all in relative coordinates. In fact, you can use the application immediately after the Home.

Any of the search ends at XY moving at the desired point (or edge, or corner, or center), Z remains in the original position.

More info https://vers.by/en/blog/useful-articles/probe-screen Discussion on the forum linuxcnc.org: https://forum.linuxcnc.org/49-basic-configuration/29187-work-with-probe

License

This is a plugin for LinuxCNC Copyright 2015 Serguei Glavatski [email protected]

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.