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Discussion in 'Control Software' started by Mark Carew, Oct 8, 2018.

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  1. dJOS_500

    dJOS_500 Well-Known
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    @Peter Van Der Walt Well I'll be, this was it! I uninstalled Control and reinstalled it from the latest download and it works perfectly! 3D views are rendered instantly. :banghead:
     
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    If you skip to the 10 minute mark, the automatic Z height offset is the main thing I’d love to see in Control. My parts operations usually require 2 - 4 tool changes and not having to re-probe the z height would be an amazing quality of life improvement.

     
    #2372 dJOS_500, May 13, 2023
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    But isn't that essentially re-probing the z height? I was going to add one to my machine, but realized it would take longer to have the machine travel to the location the permanent offset was than to just re-probe above my XYZ zero point where I change tools. However, I am only looking at it from the speed and accuracy aspects that I prefer. There may be something I am missing. Obviously this would be great if the machine did automatic tool changes.
     
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  4. Peter Van Der Walt

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    So, basically just the great Misterg's TLO Macro? : see post #14 in Getting started with Javascript Macros in CONTROL / Library of Macros created by the community

    Macros for the win (again) - deals with it in a way that's more forgiving than grbl's builtin TLO which was sometimes a bit flaky

    OBC tool length dialog.png
     
    #2374 Peter Van Der Walt, May 13, 2023
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    Sounds similar to what I do - Little snippet of the macro in operation at about 1:30

    1) Set reference tool
    2) Move to tool change location (and manually change the tool)
    3) Set new tool
    4) Return to starting position at ~1:38

     
    #2376 Misterg, May 14, 2023
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    it’s actually your macro that Peter referred me to. I’ll check out your video.

    edit: nice work, that part came out great.
     
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  8. Gizmo6

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    OpenBuilds Control produces a permission denied port error when attempting to connect. I have attempted every USB port on the machine and get the same error.
    Operating system is Ubuntu 22.04.2.
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    #2378 Gizmo6, May 22, 2023 at 11:30 AM
  9. Peter Van Der Walt

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    Not a CONTROL issue, rather, make sure your linux user account has permissions to access serial ports. Usually something like adding yourself to the Dialout group
     
    #2379 Peter Van Der Walt, May 22, 2023 at 11:34 AM
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    We'll be 1000 years past the last POTS Modem connected to a computer (or anything) and linux will still call serial port access group the Dialout group. That kind of clown show is the first step to being BSD, Linux boys! Remember that!
     
    #2380 DarkPenguin, May 22, 2023 at 11:39 AM
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    Thank you, that did the trick. Now to see if I can get LightBurn loaded and running.
     
    #2381 Gizmo6, May 22, 2023 at 12:09 PM
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