Re: [Emc-users] How to

2007-05-23 Thread Rod Welland
Yes Sven you are dead right, the mistake I was making was trying to do it using Nero SmartStart which would have been alright if I had closed the window that appears and gone straight to Recorder then Burn Image. However I did persivere and eventually work it out. I have now had Ubuntu+EMC2

Re: [Emc-users] How to

2007-05-23 Thread Alex Joni
Inside the ini file you are using there are the following lines: #HALFILE = xylotex_pinout.hal HALFILE = standard_pinout.hal simlpy remove the comment character '#' from the first line, and add it to the second one. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From:

[Emc-users] AXIS and programming

2007-05-23 Thread Andre' Blanchard
First off I have managed to get EMC2 Live loaded onto a computer and running. Lots of changes since the last time I looked at EMC, I really like the graphics in the AXIS interface, makes debugging programs a lot easier. I did translate a program that was running on a Fanuc control and got it

Re: [Emc-users] homing

2007-05-23 Thread Mark Pictor
--- John Kasunich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: # connect index pulses to motion controller # do these when index pulsing is figured out net Xindex axis.0.index-enable ppmc.0.encoder.00.index-enable net Xindex axis.1.index-enable ppmc.0.encoder.01.index-enable

Re: [Emc-users] homing

2007-05-23 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Jon Elson wrote: Actually, he's got the PPMC, the analog servo board set. But, the problems are the same, it all is in the encoder handling. With the Gecko drive, the encoders are powered off the Gecko, and there could be noise issues with trying to hook the index signal to the USC board. I

[Emc-users] I/O card recommendations, please?

2007-05-23 Thread J. Patrick ferrick
Hi all, After the success I've had with EMC2 and my minimill, I've decided to take a whack at converting a little Prazi 5x12 lathe I have. So far I've got it steppered and I have procured a PC on which I've installed EMC2 from the live CD. So far so good. On the minimill I'm using a PMDX

Re: [Emc-users] estop writes to toolchange pin out? more testing

2007-05-23 Thread Alfred Smart
The only difference is I us hardware estop force estop sense low, and when I release my estop button ,estop sense goes high and then I turn the machine on through the gui halui and off she goes ,I'm running EMC2.6.15 halui_halvcp configs My (standard pinout) file is below your response Jon