Re: [Emc-users] Information Display Panel

2007-03-21 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Jack, Can you provide a link to the monitor you are referring to. I looked at the Sharp web site (http://www.sharpusa.com) and was not able to find an 8.4 monitor other than those using standard VGA, etc. inputs, for which no additional drivers are necessary. Alternately, I recently checked into

Re: [Emc-users] Information Display Panel

2007-03-21 Thread Eric H. Johnson
The interface is dependent upon lcdproc, which provides drivers for these and many other LCD displays. Oops, I forgot the link, http://www.lcdproc.org/ Regards, Eric - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of

[Emc-users] Imaga-to-gcode problem

2007-03-21 Thread George Liolidis
Hi, I am running successfully emc2.1.3 on a new x,y,z machine but trying to use image-to-gcode have problem. Attempting to open any image file ,even torus.png, returns error dialog (Exit code 1) and in terminal the following: File usr/bin/image-to-gcode,line 714,in ? main() File

[Emc-users] Encoder pinouts

2007-03-21 Thread Richard Arthur
I am trying to determine pinouts on my Litton encoders. They have 5 wires, two for 5V supply, two giving 1000 counts per rev, one giving 1 count per rev. Can I assume then that the 1000 counts per rev are Channels A and B and the other is the index? Is there a rudimentary method to

Re: [Emc-users] Encoder pinouts

2007-03-21 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 08:55:38PM +, Richard Arthur wrote: I am trying to determine pinouts on my Litton encoders. They have 5 wires, two for 5V supply, two giving 1000 counts per rev, one giving 1 count per rev. Can I assume then that the 1000 counts per rev are Channels A and B and

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning, round corners

2007-03-21 Thread John Kasunich
Marc Bodmer wrote: Dear EMC2 users I had to set a pretty high Following Error for high speeds. I've set 5mm for FERROR. (max speed is 18000 mm/min). 18000mm/min = 300 mm/sec 5mm error = 0.0167 seconds of movement Since the PID loops runs every 0.001 seconds, you will never get below

Re: [Emc-users] Information Display Panel

2007-03-21 Thread Jack Ensor
Eric- The screen I saw was on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SHARP-8-4-LCD-SCREEN-PANEL-APPLE-DELL-LAPTOP-CAR_W0QQitemZ300092346949QQcategoryZ51161QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem If the link doesn't go thru try a search for item 300092346949 Jack Ensor Eric H. Johnson wrote: Jack, Can

Re: [Emc-users] Encoder pinouts

2007-03-21 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Richard Arthur wrote: [snip] With 1000 count encoders and ball screw pitch 0.2 inch giving a resolution of 0.0002 inch, I note the old original control display actually indicated a resolution of 0.0001 inch. Presumably, it really is limited to 0.0002 inch? If you get 1000 cycles on each of

Re: [Emc-users] Information Display Panel

2007-03-21 Thread goettler
Why dont you use a 7 or 8" touch screen Car PC Display, there are may on ebay. Volker Gttler Jack Ensor schrieb: Eric- The screen I saw was on ebay:

[Emc-users] image-to-gcode

2007-03-21 Thread George Liolidis
Hi again, i was trying to run with a python debugger but i will check it in CVS. Thank you John. Regards George. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the

Re: [Emc-users] Encoder pinouts

2007-03-21 Thread Jon Elson
Richard Arthur wrote: I am trying to determine pinouts on my Litton encoders. They have 5 wires, two for 5V supply, two giving 1000 counts per rev, one giving 1 count per rev. Can I assume then that the 1000 counts per rev are Channels A and B and the other is the index? Yes. Is there a