On the Matsuura - I found this out also (counts not resetting between
launches of linuxcnc). (the encoder counters on the 7i73)
I think I got around it by applying the reset pulse to the encoder
counter in hal as linuxcnc booted. (I think peter had a better solution
but I don't remember what it was)
sam
On 4/17/2017 9:48 AM, andy pugh wrote:
> My lathe is set up with the Touchy interface. However I am not using
> the touchy jog-counts input as I have 4 separate wheels for jogging X
> and Z and for spindle and feed override. (I don't currently have a way
> to alter maxv or to move the restart point, but I haven't felt the
> need yet)
>
> I was having a problem with my lathe booting up with feed and spindle
> overrides set very low[1] and was finally prompted to try to get
> Touchy to report the current override value in the case where it was
> set from another source.
>
> I added a couple of lines around line 798 in touchy.py
>
> + self.fo_val = s.feedrate * 100
> + self.so_val = s.spindlerate * 100
> set_label(self.wTree.get_widget("fo").child, "FO:
> %d%%" % self.fo_val)
> set_label(self.wTree.get_widget("so").child, "SO:
> %d%%" % self.so_val)
> set_label(self.wTree.get_widget("mv").child, "MV: %d"
> % self.mv_val)
>
> Experiment shows that with this change Touchy displays over-rides
> sourced from halui as well as internally. (ie, both Touchy and halui
> count pins can change the setting, and Touchy reports both)
>
> I think this is better, but I am cautious of pushing it as a
> modification in case it is a bad idea in a way that I can't see.
>
>
> [1] Fixed by setting the halui.xxx-override.count-enable pin false
> then to true only in in the postgui, the Mesa card jogwheel counts on
> smart-serial boards don't reset between startups so the system can see
> a large delta at time.
>
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