Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-19 Thread Dave Cole
reliable. There are so many RPIs out there now, that if a specific version is required to make it work, it should not be difficult to find that version. Dave On 1/17/2021 10:17 AM, andy pugh wrote: The current linuxcnc-served Raspberry Pi realtime kernel does not work with the latest

Re: [Emc-developers] Intel graphics and RTAI

2019-12-15 Thread Dave Cole
On 12/15/2019 3:14 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Tuesday they knock me out and put a new aortic valve on top of my heart. Maybe that will give me back some giddyup. So I'll be offline for a couple days as they want to keep me overnight for the knockout to wear off, else they're afraid I can't drive

Re: [Emc-developers] probably an un-answerable question

2019-03-22 Thread Dave Cole
I'd consider using a used propane tank from a torch. One of the throwaway steel tanks. You want to make sure you purge it of propane, but after doing that you should be able to solder brass fittings onto it. Those are good for a couple hundred PSI. Dave On 3/20/2019 11:39 PM, Gene Heskett

Re: [Emc-developers] Hmm

2018-11-02 Thread Dave Cole
On 11/2/2018 8:48 AM, andy pugh wrote: https://hackaday.com/2018/11/01/code-review-lamp-subtly-reminds-you-to-help-your-fellow-developer/ Very clever I suspect that this is a hint ??  :-) Dave ___ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers

Re: [Emc-developers] Removing myself from the LinuxCNC decision-making process

2018-08-28 Thread Dave Cole
On 8/28/2018 6:12 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 at 00:16, Jeff Epler wrote: A number of you are really good friends. I'd like to keep it that way. I plan to keep hanging out in #linuxcnc-devel and I'll try to provide my "wisdom" if it's requested. I hope so, your ability to look

Re: [Emc-developers] Ethercat driver

2018-01-23 Thread Dave Cole
d trademark owned by Canonical Limited. <<<<< And we are already dealing with Licenses as well as you can see. :-) Dave -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engagi

Re: [Emc-developers] Ethercat driver

2018-01-17 Thread Dave Cole
le costing thousands of dollars. I still have some of that "cable" around here someplace. On 1/17/2018 11:10 AM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:27:25 -0500 Dave Cole <linuxcncro...@gmail.com> wrote: The text below is at the end of the SOEM page

Re: [Emc-developers] Ethercat driver

2018-01-17 Thread Dave Cole
will become like 5 1/4" floppy drives...    They were once common. Dave >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SOEM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Fre

Re: [Emc-developers] INI edit from inside gui

2017-11-03 Thread Dave Cole
buying an older, new motherboard that was available on Amazon. Besides the cost of the OS, there are some other good reasons to move away from Windows. Dave On 11/2/2017 8:42 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: I do a lot of upgrades to Chinese routers from their controller to Mach3. I have been using

Re: [Emc-developers] new BUS in the LinuxCNC family

2017-07-06 Thread Dave Cole
10 mpg is great for a bus! Chris what do you have powering your bus? I know some of the old ones had 6-71's and the hotrods had 8-71's. Is it an old Greyhound? Or ? Dave On 7/5/2017 8:07 PM, Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 06:29:04PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: No, just single

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Number limit

2016-10-27 Thread Dave Caroline
Arbours need measuring too, then one can add the abour offset to cutter centreline offset. the tooling I use does not lend itself to the usual tool height probes see setup http://www.archivist.info/cnc/target.php the teeth can be a few thou wide, much smaller than most probe balls Dave Caroline

Re: [Emc-developers] [Emc-users] Tool offset

2016-06-30 Thread Dave Cole
comp in Appendix B! Dave On 6/30/2016 11:54 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 30 June 2016 at 16:51, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Yes, it's just a case of taking out a test and an error report. The >> question is what bad things happen if you do allow digital IO with >

Re: [Emc-developers] [Emc-users] Tool offset

2016-06-30 Thread Dave Cole
it would be an easy fix to allow M64/65's when tool comp is on ?I've never understood why that interlock was put in place. Dave On 6/30/2016 9:30 AM, John Kasunich wrote: > According to the manual, M62/M63 are synchronized with motion, > and M64/M65 are not. > http://linuxcnc.org/

Re: [Emc-developers] Gremlin parsing code with infinite loops

2016-06-24 Thread Dave Cole
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Re: [Emc-developers] Gremlin parsing code with infinite loops

2016-06-23 Thread Dave Cole
onto a conveyor which feeds the machine. Dave On 6/23/2016 5:03 PM, Neil Whelchel wrote: > Hello, > When I do large production runs especially with multiple fixtures that are > used alternately, it is quite handy to put the work in an infinite loop. > Gremlin on the other hand

Re: [Emc-developers] Here and there comments & questions.

2016-06-10 Thread Dave Cole
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Re: [Emc-developers] Here and there comments & questions.

2016-06-10 Thread Dave Cole
anvil and file. The screw it out something like 0.030 over 12 inches in one spot.This is a new screw supplied by Flow for a Flow water jet. I can't believe they sell this junk.After the screws were purchased Flow said that they screw map each screw with a laser... and now I know why! Dav

Re: [Emc-developers] mega-I/O board?

2016-02-16 Thread Dave Cole
mation Direct Click PLCs as they now have an ethernet module. But the programming software is not nearly as good. Regarding price per point, I doubt that anyone can beat the Click PLC. If they are not big into ladder logic, the Siemens controller also supports SCL which is similar to Pasca

Re: [Emc-developers] Prempt RT on Raspi/ARM (OT sales person)

2016-02-04 Thread Dave Cole
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Re: [Emc-developers] Why is it not allowed to jog in MDI mode?

2016-01-16 Thread Dave Caroline
A jog is not well defined, in MDI mode you are generally doing something with some accuracy, therefore it makes sense then to jog with gcode to exactly where you need. Dave Caroline -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep

[Emc-developers] For casual reading.

2016-01-13 Thread dave
http://www.galil.com/news/servotrends/closed-loop-stepper-motor-performance-gains?utm_medium=email_campaign=01-16%20ServoTrends_content=01-16%20ServoTrends+CID_99eb132dcec7ff54cbcbb34e1ca392e5_source=Campaign%20Monitor_term=Read%20More#overlay-context=news/servotrends/new-ethercat-io-controller/

[Emc-developers] A bug in the logging

2015-12-26 Thread Dave Caroline
is updated before the first move o100 sub (LOGOPEN,test.txt) G0 X0 (LOG,X#5420) G0 X1 (LOG,X#5420) G0 X2 (LOG,X#5420) (LOGCLOSE) o100 endsub G4P10 o100 call M2 or http://paste.ubuntu.com/14214055/ the code I discovered it in http://paste.ubuntu.com/14213899/ Dave Caroline

Re: [Emc-developers] Moving closer to embedded

2015-12-25 Thread Dave Caroline
Are you forgetting the other apps people use on their machines to create the gcode. Not something I really want as a user Dave Caroline -- ___ Emc-developers mailing list Emc

Re: [Emc-developers] Moving closer to embedded

2015-12-25 Thread Dave Caroline
ar cutting, the mill has edited gcode which is designed at the same time as the fixture is set up, and a lathe usually used in mdi mode. This kind of flexibility is missing on machines made for "operators&q

Re: [Emc-developers] Moving closer to embedded

2015-12-25 Thread Dave Cole
m or somebody else to do >> some other things. I can't remember what that was at the >> moment. > That would be nice to know. I interviewed with them a little before > landing the job at NASA. They seemed line an interesting pla

Re: [Emc-developers] call for maintainers for keystick and mini guis

2015-12-22 Thread Dave Caroline
Dont forget the if it aint broke principle, some users will not have upgraded therefore not found it, even some providers get to a working setup and stick to that version. eg http://www.sherline.com/8400pg.htm still states EMC2 Dave Caroline On 22/12/2015, Chris Morley <chrisinn

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxMint and LinuxCNC

2015-11-21 Thread Dave Cole
Are you saying that a RIP installation on Mint runs the Axis GUI ok ? Dave On 11/21/2015 3:46 PM, John Thornton wrote: > Ok, you can't do what I was trying to do but you can build a RIP and > that works. > > JT > > On 11/21/2015 9:01 AM, John Thornton wrote: >> As mo

Re: [Emc-developers] Spotted on Ali-Express (Via the forum)

2015-11-06 Thread Dave Cole
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Re: [Emc-developers] Spotted on Ali-Express (Via the forum)

2015-11-06 Thread Dave Cole
they just gave me the run around. Letters and phone calls got me no where. Regarding the guy selling the product from China, if he supplies a CD with the source code, including his driver code (not that I know that he does or not) how could he be violating the GPL ?? Dave On 11/6/2015 9:26

Re: [Emc-developers] Spotted on Ali-Express (Via the forum)

2015-11-05 Thread Dave Cole
as there a couple of years ago the local engineers told me that they routinely bought American movies on DVDS as soon as they were released to the theaters in the US. He said the DVDs cost the equivalent of one dollar US or less. Dave Dave --- This email has

Re: [Emc-developers] XKCD

2015-10-30 Thread Dave Cole
Thank You! Dave On 10/30/2015 10:44 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 10/30/15 7:48 AM, EBo wrote: >> You know, I have never seen anyone teach it thus. Do you have, or can >> you point to, instructional video/page links? >> >> On Oct 30 2015 7:42 AM, Sebastian Kuzmi

Re: [Emc-developers] Make home_offset into a HAL pin?

2015-10-26 Thread Dave Cole
th the > ability to squirt out an absolute position on request (usually a serial > interface). > As with the pot example, there needs to be a way to get that absolute position > into Li

Re: [Emc-developers] Make home_offset into a HAL pin?

2015-10-26 Thread Dave Cole
On 10/26/2015 11:29 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 26 October 2015 at 17:16, Dave Cole <linuxcncro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I think that Andy and Peter have worked on an SSI or BISS solution for >> absolute position encoders before. > > Those encoders give a full position r

Re: [Emc-developers] Off topic question - Need help with remote cell phone data connection via site to site VPN

2015-10-17 Thread Dave Cole
Chris asked me to keep this on the EMC list, not the EMC Dev list so I will respond to your comments there. Thanks, Dave On 10/16/2015 11:50 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: > You didn't say what kind of throughput you need nor what your budget is but > one option is something like a Cisco

Re: [Emc-developers] Shielded connectors (XLR audio plugs)

2015-10-13 Thread Dave Cole
machines. Look for Pro Audio supply houses. Dave On 10/13/2015 12:53 PM, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > I'm using XLR connectors for the limit switches and encoders on my > Bridgeport Clone without any problems. > > Ken > > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Karlsson &am

Re: [Emc-developers] Shielded connectors (XLR audio plugs)

2015-10-13 Thread Dave Cole
extend the time until the drives are blown! :-) Dave On 10/13/2015 5:09 PM, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > I'm using the plastic version of the Neutrik connectors for my servo power > leads. No problems at all. > > Of course, for our use, connectors are overkill (in a sense). Connector

Re: [Emc-developers] step losing

2015-08-20 Thread Dave Caroline
microstep will give you this accuracy but please do not fall into this common trap, you need the resolution mechanically and as mentioned it needs to be far better than the accuracy you want to achieve. http://www.micromo.com/microstepping-myths-and-realities Dave Caroline

Re: [Emc-developers] Prerelease: 2.7.0~pre7

2015-08-14 Thread Dave Cole
On 8/13/2015 11:42 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: * stepconf now is able to convert Mach3 configs to LinuxCNC configs Wow ! :-) Dave --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Re: [Emc-developers] Problems building in place on debian wheezy

2015-06-27 Thread Dave Cole
why that is occurring and then fix that. Dave On 6/27/2015 9:50 AM, Curtis Dutton wrote: Is there an example of a config that I can work with to try and fix? On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com wrote: On 6/25/15 12:39 PM, Curtis Dutton wrote

Re: [Emc-developers] LCNC-V2.6.7-saga

2015-05-19 Thread dave
Years ago I made a sheave for poly-v to go on my Jet lathe. Used a kennemetal insert. Don't remember which pitch; 0.092 or .185. Both sheaves were aluminum and seem to be holding up well. Never any sign of slippage. On 05/18/2015 04:29 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 18 May 2015 05:50:40 andy

Re: [Emc-developers] putting some mods to gs2_vfd.c into mainline

2015-05-14 Thread Dave Caroline
To bring a vfd to stationary fastest the vfd has to have control to use the deceleration curve/braking resistors if fitted and used. Therefore keeping the vfd powered is safer in the initial stop, only then should it be powered down. Dave Caroline On 14/05/2015, John Kasunich jmkasun

Re: [Emc-developers] where the whole path is divided into segment by segment

2015-05-01 Thread dave
by a series of short straight lines or segments of arcs. Dave On 05/01/2015 09:04 PM, matic bie wrote: Can anyone help me? From: matic@hotmail.com To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:16:22 + Subject: [Emc-developers] where the whole path is divided

Re: [Emc-developers] Google Summer of Code students wanted!

2015-03-08 Thread Dave Caroline
/linuxcnc/streamer.dif Dave Caroline all in http://www.collection.archivist.info/archive/mirror/linuxcnc/ I happened to save the dif before the fixed streamer.c so timestamps are not as one could expect On 08/03/2015, Slavko Kocjancic esla...@gmail.com wrote: On 08. 03. 2015 04:38, EBo wrote

Re: [Emc-developers] Google Summer of Code students wanted!

2015-03-08 Thread Dave Caroline
, needs to come from you so others can help update any docs. Dave Caroline On 08/03/2015, Slavko Kocjancic esla...@gmail.com wrote: On 08. 03. 2015 09:38, Dave Caroline wrote: With a diff program or better a merge program like meld one can easily see the white space changes that are extra

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Number limit

2015-02-22 Thread Dave Caroline
I think the limit is derived from the message size (send all tools in one message) it should just send tools used/changed and an index number so the tool table can be sent over a number of massages as needed Dave On 22/02/2015, Niemand Sonst nie...@web.de wrote: Hallo, we do introduce

Re: [Emc-developers] New GCode Editor

2015-02-20 Thread Dave Caroline
That web page gives a white screen on my browser too, not a good way to start Dave On 20/02/2015, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: On 02/20/2015 08:05 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On 02/20/2015 07:53 AM, kmasem...@aol.com wrote: DID NOT FIND THE WEBSITE: The website is hosted

Re: [Emc-developers] Awlsim 0.37 - STEP 7 compatible PLC for LinuxCNC

2015-01-16 Thread Dave Cole
for Siemens-USA.) I'll try out your software looks really nice. Dave On 1/16/2015 2:16 PM, Michael Büsch wrote: On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:31:54 +0100 W. Martinjak mats...@play-pla.net wrote: Do you think python-snap7 can be used to implement the PLC side of the S7 communication? Yep. That's nice

Re: [Emc-developers] Awlsim 0.37 - STEP 7 compatible PLC for LinuxCNC

2015-01-16 Thread Dave Cole
SCL and it is very intuitive and simple to use, especially for math functions. Yes. LAD/KOP is hardly used here. AWL/STL is not accepted by many/most US companies as their technicians have not been trained on it. Dave On 1/16/2015 3:36 PM, Michael Büsch wrote: On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:15:40

Re: [Emc-developers] Syncronized jog

2014-12-02 Thread Dave Caroline
The hobbing set up would allow this. but then one axis is a slave of the other Dave On 02/12/2014, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 December 2014 at 15:26, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: Is it possible to do a synchronized jog of at least two axis? I need to move

Re: [Emc-developers] Syncronized jog

2014-12-02 Thread Dave Caroline
This is Andy's wiki page http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Hobbing I used that with modifications for a stepper machine, not sure how your G0 will work as you need to think about top speeds and in your case any phase(delay) error. I only work in the forward direction. Dave Caroline On 03

Re: [Emc-developers] [Emc-commit] dgarr/jog_ignore_fo: inifile: support jog_ignore_feed_override

2014-11-14 Thread Dave Cole
be addressed when the jog while paused is implemented. Dave On 11/14/2014 8:53 AM, Chris Radek wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:36:37PM +, Dewey Garrett wrote: i'll prepare a patch to always ignore FO while jogging instead. I agree with this change. I also think an option is unnecessary. I

Re: [Emc-developers] [jep...@unpythonic.net: Patch for issue #328 rebased onto master, resolves #395 as well]

2014-10-25 Thread Dave Cole
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Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Table and Wear offset Table

2014-10-03 Thread Dave Cole
On 10/3/2014 11:08 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 3 October 2014 16:01, Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com wrote: Is this the best docs to reference on remapping? http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/remap/structure.html#_introduction_extending_the_rs274ngc_interpreter_by_remapping_codes Yes, though while

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Table and Wear offset Table

2014-10-02 Thread Dave Cole
? Does it matter which tool table I use to do any of this? I have 2.6.3 installed right now on the machine but I have the 2.7___ master LinuxCNC master installed on a different PC so I can test with either software. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks, Dave On 8/6/2014 11:16 AM, Gene Heskett

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Table and Wear offset Table

2014-10-02 Thread Dave Cole
Good to know. Thanks Chris! Dave On 10/2/2014 12:10 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: Not related to the topic at hand exactly but it is important that everyone is aware that the work Chris did on how Linux CNC works with the editor (order of read/timing???) has made our turning centers and tool

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Table and Wear offset Table

2014-10-02 Thread Dave Cole
or G42 is active? I thought that was a little strange. I'm using M64 P0 to turn on the waterjet and M65 P0 to turn it off. Does this sound like a bug? Thanks, Dave On 10/2/2014 11:29 AM, sam sokolik wrote: wow - didn't mean to send that.. well to finish my thought - would you put g41.1

Re: [Emc-developers] Request for additional iocontrol or motion facility

2014-09-25 Thread dave
to be such under emc(1). Probably called 'dropbox'. Dave -- Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS

Re: [Emc-developers] jepler/rtos-uspace: a new POSIX realtime branch

2014-06-29 Thread Dave Cole
is endangered. Some of the newer boards are slotless. The cost of a spare motherboard seems slight to me considering the overall cost to implement a CNC system.IMO, if uptime is critical, put spare parts on the shelf and that solves the future availability issue for the most part. Dave

Re: [Emc-developers] RFC: Make Axis Touch-off more idiot proof

2014-06-10 Thread Dave Caroline
On 10/06/2014, EBo e...@sandien.com wrote: The first two I can see, but not the third. Why should you have an additional one just to update Axis (or are you reffering to the internal button handler, and not an actual button)? On Jun 10 2014 4:35 AM, John Thornton wrote: Actually it takes me

Re: [Emc-developers] Choosing platform for special GUI

2014-04-23 Thread Dave Caroline
This is much better behaviour than PyVCP, where spinbutton valuyes don't update even if you do press enter, and in fact you need to press the up arrow to commit, then the down arrow to get back the number you typed in. fixed in 2.5.4 Dave On 23/04/2014, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: I

Re: [Emc-developers] bug with pncconf

2014-04-07 Thread Dave Cole
is, that variable was never written to prior to that statement in the code. Did you leave some fields blank before you got to that point? If so, go back and put something into each field and see if it reoccurs. Dave -- Put Bad

Re: [Emc-developers] Another query on numerical formats

2014-04-03 Thread dave
in the middle, and assuming e-error spikes. As the hal-status watch tab displays to many places of decimals, I wonder if 1e-6 should actually display as 0.0 instead? I can't decide. Hi Andy, It is still early morning but shouldn't the decision point for 0.0 be = 5 E-6? Dave

Re: [Emc-developers] OT - autonomous wheeled ground vehicles

2014-03-31 Thread Dave Cole
On 3/31/2014 1:12 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 31 March 2014 20:04, Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com wrote: https://store.3drobotics.com/products/3dr-pixhawk I'm working with a group of guys who are trying to use this device to control a wheeled ground vehicle. Not a small one, but a 3000lb

Re: [Emc-developers] Question on 14.04 LTS

2014-03-25 Thread Dave Cole
that. Hey, 14.04 is not even released yet! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseSchedule Dave On 3/25/2014 4:32 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 25 March 2014 17:31:50 Sebastian Kuzminsky did opine: On 3/25/14 14:14 , Matt Westveld wrote: This is how I got it working - I followed

Re: [Emc-developers] Question on 14.04 LTS

2014-03-25 Thread Dave Cole
Yep, unfortunately Intel wanted out of the motherboard business. I had chronic problems with a Gigabyte motherboard also a few years ago. These boards seem to be solid so far and they brag about the quality of the caps! We'll see. The D525MWs are good boards. Dave On 3/25/2014 8:25 PM, Gene

Re: [Emc-developers] Setting tool length vs touching off Z every time [was: g43 and modal commands]

2014-03-19 Thread Dave Caroline
A tool length and width and shape probe is needed for some types of tooling. For some a camera can be used but beware of camera optical axis and resolution accuracy etc For best quality you need to detect the run out so you know the effective diameter too. Dave Caroline On 19/03/2014, Ed

Re: [Emc-developers] PID bidirectional pins.

2014-03-16 Thread Dave Cole
, pure and simple. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto I wonder where using IO pins is _not_ a mistake? If I remember correctly, there was a fairly long discussion over making those pins I/O. Does anyone else remember that? Dave

Re: [Emc-developers] PID bidirectional pins.

2014-03-16 Thread Dave Hylands
copy (you could think of it as just a shorthand for memcpy). C++ allows you to override the assignment operator so you can use that to do deep copies. But for C, you're probably better off to code a helper function if you want a deep copy. -- Dave Hylands Shuswap, BC, Canada http

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-09 Thread Dave Cole
I suspect the bigger problem will be having it done in the next two weeks. Dave On 3/9/2014 5:50 PM, Michael Chism wrote: Great analogy, but is anyone willing to come to Pensacola Florida? The weather is awesome! :) Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 17:48:49 -0500 From: linuxcncro...@gmail.com

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Dave Cole
. What hardware are you using to control the machine? Mesa boards? Dave -- Subversion Kills Productivity. Get off Subversion Make the Move to Perforce. With Perforce, you get hassle-free workflows. Merge that actually

Re: [Emc-developers] GentooCNC

2014-03-02 Thread Dave Cole
Hi EBo, I'm ignorant when it comes to Gentoo. What would/could Gentoo bring to the table that is lacking in a Ubuntu or a Debian based system? Thanks, Dave On 3/2/2014 10:19 AM, EBo wrote: Sławek and I have started a project over on SourceForge called GentooCNC. We are still

Re: [Emc-developers] GentooCNC

2014-03-02 Thread Dave Cole
Thanks Ebo.. Dave On 3/2/2014 7:10 PM, EBo wrote: Sławek should be able to extol on the strengths of Gentoo better than I, but I will give it a shot... One of Gentoo's strengths is the use of the explicit dependency graphs defined in the ebuilds. This allows you to check daily

Re: [Emc-developers] Proper behavior when blending rapid / feed moves

2014-02-06 Thread Dave Caroline
I think either direction g0 g1 or g1 g0 matters the same, you either have to add some clearance (how much?) for the blend or hope the default is exact mode or add the exact mode where one has a transition. Dave Caroline On 06/02/2014, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 6 February 2014 13

Re: [Emc-developers] configs/ structure

2014-01-17 Thread dave
on Sun workstations. Before that part of it ran on a VME backplane; I don't remember what the processor was. :-( Dave (I know some will remember that EMC ran on Windows in the early days and that this was not considered a bad thing.) No, I don't think this ever happened. Fred Proctor

Re: [Emc-developers] Calling INT 15 from a comp?

2014-01-16 Thread Dave Cole
Too bad.. as that was a good starting point! Dave On 1/16/2014 3:40 AM, Michael Haberler wrote: Am 16.01.2014 um 06:12 schrieb Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com: On 1/15/2014 9:27 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: On 1/14/2014 8:38 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: On 1/14/2014 5:34 AM, andy

Re: [Emc-developers] Calling INT 15 from a comp?

2014-01-15 Thread Dave Cole
On 1/14/2014 9:18 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 15 January 2014 02:13, Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com wrote: Assembler .. yep I remember doing some of that on 6800 Micros.. Very tedious. Tedious? Ha! I used to _dream_ of an assembler, I wrote machine code in raw hex, from a paper list

Re: [Emc-developers] Calling INT 15 from a comp?

2014-01-15 Thread Dave Cole
effect. MOV AX, 6F08HSets the digital port as input INT 15H Initiates the INT 15H Dave -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing

Re: [Emc-developers] Calling INT 15 from a comp?

2014-01-14 Thread Dave Cole
It sounds like he is trying to adopt some MSDOS code into LinuxCNC?? That looks like MSDOS assembler to initiate a soft interrupt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INT_%28x86_instruction%29 Assembler .. yep I remember doing some of that on 6800 Micros.. Very tedious. Dave On 1/14/2014 6:34 AM

Re: [Emc-developers] Discuss: patch submissions

2014-01-11 Thread dave
as they could be and should be modified; alpha, developmental/evolutionary, beta:tested but not necessarily solid, testing: stable but not necessarily totally solid, release; ready for general use. Sorry, I just had to rock the boat. ;-) Dave

Re: [Emc-developers] Discuss: patch submissions

2014-01-11 Thread dave
with it. BTW - I'm on 2.3.5 pre and 'someday I'm going to upgrade. Change motherboard and upgrade software at the same time . Hopefully, some of my long-term problems will disappear but I'm not holding my breath. ;-) Dave

Re: [Emc-developers] Error in backplot with backtool set up in lathes

2014-01-10 Thread Dave Caroline
(capstans etc) I hope to cnc it one day Dave Caroline On 10/01/2014, Filipe Tomaz filipeto...@portugalmail.pt wrote: I did not rotated anything except using the recommended change here http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BackToolLathe, that works on displaying the world (limits, part, ...). So

Re: [Emc-developers] stepconf refactor

2013-12-30 Thread Dave Caroline
matter, none would just make it more broken than now. Dave Caroline On 30/12/2013, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: I hear all too often I just left the default in which ends up being wrong for their machine, so a guide on some of the more confusing things would be better than putting

Re: [Emc-developers] stepconf refactor

2013-12-30 Thread Dave Caroline
5mm per rev is possibly more common in the hobby arena Dave Caroline On 30/12/2013, Chris Morley chrisinnana...@hotmail.com wrote: Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 10:50:04 +0400 From: aysta...@gmail.com To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] stepconf refactor

Re: [Emc-developers] stepconf refactor

2013-12-29 Thread Dave Caroline
default it uses the same numbers as an inch machine, kinda dumb to have 4mm Z distance for a default. please at least use figures that the default .ngc needs to run. Dave Caroline On 29/12/2013, EBo e...@sandien.com wrote: On Dec 29 2013 9:30 AM, Chris Morley wrote: I think filling out

Re: [Emc-developers] GladeVCP running on a separate machine: HAL remote demo video

2013-11-15 Thread Dave Cole
Very impressive Michael! Thanks, Dave On 11/15/2013 3:45 PM, Michael Haberler wrote: This video shows Gladevcp running remotely over a network connection, i.e not necessarily on the same host as HAL/RT. It implements the HALrcomp protocol which I recently outlined, and uses a few HAL

Re: [Emc-developers] Tech demo of circular arc blending

2013-11-04 Thread Dave Cole
Those work.. very nice! :-) Dave On 11/4/2013 2:03 AM, Robert Ellenberg wrote: That's strange, it should be public. Here are links to each of the videos just in case: Parabolic blends in a square spiral http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYCp34aYVks Circular arc blend version: http

Re: [Emc-developers] EtherCAT

2013-10-24 Thread Dave Cole
And the whole licensing thing irritates me. I agree.. I find it as appealing as filling out tax forms. Dave On 10/24/2013 5:05 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 24 October 2013 02:38, Yishin Li y...@araisrobo.com wrote: The license stated from IgH EtherCAT Master for Linux : All the source code

Re: [Emc-developers] EtherCAT

2013-10-22 Thread Dave Cole
-with-linuxcnc#40098 Links to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR9rCFavFjU it would be a good inclusion to have opens up a lot more options , I agree! :-) Dave -- October Webinars: Code for Performance

Re: [Emc-developers] Newbie questions on LinuxCNC motion control

2013-09-28 Thread Dave Caroline
With the current trajectory planner it is far better to use arcs and not small line segments. It is due to the amount of look ahead. Dave Caroline On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 3:30 PM, T. Raykoff trayk...@comcast.net wrote: I am putting together some software that will generate toolpaths. It works

[Emc-developers] Meeting minutes, 2013 September 28

2013-09-28 Thread Dave Caroline
We just finished our monthly IRC meeting. Meeting agenda vote results are included in this email, and on our wiki here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Meeting201309 Meeting log: http://meetlog.archivist.info/meeting.php?id=201309 moderator: Dave Caroline secretary: Dave Caroline

[Emc-developers] sine accel jerk limited motion in robot

2013-09-28 Thread dave
www.sites.mech.ubc.ca/~caris/Publications/sonja.pdf -- October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and

Re: [Emc-developers] [DISCUSS] Proposal: Drop Hardy support

2013-08-17 Thread Dave
Hardy and move on. My two cents.. Dave -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with 2

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC Acquitted!

2013-08-13 Thread dave
. The Mini gui commanding a pause really sent me off into the weeds for a while...I'll try not to let it happen again, but no promises. :) Half of life's fun happens in the weeds. ;-) Dave ...and I learned something about 3D printing along the way. I've run long prints w/o issue before on LinuxCNC

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC Acquitted!

2013-08-13 Thread dave
, and since I don't have a 3d printer I suspect that adjusting extruder temps won't alter things ;-) Dave H! tklinuxcnc and mini should share pretty much the same backplotter. (I think .. maybe. ;-) ) Dave On 8/13/2013 9:45 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: On 8/13/2013 5:40 AM, Charles

Re: [Emc-developers] Behavior under heavy CPU load - Revisited

2013-08-12 Thread dave
unclear why the pause/resume is in the _redraw_ procedure to start with -m a matter of semantics. ;-) http://wiki.tcl.tk/933 Dave -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free

Re: [Emc-developers] NML to ZMQ migration: status, first sucess

2013-08-11 Thread dave
On Sun, 2013-08-11 at 21:53 +0200, Sascha Ittner wrote: Note that once conversion is done there remains no code in task which has to be C++, as Python bindings for all moving parts will be available. I would have no parting pains with the task code, and if somebody would want to

Re: [Emc-developers] Trouble in Mach3 / Mach4 land..

2013-08-07 Thread Dave
Sergey's email is k...@ksilabs.com if you want to contact him, etc. I'm not sure he is going to be spending much time on the Mach3 email list from now on so I might miss his whitepaper's release.. Dave On 8/7/2013 3:34 AM, EBo wrote: If anyone is communicating with Sergey, please forward his

[Emc-developers] Trouble in Mach3 / Mach4 land..

2013-08-06 Thread Dave
way.. Dave On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Brian Barker wrote: I'm reiterating -- there is _ABSOLUTELY NO NEED_ to remove the old functionality. I've been talking about _ADDING_ the proper trajectory data, _NOT REPLACING_ the old stuff. Sergey's reply

Re: [Emc-developers] NML to ZMQ migration strategy

2013-08-05 Thread dave
it all in one place. It was much easier to read coherently when basically arranged as a blog. Dave -- Get your SQL database under version control now! Version control is standard for application code, but databases

Re: [Emc-developers] STEP-7-compatible PLC for LinuxCNC

2013-08-04 Thread Dave
but something S7 compatible would be really sweet! :-) At the moment, I am online with an S7 controller via a VPN internet connection.. Dave -- Get your SQL database under version control now! Version control is standard

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