Re: [Emc-users] Bug in stepconf?

2009-04-03 Thread Alex Joni
Hi Peter, Hello Gentlemen, this is mainly to the EMC developers. Since January I have tried to get my steppers run smoothly and evenly. I wrote several mails to the list on this problem, but received little echo. Now I seem to be near to the solution which might be of interest to the

Re: [Emc-users] Bug in stepconf?

2009-04-03 Thread Peter blodow
Hello Alex, thank you for the thorough explanations. snip lots of impressive testing I did this for the reason of anger - I had intended doing great things with automatization of my machines and got stuck at the very first step, so I decided to get to the bottom of things eliminating every cause

[Emc-users] EMC in South West UK

2009-04-03 Thread aaron moore
Hi EMC UK? Is there anyone in the South West of England who runs EMC at a level beyond basic newbie who would not mind a visit from someone who wants to understand the subtleties of this excellent software? Wistfully Aaron Re-Form Furniture Aaron Moore Conileigh Skinners Bottom Redruth

Re: [Emc-users] EMC in South West UK

2009-04-03 Thread Dave Caroline
Im in the east midlands, there are others dotted around the country but you can also chat with some live online at any time of day/night on IRC #emc on irc.freenode.net, also look at this page for ideas http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Case_Studies Some also post videos on youtube Dave

Re: [Emc-users] EMC in South West UK

2009-04-03 Thread Peter blodow
Hello community, I think Aaron had a great idea. How about a world map showing the places where EMC addicts are so we could visit each other and profit from their experiences? I guess it would be quite around the world with the center of gravity in the US. Peter Blodow At 15:09 03.04.2009,

Re: [Emc-users] EMC in South West UK

2009-04-03 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Peter, Er, you mean like this? http://www.frappr.com/emc2/ :) Regards, Eric Hello community, I think Aaron had a great idea. How about a world map showing the places where EMC addicts are so we could visit each other and profit from their experiences? I guess it would be quite around the

Re: [Emc-users] EMC in South West UK

2009-04-03 Thread Leslie Newell
I'm in Bideford. I run my lathe with EMC but currently it is in bits as I am transferring the electronics into a better machine. Les aaron moore wrote: Hi EMC UK? Is there anyone in the South West of England who runs EMC at a level beyond basic newbie who would not mind a visit from someone

Re: [Emc-users] EMC in South West UK

2009-04-03 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Eric H. Johnson wrote: Peter, Er, you mean like this? http://www.frappr.com/emc2/ that was pointed to me earlier on IRC but the map part was broken unfortunately. I too am interested to get in touch with local users to exchange experience and possibly mutual support. SF (south) bay area

Re: [Emc-users] EMC in South West UK

2009-04-03 Thread robert
hi there i am based over cambridgeshire in the Fens in east anglia. i am currently fitting EMC to one of our old VMC see here http://cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73943 i have been doing a bit on and off when not to bussy with real work ;) but its now back together and i should have

[Emc-users] Users Locations

2009-04-03 Thread Jim Combs
What about posting a section / page on the WIKI site of users who would not mind having someone contact them for a visit now and then. It could be sectioned off by country, region or state. Jim Combs - Lexington, Ky --

[Emc-users] Home made spindle encoder question.

2009-04-03 Thread Steve Blackmore
My lathe has a 100 slotted disc on the spindle, with one opto switch fitted so far, the slot for that is longer than the others and gets me one pulse per rev. It works fine to 3500 rpm as a rev counter. I want to add two more opto's to get me an A and B channel to enable spindle control for

Re: [Emc-users] Home made spindle encoder question.

2009-04-03 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Steve Blackmore wrote: Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:23:41 +0100 From: Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Home made spindle encoder question. My lathe has a 100 slotted disc on the spindle, with one opto switch

Re: [Emc-users] Users Locations

2009-04-03 Thread Alex Joni
I think the webpage could be a better place than the wiki. If there are enough people out there who are ok with doing this, we can add a community-module to linuxcnc.org, so every registered user can set up a profile with pictures, links, personal information, etc. Let me know if there are

Re: [Emc-users] Users Locations

2009-04-03 Thread Rob Jansen
Great idea. Might be nice for regional gatherings. Time to point to http://www.frappr.com/emc2 again, there's a nice map of EMC2 users - but are there really only two users in the whole of the Netherlands? We're not that small a country !? Cheers, Rob On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Jim Combs

Re: [Emc-users] Users Locations

2009-04-03 Thread Rob Jansen
Alex, I think the webpage could be a better place than the wiki. If there are enough people out there who are ok with doing this, we can add a community-module to linuxcnc.org, so every registered user can set up a profile with pictures, links, personal information, etc. Let me know if

Re: [Emc-users] Home made spindle encoder question.

2009-04-03 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 21:23 +0100, Steve Blackmore wrote: My lathe has a 100 slotted disc on the spindle, with one opto switch fitted so far, the slot for that is longer than the others and gets me one pulse per rev. It works fine to 3500 rpm as a rev counter. I want to add two more opto's to

Re: [Emc-users] Users Locations

2009-04-03 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, I will be happy to add my information and welcome visitors at any time. Stuart On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Rob Jansen r...@myvoice.nl wrote: Alex, I think the webpage could be a better place than the wiki. If there are enough people out there who are ok with doing this, we

Re: [Emc-users] EMC in South West UK

2009-04-03 Thread Glenn R. Edwards
Yup, Palo Alto. Glenn -Original Message- From: emc-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:emc-users-boun...@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Rafael Skodlar Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 12:33 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] EMC in South West UK

Re: [Emc-users] Home made spindle encoder question.

2009-04-03 Thread Jon Elson
Steve Blackmore wrote: My lathe has a 100 slotted disc on the spindle, with one opto switch fitted so far, the slot for that is longer than the others and gets me one pulse per rev. It works fine to 3500 rpm as a rev counter. I want to add two more opto's to get me an A and B channel to enable

Re: [Emc-users] Users Locations

2009-04-03 Thread Jon Elson
Rob Jansen wrote: Alex, I think the webpage could be a better place than the wiki. If there are enough people out there who are ok with doing this, we can add a community-module to linuxcnc.org, so every registered user can set up a profile with pictures, links, personal information,

Re: [Emc-users] Home made spindle encoder question.

2009-04-03 Thread Jeff Epler
Why is it important that the signals be close to 90 degrees out of phase? Here's why: imagine they're some smaller amount (e.g., 45 degrees). That means that there's a smaller time for at least one of the 4 states of the quadrature progression at any given speed. In the 45 degree case, it makes

Re: [Emc-users] Users Locations

2009-04-03 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Jon Elson wrote: Rob Jansen wrote: Alex, I think the webpage could be a better place than the wiki. If there are enough people out there who are ok with doing this, we can add a community-module to linuxcnc.org, so every registered user can set up a profile with pictures, links,