On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:21:14 -0700, you wrote:
If you have been machining that long and never crashed
you are an exception.
No - Just careful. Last machine crash I saw cost $30k to fix, the two
people involved were both sacked.
It is common knowledge that a new CNC lathe will
not work properly
I can't get hm2_7i43 and hostmot2 modules to init 7i43 card following
firmware load. Been working on this for past month thinking the problem
was hardware parallel ports, however the error seems to be the same
invalid cookie, got 0xBCFE80FE, expected 0x55AACAFE. The read data
or got 0xBCFE80FE
Bryce,
If this is a typical micro switch you can move one wire and use the N/C set of
contacts and that is the prefered way to connect a limit switch. Then change
back to
Both Limit + Home and when you start up if you get joint 0 limit switch error
(and
your not sitting on the limit switch)
John,
The easy way is to use the Stepconf Wizard to generate a config for you. There
is a
Sherline Driver choice and a Sherline Outputs button that does all the hard
work for
you as you page through the wizard. Take a gander at the getting started guide.
It
tells you how to create a desktop
Keil Hillman wrote:
I can't get hm2_7i43 and hostmot2 modules to init 7i43 card following
firmware load. Been working on this for past month thinking the problem
was hardware parallel ports, however the error seems to be the same
invalid cookie, got 0xBCFE80FE, expected 0x55AACAFE. The read
My Sherline mill will not run whwn I select Sherline as the driver type. I have
to use OTHER. Further along the wizard you again select the output to be
Sherline and that works.
I found the not in use selection for the limit switches and also had to enter
different axis movements to get the
Sorry about the late comment on this thread. New to EMC.
Another data point for future EMC enhancements related to
feedhold/stopping/restarting a program.. On a Siemens Acramatic 2100
control (Cin-Mil vertical machining center), a spindle stop shuts down
all axis movement, stops the
Ok ... thanks
John
-Original Message-
From: Jeff Epler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 8:25 AM
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 and the Sherline mill
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 04:38:09AM -0400, John Domville wrote:
No limit
At 04:42 PM 10/15/2008, you wrote:
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 05:16:21PM -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
Any var that exists in the var file at startup will be saved, but I
don't think that new ones are created in the file. So if you set
#4327=1 in your G-code, but #4327 wasn't in the var
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 04:38:09AM -0400, John Domville wrote:
No limit switches. Where do I find the step config ? Was that part of the
machine config
I set up originally through the config wizard?
Yes. If you are using stepconf, it's the page entitled parallel port
setup.
No limit switches. Where do I find the step config ? Was that part of the
machine config
I set up originally through the config wizard?
John
-Original Message-
From: Jeff Epler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:26 PM
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
At 08:10 AM 10/16/2008, you wrote:
Sorry about the late comment on this thread. New to EMC.
Another data point for future EMC enhancements related to
feedhold/stopping/restarting a program.. On a Siemens Acramatic 2100
control (Cin-Mil vertical machining center), a spindle stop shuts
Well, we have been progressing well in the learning curve for my new
SHERLINE mill. I have been running the mill in CNC manual mode - Axis
(EMC2) and noticed that the indicated distance is not the same as the actual
tool movement.
When I set up my config file I cannot use the SHERLINE DRIVER
On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 11:32 -0400, John Domville wrote:
... snip
Z-476 (way off, gave up poking different numbers in)
Is there a recommended procedure / formula for this type of
calibration?
John Domville
Elmira NY
Check out the documentation page, section 1.3.9.3 here:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Keil Hillman wrote:
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:55:01 -0700
From: Keil Hillman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Emc-users] hm2_7i43 hostmot2 loading - invalid
Thanks for the help. Some answers below.
-Original Message-
From: Sebastian Kuzminsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 2:21 AM
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] hm2_7i43 hostmot2 loading - invalid cookie?
Keil Hillman wrote:
Snip...
Also , I've loaded firmware via
sc7i43p.exe and read with rpo.exe using the same cable setup and return
value seemed reasonable. The DOS tools from Mesa have little or no
documentation regarding firmware verify, so I'm just guessing if loading
succeeded.
snip...
you might try
On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 13:27 -0400, John Domville wrote:
Thanks for the information. Where do I check the output scale? Somewhere
in the config file?
John
Yes, in the config_name.ini file in
the /home/user_name/emc2/configs/config_name/ directory.
Each AXIS section in the file will have a
-Original Message-
From: Peter C. Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:02 AM
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] hm2_7i43 hostmot2 loading - invalid cookie?
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Keil Hillman wrote:
Date: Thu, 16
OUTPUT_SCALE is only used on servo systems, and even there it's not
mandatory.
INPUT_SCALE will be dropped in favour of SCALE on stepper systems, stepconf
already only puts SCALE in a generated ini file.
More details here:
http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/2.2/html//config_ini_config.html
I ran readhmid.exe 0378 numerous times and it bailed every time. I
really didn't know what function readhmid.exe
performed, had a hunch, now I get it. sc7i43p.exe didn't successfully
load firmware. OK, probably cable issues. I'll get a different parallel
cable figured out this evening and try
Could be any number of things, but looks like maybe a signal
integrity issue or incorrect bitfile to me.
1. What length and kind of cable connects the 7I43 to the PC?
(cable should be IEEE-1284 compatible or flatcable, other
printer cables may not have enough
grounds)
2. You are using a
Andre' Blanchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At 08:10 AM 10/16/2008, you wrote:
Sorry about the late comment on this thread. New to EMC.
Another data point for future EMC enhancements related to
feedhold/stopping/restarting a program.. On a Siemens Acramatic 2100
control (Cin-Mil
I have read and printed the 1.3.9.3 notes, don't really understand them.
All I know is that
The default steps set up in the config wizard are all 200. (For every AXIS)
When I tell one of axis to move
1 inch (1.000) the actual tool movement is less than half. (around .480)
That's why I arbitrarily
John Domville wrote:
I need to find someone with the same 5000 series mill running the same
Sherline controller and see what his settings are.
No. You need to study your machine and do some basic arithmetic.
How many full steps per rev? For 95% of the motors used on CNC
machines, that is
On Thursday 16 October 2008 23:17:25 John Domville wrote:
I have read and printed the 1.3.9.3 notes, don't really understand them.
All I know is that
The default steps set up in the config wizard are all 200. (For every AXIS)
When I tell one of axis to move
1 inch (1.000) the actual tool
John Domville wrote:
I have read and printed the 1.3.9.3 notes, don't really understand them.
All I know is that
The default steps set up in the config wizard are all 200. (For every AXIS)
When I tell one of axis to move
1 inch (1.000) the actual tool movement is less than half. (around .480)
Jeff Epler wrote Ian,
Thanks for your report. I've reproduced the problem and I believe I've
fixed it. (A nod goes to SWPadnos for noticing the factor of 25.4
hidden in the numbers you cited)
Thanks Jeff,
I'm glad it wasn't just me going nuts. I've no idea how to apply the patch
If you're using the wizard then you need to read the docs for it. The 1.3.9.3
docs are
for manually setting up EMC.
http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/EMC2_Getting_Started.pdf
Start in the Stepper Quickstart section then read the Stepconf Wizard section.
In a nutshell you need to know how many
Did you read the short Getting Started Guide? It's only 27 pages long and
covers
most of what you need to know to get up and running...
The first one sets the stepper drive timing only. The second one sets the I/O
of the
parallel port card and they have nothing to do with each other. When you
If this is a Sherline like the ones I run the motors are 200 steps per
rev, the Sherline driver is 1/4 step, and the screws are 20 tpi. I
believe that my INPUT_SCALE is 16000 or -16000 to reverse direction.
On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 17:58 -0600, John Thornton wrote:
If you're using the wizard
-Original Message-
From: John Kasunich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:34 PM
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Calibration of Sherline Mill under CNC
John Domville wrote:
I need to find someone with the same 5000
Thanks for the info.
John
-Original Message-
From: Stephen Wille Padnos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 6:08 PM
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Calibration of Sherline Mill under CNC
John Domville wrote:
I have read and printed
On 16 Oct 2008 at 20:37, John Domville wrote:
200 full steps per rev Yes
You skipped one
8 microsteps per full step
If this is 4 then you need 16000 if it is 2 then you need 8000
1 motor rev per screw rev Yes
20 turns of the screw per inch Yes
to move the table 1 inch, you need:
On the switches I have it only has the NO connection. I opened the halscope
and It looked like it was triggering pretty bad when it was not supposed
to. I was just using some regular unshielded wire and it was being run
pretty close to the stepper wires I have some shielded wire that I am
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