[Emc-users] Motor suppliers

2021-03-08 Thread John Dammeyer
I've been using the Bergerda motors for a while now. Brought in a couple of 7A stepper motor drives to replace a noisy whining stepperonline model. Surprisingly buying two with shipping was only $5 each more than the stepperonline through Amazon.ca with free Prime shipping and it's a much

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc forum website: Lathe G code Generator

2021-03-08 Thread R C
ah, cool,  I'll try that. thanks! Ron On 3/8/21 4:53 PM, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 23:50, R C wrote: With 'LinuxCNC Master' do you mean the master on github? The easy way to get it is precompiled from the buildbot: http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc forum website: Lathe G code Generator

2021-03-08 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 23:50, R C wrote: > With 'LinuxCNC Master' do you mean the master on github? The easy way to get it is precompiled from the buildbot: http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc forum website: Lathe G code Generator

2021-03-08 Thread R C
On 3/8/21 4:26 PM, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 22:46, R C wrote: Do I need an addon/plugin or so to actually run examples, I found, that have G71/G72 code/cycles in it or so? LinuxCNC Master (also known as development or 2.9) includes G71 / G72. The cycle is not included in

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc forum website: Lathe G code Generator

2021-03-08 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 22:46, R C wrote: > Do I need an addon/plugin or so to actually run examples, I found, that > have G71/G72 code/cycles in it or so? LinuxCNC Master (also known as development or 2.9) includes G71 / G72. The cycle is not included in 2.8. Master also has sample .ngc files

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc forum website: Lathe G code Generator

2021-03-08 Thread R C
So I have been digging arond the internets a bit to find G71/G72 g-code examples, but somehow I don't seem to be able to get them to work. It always seems to be the case that linuxcnc 'complains' about a code/command it does't know. I found one example, in the linux-cnc examples dir, called:

Re: [Emc-users] Muxed encoder counters vs regular encoder counters

2021-03-08 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Mon, 8 Mar 2021, Ralph Stirling wrote: Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 18:40:45 + From: Ralph Stirling Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Muxed encoder counters vs regular encoder counters Ok, I figured out my

Re: [Emc-users] Muxed encoder counters vs regular encoder counters

2021-03-08 Thread Ralph Stirling
Ok, I figured out my problem with the regular encoders. I failed to see the fourth column in the ModuleID table is the number of instances: (QcountTag, x"02", ClockLowTag,x"07", QcounterAddr, QCounterNumRegs,x"00", QCounterMPBitMask), works now. I'm curious

[Emc-users] Naming things -- RE: HTML Help

2021-03-08 Thread John Dammeyer
I've changed the subject line to reflect that I'm not posting directly about HTML but more something that is coming up more often. Especially in the Controller Area Network (CAN) world. It's no longer politically correct to use the term Master/Slave. But some of the replacement terms, even

Re: [Emc-users] HTML Help

2021-03-08 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 3/8/21 11:11 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 17:08, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: Yes, although the words in buildbot language are different. "2000.docs" is a builder (an abstract runner of build recipes). It runs on a buildslave (a computer). Though a friend who works for the

Re: [Emc-users] HTML Help

2021-03-08 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 17:08, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > Yes, although the words in buildbot language are different. "2000.docs" > is a builder (an abstract runner of build recipes). It runs on a > buildslave (a computer). Though a friend who works for the Linux Foundation has mentioned that

Re: [Emc-users] HTML Help

2021-03-08 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 3/8/21 5:49 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 07:20, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: This will make the docs on wlo copy-paste-able, but it won't help anyone who wants to build our docs on Wheezy. I can live with that. Anyone still building docs using Wheezy probably transcribes

Re: [Emc-users] HTML Help

2021-03-08 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 3/8/21 12:55 AM, John Dammeyer wrote: I'm a bit confused here. When I look at http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/config/ini-homing.html and the section: 6.14. Inhibiting Homing These two lines are in a 'code box' and appear to be ASCII with a 0x2D. setp home_sequence_mux.in0 -1 net

Re: [Emc-users] nother not so silly Q

2021-03-08 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/07/2021 11:08 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; I guess I'm one of the guys that grew up reading the printed word, and to this day I grasp a howto 10 times better by reading it on paper. So, how is the best way to get a paper copy of a man page, since man doesn't seem to have the

Re: [Emc-users] Muxed encoder counters vs regular encoder counters

2021-03-08 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Mon, 8 Mar 2021, Ralph Stirling wrote: Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 05:07:15 + From: Ralph Stirling Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net" Subject: [Emc-users] Muxed encoder counters vs regular encoder counters I am making a custom

Re: [Emc-users] HTML Help

2021-03-08 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 07:58, John Dammeyer wrote: > Isn't that a requirement for documents? If it's a code example why would it > be created to be anything but 7 bit ASCII? I guess I'm wondering if the > fault doesn't lie with 'groff' but with the authors who don't take the time > to do it

Re: [Emc-users] HTML Help

2021-03-08 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 07:20, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > This will make the docs on wlo copy-paste-able, but it won't help anyone > who wants to build our docs on Wheezy. I can live with that. Anyone still building docs using Wheezy probably transcribes them to parchment with a quill pen

Re: [Emc-users] nother not so silly Q

2021-03-08 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 11:15, Gene Heskett wrote: > Its the man page for linuxcnc's pid module that I want a hard copy of. All the LinuxCNC manpages are available as PDF, probably directly from the CNC menu on your PC. Or can be downloaded from

Re: [Emc-users] nother not so silly Q

2021-03-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 March 2021 01:07:07 R C wrote: > On 3/7/21 10:43 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: > > If you intend to print man pages use the "-t" option and you will > > get Postscript output that is easier to read than dumb-ASCII. > > > > Something like > > > > man -t chmod > chmod_manpage.ps > > This

Re: [Emc-users] nother not so silly Q

2021-03-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 March 2021 00:40:13 Nathan Hartman wrote: > On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 12:11 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I guess I'm one of the guys that grew up reading the printed word, > > and to this day I grasp a howto 10 times better by reading it on > > paper. > > > > So,

Re: [Emc-users] nother not so silly Q

2021-03-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 08 March 2021 00:18:01 R C wrote: > well you could pipe it  through lpr. > > > but also, probably easier,  you can pipe it to a file..  and then > print that file. > > > for example for ls: > > > $ man ls > ls-man.txt > > > check ls-man.txt,  it should be an ascii/txt file.   and you

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc forum website: Lathe G code Generator

2021-03-08 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 at 05:14, R C wrote: > I am still looking for some tools/utilities to create/run g-codes for > a cnc lathe, in linuxcnc. With G71 / G72 it might be easier to convert a drawing to G-code than it is to model it in CAD to run CAM. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a