Re: [Emc-users] Mesa m5i20 PWM frequency ?

2006-12-29 Thread Anders Wallin
3. HM5-4EH - 4 axis 100 MHz PWM clock Modified so basic clock for PWM and interrupt rate is 100 MHz ID/REV reads AA020004 (low half is # of axis), MCLK reads 100 MHz I can send the source and bit files tommorow. (where?) Peter, if the files are not too large (5Mb) you can email me the

Re: [Emc-users] Lowest speed with servo system ?

2006-12-29 Thread Mario .
Yes, that is true :-), But if you make some ~1000 microsteps on a stepper, you will start to notice that no more is a step in question, but rather an increase in torque, or pressure and that the accuracy dropped down in load conditions... So, in smaller machines, where only slow speeds are

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa m5i20 PWM frequency ?

2006-12-29 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 29 Dec 2006, Anders Wallin wrote: Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:53:27 +0200 From: Anders Wallin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Lowest speed with servo system ?

2006-12-29 Thread Jon Elson
Mario. wrote: On the speed servo... it needs to have some well-tuned pulsed power system, because motors simply don't move at voltages of ~0.1V :-), well, maybe except BDLC motors, which are already purely electronic drive. Voltage doesn't mean much to a servo motor. Current is what

[Emc-users] Command-line interface to EMC2

2006-12-29 Thread Glenn R. Edwards
Dear fellow EMC users and developers, Several months ago I asked a question about remote control of EMC. I received many excellent responses - thank you all. As the system architecture progresses, it has become clear (or clearer) that what I need is the ability run EMC2 from within a

Re: [Emc-users] Command-line interface to EMC2

2006-12-29 Thread Kenneth Lerman
Why python? If it is because you already know python, then I'd suggest you start by examining AXIS. My guess is that everything you need is in there. [Sort of like making a sculpture of a horse. Take a piece of stone and remove everything that isn't a horse.] :-) I'm sure that cradek and jepler

Re: [Emc-users] can't configure EMC2

2006-12-29 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Jeff made a program to do the DRO part of that. It's here: http://emergent.unpy.net/index.cgi-files/sandbox/dro.py It may be easier to start there instead of with Axis. One thing to think about is whether you want the buttons to actually tell emc that it's at zero, or if you just want it to

[Emc-users] emc2 error on startup

2006-12-29 Thread Kirk
I have EMC2 running on a three axis Mill. It runs great however whenever I start up the HMI program an error is reported. It says that I should check dmeg. I have included a copy of the dmesg output. I'm sure I need to change the configuration of RTAI but I don't have the slightest idea of what

Re: [Emc-users] Command-line interface to EMC2

2006-12-29 Thread Jeff Epler
I've just put an example program, called jdi (just do it) on the AXIS blog: jdi.py is an example of controlling emc with a simple Python program that sends NML messages. It will turn off estop, turn the machine on, enter AUTO mode, open the named file, and then run it. While the

Re: [Emc-users] Command-line interface to EMC2

2006-12-29 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Glenn, See if this is of any value. I haven't checked the released version lately, so this may only be in head at this time. But do a CVS check out and compile of 'HEAD'. In there you will find a program called emcrsh (in bin). It basically supports the same functions as emcsh only over a telnet

Re: [Emc-users] emc2 error on startup

2006-12-29 Thread Mario .
This problem is being solved by increasing the jitter tolerance from +-5% to +-10%, it will be in the next release of EMC. (see my ~20-mails long conversation on this topic in emc-developers) The message is only a warning, not a catastrophic error, no need to be scared... On 12/29/06, Kirk

Re: [Emc-users] emc2 error on startup

2006-12-29 Thread kirk
Thanks, I'll look into these items. Kirk On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 15:36 -0600, Chris Radek wrote: On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 10:15:58PM +0100, Mario. wrote: This problem is being solved by increasing the jitter tolerance from +-5% to +-10%, it will be in the next release of EMC. (see my

Re: [Emc-users] emc2 error on startup

2006-12-29 Thread Jon Elson
Chris Radek wrote: Actually no, if you look closely at his error, you can see he has a much larger deviation. [ 193.318209] In recent history there were [ 193.318211] 2412729, 2414583, 2413107, 2413341, and 2415294

[Emc-users] usb parallel port possible?

2006-12-29 Thread Chris Morley
Greetings. I was looking through my collection of parts and pieces and found an USB to parallelport adapter (for a printer). I was wondering if it would be possible to use it to controlrelays etc with Hal. I am sure that a driver would need to be coded and a hal module ( unfortunately a little