Re: [Emc-users] off topic component question

2013-03-17 Thread Richard Ray
On Sun, 17 Mar 2013, Jon Elson wrote: kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: I have a need to read dc current 36 volts up to 100 amps reasonably accurate I am looking at Tamura L03S100D15 with Arduino I am sure y'all have other suggestions hopefully cheaper I used some similar tamura Hall current

Re: [Emc-users] parallel port interface

2013-02-01 Thread Richard Ray
On Fri, 1 Feb 2013, Andy Pugh wrote: On 1 Feb 2013, at 20:49, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: is there a pci-express card known to play well with linuxcnc For the headaches saved, and the extra features, the 6i25 @ $80 just seems like a more sensible choice. actually i have a 5i25 in my big box

Re: [Emc-users] gladevcp info

2013-01-18 Thread Richard Ray
On Thu, 17 Jan 2013, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Thu, 2013-01-17 at 10:48 -0600, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible to write a standalone app such as http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/pyvcp_examples.html#_port_tester using gladevcp that will run without linuxcnc All the standalone apps I

Re: [Emc-users] gladevcp info

2013-01-18 Thread Richard Ray
On Fri, 18 Jan 2013, Michael Haberler wrote: Am 18.01.2013 um 17:08 schrieb Richard Ray: So I got a small test app setup and running but 2 questions 1) If I use a hal label all that shows in the app is 0 but a label displays the name correctly 2) When I launch the app with halrun -I -f

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread Richard Ray
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, andy pugh wrote: On 15 November 2012 19:13, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: How might I connect this, or something similar, via a parallel port inexpensively, no MESA, to provide feedback for a stepper all running linuxcnc Is it quadrature output? Yes The this above was

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread Richard Ray
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, Ralph Stirling wrote: The AS5306 magnetic encoder module A and B outputs will certainly connect to the the parallel port fine. You can configure Hal to do quadrature decoding from the parallel port, but your linear stage can't go very fast. The AS5306 has 40 pulses /

Re: [Emc-users] howto linear encoder

2012-11-15 Thread Richard Ray
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012, andy pugh wrote: On 15 November 2012 19:36, Richard Ray kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: The this above was suposed to be http://wiki.makerbot.com/mle Had a brain fart So, you need to connect it to the parallel port then run an encoder HAL module. That appears to be all

Re: [Emc-users] tool table definitions

2011-12-15 Thread Richard Ray
On Thu, 15 Dec 2011, James Louis wrote: Dan, I don't know if you are going to get much discussion here on this fundamental topic. Your question is so complicated that it is usually answered in CNC classrooms or CNC books with lots of diagrams. A text based forum is a poor