Hi Emcapplication currently only works with the axis gui. For 3-d printing I would advise sticking to the old but goldie machinekit-cnc / machinekit-hal combo pre emcapp and the python 3 upgrade. Best wishes Michael B.
On Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 6:55:51 PM UTC+1 cgg wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Firstly, congratulations for the project. I am starting to learn about > machinekit and 3D printers so I am noob and maybe my questions will be also > noob questions. > > A few years ago, I have started learning a bit about machinekit using the > documentation and the analyzing the code of the FDM Printer UNI-PRINT-3D ( > https://github.com/thecooltool/UNI-PRINT-3D) that I executed in a SD > image to the BeagleBone Black with all preconfigured (Debian Jessie and > machinekit from machinekit.io repositories) and everything was Ok. > > Now I would like to start again learning more about machinekit so I tried > to configure the machinekit-hal in Debian Buster to run a FDM 3D printer > example (I am trying to adapt UNI-PRINT-3D) but I have got stuck so I need > help to continue. > > 1-> I have installed the last debian buster image for the BBB with a RT > PREEMPT kernel: > > machinekit@beaglebone:~$ uname -a > Linux beaglebone 4.19.94-ti-rt-r68 #1buster SMP PREEMPT RT Thu Sep 16 > 15:32:36 UTC 2021 armv7l GNU/Linux > > 2-> I have added the cloudsmith repositories for machinekit, > machinekit-hal and emcapplication > > 3-> I have installed the machinekit-hal and emcapplication packages from > repositories (I have tried RIP installation for machinekit-hal but always > get stuck at some point) > > 4-> I have tested that the commands "realtime start/stop" and it works. > > 5-> I have tested a basic machinekit example: the anddemo example ( > https://github.com/qtquickvcp/anddemo.git). The example works Ok and > changing the REMOTE from 0 to 1 in /etc/machinekit/machinekit.ini I can > also connect remotely using the MachinekitClient. > > 6-> I was trying a more complex example for a 3D FDM printer (the > UNI-PRINT-3D because is the only example I have tested before). I don't > know if there is a more suitable example but I couldn't find one working in > the new machinekit-hal version. > > 7-> When I try to launch the printer I got this error: > ./uni_print_3d.py:2: Unknown command 'import' > > I paste the all sequence: > > machinekit@beaglebone:~/UNI-PRINT-3D$ python run.py -e 1 > UNI-PRINT-3D.ini > loading paralell_cape3.bbio... done > starting configserver... done > starting linuxcnc... LINUXCNC - 2.9.0~pre0 > Machine configuration directory is '/home/machinekit/UNI-PRINT-3D' > Machine configuration file is 'startup.ini' > done > ('halfiles = ', ['uni_print_3d.py', 'touchy.hal']) > ('halpaths = ', ['/home/machinekit/UNI-PRINT-3D/uni_print_3d.py']) > COORDINATES = XYZ > > Starting LinuxCNC... > rtapi_msgd command: /usr/libexec/machinekit/rtapi_msgd --instance=0 > --rtmsglevel=1 --usrmsglevel=1 --debug=1 --halsize=524288 > rtapi_app command: /usr/libexec/machinekit/rtapi_app --instance=0 > --debug=1 > 3::2854:rt INFO: Picked default flavor 'rt-preempt' automatically > Found file(REL): ./uni_print_3d.py > ./uni_print_3d.py:2: Unknown command 'import' > Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC... > LinuxCNC terminated with an error. You can find more information in > the log: > /home/machinekit/linuxcnc_debug.txt > and > /home/machinekit/linuxcnc_print.txt > as well as in the output of the shell command 'dmesg' and in the > terminal > stopping configserver... done > machinekit@beaglebone:~/UNI-PRINT-3D$ > > I do not know why this error appears and how to solve it. Any ideas? Can > I not use python HAL? > > 8-> I have also tried starting from anddemo example that works (not > launching linuxcnc) but I got stuck because my installation has not the > trajectory planner 'tp' component. Do I have to install more packages? Is > there a new trajectory planner in the new machinekit-hal version? > > I pasted the test: > > machinekit@beaglebone:~/UNI-PRINT-3D$ realtime start > rtapi_msgd command: /usr/libexec/machinekit/rtapi_msgd --instance=0 > --rtmsglevel=1 --usrmsglevel=1 --debug=1 --halsize=524288 > rtapi_app command: /usr/libexec/machinekit/rtapi_app --instance=0 > --debug=1 > 3::3045:rt INFO: Picked default flavor 'rt-preempt' automatically > machinekit@beaglebone:~/UNI-PRINT-3D$ halcmd loadrt tp > 1:rtapi_app:3045:user load(tp): tp.so: cannot open shared object file: > No such file or directory > 1:rtapi_app:3045:user do_load_cmd: tp.so: cannot open shared object > file: No such file or directory > <commandline>:0: insmod failed, returned -1: > do_load_cmd: tp.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or > directory > machinekit@beaglebone:~/UNI-PRINT-3D$ > > > Finally, Can I use only machinekit-hal for implementing a FDM 3D Printer? > Do you know any example? Or maybe, Do I have to use the old packages from > machinekit.io repositories? > > > Sorry for the long post, but after spend a lot of hours reading > documentation and testing things I had a lot of questions. > > Thank you very much in advance. > > -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to machinekit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/machinekit/33e4d82a-4bdf-46b3-9630-a9d252c32b7fn%40googlegroups.com.