Hi there,
Having followed the manual and configured the RTC5 card in the Project/Settings, I keep on having a "Can't allocate required resources" error when calling the "Mark" dialog.
I have Fedora 17 and the latest OpenAPC. I gave the correct firmware path (where the .dat resides), and the right correction files and output port, as configured in my other working in-house program.
I saw there is some kind of bug: when I choose the firmware directory graphically, it is not reported in the textfield. I have to write it by hand. Is it possible that something is not take into account there? Is there a way to see the config/project file contents to check that everything is right?
Best regards
Axel
Axel,
there are some preconditions required in order to get it working:
- you have to compile and install the kernel-modules (provided by Scanlab) - you have to copy the libslrtc5.so (provided by Scanlab) to a lib-directory where it can be accessed by applications (check ldconfig) - the device needs to be user read- and writeable (which isn't by default policies)
If all these conditions are met and you still have troubles please let me know, then I'll provide a special debugging version of the RTC5 plug-in to you that will tell us a bit more.
Kind regards
Jim
On 19/11/2012, Axel von Arnim a.vonarnim@frewitt.com wrote:
Hi there,
Having followed the manual and configured the RTC5 card in the Project/Settings, I keep on having a "Can't allocate required resources" error when calling the "Mark" dialog.
I have Fedora 17 and the latest OpenAPC. I gave the correct firmware path (where the .dat resides), and the right correction files and output port, as configured in my other working in-house program.
I saw there is some kind of bug: when I choose the firmware directory graphically, it is not reported in the textfield. I have to write it by hand. Is it possible that something is not take into account there? Is there a way to see the config/project file contents to check that everything is right?
Best regards
Axel
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Jim,
Thank you for your quick answer. I have the latest (0.13.1 - 2012-09-18) version of ScanLab's RTC5 driver installed and running. As said, my homegrown application works well. Of course, when I use BeamConstruct, no other RTC-using app is running. My app configures the output power on 8 bits, with bit 2 being the signal bit (inverted).
So within BeamConstruct project properties, I set Laserport 1 (8 bit) as the Output Port, with bit 2 as output number.
In the card configuration panel, I set the correction file and firmware directory that work well with my app (here is the bug I wrote about: the textfield does not take the whole path when picking the directory graphically).
I left power output to none, since one cannot set the power output to Laserport 1 in both places.
And finally I followed the tuto in the manual to get a triangle lasered.
Hereby another question: how are the power (pen) parameters passed on to the laser? In my app, I use a serial port, but in BeamConstruct, I did not found any such configuration panel.
Best regards,
Axel
Le 20.11.12 06:59, Jim Hart a écrit :
Axel,
there are some preconditions required in order to get it working:
- you have to compile and install the kernel-modules (provided by Scanlab)
- you have to copy the libslrtc5.so (provided by Scanlab) to a
lib-directory where it can be accessed by applications (check ldconfig)
- the device needs to be user read- and writeable (which isn't by
default policies)
If all these conditions are met and you still have troubles please let me know, then I'll provide a special debugging version of the RTC5 plug-in to you that will tell us a bit more.
Kind regards
Jim
On 19/11/2012, Axel von Arnim a.vonarnim@frewitt.com wrote:
Hi there,
Having followed the manual and configured the RTC5 card in the Project/Settings, I keep on having a "Can't allocate required resources" error when calling the "Mark" dialog.
I have Fedora 17 and the latest OpenAPC. I gave the correct firmware path (where the .dat resides), and the right correction files and output port, as configured in my other working in-house program.
I saw there is some kind of bug: when I choose the firmware directory graphically, it is not reported in the textfield. I have to write it by hand. Is it possible that something is not take into account there? Is there a way to see the config/project file contents to check that everything is right?
Best regards
Axel
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Axel,
that sounds a bit like a bug in RTC5 plug-in. Can you please be so kind and send your current configuration? Just save an empty project and send the .beamp-File to openapc@gmail.com
Hereby another question: how are the power (pen) parameters passed on to the laser? In my app, I use a serial port, but in BeamConstruct, I did not found any such configuration panel.
Power can be set (depending on the type of laser) via 8 bit Laser Port, PWM/frequency control or analogue output. Communication with a laser via additional interfaces like serial port is prepared but currently not fully implemented (because this requires separate laser communication plug-ins for every type of laser, their communication protocols are not compatible).
Which laser are you using?
Kind regards
Jim
Best regards,
Axel
Le 20.11.12 06:59, Jim Hart a écrit :
Axel,
there are some preconditions required in order to get it working:
- you have to compile and install the kernel-modules (provided by Scanlab)
- you have to copy the libslrtc5.so (provided by Scanlab) to a
lib-directory where it can be accessed by applications (check ldconfig)
- the device needs to be user read- and writeable (which isn't by
default policies)
If all these conditions are met and you still have troubles please let me know, then I'll provide a special debugging version of the RTC5 plug-in to you that will tell us a bit more.
Kind regards
Jim
On 19/11/2012, Axel von Arnim a.vonarnim@frewitt.com wrote:
Hi there,
Having followed the manual and configured the RTC5 card in the Project/Settings, I keep on having a "Can't allocate required resources" error when calling the "Mark" dialog.
I have Fedora 17 and the latest OpenAPC. I gave the correct firmware path (where the .dat resides), and the right correction files and output port, as configured in my other working in-house program.
I saw there is some kind of bug: when I choose the firmware directory graphically, it is not reported in the textfield. I have to write it by hand. Is it possible that something is not take into account there? Is there a way to see the config/project file contents to check that everything is right?
Best regards
Axel
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Mmh,
It's possible... Here an empty beamp file attached.
Ok, maybe I also misconfigured one of the 2 output ports, since I did not understand why there were 2. We use serial port (through ethernet moxa converter) to configure power on the laser.
The laser is a Coherent model Avia UV. Thanks for your help.
Axel
Le 20.11.12 10:10, Jim Hart a écrit :
Axel,
that sounds a bit like a bug in RTC5 plug-in. Can you please be so kind and send your current configuration? Just save an empty project and send the .beamp-File to openapc@gmail.com
Hereby another question: how are the power (pen) parameters passed on to the laser? In my app, I use a serial port, but in BeamConstruct, I did not found any such configuration panel.
Power can be set (depending on the type of laser) via 8 bit Laser Port, PWM/frequency control or analogue output. Communication with a laser via additional interfaces like serial port is prepared but currently not fully implemented (because this requires separate laser communication plug-ins for every type of laser, their communication protocols are not compatible).
Which laser are you using?
Kind regards
Jim
Best regards,
Axel
Le 20.11.12 06:59, Jim Hart a écrit :
Axel,
there are some preconditions required in order to get it working:
- you have to compile and install the kernel-modules (provided by Scanlab)
- you have to copy the libslrtc5.so (provided by Scanlab) to a
lib-directory where it can be accessed by applications (check ldconfig)
- the device needs to be user read- and writeable (which isn't by
default policies)
If all these conditions are met and you still have troubles please let me know, then I'll provide a special debugging version of the RTC5 plug-in to you that will tell us a bit more.
Kind regards
Jim
On 19/11/2012, Axel von Arnim a.vonarnim@frewitt.com wrote:
Hi there,
Having followed the manual and configured the RTC5 card in the Project/Settings, I keep on having a "Can't allocate required resources" error when calling the "Mark" dialog.
I have Fedora 17 and the latest OpenAPC. I gave the correct firmware path (where the .dat resides), and the right correction files and output port, as configured in my other working in-house program.
I saw there is some kind of bug: when I choose the firmware directory graphically, it is not reported in the textfield. I have to write it by hand. Is it possible that something is not take into account there? Is there a way to see the config/project file contents to check that everything is right?
Best regards
Axel
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