On Friday 22 June 2007, RogerN wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Kasunich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" ><[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 7:53 AM >Subject: Re: [Emc-users] m5i20 Homing with index > >snip > >>> I guess I just >>> need to know if I should wait for the V2.2 driver that you fixed or >>> if I >>> can get hal to function like the index-enable? >> >> I'm not sure. The problem I fixed (board ingoring the index pulse) >> would normally result in EMC waiting forever to start the threading >> pass, which is not what you described. But I think the 2.1 driver did >> funny things with index-enable, so maybe EMC thought it got an index >> pulse even though the actual counts didn't reset. >> >> I'll look at the 2.1.6 driver either tonight or over the weekend, and >> see what I can do. Please be patient ;-) >> >> Regards, >> >> John Kasunich > >Thanks, I was afraid I was going to have to buy a different motion >control board and re-wire or try to learn to create an index-enable in >hal, the driver, or the fpga configuration. > >I searched around on the web last night and found something about these >m5i20 problems being corrected in the development version. I assume >that is going to be the 2.2 release? > >Anyway, I'm going to have to get another PC to run Linux on so I can >snoop around in the source (from the confort of the house) and see what >I can learn. It's difficult to stand at the machine and try to study! > >Thanks very much for working on this! > >Roger N > Chuckle, you could do like I did, and string a chunk of cat5 to the shop so you can ssh into it. With the right ssh options you can even export the x session to your own comfy and air conditioned screen. I've done it a few times, with the motor power off of course. > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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