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    Arrow linux cnc 4 axis machine definition / post problem... bad chjaracter "A" used

    Hello. Thanks for looking at my problem.
    linux 2.4.5
    I'm using a smithy sherline cnc. Bobcad v31 4 axis.
    I have the correct bobcad post processor (I think) but when I try to load the gcode file onto my machine I get the error.
    line 21...file name/ bad character "a" used.

    The file will not even load onto the machine.
    I think that A axis is :
    not defined in linux on machine.
    or
    controller can't read 4 decimal digits for a rotary axis

    I have looked at the hal configuration and A axis there under parameters.
    Do you have to enable A axis in linux ? If so where?


    Thanks
    jc

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    Default Re: linux cnc 4 axis machine definition / post problem... bad chjaracter "A" used

    The number of trailing digits after the decimal shouldn't matter or at at least it doesn't on my machine.
    Do you have to enable A axis in linux ? If so where?
    It's configured in INI and HAL. If you used stepconf this should have been done for you.
    If you use the AXIS interface do X Y Z & A all appear in the coordinate readouts ?

    Anyone who says "It only goes together one way" has no imagination.


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    Default Re: linux cnc 4 axis machine definition / post problem... bad chjaracter "A" used

    Version 2.4 is pretty old. Current version is 2.7.
    Does the A axis appear in your GUI?

    Rod Webster
    www.vmn.com.au


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