Re: [Emc-users] EMC 2.1.7 released

2007-07-30 Thread Michał Geszkiewicz
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Re: [Emc-users] elections

2007-07-30 Thread Ray Henry
On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 19:05 -0400, John Kasunich wrote: s There is a president position on the board, but it is not particularly different than any other board member. The president presides at board meetings if needed. However all board members have equal votes. Um. Perhaps this is a

Re: [Emc-users] EMC 2.1.7 released

2007-07-30 Thread Jeff Epler
Here is one short program that was affected by the bug in G64 P- that has now been fixed: g64 p0.01 g0z.1 g0x.1y.1z.1 g1z0 f99 g1z.1 g0x.2y.2z.1 g1z0 g1z.1 g0x.3y.3z.1 g1z0 g1z.1 m2 Jeff

Re: [Emc-users] President

2007-07-30 Thread Ray Henry
Thanks for this opening Stuart. Let me take a few minutes of your time and go through just a bit of the history of EMC project leadership. Over the years we have discussed at length the need for a definite structure for the EMC project. Back in The NIST days, Fred, Will, and Tom provided that

Re: [Emc-users] Editing tkemc.tcl file

2007-07-30 Thread Ray Henry
Hi John In the ubuntu environment sudo and your user password is sufficient to gain some root privilege. Since I do a lot of editing of things owned by root I create a launcher on my desktop. Right click and select create launcher. I name it sudo edit and add gksudo gnome-open %u (remove the

Re: [Emc-users] Getting arcs as G2/G3 moves in g-code?

2007-07-30 Thread Dave Engvall
Hi Al, I suppose there are really two answers to this question. (a). write the g-code yourself, tedious but gives you exactly what you want or: (b) use a cam program that generates arcs with cutter comp. Your question gives me a nice lead-in to bring up a small problem within emc. Cutter

Re: [Emc-users] elections

2007-07-30 Thread John Kasunich
Ray Henry wrote: On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 19:05 -0400, John Kasunich wrote: s There is a president position on the board, but it is not particularly different than any other board member. The president presides at board meetings if needed. However all board members have equal votes. Um.

Re: [Emc-users] getting arcs using G2/G3

2007-07-30 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, Another request. I would like to see the cutter diameter compensation have a switch to enable/disable the current application of cutter diameter compensation. This would allow the use of cutter diameter compensation during short linear movement generatiing a circular move. The

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 05:38:08PM +0100, paul_c wrote: Stephen - If/when you get elected to the board and succeed in restoring the CVS repository at Sourceforge where we ALL can have access, I'll show you how to handle firmware. FUD FUD FUD Here's what the board had to say the first time

Re: [Emc-users] Getting arcs as G2/G3 moves in g-code?

2007-07-30 Thread Jon Elson
Al Hooton wrote: What am I missing? How can I get a high-level 2d or 3d drawing all the way down to emc2 in g-code such that arcs are represented as G2/G3 moves instead of series of G1 moves? I know that Bobcad/CAM does it right. Other than that, you are at the mercy of whatever

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Mark Pictor
For the record, Paul was given the opportunity to get access to the new repository -- the same way anyone else gets access. Sure likes his FUD, doesn't he? Message from Chris Radek, April 2006: On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:42:46AM +0100, paul_c wrote: If it is the intention of the board

[Emc-users] Paul Corner

2007-07-30 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, I have never met Paul Corner. I heard his name mentioned at the workshop in Galesburg. It was not mentioned in anger. If someone had anger toward or about Paul it was not expressed to me. I didn't discuss the situation in depth as I was far more interested in learning more about EMC

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread paul_c
On Monday 30 July 2007 17:59, Mark Pictor wrote: For the record, Paul was given the opportunity to get access to the new repository -- the same way anyone else gets access. No Mark - You miss the point entirely. The move was made without consultation or due process. As a result, the project

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Alex Joni
On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 20:20 +0100, paul_c wrote: directions have been lost. Elsewhere, others have been making noises about an emc3 fork.. would that be tuxcnc? Sourceforge provide a web interface to manage my own ssh keys along with a number of other services should I wish to use them. So

Re: [Emc-users] Editing tkemc.tcl file

2007-07-30 Thread Ray Henry
Thanks John. Glad that it works for you. I screw things up regularly. I guess that's why I like open source -- there's always another version waiting in the wings. Rayh On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 16:39 -0500, John Thornton wrote: Ray that is SWEET! as they say just south of us in Arkansas...

Re: [Emc-users] elections

2007-07-30 Thread Todd Bombaci
John This is not about turning your backs on hobbyist it is about putting an industrial control in hobbyist hands and with the people in charge of emc doing exactly that. Because you design industrial drives does not mean you are a cnc expert.How long do you test your drives before you send

Re: [Emc-users] elections

2007-07-30 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Sorry - forgot to mention an important point. I think all the EMC developers want EMC2 to be able to run basically any machine, from a desktop hobby machine to a many-ton machining center. The way we do this is to make sure the core components (interpreter, task planner, trajectory planner,

Re: [Emc-users] elections

2007-07-30 Thread Javid Butler
Tom- What is the problem with hobby users having access to EMC? That they might not use all the features? EMC is only providing interpretation of G-code. A hobbyist is still going to have to function as a system integrator if they are building their own mahcine, but even then they are not

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Ray Henry
On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 20:20 +0100, paul_c wrote: s The move was made without consultation or due process. IRC meeting, April, 2006 The Sourceforge CVS system has experienced troubles on 2006-03-30, and after a few days it still wasn't looking bright for a fast fix. We

Re: [Emc-users] Getting arcs as G2/G3 moves in g-code?

2007-07-30 Thread Thomas Fritz
Al Hooton wrote: I was surprised to run into this, as my expectation was that these arcs would have been represented by equivalent G2/G3 arc moves instead of a series of G1 moves. So, I started digging into the code behind every open-source package I can find, including OOdraw, inkscape,

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 30 July 2007, paul_c wrote: On Wednesday 02 May 2007 17:07, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: Paul - do you know of any way to use the kernel firmware infrastructure to load different firmware sets into multiple cards? Stephen - If/when you get elected to the board and succeed in restoring

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Lester Caine
Gene Heskett wrote: Sourceforge provide a web interface to manage my own ssh keys along with a number of other services should I wish to use them. So why the hell should I submit keys to an untrusted third party when I can use the SF web interface. Bottom line - I do NOT trust the system that