Re: [Emc-users] 3D Digitizer

2010-01-27 Thread a
Hi when you said relatively cheap how much is it? Do you know who sell used similar digitizer? thanks aram 2010/1/26 a...@conceptmachinery.com: is there 3d digitizer that looks like articulated arm with 3-4 sections. i do not need high accuracy because i want to scan car's body surface.

[Emc-users] Using a stepper motor as a spindle ( controlled via Mesa 7i43?)

2010-01-27 Thread John Pfleger
I am adding a plastic extruder to me EMC2 controlled desktop mill (with MESA 7i43 card) and am looking for the best way to control the stepper motor for the filament feed. The existing examples (Sam Wong) uses the controller board from the RepRap project (version 1) so is not suitable for my

Re: [Emc-users] 3D Digitizer

2010-01-27 Thread Andy Pugh
2010/1/27 a...@conceptmachinery.com: Hi when you said relatively cheap how much is it? Do you know who sell used similar digitizer? There is one here:

[Emc-users] Making escape issue M code

2010-01-27 Thread Ian Eagland
Hi I am using EMC2 with an extruder as a Repstrap. http://objects.reprap.org/wiki/EMCRepStrap One small issue is that the extruder is controlled by M functions via a serial port. If you have to pause or stop a programme with escape the extruder continues to run. Is there any way to modify

Re: [Emc-users] Using a stepper motor as a spindle ( controlled via Mesa 7i43?)

2010-01-27 Thread Andy Pugh
2010/1/27 John Pfleger pfleger.j...@gmail.com: I am adding a plastic extruder to me EMC2 controlled desktop mill (with MESA 7i43 card) and am looking for the best way to control the stepper motor for the filament feed. Looking at http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man9/hostmot2.9.html It

Re: [Emc-users] Making escape issue M code

2010-01-27 Thread robert
Ian Eagland wrote: If you have to pause or stop a programme with escape the extruder continues to run. Is there any way to modify pause or escape so that it causes EMC2 to issue an M function? Hi ian in HALUI there are some program status pins which might be usefull to you

[Emc-users] building emc2 problem

2010-01-27 Thread Ian W. Wright
Hi, I'm trying to install a simulator version of EMC2 on a new laptop on which I have Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic. I've installed the 'prerequisites' listed in the docs and downloaded the source with Git. However, when I run ./autogen.sh I get an error saying 'line6: autoconf: command not found' . Is

Re: [Emc-users] building emc2 problem

2010-01-27 Thread Alex Joni
sudo apt-get install autoconf Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Ian W. Wright watchma...@talktalk.net To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 1:24 PM Subject: [Emc-users] building emc2 problem Hi, I'm trying to install a simulator version of EMC2

Re: [Emc-users] building emc2 problem

2010-01-27 Thread Michał Geszkiewicz
Ian W. Wright pisze: Hi, I'm trying to install a simulator version of EMC2 on a new laptop on which I have Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic. I've installed the 'prerequisites' listed in the docs and downloaded the source with Git. However, when I run ./autogen.sh I get an error saying 'line6: autoconf:

Re: [Emc-users] oddity's galore

2010-01-27 Thread Andy Pugh
2010/1/27 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com: and the dual core can keep RT and video threads separate. Only if you can convince linux to keep them separated, and I'm not aware of anyone doing that successfully. I _think_ I might be (with a dual-CPU system). Running an SMP system and

Re: [Emc-users] Using a stepper motor as a spindle ( controlled via Mesa 7i43?)

2010-01-27 Thread Andy Pugh
2010/1/27 John Pfleger pfleger.j...@gmail.com: In my defence, I was looking at http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//drivers_hostmot2.html This does not show the two essential pins There is lots of parallel documentation (man pages, wiki, html, pdf, others) which all seem to say slightly

Re: [Emc-users] Making escape issue M code

2010-01-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 27 January 2010, Ian Eagland wrote: Hi I am using EMC2 with an extruder as a Repstrap. http://objects.reprap.org/wiki/EMCRepStrap I just wasted an hour wandering around in that links links. ;-) Tasty projects all, thank you. One small issue is that the extruder is controlled by M

Re: [Emc-users] Using a stepper motor as a spindle ( controlled via Mesa 7i43?)

2010-01-27 Thread Rainer Schmidt
The temperature of the extruder will be controlled via a MSP430 micro and a PID loop, with EMC2 setting/reading it via the serial port, this is just a port of the work from Jeff Epler (http://axis.unpy.net/01198594294). I bought a temp controller of ebay and must say I am very very happy as

Re: [Emc-users] oddity's galore

2010-01-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 27 January 2010, Andy Pugh wrote: 2010/1/27 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com: and the dual core can keep RT and video threads separate. Only if you can convince linux to keep them separated, and I'm not aware of anyone doing that successfully. I _think_ I might be (with a

Re: [Emc-users] building emc2 problem

2010-01-27 Thread Ian W. Wright
Alex Wrote... sudo apt-get install autoconf Dohh, why didn't I think of that In the meantime I'd downloaded the source code tarball and I've successfully installed it from that, I think. However, it hasn't appeared on the Ubuntu menu system so - how can I get it to do so or,

Re: [Emc-users] Using a stepper motor as a spindle ( controlled via Mesa 7i43?)

2010-01-27 Thread Dale Grover
At 9:18 AM -0500 1/27/10, Rainer Schmidt wrote: The temperature of the extruder will be controlled via a MSP430 micro and a PID loop, with EMC2 setting/reading it via the serial port, this is just a port of the work from Jeff Epler (http://axis.unpy.net/01198594294). I bought a temp

Re: [Emc-users] building emc2 problem

2010-01-27 Thread Andy Pugh
2010/1/27 Ian W. Wright watchma...@talktalk.net: Alex Wrote...  sudo apt-get install autoconf Dohh, why didn't I think of that it hasn't appeared on the Ubuntu menu system so - how can I get it to do so Good question, I await an answer with interest. or, alternatively, what command

Re: [Emc-users] Using a stepper motor as a spindle ( controlled via Mesa 7i43?)

2010-01-27 Thread John Pfleger
I also have an external PID temperature controller, use it on a modified laminator to make PCB's (Prees'N'Peel). The problem is you can not set the temperature via external means. It does have an alarm out that could be used to tell EMC2 that the temp is out of range but that is inadequate for

Re: [Emc-users] Using a stepper motor as a spindle ( controlled via Mesa 7i43?)

2010-01-27 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
John Pfleger wrote: I am adding a plastic extruder to me EMC2 controlled desktop mill (with MESA 7i43 card) and am looking for the best way to control the stepper motor for the filament feed. The existing examples (Sam Wong) uses the controller board from the RepRap project (version 1) so is

Re: [Emc-users] stepgen ctrl_mode problem

2010-01-27 Thread Jeff Epler
Just a stab in the dark, but does reverting this change make ctrl_type work for you again? diff --git a/src/hal/components/stepgen.c b/src/hal/components/stepgen.c index b07dcfb..eb520e7 100644 --- a/src/hal/components/stepgen.c +++ b/src/hal/components/stepgen.c @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@

Re: [Emc-users] stepgen ctrl_mode problem

2010-01-27 Thread Alex Joni
Hi, we were just debugging it on IRC. the const doesn't make any difference. The only thing that does is taking the RTAPI_MP_ARRAY_STRING() out, thus removing the module param. Even replacing it with module_param_array(ctrl_type, charp, count, 0); doesn't help. My money is on a problem during

[Emc-users] experimental packages of the git master branch are available

2010-01-27 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
The emc2 buildbot is now building experimental Debian packages of the git master branch, where bleeding-edge development happens. Users who want to have *all* the latest changes, including the half-baked hare-brained stuff, are welcome to use these packages. Packages for 32-bit Hardy in sim

Re: [Emc-users] stepgen ctrl_mode problem

2010-01-27 Thread Jeff Epler
hm, ok. it was a stab in the dark, after all.. have newer kernels changed how module_param_array works? I just verified that halcmd: loadrt stepgen ctrl_type=v,v,v step_type=0,0,0 doesn't cause any trouble on my system (32 bit hardy)... Jeff