Re: [Emc-users] Very neat idea of controlling the Z-level

2011-12-17 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/17 Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at: actually it probably can go into a kinematics module, like below I think it could work out as follows: - take grid of Z probes - compute surface parameters and pass to kinematics module via HAL pins - mill unmodified G-code The advantage

Re: [Emc-users] Very neat idea of controlling the Z-level

2011-12-17 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/17 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 17 December 2011 20:16, Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at wrote: actually it probably can go into a kinematics module, like below Ideally you would pick up 3 fiducial marks and do a full 3D tilt and rotation compensation. (There already is a kins

Re: [Emc-users] Very neat idea of controlling the Z-level

2011-12-17 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/17 Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at: remember, its almost 2012, and the interpreter sports full extensibility by Python methods these days so you're not limited to the RS274NGC pits any more for extending emc - this is not limited to 'scripted toolchange' if you get really

Re: [Emc-users] rtapi kernel must be loaded?

2011-12-18 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/18 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 18 December 2011 04:36, alice aliceyou...@localnet.com wrote: i go to the terminal to load rtapi as docs say cd emc2 halrun, then it gives error consistig of rtapi kernel not loaded. You don't need to cd to emc2, and halrun needs to be a command on

Re: [Emc-users] rtapi kernel must be loaded?

2011-12-18 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/18 Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de: Viesturs Lācis schrieb: /snip/ It's called pastebin because you paste text there using the copy/paste method. Select the text in the terminal window (with the mouse) and press Copy (Ctrl-C) Ctrl+Shift+C is copy in terminal :)) Viesturs

[Emc-users] Servo drive?

2011-12-23 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello, gentlemen! I have 3 servo motors and I am looking for appropriate servo drives for them. I managed to get a technical specification of my servo motors: Motor type: T3-0130-60-560 Winding number: 01-00111 Rated Speed: 6000 min^-1 DC Bus Voltage: 560 V Nominal AC Voltage: 330 V Rated

Re: [Emc-users] Parport

2011-12-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/25 Tomaz T. tomaz_...@hotmail.com: Ok, if this card is not able to output good EPP signals, can anyone suggest me good hardware to go with? EPP mode is used _only_ by specific Mesa or Pico Systems I/O cards, which provide a lot more than 17 I/O pins on each parport. Take some reading

Re: [Emc-users] stepper setup with Probotix controller

2011-12-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/25 kqt4a...@gmail.com: From integrator manual SCALE = 4000 ( HAL ) Specifies the number of pulses that corresponds to a move of one machine unit as set in the [TRAJ] section. For stepper systems, this is the number of step pulses issued per machine unit. For a linear axis one

Re: [Emc-users] 5-axis table-table kinematics: G54 offsets

2011-12-26 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/26 rudy du preez rud...@iburst.co.za: I now have a working 5-axis table-table EMC2 controlled machine and have cut my first 7-bladed impeller (turbo-charger type with slanted and curved blades). However, I have to provide GCODE for all 7 blades since G54 type offsets do not seem to

Re: [Emc-users] 5-axis table-table kinematics: G54 offsets (Andy Pugh)

2011-12-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/27 Rudy du Preez r...@asmsa.co.za: I am confused with G54 to G59. Look at the following code and run it on a simulation setup with Axis C rotation added: G10 L2 P1 x0  y0  C0 G10 L2 P2 x10 y10 C0 G10 L2 P3 x0  y0  C-45 o100 sub G0 x25 y0 G1 x30 f200 G1 y5 G1 x25 G1 y0 o100

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2011-12-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/23 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com: Hello, gentlemen! I have 3 servo motors and I am looking for appropriate servo drives for them. I managed to get a technical specification of my servo motors: Motor type: T3-0130-60-560 Winding number: 01-00111 Rated Speed: 6000 min^-1

Re: [Emc-users] 5-axis table-table kinematics: G54 offsets (Viesturs)

2011-12-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/27 Rudy du Preez r...@asmsa.co.za: I want to be able to use offsets of C (and possibly A) while in world mode. Whereas it works OK in joint coordinates with trivkins, it seems to function differently in world mode using XYZCkins. My example code in the previous mail explained all

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2011-12-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/27 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: 2011/12/27 Andrew parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com: Rated power = rated voltage * rated current This is consumed electrical power, actually. So ~749 W (1.4A x 309V x SQRT(3)) in (assuming A is A RMS per phase) Andy Pugh told me that motor power

Re: [Emc-users] 5-axis table-table kinematics: G54 offsets

2011-12-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/28 Rudy du Preez r...@asmsa.co.za: In a recent posting I did say where photo's of my machine and an impeller cut with it can be looked at. It is in groups.yahoo.com under group SA-CNC-CLUB in photos. This is the discussion group for our local CNC club (South Africa), which I started

Re: [Emc-users] stepper power supply

2011-12-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/28 kqt4a...@gmail.com: I got this response The 40V 10Amp power supply is more than capable of handling all 4 drivers running the 3 amp motors. The formula breaks down like this: 3A x 4 x 60% = 7.2 amps This would be what your draw would be on the power supply. Would someone

Re: [Emc-users] or4 ?

2011-12-30 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/30 Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it: Hi all, i need to compare 4 inputs into hal (a limit value on each of 4 motors) and if one of them is true the output will be true. (it is a tetrapod, so only one motor-limit at a time can be true, fisically.) The fastest way in my mind is to use 3 or2

Re: [Emc-users] or4 ?

2011-12-30 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/30 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 30 December 2011 12:47, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: http://git.linuxcnc.org/gitweb?p=emc2.git;a=blob;f=src/hal/components/or2.comp Now last line is: FUNCTION(_) { out = in0 || in1; } For or4 it should be: FUNCTION(_) { out

Re: [Emc-users] or4 ?

2011-12-30 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/30 Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at: use lut5: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Lut5 http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man9/lut5.9.html $ lut5 -n4 'i0 or i1 or i2 or i3' # expression = i0 or i1 or i2 or i3 #in: i4 i3 i2 i1 i0 out weight # 0:  0  0  0  0  0  

Re: [Emc-users] or4 ?

2011-12-30 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/30 Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at: Am 30.12.2011 um 15:23 schrieb Viesturs Lācis: 2011/12/30 Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at: use lut5: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Lut5 http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man9/lut5.9.html $ lut5 -n4 'i0 or i1

Re: [Emc-users] or4 ?

2011-12-31 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/31 Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at: hey look, I just decoded some jepler mystery code and found it useful, other than that I'm just an MBA ;-) Thanks! Ohh, not the right time to try to hide behind the MBA degree :) I am an MBA too and I have to say that Your work on redefined

Re: [Emc-users] hal taking machine down

2012-01-03 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/2 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com: I've found a barebones box with a D525 board in it, for $120, claims to have the lpt on the back panel already.  Needs a couple sticks of ddr2, a smallish sata drive and a dvd reader. http://www.outletpc.com/rj3658.html $120 kit $ 29 ram $ 80 500G

Re: [Emc-users] hal taking machine down

2012-01-03 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/3 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com: I do not currently have a machine that can boot from either usb or network, and that includes this $300 Asus mobo with a quad core phenom on it.  So ATM, the only universal boot to install method I have is to maintain a working internal optical drive

Re: [Emc-users] hal taking machine down

2012-01-03 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/3 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com: On Tuesday, January 03, 2012 06:00:47 AM Viesturs Lācis did opine: 2012/1/3 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com: I do not currently have a machine that can boot from either usb or network, and that includes this $300 Asus mobo with a quad core phenom

Re: [Emc-users] hal taking machine down

2012-01-03 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/3 kqt4a...@gmail.com: On Tue, 3 Jan 2012, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/1/3 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com: I do not currently have a machine that can boot from either usb or network, and that includes this $300 Asus mobo with a quad core phenom on it.  So ATM, the only universal

Re: [Emc-users] hal taking machine down

2012-01-03 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/3 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 3 January 2012 12:49,  kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: If I were wanting to build a new pc I would agree but I would like to improve the reliability of a decent machine I occasionally get rtai errors Will the Mesa hardware do this I have only stepper

Re: [Emc-users] hal taking machine down

2012-01-03 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/3 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 3 January 2012 14:30,  kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: Is mesanet.com the only source for the mesa hardware it appears that www.cnc-ready.at no longer exists. http://www.duzi.cz/shop_cnc/ still works though. Martin Duzi is their dealer in EU. If You are

Re: [Emc-users] Compile - install new kinematic

2012-01-04 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/4 Tomaz T. tomaz_...@hotmail.com: ERROR: Module 5axiskins does not exist in /proc/modules It seems to me that You should check, if 5axiskins is used instead of my5axiskins somewhere in HAL files. Viesturs --

Re: [Emc-users] Compile - install new kinematic

2012-01-04 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/4 Tomaz T. tomaz_...@hotmail.com: Maybe I should also change lines 110, 115, 117 in my modified kinematics file, to new name my5axiskins? Of course! I also have had errors, because I did not change the name throughout the whole module code. Viesturs

Re: [Emc-users] hal taking machine down

2012-01-04 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/4 Mark Wendt mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil: If you plan on running pure SSD's on Ubuntu, this fella put up a very good write up on extending the life of the SSD (limiting writes), and getting as much performance from them as you can:

Re: [Emc-users] Riser for Intel Mini-ITX

2012-01-06 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/5 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 4 January 2012 23:48, Eric Keller eekel...@psu.edu wrote: do you have any pictures of it set up? https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CQTCSBXP42w4qc8viPm_ztMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink (In that picture is the D510MO motherboard, PicoPSU,

Re: [Emc-users] problems with USB inside my sim (was: .so components?)

2012-01-07 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/7 Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it: Note that the same setup works on my machine. Here it is under Virtualbox, and i want to know why it doesn't run. AFAIK it has never been encouraged to run EMC on virtual machines. First of all, due to incredible latency numbers. I have not been playing

Re: [Emc-users] Ideal Atom?

2012-01-07 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/7 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: mATX with PCI slots and Atom. Looks ideal to me. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Point-View-MB-D510-MATX-Motherboard-6-channel/dp/B0037L739U http://alturl.com/hzxab I don't see it available in the US though. Any particular reason to get MB with 2

Re: [Emc-users] Ideal Atom?

2012-01-07 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/7 Frank Tkalcevic fr...@franksworkshop.com.au: My next atom board will probably be this one... http://www.mitxpc.com/proddetail.asp?prod=MBNC9KDL2700 Does anyone think there will be issues using the latest generation atom chips with emc or linux? Thanks for pointing this out! I

Re: [Emc-users] Ideal Atom?

2012-01-07 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/7 Frank Tkalcevic fr...@franksworkshop.com.au: Here's a link to the D2600 board from google cache... http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:38ouTBEu2wYJ:www.mitxpc .com/proddetail.asp%3Fprod%3DMBNF9C2600%26cat%3D180+Jetway+NF9C-2600+Intel+A

Re: [Emc-users] Compile - install new kinematic

2012-01-09 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/9 Francesca Sca fancy_...@yahoo.it: Andy pugh wrote: Are you running . ./emc2-dev/scripts/emc-environment before running comp? It looks like armkins is being installed to the installed version of emc2, not to the run in place version. Yes...I'm running emc2 through  .

Re: [Emc-users] Compile - install new kinematic

2012-01-10 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/10 Francesca Sca fancy_...@yahoo.it: Viesturs wrote: Put Your kinematics module in ~/emc2-dev/src/emc/kinematics And  then in terminal: cd ~/emc2-dev make I tried this procedure but I have errors like: Unsuccessful make makefile and makefile.inc When run emc2 I have the same problem

Re: [Emc-users] Compile - install new kinematic

2012-01-10 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/10 Francesca Sca fancy_...@yahoo.it: Viesturs wrote: My apologies, I did it some time ago, do not remember correctly. If You are saying  that there is and error, then it probably should be: cd /home/[username]/emc2-dev/src Don't worry, I have used the make comand in the directory

Re: [Emc-users] OT: HDMI to VGA Was RE: Ideal Atom?

2012-01-10 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/10 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 12:56 -0500, Przemek Klosowski wrote: Speaking of connectors, has anyone considered using RJ-45? I much prefer d-sub connectors. Agreed for whole 100%! Actually this type is the only I have ever used in machines to

Re: [Emc-users] Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-10 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/11 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com: Is there a way to couple the y axis position to a small z axis shift so that the engraving tool will stay within a thou or so of the correct depth relative to the warped pcb's surface by driving the z deeper as y moves the table forward to work on the

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-11 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/12/23 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com: Hello, gentlemen! I have 3 servo motors and I am looking for appropriate servo drives for them. I managed to get a technical specification of my servo motors: Motor type: T3-0130-60-560 Winding number: 01-00111 Rated Speed: 6000 min^-1

Re: [Emc-users] Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-11 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/11 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 11 January 2012 05:53, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: I've read the pages about mapping screws, but ANAICT, that can only correct the same axis for errors and wear in that axis's drive, but I don't see a way to make z move as y moves. Sounds

Re: [Emc-users] Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-11 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/11 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 11 January 2012 10:46, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: I just seem to have skipped, how exactly the surface mesh file is created by probing the surface in certain points. In this case gene can simply hand-edit an STL file

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-11 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/11 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 11 January 2012 08:40, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: I have 3 servo motors and I am looking for appropriate servo drives for them. I have a serious problem finding a servo drives for these motors. I suppose you could try making

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-11 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/11 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 11 January 2012 11:58, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0dca/0900766b80dca34c.pdf On page nr 9 I found a scheme of Typical application connection. Do I understand correctly that anything

Re: [Emc-users] programmatically checking a PYVCP selection box

2012-01-11 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/11 Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu: We have a check box in our PYVCP panel to enable our THC module .  Is it possible to programmatically check that box (and hence select the option)? You can programmatically drive halui.mdi-command-0n pins and enable THC either by checkbox or by halui pin

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/11 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 11 January 2012 11:58, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0dca/0900766b80dca34c.pdf On page nr 9 I found a scheme of Typical application connection. Do I understand correctly that anything

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/12 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 12 January 2012 11:49, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: How big was that motor? It was a 2HP motor. On reflection, I probably drained the capacitor and then bad things happened. How do I determine, what size capacitors should be used

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/12 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 12 January 2012 15:27, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: Is it supposed to receive any additional 5V, 12V or something similar for logic power? Yes, Vdd. On reflection, it might be wise to use a DC/DC convertor for Vdd, so that it has a

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/12 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 12 January 2012 15:43, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: On reflection, it might be wise to use a DC/DC convertor for Vdd, And how much would such a convertor cost? I would need to convert 330VDC to 12VDC. I was meaning a 12 to 12

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/12 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 12 January 2012 18:14, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: I was meaning a 12 to 12 (or 12 to 15) one, like http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/dc-dc-converters/6727408/ That gives the IRAMS board an isolated 15V supply, Thanks for the link

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/12 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:49:16 +0200 From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)    emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller

[Emc-users] Software stepgen through Mesa GPIO pins

2012-01-16 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello! I have a question: How can I do software step generation and export it through gpio pins on 5i23? Is this correct approach? addf stepgen.make-pulses base-thread net 1step stepgen.0.step hm2_5i20.0.gpio.00m net 1dir stepgen.0.dir hm2_5i20.0.gpio.00n I have a suspicion that

Re: [Emc-users] Software stepgen through Mesa GPIO pins

2012-01-16 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/16 Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com: On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 05:44:47PM +0200, Viesturs L??cis wrote: Hello! I have a question: How can I do software step generation and export it through gpio pins on 5i23? Why do you want to do this? Because the machine has 3 servo motors to be

Re: [Emc-users] Software stepgen through Mesa GPIO pins

2012-01-16 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/16 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 16 January 2012 15:44, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: How can I do software step generation and export it through gpio pins on 5i23? You will need to add the hm2_5i23.0.write_gpio function to the base thread (and you will need

Re: [Emc-users] Software stepgen through Mesa GPIO pins

2012-01-16 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/16 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: I can do this sometime today I was very busy last week so got behind on custom bitfiles. Thank You very much! I would really appreciate that! Viesturs -- RSA(R)

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC: The new name of the Enhanced Machine Controller

2012-01-18 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/18 Alex Joni alex.j...@robcon.ro: OpenCNC already exists. Yes, here is something about it: http://www.mdsi2.com/solutions/cnc_controls/ BTW do I understand correctly that emc.com guys do not have a problem with the official name - Enhanced Machine Controller? If that is true then I

Re: [Emc-users] Changing the scale factor of an axis

2012-01-18 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/18 Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.com: net flowrate stepgen.3.position-scale =  input.0.abs-rx-position This is not allowed, stepgen.3.position-scale is a parameter, not a pin Then You can solve the cause of the problem - change it from parameter to pin. In simple HAL module it

Re: [Emc-users] Control a hot wire foam cutter using LinuxCNC?

2012-01-19 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/19 Florian Rist fr...@fs.tum.de: Hi, has anyone ever used LinuxCNC to control a 5axis (two x/y-portals and a rotary table )hot wire cutter? I own one of these machines:   http://en.step-four.at/hp2/index.php?action=450 And I'd like to overcome some of the limitations of the

Re: [Emc-users] Control a hot wire foam cutter using LinuxCNC?

2012-01-19 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/19 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 19 January 2012 21:14, Florian Rist fr...@fs.tum.de wrote: What would you think makes more sense as tool path specification, a x/y positions and three angels or two x/y positions and one angel? I would go for XY and angles. You can't do (G3, G2)

Re: [Emc-users] Control a hot wire foam cutter using LinuxCNC?

2012-01-19 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/19 Florian Rist fr...@fs.tum.de: Hi Andy What would you think makes more sense as tool path specification, a x/y positions and three angels or two x/y positions and one angel? I would go for XY and angles. You can't do (G3, G2) curves in UV, and using angles instead probably bypasses

Re: [Emc-users] Control a hot wire foam cutter using LinuxCNC?

2012-01-20 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/20 Florian Rist fr...@fs.tum.de: Hi Viesturs   Do I understand correctly that actual layout of the joints in Your   machine is that rotary table rotates around vertical axis, but portals   are alligned so that XY and UV planes are vertical and Z is   horizontal?   I opened the link

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-20 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/20 kqt4a...@gmail.com: Could you provide details about the laser Manufacturer is www.kalecnc.com Purchased from them on ebay:

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-20 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/20 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com: The rest if this modified drawing looks as if it should fly. Ok, thanks! I will try to resolder and test it. In case of any difficulties, I will report back :)) Viesturs --

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-20 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/20 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:39 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:42 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... snip Kirk, I repasted Your scheme here: http://picpaste.com/scheme-3V0w43QM.png ... snip Revised schematic attached

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary homing.

2012-01-23 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/23 Ed Nisley ed.08.nis...@pobox.com: [TRAJ] NO_FORCE_HOMING = 1 Axis then starts up wherever it shut down, with the previous position in place, and runs just fine. So are You telling that this line also tells Axis to remember joint positions on shutdown or do You have something

Re: [Emc-users] [Emc-developers] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/23 Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at: What I do blame you for, and what I take issue with, is the style and attitude in which you have come to, and implemented your decision, which is symptomatic for how the EMC2 project is run, and what is wrong with it from a steering

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/20 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:39 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:42 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... snip Kirk, I repasted Your scheme here: http://picpaste.com/scheme-3V0w43QM.png ... snip Revised schematic attached

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012. gada 25. Jan. 18:55 Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com rakstīja: On 25 January 2012 19:41, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 17:06 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... snip I tested by connecting/disconnecting 4N25 pin1 to GND and measured

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Ok, now I got it. Thank You, Kirk, for explanatory scheme! Thank You, Roland, for pointing it out. I will try in to resolder within next few hours and report back. Viesturs 2012. gada 25. Jan. 19:19 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com rakstīja: On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 19:52 +0200, Roland

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012. gada 25. Jan. 19:39 Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com rakstīja: Haha. Sorry, it's funny. The BD139 is a NPN, so the position was right, but the symbol should have been changed from PNP to NPN. Otherwise, you can leave the new drawing as is, but label it as a BD138. The BD138

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012. gada 25. Jan. 20:18 Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com rakstīja: 2012/1/25 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com 2012. gada 25. Jan. 19:39 Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com rakstīja: Haha. Sorry, it's funny. The BD139 is a NPN, so the position was right

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/25 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 21:16 +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote: ... snip All I'm saying is; BD138 is PNP BD139 is NPN Just make sure that the symbol used matches the description, otherwise if you automatically place the part, you'll have the

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/25 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 25 January 2012 21:07, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Kirk, I am getting totally confused... What is the difference in schematics between both images in Your last email? I cannot see any... The direction the arrow points

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/26 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 23:43 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/1/25 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 25 January 2012 21:07, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Kirk, I am getting totally confused... What is the difference

Re: [Emc-users] OT about product names was - About the board, .....

2012-01-26 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com: And the small but popular car Honda Fitta that just after its release was renamed to Jazz (Fit in the US). In Scandinvaian countries, fitta is another word for... ...pussy. Worse - Mitsubishi called their 4x4 - Pajero Translate to Spanish -

[Emc-users] Mesa 5i23 7i39 - possible damage?

2012-01-26 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello! In my attempts to understand, why I cannot get my diy output driver for switching the laser power on/off, I discovered that 5i23's gpio pins aru pulled up to only 3,3V, not 5V, when turned off, so there is 1,7 V still remaining supplied to optoisolator. There are jumpers on 5i23 that

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 5i23 7i39 - possible damage?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
: it actually has 5,4V between +5V and GND. I think that voltages, when output is true are ok, but I think that there is something wrong with the false state. Am I missing something here? Viesturs 2012/1/27 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com: Hello! In my attempts to understand, why I

[Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello, folks! I would appreciate some advice on servo tuning. I have Keling Nema23 BLDC servo motors attached to Mesa 7i39. And also zero experience with this :) The way I am doing the tuning is: 1) start Emc, hit F1 and F2; 2) open Machine - Calibration; 3) change P value, for example, from 1

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: On Fri, 27 Jan 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:45:30 +0200 From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)     emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 5i23 7i39 - possible damage?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 27 January 2012 08:10, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: When output is false: There are 3,46V between 5i23 pin and GND. There are 1,68V between 5i23 pin and +5V. When output is true: There are 0.6V between 5i23 pin and GND

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: I have been playing only with P parameter so far, following this guideline: 1) increase P up to the moment, when motor becomes unstable; 2) add I to make it stable; 3) add D to make the loop stiffer; This is wrong, you add D to  make it more

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/26 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 08:40 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: An off-the-shelf solid state relay might do the job too. The relay was my first idea, but it turned out pretty quickly that there are no such relays that could be driven directly

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de: Viesturs, it seems to me that your laser diode is just acting as a normal LED, not as a laser. This state is only achieved at a very distinct point up on top of the voltage/current curve. The laser diode supply electronics must take care of this which

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com: Is there perchance an adjustment potentiometer?  The LM317T is a linear regulator device and could be made adjustable so as to compensate for the wiring and switching loss in your controller. Nope, I see 2 resistors in series for the middle leg.

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 27 January 2012 18:12, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: For those following this thread, just a reminder of what I think Viesturs has. eBay laser with controller:

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com: That depends.  Can, if you just short your device, burn wood?  If not, or only very much slower than you expected, then the wire is too small. I could. Now it seems that my diy stopped working again - laser receives ~3V DC regardless of the state of

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com: On Friday, January 27, 2012 01:53:39 PM Viesturs Lācis did opine: 2012/1/27 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 27 January 2012 18:12, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: For those following this thread, just a reminder of what I think

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello again! I tried searching my mailbox with more than 2 years of this mailing list in it for some servo tuning for noobs (actual keywords used were servo tuning), but found only 1 viable thread, which contained this link; http://www.newport.com/servicesupport/Tutorials/default.aspx?id=152 My

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: On Fri, 27 Jan 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:49:18 +0200 From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)     emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: On Fri, 27 Jan 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:58:27 +0200 From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)    emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 27 January 2012 19:54, Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote: What BLDC mode are you using? ... If not you may somehow have lost encoder counts, this should be checked Try mode h and comment-out the rawcounts lines, that ought to make it stick

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 27 January 2012 20:18, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I hit F2 to stop it (sometimes it stops for itself within a second or two) after I release jogging button and then after enabling motion with F2 motor stands still and I can

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: This is not likely a tuning problem... Sounds encouraging :) More likely that you have either run out of headroom (what is the motor voltage vs supply voltage?) or you have a commutation problem. Commutation problems will happen if you have

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 27 January 2012 20:37, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: What's the PID output maxing out at? OUTPUT_SCALE =          166.667 OUTPUT_OFFSET =         0.0 MAX_OUTPUT =            166.667 I don't know what these numbers mean

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 27 January 2012 20:45, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, is there a place I can read more about the max_output? I do not fully understand, what should I do with output_ scale and max_output parameters in INI file. What happens

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/27 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: On Fri, 27 Jan 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:49:38 +0200 From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)    emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-27 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/28 Rafael Skodlar ra...@linwin.com: Of course that won't work with most if not all the suggestions I've seen so far. If I understand it correctly, your laser already has a circuit to drive it at reasonable current to do it's magic. Circuit I suggested earlier was under assumption you

Re: [Emc-users] Homing

2012-01-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/28 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: mux2 doesn't work with boolean data, unfortunately. I do not know, what is boolean, but You are right - it did not want to work, because limit/homing switches are bit pins, mux2 inputs and output are float. So I created mux2bit component, where I fixed

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/28 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: I tried 3 times switching back and forth - with PID disconected and BLDC value set to 0,95 motor does not move. Thats very strange, the motor should run at full speed with a fixed bldc drive value. Can you post your hal file somewhere (like

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012. gada 28. janvāris 18:14 noel noel.ro...@comcast.net rakstīja: All interested in Servo Tuning. Have a look at: http://support.motioneng.com/Downloads-Notes/Tuning/default.htm In the link from Noel I find that all three (well, the last maybe not that much) PID tuning methods:

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