Re apt360, the maintaner is lurking on irc most of the time so can be contacted.
The channel on freenode where cam gets discussed is #cam and he is
there (crotchet)
I did download it and had a play, the source is interesting
Dave Caroline
Thanks,
the function exists, the documentations is there, I _have_ been looking, but
I did not find it.
I never thought of that name hypot
-Original Message-
From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com]
Sent: den 8 februari 2012 08:28
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject:
Thanks for the heads up. That textual CAM package is very interesting,
even though it neither documents our LinuxCNC dialect nor provides a
more human readable variant of same. We could change our goal to gcode
generation, but that would mean abandoning current goals.
The cam-zone blog has
I see a problem with using gcode generating software languages to
machine complex geometries. In my world all gcode generating software
languages will undercut or gouge the material deemed to be the desired
material to include in the desired part. This happens at random times.
Usually only
On 8 February 2012 05:37, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote:
But is the following much more readable than raw gcode?
INDIRV/0,1,0 $$ direction the tool initially moves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APT_(programming_language)
Has an example. I think it is a little clearer
Le 08.02.2012 08:50, Don Stanley a écrit :
Hi All;
All my shop EMC2 applications are running on D510M0's.
Is this also a good choice for the new one?
After EMC2 was taught how to deal with the D510M0's printer port strangeness,
the have done great except for boot up after being powered down
just for fun:
check powersupply cable
check power connectors onto the board
check harddrive power connectors
check memory connectors
check cpu connector.
for check read: apply contactcleaner (not the lubricating type) liberally
and plug in and out a few times.
otherwise this might be your
On 08.02.12 11:00, andy pugh wrote:
On 8 February 2012 05:37, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote:
But is the following much more readable than raw gcode?
INDIRV/0,1,0 $$ direction the tool initially moves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APT_(programming_language)
Has
On 02/08/2012 01:53 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 8 February 2012 07:01, gene heskettghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
The lathe I can get all metal gears for, but the mill I would love to belt
drive somehow,
I put metal replacement gears in my mini-mill, and converted to
oil-bath lubrication
On 8 February 2012 12:51, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote:
Have you had a chance to glance over what the experimental parser does
with your idea for grouping all Spindle commands into a conceptual and
syntactical group, outlined in this morning's post, a little upthread?
Not
On 8 February 2012 13:10, Mark Wendt mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote:
I've got the belt drive on my mini mill, and can whole-heartedly agree
with Andy on the noise reduction. Plus, no more broken plastic gears to
worry about.
The metal gears don't break, but they are a _lot_ noiser than the
2012/2/8 Anders Wallin anders.e.e.wal...@gmail.com:
I see a problem with using gcode generating software languages to
machine complex geometries.
So, another conclusion from this discussion would be Do Cutsim instead !?
Joseph Coffland seems to have
independently made great progress at
On 02/08/2012 06:58 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 8 February 2012 13:10, Mark Wendtmark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote:
I've got the belt drive on my mini mill, and can whole-heartedly agree
with Andy on the noise reduction. Plus, no more broken plastic gears to
worry about.
The metal
On 8 February 2012 14:02, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote:
Erik proposed this line:
Arc CW X0 Y1 Centre X1 Y0.5 Feedrate 25
Is centre x1 y0,5 are incremental distance from current point or
absolute coordinates of center point?
I think that it means absolute X and Y, and that an
2012/2/8 Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.com:
-Original Message-
From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com]
Sent: den 8 februari 2012 08:28
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] AXIS default jog speed on A-axis
2012/2/8 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com:
On 8 February 2012 14:02, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote:
Erik proposed this line:
Arc CW X0 Y1 Centre X1 Y0.5 Feedrate 25
Is centre x1 y0,5 are incremental distance from current point or
absolute coordinates of center point?
I think
On 08.02.12 14:02, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
Thirdly, I tend to agree with Steve Blackmore, who posted in another
thread that g-code is basically a standard in cnc world with lots of
minor variations, but the essence is the same.
IMHO drifting away from it would considerably decrease appeal of
On Wednesday, February 08, 2012 07:28:46 AM andy pugh did opine:
On 8 February 2012 07:01, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
The lathe I can get all metal gears for, but the mill I would love to
belt drive somehow,
I put metal replacement gears in my mini-mill, and converted to
On 8 February 2012 14:52, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
That would take a lot of math I don't have
a clue about how to do in order to fit the teeth precisely to the diameter
of each step, all diddled so the motor comes back to the same rest position
for each speed.
There is a handy
2012/2/8 Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net:
Experiments with new grammars are only to see if there are benefits to
_some_ users in having a more explicit input syntax, which is then
converted to gcode.
Thank You for clarification!
I am all right now :)
Viesturs
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.comwrote:
2012/2/8 Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net:
Experiments with new grammars are only to see if there are benefits to
_some_ users in having a more explicit input syntax, which is then
converted to gcode.
On Wednesday, February 08, 2012 08:27:41 AM andy pugh did opine:
On 8 February 2012 14:52, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
That would take a lot of math I don't have
a clue about how to do in order to fit the teeth precisely to the
diameter of each step, all diddled so the motor
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 6:02 AM, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.comwrote:
2012/2/8 Anders Wallin anders.e.e.wal...@gmail.com:
I see a problem with using gcode generating software languages to
machine complex geometries.
So, another conclusion from this discussion would be Do Cutsim
Hi, finally i'm trying to get my new Keling motors and drivers work,
together with a C35 BoB from cnc4pc.
I wanted to use the charge-pump function (that, if i understood, act as
a watchdog), so i need a signal coming from LinuxCNC every 12,5 kHz, as
written in the manual.
On our wiki i've found
2012/2/8 Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it:
In the same link is written also that one can add a new thread, if the
base thread period is different from what needed (mine was 49k and
something..). So do you think is better to add a new thread dedicated to
the SCHP (charge-pump), or to lower the
I did a bit more testing on 2 different machines. The atom 330 dual
core and a asus/amd similar to what is in the KT
This is the atom
http://pastebin.com/VMZDVrjc
http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/atom/Screenshot-1.png
The more powerful amd system
http://pastebin.com/aGUGPvwv
On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 17:08 +0100, Spiderdab wrote:
Hi, finally i'm trying to get my new Keling motors and drivers work,
together with a C35 BoB from cnc4pc.
I wanted to use the charge-pump function (that, if i understood, act as
a watchdog), so i need a signal coming from LinuxCNC every
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Viesturs LÄcis
viesturs.la...@gmail.comwrote:
2012/2/8 Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net:
Experiments with new grammars are only to see if there are benefits to
_some_ users in having a more explicit input syntax, which is then
converted to
Il giorno mer, 08/02/2012 alle 09.01 -0800, Kirk Wallace ha scritto:
On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 17:08 +0100, Spiderdab wrote:
Hi, finally i'm trying to get my new Keling motors and drivers work,
together with a C35 BoB from cnc4pc.
I wanted to use the charge-pump function (that, if i
Hi, some body has the manual for a SLO-SYN 440-TH125 stepper driver from
Superior Electric?, i google it without luck and the people of Dana
Motion said i to old for support
--
Keep Your Developer Skills Current with
Swp, Stuart,
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:02 AM, spad...@sover.net wrote:
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Viesturs LÄ cis
viesturs.la...@gmail.comwrote:
2012/2/8 Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net:
Experiments with new grammars are only to see if there are benefits to
_some_ users
On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 18:09 +0100, Spiderdab wrote:
... snip
Thanks for answering. The charge-pump works with the charge-pump rt
component into hal, i just wanted to gain some suggestion on using a
dedicated new thread or if it's ok to use base-thread.
Following your memory, i'll try to use
On Wednesday, February 08, 2012 12:54:10 PM spad...@sover.net did opine:
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Viesturs Lؤپcis
viesturs.la...@gmail.comwrote:
2012/2/8 Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net:
Experiments with new grammars are only to see if there are benefits
to _some_
Il giorno mer, 08/02/2012 alle 09.38 -0800, Kirk Wallace ha scritto:
On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 18:09 +0100, Spiderdab wrote:
... snip
Thanks for answering. The charge-pump works with the charge-pump rt
component into hal, i just wanted to gain some suggestion on using a
dedicated new thread or
On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 11:32 -0600, Oscar Chaides wrote:
Hi, some body has the manual for a SLO-SYN 440-TH125 stepper driver from
Superior Electric?, i google it without luck and the people of Dana
Motion said i to old for support
You should be able to get a fair amount of information with a
Stuart Stevenson wrote:
Gentlemen,
I see a problem with using gcode generating software languages to
machine complex geometries. In my world all gcode generating software
languages will undercut or gouge the material deemed to be the desired
material to include in the desired part.
Well,
andy pugh wrote:
On 8 February 2012 05:01, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote:
I might suggest crating a custom HAL component to do the S * factor *
sqrt(X^2 + Y^2) just to cut down
on all the procedure calls
http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/man/man9/hypot.9.html
Stuart Stevenson wrote:
I would be willing/able to contribute to the process in some manner. I
don't care so much about the 'free' description, I want APT on linux.
If it has already been translated from FORTRAN to C, and is text-based
(as opposed
to graphical) then it should be easy to run
Hi Steve,
Yes, I have seen that page. A couple years ago I had everything set up
and working just like the page shows. I even programmed a ruled surface I
created to try a 5 axis swarf cut. As it remember it the post was not 5
axis complete yet. The development was progressing slowly and then it
On 08/02/2012 11:57, andy pugh wrote:
Not really, I am living in a hotel in the Arctic at the
moment, and have no access to Linux.
What's up Andy - not cold enough for you at home?? It
certainly is here!!
Ian
--
On Wednesday, February 08, 2012 01:01:09 PM Oscar Chaides did opine:
Hi, some body has the manual for a SLO-SYN 440-TH125 stepper driver from
Superior Electric?, i google it without luck and the people of Dana
Motion said i to old for support
You are asking about the driver not the motor?
On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 10:11 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote:
On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 11:32 -0600, Oscar Chaides wrote:
Hi, some body has the manual for a SLO-SYN 440-TH125 stepper driver from
Superior Electric?, i google it without luck and the people of Dana
Motion said i to old for support
Hi the only info i need is how to configure the maximum current in the
driver, there is a dip switch with 4 switches that i gees is for that
porpoise. Thanks
--
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:11:47 -0800
From: Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com
Subject: Re:
Greetings all;
I have now managed to wreck 3 or 4 half completed attempts at this board by
typu's in my code driving the tapered hole probe too far, so I have turned
to the contact probes construction.
1. Assume the spindle carrying the ground is turning 2-400 rpms so that any
runnout is
On Wednesday, February 08, 2012 03:07:41 PM Kirk Wallace did opine:
On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 10:11 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote:
On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 11:32 -0600, Oscar Chaides wrote:
Hi, some body has the manual for a SLO-SYN 440-TH125 stepper driver
from Superior Electric?, i google it
The D510MO was discontinued by Intel.
I'd go with the Intel MW525 board instead. You can buy them from almost
everyone and they work well with LinuxCNC.
Plus they have a real DB25 LPT port! :-)
They take laptop memory instead of desktop memory sticks but that has
been cheaper the last time
I second the D525MW - Used it on my last build with a solid state
drive. Very nice.
DougM
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote:
The D510MO was discontinued by Intel.
I'd go with the Intel MW525 board instead. You can buy them from almost
everyone and they work well
On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 23:44:57 -0600, you wrote:
I see a problem with using gcode generating software languages to
machine complex geometries. In my world all gcode generating software
languages will undercut or gouge the material deemed to be the desired
material to include in the desired part.
And, I'll third the MW525 motherboard.
Remember to turn off hyper-threading in the bios, though.
It is my first linuxcnc machine, and the install (with gecko g540) went
incredibly well.
I think that the memory i purchased was something like $14.99 or so for each
2meg module; I could be
On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 03:06:51PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
2. The response to a true from the probe is at worst the servo threads lag
to get the stopping initiated. So I do 2 probes, one at say 4ipm, back up
a bit, 0.010 maybe, and redo it at say .2 ipm for a final G38.2 snapshot
Greetings;
Do I need to have run the machine to X,Y=0.000 before I program a G10 L2 P2
X#offset to set G55 to run at -0.1000 from the G54 positions? Or can I
do that anytime the G5x mode is not in that specific mode?
Needle threader probe:
Is working quite well, I even went Z-0.050 from
On Wednesday, February 08, 2012 06:32:13 PM Ben Jackson did opine:
On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 03:06:51PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
2. The response to a true from the probe is at worst the servo threads
lag to get the stopping initiated. So I do 2 probes, one at say
4ipm, back up a bit,
On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 06:38:48PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
If you are using stepgen underneath you can capture the position at the
base period instead. It's tricky in 2.4 (to cancel out the zero
offsets) but I think someone brought out a simpler pin in 2.5. I use
that trick to get
On Wednesday, February 08, 2012 07:05:59 PM Ben Jackson did opine:
On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 06:38:48PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
If you are using stepgen underneath you can capture the position at
the base period instead. It's tricky in 2.4 (to cancel out the
zero offsets) but I think
On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 07:08:51PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
https://github.com/bjj/2x_laser/blob/master/2x_Laser.hal
I had to go back to the top of it where you renamed the BASE_THREAD to make
sense out of it, but now I see how its done. Kewl, thanks bookmarked,
Ben.
To all,
For what it's worth, I have used the following components from Mini-Box.com
many times without a single problem. I think that it is just about the perfect
motherboard for a dedicated (stand alone) LinuxCNC machine:
Intel D510MO
1GB DDRAM
SATADOM-2000-4GB
PicoPSU-80 12V DC-DC ATX
If
Oops...sorry. I didn't realize the D510MO was discontinued.
The same components with a MW525 motherboard should be equally reliable however.
That's a good tip to turn off hyper-threading in the bios!
Jim
-Original Message-
From: James Louis [mailto:james.lo...@gastechnology.org]
Sent:
On Wednesday, February 08, 2012 08:29:06 PM James Louis did opine:
To all,
For what it's worth, I have used the following components from
Mini-Box.com many times without a single problem. I think that it is
just about the perfect motherboard for a dedicated (stand alone)
LinuxCNC machine:
Dave wrote:
The D510MO was discontinued by Intel.
I'd go with the Intel MW525 board instead. You can buy them from almost
everyone and they work well with LinuxCNC.
Plus they have a real DB25 LPT port! :-)
They take laptop memory instead of desktop memory sticks but that has
been
The D510 was actually out for several years, but it was only very late
in the
I didn't realize that.
Thanks for correcting the 525 board number, I didn't realize I had mangled the
number.
Dave
On 2/8/2012 11:08 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
Dave wrote:
The D510MO was discontinued by Intel.
Thanks All;
The D525MW wins.
Don
On 2/9/12, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote:
The D510 was actually out for several years, but it was only very late
in the
I didn't realize that.
Thanks for correcting the 525 board number, I didn't realize I had mangled
the number.
Dave
On 2/8/2012
On 9 February 2012 01:38, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
And I know there is a debounce gizmo I have not
studied yet, can it be made suitably slow at going back false only?
http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/man/man9/debounce.9.html
Or perhaps there is a re-triggerable one shot
On 9 February 2012 02:30, James Louis james.lo...@gastechnology.org wrote:
Intel D510MO
1GB DDRAM
SATADOM-2000-4GB
PicoPSU-80 12V DC-DC ATX
If you want to surf the internet on your CNC mill then maybe something else
would be better.
With the 8GB SSD that is exactly the components in my
On Thursday, February 09, 2012 02:22:45 AM andy pugh did opine:
On 9 February 2012 01:38, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
And I know there is a debounce gizmo I have not
studied yet, can it be made suitably slow at going back false only?
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