[Emc-users] Info Required

2008-09-09 Thread Atif Khalil
Sir,
  How do I connect the spindle inverter with MOTENC.My inverter operates with 
+/-10 Vdc.Kindly advice.
 
 
   Atif  Khalil.


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Re: [Emc-users] Info Required

2008-09-09 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 09:47:38AM -0700, Atif Khalil wrote:
 Sir,
   How do I connect the spindle inverter with MOTENC.My inverter operates 
 with +/-10 Vdc.Kindly advice.

If you are using the 7525 termination board, you can find a summary of
connections in the manufacturer's datasheet:
http://www.vitalsystem.com/web/motion/um7525.pdf

Suppose you select channel 3 for your spindle output (connector J11).
In your hal configuration, you will connect emc's spindle command to
this DAC with a line like
net spindle-speed-cmd-rpm motion.spindle-speed-out = motenc.0.dac-00-value
and set the gain and offset so that a given command in RPM is scaled to
the correct voltage value
# (values shown are examples only)
setp motenc.0.dac-03-gain 3.14159
setp motenc.0.dac-03-offset 1.23456

I don't have a motenc card, so I cannot test these instructions.  I
found this information by reading the emc documentation.  Here are some
of the useful documentation links I referred to in composing this
response:
http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal_drivers.html#r1_6
-- for the naming of the HAL pins of the motenc driver
http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man9/motion.9.html
-- for the naming of the spindle speed pin

Jeff

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[Emc-users] Filleting the corners of a pocket

2008-09-09 Thread aaron Moore
Hi
I am having problems with tool paths, The tool is not following the 
tool-path right into the corners, rather it is 'filleting' the corners of a 
pocket.  I am using EMC 2.22 (right out of the box with no tweaks) and 
SheetCamTNG-V0.0.35.deb, on a gantry style router.  I do not know if it a 
sheetcam or emc problem, but can anyone help me solve it.
Thanks
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Re: [Emc-users] Filleting the corners of a pocket

2008-09-09 Thread Leslie Newell
Hi Aaron,

With inside corners you will always get a fillet due to the radius of 
the cutter. You can reduce the problem by using a smaller cutter. If you 
are cutting a pocket for a sharp edged part to fit into, open the cut 
operation in SheetCam and go to the cut path tab. Turn on 'overcutting'. 
This will force the cutter into the corner but it will mean that you end 
up with a slight bulge either side of the corner.

Les

aaron Moore wrote:
 Hi
 I am having problems with tool paths, The tool is not following the 
 tool-path right into the corners, rather it is 'filleting' the corners of a 
 pocket.  I am using EMC 2.22 (right out of the box with no tweaks) and 
 SheetCamTNG-V0.0.35.deb, on a gantry style router.  I do not know if it a 
 sheetcam or emc problem, but can anyone help me solve it.
 Thanks
 Aaron

   


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Re: [Emc-users] Filleting the corners of a pocket

2008-09-09 Thread Kim Mortensen
Aaron,

Does Sheetcam show these toolpaths, if not, have you set the G-code that
tell the CNC to follow the exact toolpath, because it can round corners to
maintain speed/acceleration in certain cases.. unledd you set the exact
G-code... cant remember what the number is...

Best Regards
Kim Moretsnen

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Hi
I am having problems with tool paths, The tool is not following the
tool-path right into the corners, rather it is 'filleting' the corners of a
pocket.  I am using EMC 2.22 (right out of the box with no tweaks) and
SheetCamTNG-V0.0.35.deb, on a gantry style router.  I do not know if it a
sheetcam or emc problem, but can anyone help me solve it.
Thanks
Aaron

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Re: [Emc-users] Filleting the corners of a pocket

2008-09-09 Thread Alex Joni
This seems to come up every couple of weeks.
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?TrajectoryControl

Regards,
Alex

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Subject: [Emc-users] Filleting the corners of a pocket


 Hi
 I am having problems with tool paths, The tool is not following the
 tool-path right into the corners, rather it is 'filleting' the corners of 
 a
 pocket.  I am using EMC 2.22 (right out of the box with no tweaks) and
 SheetCamTNG-V0.0.35.deb, on a gantry style router.  I do not know if it a
 sheetcam or emc problem, but can anyone help me solve it.
 Thanks
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[Emc-users] New error after upgrade

2008-09-09 Thread Steve Blackmore

Hi Guys - getting a new error after installing upgrading and making my
own setup using stepconf. On opening any emc setup, I get an error on
the first attempt, the second attempt always succeeds?

Even to my untrained eye looking through the error log I spotted the
following:

6204.322680] says: duplicate filename 'parport_pc' can not be created
[ 6204.322685] WARNING: at
/home/juve/hardy-packages/linux-git/ubuntu-hardy/debian/build/custom-source-rtai/fs/sysfs/dir.c:424
sysfs_add_one()
[ 6204.322690] Pid: 5635, comm: insmod Tainted: GF   2.6.24-16-rtai
#1
[ 6204.322702]  [c018cc8b] sysfs_add_one+0x54/0xb7
[ 6204.322711]  [c018d0c0] create_dir+0x3c/0x6b
[ 6204.322717]  [c018d11c] sysfs_create_dir+0x2d/0x40
[ 6204.322721]  [c01bc132] kobject_get+0xf/0x13
[ 6204.322725]  [c01bc518] kobject_add+0xd3/0x17a
[ 6204.322731]  [c01bc613] kobject_register+0x19/0x2d
[ 6204.322734]  [c01f60eb] bus_add_driver+0x50/0x17d
[ 6204.322742]  [f89020b0] init_module+0x39/0x71 [probe_parport]
[ 6204.322746]  [c012458f] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x17/0x1a
[ 6204.322752]  [c012cec6] sys_init_module+0x12ee/0x13a6
[ 6204.322775]  [c0103c25] sysenter_past_esp+0x6e/0x72
[ 6204.322784]  ===
[ 6204.322787] kobject_add failed for parport_pc with -EEXIST, don't try
to register things with the same name in the same directory.
[ 6204.322791] Pid: 5635, comm: insmod Tainted: GF   2.6.24-16-rtai
#1
[ 6204.322794]  [c01bc58d] kobject_add+0x148/0x17a
[ 6204.322801]  [c01bc613] kobject_register+0x19/0x2d
[ 6204.322804]  [c01f60eb] bus_add_driver+0x50/0x17d
[ 6204.322810]  [f89020b0] init_module+0x39/0x71 [probe_parport]
[ 6204.322813]  [c012458f] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x17/0x1a
[ 6204.322818]  [c012cec6] sys_init_module+0x12ee/0x13a6
[ 6204.322840]  [c0103c25] sysenter_past_esp+0x6e/0x72


It's repeated several times, but I don't understand what it means.

The full error is at the following url

http://pastebin.ca/1198513

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Re: [Emc-users] New error after upgrade

2008-09-09 Thread Alex Joni
Hi,

can you post a list of modules loaded?
Also, does a reboot cure this issue?
I see the first time 6200..6202 RT got up and then back down again, without 
issues.
Only at 6204 (second start?) it got messed up.. sounds like something stayed 
behind.

Regards,
Alex

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Subject: [Emc-users] New error after upgrade



 Hi Guys - getting a new error after installing upgrading and making my
 own setup using stepconf. On opening any emc setup, I get an error on
 the first attempt, the second attempt always succeeds?

 Even to my untrained eye looking through the error log I spotted the
 following:

 6204.322680] says: duplicate filename 'parport_pc' can not be created
 [ 6204.322685] WARNING: at
 /home/juve/hardy-packages/linux-git/ubuntu-hardy/debian/build/custom-source-rtai/fs/sysfs/dir.c:424
 sysfs_add_one()
 [ 6204.322690] Pid: 5635, comm: insmod Tainted: GF   2.6.24-16-rtai
 #1
 [ 6204.322702]  [c018cc8b] sysfs_add_one+0x54/0xb7
 [ 6204.322711]  [c018d0c0] create_dir+0x3c/0x6b
 [ 6204.322717]  [c018d11c] sysfs_create_dir+0x2d/0x40
 [ 6204.322721]  [c01bc132] kobject_get+0xf/0x13
 [ 6204.322725]  [c01bc518] kobject_add+0xd3/0x17a
 [ 6204.322731]  [c01bc613] kobject_register+0x19/0x2d
 [ 6204.322734]  [c01f60eb] bus_add_driver+0x50/0x17d
 [ 6204.322742]  [f89020b0] init_module+0x39/0x71 [probe_parport]
 [ 6204.322746]  [c012458f] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x17/0x1a
 [ 6204.322752]  [c012cec6] sys_init_module+0x12ee/0x13a6
 [ 6204.322775]  [c0103c25] sysenter_past_esp+0x6e/0x72
 [ 6204.322784]  ===
 [ 6204.322787] kobject_add failed for parport_pc with -EEXIST, don't try
 to register things with the same name in the same directory.
 [ 6204.322791] Pid: 5635, comm: insmod Tainted: GF   2.6.24-16-rtai
 #1
 [ 6204.322794]  [c01bc58d] kobject_add+0x148/0x17a
 [ 6204.322801]  [c01bc613] kobject_register+0x19/0x2d
 [ 6204.322804]  [c01f60eb] bus_add_driver+0x50/0x17d
 [ 6204.322810]  [f89020b0] init_module+0x39/0x71 [probe_parport]
 [ 6204.322813]  [c012458f] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x17/0x1a
 [ 6204.322818]  [c012cec6] sys_init_module+0x12ee/0x13a6
 [ 6204.322840]  [c0103c25] sysenter_past_esp+0x6e/0x72


 It's repeated several times, but I don't understand what it means.

 The full error is at the following url

 http://pastebin.ca/1198513

 Steve Blackmore
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[Emc-users] (fwd) Re: New error after upgrade

2008-09-09 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:37:45 +0300, you wrote:

Hi Alex

can you post a list of modules loaded?

Sorry - I don't know how to do that. Linux/EMC newbie. Can you give me a
pointer please.

Also, does a reboot cure this issue?

No - first attempt at opening any emc config, either mine or sim ones,
it fails with the error. Second attempt always succeeds. Then if I close
emc and try again it repeats that behaviour - fails/ok fails/ok etc. 

Even an hour or so between attempts, behaviour is still the same.

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Re: [Emc-users] (fwd) Re: New error after upgrade

2008-09-09 Thread Alex Joni
 On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:37:45 +0300, you wrote:
 
 Hi Alex
 
can you post a list of modules loaded?
 
 Sorry - I don't know how to do that. Linux/EMC newbie. Can you give me a
 pointer please.

open a terminal, type lsmod

Also, does a reboot cure this issue?
 
 No - first attempt at opening any emc config, either mine or sim ones,
 it fails with the error. Second attempt always succeeds. Then if I close
 emc and try again it repeats that behaviour - fails/ok fails/ok etc. 
odd..

 Even an hour or so between attempts, behaviour is still the same.
 
 Steve Blackmore
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Regards,
Alex



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[Emc-users] New at mailing list, and seeking for some help with 7i43

2008-09-09 Thread Richard Acosta
Hello, my name is Richard, and i´have bought a 7i43 board, wich i hope 
to use on a home made drilling machine.


I´m stuck on the first steps, i have connected this board using parallel 
port cable, set jumpers according to what manual says, so, now i don't 
know what else to do.


I have been reading about upload a firmware, i don't know how to do 
this, and where to obtain it.


I want to use 3 servos and 3 linear encoders.
As i've read this should be my chossen config:

regmapHostMot2 register map
sv8.pin8 Axis servo motor configuration pinout
sv8b.bit   Bit file for 8 axis servo motor configuration 400K

So... whath should i do now?, where to put this files?, how to upload 
hostmot2 firmware?, how to tell EMC2 than i'm using this board.


Can anyone send an example?... or an easy to understand step by step 
guide?, i know some about linux, but at an user level.


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[Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-09 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian et al,

I had just got the stepper outputs working before I went on vacation and am
just now getting back to it. I am using Hostmot2, the m5i20 board and
SVST8_4 configuration, configured for 2 steppers, 1 pwm and no encoders. I
am also using just the patch applied to the most recent binary packages, I
have not rebuilt from the latest source.

It looks like I am now having a problem with the PWM output and hope I am
just doing something stupid.

With the standard m5i20 configuration, all I had to do was to assert the
enable and set the value for the selected PWM. When I do this with the
hostmot2 configuration, I get no output on the associated pin (pin 15 for
PWM 0).

If I use the standard m5i20 configuration the output works correctly.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Eric


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Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-09 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 9 Sep 2008, Eric H. Johnson wrote:

 Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 20:28:21 -0400
 From: Eric H. Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
 emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
 To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
 Subject: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20
 
 Sebastian et al,

 I had just got the stepper outputs working before I went on vacation and am
 just now getting back to it. I am using Hostmot2, the m5i20 board and
 SVST8_4 configuration, configured for 2 steppers, 1 pwm and no encoders. I
 am also using just the patch applied to the most recent binary packages, I
 have not rebuilt from the latest source.

 It looks like I am now having a problem with the PWM output and hope I am
 just doing something stupid.

 With the standard m5i20 configuration, all I had to do was to assert the
 enable and set the value for the selected PWM. When I do this with the
 hostmot2 configuration, I get no output on the associated pin (pin 15 for
 PWM 0).

 If I use the standard m5i20 configuration the output works correctly.

 Any ideas?


Sebastian is probably the one to ask, but, did you have the driver enable the 
PWM0? Not the HAL enable but the driver PWM generator count

If the PWM pin is still an input (ground with a 300 ohm or so resistor to 
test), then the drive did not enable the GPIO pin as a PWM output


 Thanks,
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Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-09 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Peter,

I presumed the selecting of one PWM in the configuration set the direction
of the GPIO, as it does for the step and direction outputs for the two
steppers in the configuration.

Regards,
Eric


Sebastian is probably the one to ask, but, did you have the driver enable
the PWM0? Not the HAL enable but the driver PWM generator count

If the PWM pin is still an input (ground with a 300 ohm or so resistor to
test), then the drive did not enable the GPIO pin as a PWM output



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Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-09 Thread Peter C. Wallace

 I presumed the selecting of one PWM in the configuration set the direction
 of the GPIO, as it does for the step and direction outputs for the two
 steppers in the configuration.

 Regards,
 Eric

It should...

Is the PWM pin high or low?

Did you start with Sebastians HAL file? I know he has PWM running his servo 
motors.


The only other setup type thing that I can think of is that the master PWM 
rate DDS must be setup, Dont know if the driver gives access to this yet (PWM 
rate) but if this is not written the PWM rate will be 0 Hz...

There are also several PWM mode setup bits, but my guess is the driver leaves 
them at the default = normal PWM




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Re: [Emc-users] New at mailing list, and seeking for some help with 7i43

2008-09-09 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 20:14 -0300, Richard Acosta wrote:
 Hello, my name is Richard, and i´have bought a 7i43 board, wich i hope
 to use on a home made drilling machine.
 
 I´m stuck on the first steps, i have connected this board using
 parallel port cable, set jumpers according to what manual says, so,
 now i don't know what else to do.
... snip
 
 So... whath should i do now?, where to put this files?, how to upload
 hostmot2 firmware?, how to tell EMC2 than i'm using this board.
 
 Can anyone send an example?... or an easy to understand step by step
 guide?, i know some about linux, but at an user level.

I don't know much about this card, but I'll try to get you started. When
you first start EMC2 it will ask you to select a configuration file that
describes your machine. When you make a selection normally a set of
files get copied to your home directory under emc2 and the name of the
type of the application. In this directory are a set of files that get
loaded when you start EMC2 and describe to emc2 what software and
firmware is needed. The main file is xxx.ini and part of this file lists
what other files need to be loaded. These other files will be xxx.hal
files. Often only one .hal file will be called out an it will usually
start by loading drivers. Drivers are loaded with a line that starts
with loadrt. See this page:

http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?HostMot2

You can use the Text Editor to edit your .ini and .hal files
(in /home/your_home/emc2/app_name/app_name.hal or load.hal) to add or
change the loadrt lines. It looks like you will need to have;
loadrt hostmot2 and
loadrt hm2_7i43 config= ...

These will load the drivers, but the some or all of the functions within
the drivers will need to be called. See here for a 5i20 example:
http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/lxr/source/configs/m5i20/m5i20_io.hal

The addf lines first call out the name of the function and then the
name of the thread that the function should run in. Each function will
provide input and output HAL pins. The rest of the example file shows
how the pins are connected. This example shows the old way to make
connections. The newer way is to use net:
net signal_name pin_name pin_name

There is allot more to this but this may get you started.

More documentation is here:
http://linuxcnc.org/docview/html/

and for most features, there is a man page. Open a terminal and at the
prompt type man and the name. Such as:
man hm2_7i43

Others on this list can provide better information. Good luck.

-- 
Kirk Wallace (California, USA
http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ 
Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe,
Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now,
Zubal lathe conversion pending
Craftsman AA 109 restoration
Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC)


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