Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:57:36 +0100, you wrote: On 23 July 2014 23:33, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote: Sorry - but if it aint as simple as Go to web page Select release or latest beta (with explanations of differences) download double click downloaded file There is an

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:48:50 -0500, you wrote: Would it be possible the LinuxCNC group doesn't care that much about non linux users converting to some flavor of linux? I think it would be very possible. Hi Stuart I think it's absolutely certain they don't. Hence it rightly has a reputation for

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 01:29:45 -0400, you wrote: Steve, you've helped me on occasion, so I am somewhat puzzled at the negativity of your recent posts. Is there a reason for that? Hi Gene - frustration at the current lack of usable cnc controller software. Steve Blackmore --

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread Marius Liebenberg
On 2014-07-24 08:41, Steve Blackmore wrote: On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 21:48:50 -0500, you wrote: Would it be possible the LinuxCNC group doesn't care that much about non linux users converting to some flavor of linux? I think it would be very possible. Hi Stuart I think it's absolutely certain

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 July 2014 02:45:51 Steve Blackmore did opine And Gene did reply: On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 01:29:45 -0400, you wrote: Steve, you've helped me on occasion, so I am somewhat puzzled at the negativity of your recent posts. Is there a reason for that? Hi Gene - frustration at the

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2014-07-24 9:41 GMT+03:00 Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net: A non linux user not wishing to get his 'hands' dirty in the software probably will not want to get his hands dirty wiring a machine or fixing a ball screw. Perhaps, for the LinuxCNC group, having a not insignificant hurdle to jump will

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread John Thornton
Steve your negativity just amazes me... closed shop? far from it, lets see we have this mailing list for people who prefer that method of communication, we have the forum for windows users who don't know anything else and we have the IRC. How much more open than that can you get? Each area

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Steve, HEH My first experience with the 'coven' did not elicit a positive response. I wanted a toggle button. I tried to get the 'coven' to understand what I wanted - NO positive response - almost no answers. I submitted my idea of a toggle file I could not get the compile. The plethora of

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread dave
snip Golly Gee Gene: The buck is a bit of exaggeration ...not long after you were born a letter cost 3 cents to mail, I'm guessing gas was 18 cents/gal and we got electricity for something like .5 cents/KWh. A scale factor of approx 18 would make sense. Which suggest that your two cents,

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
the factor is slightly ~ 50 for austria, giving the official statitics of statistics austria. that makes a good dollar :-) Nik Am Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2014 schrieb dave: snip Golly Gee Gene: The buck is a bit of exaggeration ...not long after you were born a letter cost 3 cents to mail,

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 July 2014 10:12:52 dave did opine And Gene did reply: snip Golly Gee Gene: The buck is a bit of exaggeration ...not long after you were born a letter cost 3 cents to mail, I'm guessing gas was 18 cents/gal and we got electricity for something like .5 cents/KWh. A scale

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.0~pre5

2014-07-24 Thread John Alexander Stewart
Steve - I can understand your frustration. However, maybe a differences in our characters - and this is not a complaint or put-down. I ponder and dig and experiment and learn. My wife's always saying quit pondering and just do it - and many times she's right. I know that I'm in the vast

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread a k
i did try net hm2_5i20.0.encoder.03.velocity = scale.0.in and net hm2_[HOSTMOT2](BOARD).0.encoder.03.velocity = scale.0.in none work signal and pin can not be same i remove ---velocity --- and emc2 open but adaptive-feed still as a number - no connection to potentiometer On Wed, Jul 23, 2014

[Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-24 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Has any one done this before. I have a rotational fourth axis that has a stepper and the rest of the system is servo based. Is there an example or some direction from the coven? :) -- Regards /Groete Marius D. Liebenberg +27 82 698 3251 +27 12 743 6064 QQ 1767394877

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread a k
this is pin --- hm2_5i20.0.encoder.03.velocity this is also pin - scale.0.in is it possible to connect pin to pin? manual say -- connecting signal to pin On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:41 AM, a k pccncmach...@gmail.com wrote: i did try net hm2_5i20.0.encoder.03.velocity = scale.0.in

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-24 Thread andy pugh
On 24 July 2014 19:43, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: Has any one done this before. I have a rotational fourth axis that has a stepper and the rest of the system is servo based. Is there an example or some direction from the coven? :) It should be straightforward, especially

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hey Aram! On 24.07.2014 20:58, a k wrote: this is pin --- hm2_5i20.0.encoder.03.velocity this is also pin - scale.0.in is it possible to connect pin to pin? manual say -- connecting signal to pin In fact, you can only connect pins to pins, signals/nets are just aliases to make

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-24 Thread Marius Liebenberg
On 2014-07-24 21:06, andy pugh wrote: On 24 July 2014 19:43, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: Has any one done this before. I have a rotational fourth axis that has a stepper and the rest of the system is servo based. Is there an example or some direction from the coven? :) It

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-24 Thread andy pugh
On 24 July 2014 20:12, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: I am going to put the stepper on the parport with a cheap bob. The rest is 5i23 with 7i77. Do you mean 5i25? Rather than use a real parport, put a parport breakout on the 5i25 internal header and run the BoB using a 7i77 /

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-24 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 24 Jul 2014, andy pugh wrote: Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:17:04 +0100 From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com 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]

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-24 Thread Marius Liebenberg
On 2014-07-24 21:17, andy pugh wrote: On 24 July 2014 20:12, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: I am going to put the stepper on the parport with a cheap bob. The rest is 5i23 with 7i77. Do you mean 5i25? Could be 5i23 with 7i33 and 7i37. Not sure any more as I did the system

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-24 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2014-07-24 21:43 GMT+03:00 Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za: Has any one done this before. I have a rotational fourth axis that has a stepper and the rest of the system is servo based. Is there an example or some direction from the coven? :) First cnc machine I built has servos for x

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-24 Thread Marius Liebenberg
On 2014-07-24 21:33, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2014-07-24 21:43 GMT+03:00 Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za: Has any one done this before. I have a rotational fourth axis that has a stepper and the rest of the system is servo based. Is there an example or some direction from the coven? :)

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 July 2014 14:58:57 a k did opine And Gene did reply: this is pin --- hm2_5i20.0.encoder.03.velocity I believe so this is also pin - scale.0.in should be correct is it possible to connect pin to pin? yes manual say -- connecting signal to pin then its obvious you do

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread a k
Yes-- yes it work Now when 0 V DC -- adaptive -feed around 0.025 5 V DC -- adaptive -feed about 1.49 around/about because they are constantly fluctuating / after i home machine--than introduce m52 i can not move machine. after input m52 p0 - i can again move machine there is

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene! On 24.07.2014 21:56, Gene Heskett wrote: ... = Now, a posting tutorial: You confuse this old fart by persisting in using the [HOSTMOT2](BOARD) strings in your posted examples. To the hal interpretor those are completely bogus strings that you will never be able

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 July 2014 15:08:54 Philipp Burch did opine And Gene did reply: Hey Aram! On 24.07.2014 20:58, a k wrote: this is pin --- hm2_5i20.0.encoder.03.velocity this is also pin - scale.0.in is it possible to connect pin to pin? manual say -- connecting signal to pin

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 July 2014 15:12:50 Marius Liebenberg did opine And Gene did reply: On 2014-07-24 21:06, andy pugh wrote: On 24 July 2014 19:43, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: Has any one done this before. I have a rotational fourth axis that has a stepper and the rest of

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi On 24.07.2014 22:13, Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 24 July 2014 15:08:54 Philipp Burch did opine And Gene did reply: Hey Aram! On 24.07.2014 20:58, a k wrote: this is pin --- hm2_5i20.0.encoder.03.velocity this is also pin - scale.0.in is it possible to connect pin to pin?

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 July 2014 16:03:48 Philipp Burch did opine And Gene did reply: Hi Gene! On 24.07.2014 21:56, Gene Heskett wrote: ... = Now, a posting tutorial: You confuse this old fart by persisting in using the [HOSTMOT2](BOARD) strings in your posted examples. To

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 24 Jul 2014, Gene Heskett wrote: Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:13:22 -0400 From: Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] joint On Thursday 24 July 2014

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread a k
hi now potentiometer is connected to motion.adaptive-feed and change of voltage -0 V DC -to 5 V DC do change value of motion.adaptive-feed. am i in right direction? the problem that i have is that after m52 machine stop moving and after m52 p0 it moves again. On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 1:31 PM,

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 July 2014 16:29:52 Philipp Burch did opine And Gene did reply: Hi On 24.07.2014 22:13, Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 24 July 2014 15:08:54 Philipp Burch did opine And Gene did reply: Hey Aram! On 24.07.2014 20:58, a k wrote: this is pin ---

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 July 2014 16:31:38 Peter C. Wallace did opine And Gene did reply: On Thu, 24 Jul 2014, Gene Heskett wrote: Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:13:22 -0400 From: Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To:

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-24 Thread Marcus Bowman
Pity you can't wait for some hardware. There are some good ideas here: www.theinturn.com and several developmental stage videos by Simpsons36 on youTube. Nice bit of kit, and servo driven at quite a speed. Marcus On 24 Jul 2014, at 21:23, Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 24 July 2014 15:12:50

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread a k
Hello Yes it all works! it work--- but very slow!! When led light on THCAD blink with higher frequency than i can not jog. when light on THCAD blink with lowest frequency i can jog any axis but very slow. it was so slow motion that i did not recognized that it moves the point

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Mazak QT 20 T1 with Fanuc spindle drive problem

2014-07-24 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Good news! We managed to install a new Yaskawa V1000 VFD to drive the spindle of the lathe. Today we finished with the arrangement of the wires, and it's working perfectly. It was a really fast work considering that we had to adapt another motor (the original was a 208 volts three phase and here

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper driven A axis with servos

2014-07-24 Thread andy pugh
On 24 July 2014 22:30, Marcus Bowman marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote: Pity you can't wait for some hardware. There are some good ideas here: www.theinturn.com I can't help feeling that he would be better starting with a casting, and making the parts on a lathe might be easier. I

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread andy pugh
On 24 July 2014 22:32, a k pccncmach...@gmail.com wrote: it was so slow motion that i did not recognized that it moves It is likely that the scaling is set for 0-1 and it should be 0-100% Just use a 100x bigger value for the scale gain number. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it.

[Emc-users] uvcvideo vs v4l video

2014-07-24 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; My camera on the milling machine is having spastic spells. Dmesg says its disconnecting but I see no evidence of that as being a mechanical cable problem. None of the disconnect/reconnect sessions can be blamed on my moving the usb cable that hooks it up. Its the only video device