[Emc-users] Hexapod questions
Hi all, What is the maturity of the Hexapod configuration under EMC2? I have never done anything with hexapods, but I was asked about the feasibility of using EMC2 for implementing a control system for a hexapod. I have not seen the actual unit, but what I have been told is that it is from a university lab, is basically electrically and mechanically sound, but that they have never managed to get the control system working. Is the Hexapod configuration and kinematics (genhexkins) fairly universal, or would there still be quite a bit to do to adapt to a specific configuration / orientation? The readme in the hexapod sim configuration references a Minitetra type. What is a minitetra type, and what other types are there? The only orientation I am familiar with has three pairs of axes centered 120 degrees from each-other. I was not aware of any other orientations. Also, from the standpoint of drivers, I believe the six motors are servo motors. Can I use two Mesa m5i20 controllers with the servo FPGA configuration for controlling the six axes? Is there any limitation in the mesa driver which would not permit the use of two boards simultaneously? Regards, Eric - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod questions
Eric H. Johnson wrote: Hi all, What is the maturity of the Hexapod configuration under EMC2? I have never done anything with hexapods, but I was asked about the feasibility of using EMC2 for implementing a control system for a hexapod. I have not seen the actual unit, but what I have been told is that it is from a university lab, is basically electrically and mechanically sound, but that they have never managed to get the control system working. I'm sure it would not be a turnkey install but clever enough people could certainly get it working. Things like homing will be the fun parts. Basic hexapod kinematics are in there, and were used back in the NIST days. They'd need some porting effort to interface with the newer motion controller, but the tough math parts should be fine. Is the Hexapod configuration and kinematics (genhexkins) fairly universal, or would there still be quite a bit to do to adapt to a specific configuration / orientation? The readme in the hexapod sim configuration references a Minitetra type. What is a minitetra type, and what other types are there? The only orientation I am familiar with has three pairs of axes centered 120 degrees from each-other. I was not aware of any other orientations. I think the different types have to do with whether the strut lengths vary, or the strut lengths are fixed and their attachment points move. (I think one of Till Franitza's hexapods used 6 parallel vertical slides, with one end of each strut attached to each slide, and the other end attached to the flying platform that held the spindle. I did a quick google but can't find the info - he used to be at the Univ. of Stuttgart, but appears to have moved on from there. Also, from the standpoint of drivers, I believe the six motors are servo motors. Can I use two Mesa m5i20 controllers with the servo FPGA configuration for controlling the six axes? Is there any limitation in the mesa driver which would not permit the use of two boards simultaneously? I'm not entirely sure about the current driver, but I think it will handle multiple cards. The new driver that I'm (slowly) working on will definitely handle more than one card. It will also allow for a wider variety of stuff. I'm sure a 6 axis servo configuration could be done with a single board and two 7i33 breakouts. Depends on your time frame though, I got sidetracked into a bunch of emc2.1 stuff, and am only now getting back to the 5i20. (I have some docs to write up tonight, then I hope to resume 5i20 work this evening.) Regards, John Kasunich - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Hard disk space
CoolCNC should be pretty lean, but I see it is no longer listed on linuxcnc.org. Here is a link: http://cooltool.he.fdread.org/cncforum/index.php I haven't used it much. I have used it when I didn't have access to my own computer. Kirk Wallace ~~ On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 11:44 -0500, Kyle wrote: John Kasunich wrote: Andy Holcomb wrote: How much HD space is required to install the live version? Three gigs or so... Regards, John Kasunich It's really too bad the LiveCD can't be trimmed down to better fit in a smaller space. Do I really need Office software and games on my EMC controller? I don't know the limits Ubuntu places on repackaging/repurposing their distribution though. Kyle - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Hard disk space
Kyle wrote: John Kasunich wrote: Andy Holcomb wrote: How much HD space is required to install the live version? Three gigs or so... Regards, John Kasunich It's really too bad the LiveCD can't be trimmed down to better fit in a smaller space. Do I really need Office software and games on my EMC controller? That is another of those can't possibly please everybody things. These days, 3 gig is a very small hard disk (try buying anything smaller than 40G at your local computer store). Yes, it would be possible to strip it down, but that means more effort for the guy who builds the CD, and more difference between the CD and stock Ubuntu. We don't want to build and maintain a complete custom distro, we just want to make it easy for folks to run EMC. If we keep it as close as possible to a stock distro, we minimize the number of problems that come up. The people who are most likely to really want a trimmed down distro are also the kind of people who will never agree about exactly what should be on it. Fortunately, they also tend to be the people who can do the trimming themselves. I don't know the limits Ubuntu places on repackaging/repurposing their distribution though. Ubuntu is almost entirely Free software. Not free as in free beer, but Free as in freedom. Free software means you are free to change it to suit your needs. I think the only restriction is that you can't call your extensively modified version Ubuntu. Really small installs are a niche market. We would be more than happy to host an iso for a really light weight install if somebody would contribute it. But developer effort is a limited resource, and most if it is going to be focused on more mainstream needs. Regards, John Kasunich - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Hexapod questions
The current driver does support multiple cards. The 8-axis config should not be that much work to support with the current driver. Depending on the register map differences, it may be as simple as changing some defines that determine the number of PWM and encoder channels. ~petev -Original Message- Message: 6 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:43:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter C. Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod questions To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:32:51 -0400 From: John Kasunich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod questions Eric H. Johnson wrote: Hi all, snip--- I'm not entirely sure about the current driver, but I think it will handle multiple cards. The new driver that I'm (slowly) working on will definitely handle more than one card. It will also allow for a wider variety of stuff. I'm sure a 6 axis servo configuration could be done with a single board and two 7i33 breakouts. Depends on your time frame though, I got sidetracked into a bunch of emc2.1 stuff, and am only now getting back to the 5i20. (I have some docs to write up tonight, then I hope to resume 5i20 work this evening.) Regards, John Kasunich There are (existing style) configurations up to 8 Axis that _should_ be easy for the current driver to support with some tweaks (PeterV?) 12 axis servo control will easily fit on one 5I20 card Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics (\__/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your ()_() signature to help him gain world domination. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.22/739 - Release Date: 3/29/2007 1:36 PM - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] LPT address on EMC2
Andy Holcomb wrote: Okay, I have tried all of the values I get from the lspci command and non of them work; but, the factory port at 378 does work. the values I got were dc00 d800 d400 d000 cc00 c800 From what I remember on emc1 I had to use d000 Andy Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:59:17PM -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: Remind me again how to find the address of the lpt ports. Where do I make this change of address? http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?NetMos I was doing a bit of research and noticed a couple things. First, if one is searching for something as mentioned in the wiki page above you could use lspci -v | grep searchstring -A num ... searchstring being the actual string one is looking for and num being the number of lines following the string once it is located. Second, I admit I don't have one of these cards yet, but I was curious as to how the port was experimented with. Did the person just hook up to the parallel port and change the I/O port number until they got a reaction at the output of the port? Kyle - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Hard disk space
John Kasunich wrote: Kyle wrote: John Kasunich wrote: Andy Holcomb wrote: How much HD space is required to install the live version? Three gigs or so... Regards, John Kasunich It's really too bad the LiveCD can't be trimmed down to better fit in a smaller space. Do I really need Office software and games on my EMC controller? That is another of those can't possibly please everybody things. These days, 3 gig is a very small hard disk (try buying anything smaller than 40G at your local computer store). Yes, it would be possible to strip it down, but that means more effort for the guy who builds the CD, and more difference between the CD and stock Ubuntu. We don't want to build and maintain a complete custom distro, we just want to make it easy for folks to run EMC. If we keep it as close as possible to a stock distro, we minimize the number of problems that come up. The people who are most likely to really want a trimmed down distro are also the kind of people who will never agree about exactly what should be on it. Fortunately, they also tend to be the people who can do the trimming themselves. I don't know the limits Ubuntu places on repackaging/repurposing their distribution though. Ubuntu is almost entirely Free software. Not free as in free beer, but Free as in freedom. Free software means you are free to change it to suit your needs. I think the only restriction is that you can't call your extensively modified version Ubuntu. Really small installs are a niche market. We would be more than happy to host an iso for a really light weight install if somebody would contribute it. But developer effort is a limited resource, and most if it is going to be focused on more mainstream needs. Regards, John Kasunich I appreciate the replies. I currently have a very hard drive constricted setup. I have 4 free computers and I had to use two drives to get EMC to install. I also understand most drives are larger these days, you can't please everyone, and there are more important things to worry about than install size of a distro such as the work you guys do to improve EMC. Kyle - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Hexapod questions
John, I'm sure it would not be a turnkey install but clever enough people could certainly get it working. Things like homing will be the fun parts. Basic hexapod kinematics are in there, and were used back in the NIST days. They'd need some porting effort to interface with the newer motion controller, but the tough math parts should be fine. Do you have any idea of what and how involved porting of kinematics will be? And ported from where, EMC1 or the original NIST code? Do you know if anyone has actually tried to do a hexapod with EMC2? I am just trying to get a feel for what I may be getting myself into here. :) I'm not entirely sure about the current driver, but I think it will handle multiple cards. The new driver that I'm (slowly) working on will definitely handle more than one card. It will also allow for a wider variety of stuff. I'm sure a 6 axis servo configuration could be done with a single board and two 7i33 breakouts. Depends on your time frame though, I got sidetracked into a bunch of emc2.1 stuff, and am only now getting back to the 5i20. (I have some docs to write up tonight, then I hope to resume 5i20 work this evening.) Yea, I am really interested in that too, and if it is ready would probably be the way to go, because otherwise I think I there is sufficient I/O on a single m5i20. If I can give you a hand either with testing the driver, or if there is some part you would like to split off, please let me know. I currently have a system configured with an m5i20 available. I also have the Xilinx software loaded on another machine, although I have not gotten very far in playing with it. Regards, Eric - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Obsolete header file
I'm an EMC newbie, and tried to compile my first emc-2.1.14 under the 2.6.20.3 kernel. The compile fails with numerous errors in proc_fs.h. I duly reported the bug to Gentoo, and was told: /usr/include/linux/proc_fs.h is no longer installed with =linux-headers-2.6.19 It therefore seems that the code needs to be updated to compile under late kernels. Is there a workaround for this, short of backdating my kernel? -- Rick Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hartman Technica http://www.hartmantech.com Phone +1 (403) 230-1987 221 35 Avenue. N.E., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 2K5 - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Wireless adapter dlink usb
I have a dlink DWLG120 usb wireless adapter I have Emc2 2.1.0 installed from the live cd Can I install this adapter on the system? If so how do I do it? Andy - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Obsolete header file
Apply this patch, which is not included on the emc 2.1 branch: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/emc2/src/hal/hal_lib.c.diff?r1=1.52;r2=1.53 Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Obsolete header file
Rick Jenkins wrote: I'm an EMC newbie, and tried to compile my first emc-2.1.14 under the 2.6.20.3 kernel. The compile fails with numerous errors in proc_fs.h. I duly reported the bug to Gentoo, and was told: /usr/include/linux/proc_fs.h is no longer installed with =linux-headers-2.6.19 It therefore seems that the code needs to be updated to compile under late kernels. Is there a workaround for this, short of backdating my kernel? Are you compiling for realtime? (required if you want to run a machine) Or are you compiling the non-realtime simulator? If for the simulator, the patch that Jeff supplied should solve the problem. If you are trying to compile for realtime, I don't think the patch will do anything. If the kernel folks have removed that header from the kernel itself, then we do indeed have some catching up to do. (But I doubt that is the case.) Regards, John Kasunich - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] increment doesn't change
Thank you for your report. I can also reproduce the problem. I filed a report on sourceforge with a proposed patch https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detailaid=1690950group_id=6744atid=106744 but I will leave it to someone who knows more about tkemc to test it and actually add it to a future release of emc2. Jeff - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Abort messes up position
Ok, I am having an issue, it has done it to me twice now. I have the machine all setup as in the position of x y and z, I start to run my code and realize I might have an issue with my code so I click the pause button on the TKEMC screen, I verify it really is a proplem and I click the abort button. I removed fixture screw that I was going to hit and started the code again. The spindle promptly moves up about 2 or three inches and resets it zero position. My x and y axis also reset zero positions also I think by about .5 inches or so. It has done it to me on two different programs, I am not using any offsets or other modes and no tool code. Just straight code. I can't remember if I paused the first time, I know I did the second time. This is a brand new install of Emc2 2.1.0 form the live download, I have installed it on to the computer. Now that I think about it, it did it on chips3d also, I just hit abort on that though. I didn't have the position right so I aborted, I reset the postions and pressed run, it promptly moved y down( I think) by about 2 inches and started in the wrong spot again. Is this just me? Andy - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Abort messes up position
I forgot to say, and it may be a factor, all times I have axis over speed set to 300% Andy Andy Holcomb wrote: Ok, I am having an issue, it has done it to me twice now. I have the machine all setup as in the position of x y and z, I start to run my code and realize I might have an issue with my code so I click the pause button on the TKEMC screen, I verify it really is a proplem and I click the abort button. I removed fixture screw that I was going to hit and started the code again. The spindle promptly moves up about 2 or three inches and resets it zero position. My x and y axis also reset zero positions also I think by about .5 inches or so. It has done it to me on two different programs, I am not using any offsets or other modes and no tool code. Just straight code. I can't remember if I paused the first time, I know I did the second time. This is a brand new install of Emc2 2.1.0 form the live download, I have installed it on to the computer. Now that I think about it, it did it on chips3d also, I just hit abort on that though. I didn't have the position right so I aborted, I reset the postions and pressed run, it promptly moved y down( I think) by about 2 inches and started in the wrong spot again. Is this just me? Andy - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] LPT address on EMC2
Kyle wrote: Andy Holcomb wrote: Okay, I have tried all of the values I get from the lspci command and non of them work; but, the factory port at 378 does work. the values I got were dc00 d800 d400 d000 cc00 c800 From what I remember on emc1 I had to use d000 Andy Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:59:17PM -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: Remind me again how to find the address of the lpt ports. Where do I make this change of address? http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?NetMos I was doing a bit of research and noticed a couple things. First, if one is searching for something as mentioned in the wiki page above you could use lspci -v | grep searchstring -A num ... searchstring being the actual string one is looking for and num being the number of lines following the string once it is located. Second, I admit I don't have one of these cards yet, but I was curious as to how the port was experimented with. Did the person just hook up to the parallel port and change the I/O port number until they got a reaction at the output of the port? Kyle Yes, normally I hooked it up tp the mill put it in manual mode and told it to move, if it moved I had the right address, if it didn't I changed the address and repeated the process but none of the addresses worked under EMC2 but it did in EMC1. Andy - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] LPT address on EMC2
Kyle wrote: Andy Holcomb wrote: Okay, I have tried all of the values I get from the lspci command and non of them work; but, the factory port at 378 does work. the values I got were dc00 d800 d400 d000 cc00 c800 From what I remember on emc1 I had to use d000 Andy Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:59:17PM -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: Remind me again how to find the address of the lpt ports. Where do I make this change of address? http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?NetMos I was doing a bit of research and noticed a couple things. First, if one is searching for something as mentioned in the wiki page above you could use lspci -v | grep searchstring -A num ... searchstring being the actual string one is looking for and num being the number of lines following the string once it is located. Second, I admit I don't have one of these cards yet, but I was curious as to how the port was experimented with. Did the person just hook up to the parallel port and change the I/O port number until they got a reaction at the output of the port? Kyle That was me, and yes that's how I did it. Since there was nothing that could be 'hurt' - I was simply trying out Netmos parport cards, hooked to a Xylotex driver and stepper, no machine involved - I just tried the different addresses listed by `lspci -v`, until I found the ones that worked. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] LPT address on EMC2
I just found one of my old emc.ini files and I have ; Address for parallel port used for steppers ; IO_BASE_ADDRESS =0x378 IO_BASE_ADDRESS =0xa800 I am not at the location of the machine, but I am wondering if I am blind and took an a for a c I'll let you know tomorrow. Andy Andy Holcomb wrote: Okay, I have tried all of the values I get from the lspci command and non of them work; but, the factory port at 378 does work. the values I got were dc00 d800 d400 d000 cc00 c800 From what I remember on emc1 I had to use d000 Andy Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 12:59:17PM -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: Remind me again how to find the address of the lpt ports. Where do I make this change of address? http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?NetMos - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] wired pause button?
Is there a way I can make a wired pause button? if so how? I want a big button I can push when I think something is wrong with my code :-) Andy - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] rtai_smi question
I'm setting up a computer - an NEC Powermate 2000 with 1000MHz Pentium3, using the ubuntu-emc2 livecd, and the latest apt update of emc2. Now, I've gotten so far, and I've even read and used the information at: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?FixingDapperSMIIssues However, just copying the SMI module doesn't fix anything, I still get SMI problems when I run EMC. If I run 'setsmi' - after futzing around with adding the /usr/realtime directory to my PATH's - it's fixed, and all is sweetness and light. Until I reboot. What I'd like to know: Is there someplace to add into EMC configuration a line to load rtai_smi.ko? If not, where? I've just tried putting a line in rc.local, and that didn't work - setsmi not found. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Wireless adapter dlink usb
Thanks Sam, I did find this page http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202905, I will work some more on it tomorrow and let you know. Andy Sam Sokolik wrote: I don't know if any one here can help you... I would search and ask here http://ubuntuforums.org/ On a side note - I have had usb devices cause rt latency issues on certain motherboards. sam - Original Message - From: Andy Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:06 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Wireless adapter dlink usb I have a dlink DWLG120 usb wireless adapter I have Emc2 2.1.0 installed from the live cd Can I install this adapter on the system? If so how do I do it? Andy - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Hard disk space
Games can come or go but if the time comes that one needs to trim the space on the CD I would hope that the office programs stayed around for a bit. There are numerous uses for office apps in the modern shop. Dave Kyle wrote: John Kasunich wrote: Andy Holcomb wrote: How much HD space is required to install the live version? Three gigs or so... Regards, John Kasunich It's really too bad the LiveCD can't be trimmed down to better fit in a smaller space. Do I really need Office software and games on my EMC controller? I don't know the limits Ubuntu places on repackaging/repurposing their distribution though. Kyle - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] wired pause button?
http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.1/html/gui/halui/index.html you can connect 2 buttons to halui.program.pause and halui.program.resume Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: andyholcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 8:16 AM Subject: [Emc-users] wired pause button? Is there a way I can make a wired pause button? if so how? I want a big button I can push when I think something is wrong with my code :-) Andy - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.22/739 - Release Date: 29.3.2007 13:36 - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
