On Sunday 26 April 2015 09:44:36 Tom Easterday wrote: > Thanks Seb (and John). Is there any way to load the vfd components > AFTER Linuxcnc (and Axis) starts - if I want to continue to use the > charge pump to control power to it? -Tom
Its likely I don't understand the problem, but have you tried putting the load gs2 stuff in post-gui.hal, but start the charge pump at axis init time? Probably won't work unless the charge pump can be mabe to run independently of the axis F1 power button, because the post-gui.hal will run anyway. Perhaps post-gui.hal can be made to check charge pump status, wait 2 seconds and then complete the loading of the gs2 stuff? Gotta be some way to skin that cat. :) How much power does it use if powered is applied but not enabled? It could well be that Seb's powering it from the same strip that switches the computer on might be the only really workable solution. That I would think would satisfy any legal requirements for energy conservation that might exist in the users locale. I am likely one of a very few that leave my atom boxes on 24/7, based on the theory that the most dangerous time for a hard drive is the low speed where the heads don't fly on the film of moving air in the drive. That is direct contact with the platters which will enhance the rate at which they fail, either from the heads and platters becoming so polished they stick like Joes blocks and cannot get started, called stiction, or one or the other galls and tears up the other. Classic head crash. By the time I have 100,000 hours on a drive, it will often claim less than 100 powerdown cycles. An atom box powered up is less than 20 watts, no measureable heating. > > On Apr 26, 2015, at 12:19 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > On 04/25/2015 02:24 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: > >> (output from Linuxcnc fail here: http://pastebin.ca/2981941) > >> > >> This is the same error that Mark Johnsen gets in the 2nd info link > >> below. I wonder if this is because the VFD has to be powered up > >> before the gs2 components load or if I just messed something else > >> up in the configuration or if I have to set up the serial port > >> parameters somewhere? My VFD is configured correctly (unlike his) > >> but it isn’t powered up. > >> > >> IF the VFD has to first be powered up, is there a way to load the > >> custom.hal file after I have powered up the system in Axis? > > > > ... > > > >> Any ideas? > > > > Your theory is correct, the GS2 VFD has to be powered up before the > > gs2_vfd hal driver can talk to it. If the GS2 is powered down when > > the gs2_vfd component is loaded, the component won't be able to talk > > to the VFD and will error out and refuse to start, just like you > > observed. > > > > I agree with John Thornton, and leave my GS2 VFD powered on all the > > time. It gets power from the same switch that powers on the > > LinuxCNC computer. This setup works great. > > > > > > -- > > Sebastian Kuzminsky > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------- One dashboard for servers and applications across > > Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with > > 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give > > you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction > > tracing using APM Insight. > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- One dashboard for servers and applications across > Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with > 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you > Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing > using APM Insight. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
