[Emc-users] 8255 Features
Does an 8255 based IO card have an advantage over a NetMOS card other than possible IO density? -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending Craftsman AA 109 restoration Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] minimal install
> -- > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 14:17:10 -0400 > From: Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] minimal install > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > Gentlemen, > >I asked a question about Ubuntu, xorg and EMC a few weeks ago. I > > think I just found my answer. When EMC was running xorg was using up > > to 98% of the CPU. The computer was very slow and jumpy. The DELL > > desktop 1 gig processor w/ 512meg ram and the onboard video output > > with 4 meg of ram was painfully inadequate to run the latest update of > > Ubuntu and EMC. Using 'top' I would watch xorg slowly creep up to > > 95%-98% of cpu usage. Mouse, keyboard, and touchscreen response would > > be horrible. > >Today, I put a video card with 128 meg of ram. This helped the > > response considerably but the xorg cpu usage hovered around 70%. I put > > a card with 256 meg of ram. This helped a tremendous amount. The > > mouse, keyboard, touchscreen response is very crisp. The xorg cpu > > usage hovers around 12%. > >All you need to do is use a bigger hammer. It will finally work. > >It seems as if Ubuntu is taking more video resources with every update. > >Is there an image of a minimalist install? > > thanks > > Stuart > > > My setup uses a 4 Meg video card and a 1.2 AMD procesor, everything is > smooth. I think it is the type of video card or the driver that makes > the difference, as I also have a 1.8Ghz with an Nvidia card that gets > jerky and slow if I start EMC.Ed. > > I had zero problems or complaints until a recent Ubuntu update. Ubuntu seems to be developing the same problems as another operating "system". The PNP works well when it works. When the PNP doesn't work it is difficult to make the system work. More money and more hardware seems to fix both. I am wanting a minimal system and will not update except at rare intervals. thanks Stuart - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] 155 ms real-time delay every 10 minutes?
http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2006-September/011079.html Has more information on the various clocks. Ken Kenneth Lerman Mark Kenny Products Company, LLC 55 Main Street Newtown, CT 06470 888-ISO-SEVO 203-426-7166 - Original Message - From: "Anders Wallin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 155 ms real-time delay every 10 minutes? >I forgot some things in my description: > > - The delay is not affected by cpu load. I've run glxgears and some > filters in GIMP which put the cpu load firmly at 100% and that doesn't > affect the rt delay. It's still fairly normal in between, and then there > are the 155ms delays every 10 minutes. > > - also ran hdparm -t /dev/sda . It shows around 72Mb/s bandwidth and > doesn't affect the latency-test. > > - I've stopped cron, anacron, and atd. > > > AW > > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] dxf to gcode
dxf2gcode one solution: gcnccam http://sourceforge.net/projects/gcnccam tomp - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] 155 ms real-time delay every 10 minutes?
Googling: pit clocksource had been installed Got me to: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2008-01/msg00541.html It appears from the above that you may be able to choose your clock. Choose wisely. Ken Kenneth Lerman Mark Kenny Products Company, LLC 55 Main Street Newtown, CT 06470 888-ISO-SEVO 203-426-7166 - Original Message - From: "Anders Wallin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 155 ms real-time delay every 10 minutes? >I forgot some things in my description: > > - The delay is not affected by cpu load. I've run glxgears and some > filters in GIMP which put the cpu load firmly at 100% and that doesn't > affect the rt delay. It's still fairly normal in between, and then there > are the 155ms delays every 10 minutes. > > - also ran hdparm -t /dev/sda . It shows around 72Mb/s bandwidth and > doesn't affect the latency-test. > > - I've stopped cron, anacron, and atd. > > > AW > > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Xfig
Hi Sorry about message with no subject Am looking for software to convert DXF to gcode... not having much luck. I cannot install gcode enabled Xfig because of libc6 dependancy problem. can anyone offer suggestions. Thanks for all recent advice. I am getting there slowly Aaron -- Powered by Outblaze - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] (no subject)
Hi Am looking for software to convert DXF to gcode... not having much luck. I cannot install gcode enabled Xfig because of libc6 dependancy problem. can anyone offer suggestions. Thanks fo all recent advice. I am getting there slowly Aaron -- Powered by Outblaze - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] 155 ms real-time delay every 10 minutes?
I forgot some things in my description: - The delay is not affected by cpu load. I've run glxgears and some filters in GIMP which put the cpu load firmly at 100% and that doesn't affect the rt delay. It's still fairly normal in between, and then there are the 155ms delays every 10 minutes. - also ran hdparm -t /dev/sda . It shows around 72Mb/s bandwidth and doesn't affect the latency-test. - I've stopped cron, anacron, and atd. AW - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] 155 ms real-time delay every 10 minutes?
Hi All, I have been trying to track down a 155ms real-time delay that occurs every 10 minutes. This is on an Intel motherboard and 2.x GHz celeron processor. With a PATA hdd and through the parallel port it has been running a stepper machine for some time without problems.(Ubuntu 6.06 and emc2.0.x) Now the PATA drive died and I replaced it with a SATA drive and also added a m5i20 for servo control. Now on Ubuntu 8.04 and emc2.2.4/5 The 155 ms real-time delay obviously results in following errors with the servos hooked up, and with sim_inch.ini I can also hear a clear gap in the pc-speaker tone (this ini routes the step signal to the pc-speaker). The delay is 155-156 ms every time and occurs every 10 minutes (+/- 20s, I did not time it that accurately). I tried installing the rtai_smi.ko module, but insmod returns an error because it does not recognize my motherboard. I have disabled a lot of stuff in the BIOS, but the delay remains (at least these are off: Parallel port, Ethernet, On-board video, USB) At some point I thought it was a video problem. I have a geforce 8200 based card and it works OKish with either 'vesa' or 'nv' drivers and not at all with 'nvidia' drivers. Changing graphics driver doesn't help with the delay. One clue might be "Clocksource tsc unstable (delta= 154621535 ns)" and "Time: pit clocksource has been installed" which shows up in dmesg or syslog. There was not a clear opinion/suggestion on IRC what to do about this. Has anyone else seen something like this? any suggestions? One additional strange thing is that 'latency-test' and emc work OK until the delay hits, but the latency test that comes with the kernel at kernel-.../testsuite/kern/latency/run only shows the first 5-lines of output at first (stars and the "Type ^C" text and just hangs there forever. When I press cltr-C I get one line of values, often very large and negative in the first columns and then very large and positive in the other cols. Anders - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] minimal install
Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Gentlemen, >I asked a question about Ubuntu, xorg and EMC a few weeks ago. I > think I just found my answer. When EMC was running xorg was using up > to 98% of the CPU. The computer was very slow and jumpy. The DELL > desktop 1 gig processor w/ 512meg ram and the onboard video output > with 4 meg of ram was painfully inadequate to run the latest update of > Ubuntu and EMC. Using 'top' I would watch xorg slowly creep up to > 95%-98% of cpu usage. Mouse, keyboard, and touchscreen response would > be horrible. >Today, I put a video card with 128 meg of ram. This helped the > response considerably but the xorg cpu usage hovered around 70%. I put > a card with 256 meg of ram. This helped a tremendous amount. The > mouse, keyboard, touchscreen response is very crisp. The xorg cpu > usage hovers around 12%. >All you need to do is use a bigger hammer. It will finally work. >It seems as if Ubuntu is taking more video resources with every update. >Is there an image of a minimalist install? > thanks > Stuart My setup uses a 4 Meg video card and a 1.2 AMD procesor, everything is smooth. I think it is the type of video card or the driver that makes the difference, as I also have a 1.8Ghz with an Nvidia card that gets jerky and slow if I start EMC.Ed. - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] CNC-Workshop/any one will be there?
hi no. can you send it again? about MPG. there are several things. 1. even it looks same cable is different. switch for 6 axis has only 4 wires. 2. con wheel has normal quadrature out put, and not with differential out put. so, even they look similar they are no exactly the same. make MPG work is total different story. aram > Aram, did you see my post on the MPG pendant? > > John > > On 4 May 2008 at 9:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi >> I want to send my conputer and motor with UPS to Cardinal Engineering >> and i want to know if someone will be there to take that staf from >> UPS? can i use UPS to send my machine to Cardinal Engineering better >> to put? thanks Aram >> >> > I'd love to come to the workshop, hopefully transportation and funds >> > will permit. If i can come, i will hopefully bring some of my axis >> > servos and drives and maybe the VFD off of my machine, just to play >> > with. if i actually have it running at that time i might not be >> > able to, but i dont know. No way i could bring the whole machine, >> > as it's roughly 4 tons. I'll also hopefully have a mesa card to be >> > playin with >> > >> > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:04 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi >> >> >> >> I just received a call from Roland Friestad, the guy who puts >> >> together the CNC-Workshop each year. He has had a fairly severe >> >> heart attack. Got home from the hospital today and called me. He >> >> will try to get the web registration up in the next week and was >> >> wondering if we could help with some of the coordination. >> >> >> >> He plans to contact the other major players and want's to run the >> >> workshop in spite of the lateness of starting up the web site. He >> >> and his wife will get the site going and handle the registration. >> >> If you are one of those other folk and need to get ahold of him >> >> directly, post a note to me here -- rayhswan (at) yahoo.com and >> >> I'll get back to you asap with his new cell number. >> >> >> >> He'd like us to take the responsibility for all of the EMC side of >> >> things. There is the start of a wiki page at >> >> >> >> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?EMC_Fest_2008 >> >> >> >> If you'd update this page with info about when you will arrive and >> >> what equipment you'll bring along it would be a big help. Also if >> >> there are things that you are specifically interested in, put it in >> >> there as well and we'll try to get a class setup for your topics. >> >> >> >> There are other activities more directly connected with the >> >> workshop that he could use some help with. If someone is willing to >> >> assist with the scheduling of presentations I'll get you in contact >> >> with him. We could put a preliminary page or two on our wiki for >> >> his classrooms and times and then transfer info to him as things >> >> come in. If you can take the point on this let me know. >> >> >> >> It would probably also help if someone could serve as a focal point >> >> for the raffle. Twist arms for contributions and keep track of who >> >> gave what so that Roland has the info he needs during the event. >> >> Then that person(s) would need to keep all the stuff in one place >> >> once at the workshop and set it up. >> >> >> >> I'll plan to show up down there Thursday/Friday before and help >> >> arrange things. If a couple of you could do the same it would >> >> really help us, Roland, and Joe a lot. >> >> >> >> Thanks for your kind attention. Contact me if you need to contact >> >> Roland directly. >> >> >> >> Rayh >> >> >> >> --- >> >> -- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) >> >> Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still >> >> time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. >> >> >> >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun. >> >> com/javaone ___ >> >> Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> >> >> >> > >> > - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) >> > Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time >> > to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. >> > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.c >> > om/javaone___ Emc-users >> > mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> --- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference >> Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save >> $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com >> /javaone ___
Re: [Emc-users] CNC-Workshop/any one will be there?
Aram, did you see my post on the MPG pendant? John On 4 May 2008 at 9:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > I want to send my conputer and motor with UPS to Cardinal Engineering > and i want to know if someone will be there to take that staf from > UPS? can i use UPS to send my machine to Cardinal Engineering better > to put? thanks Aram > > > I'd love to come to the workshop, hopefully transportation and funds > > will permit. If i can come, i will hopefully bring some of my axis > > servos and drives and maybe the VFD off of my machine, just to play > > with. if i actually have it running at that time i might not be > > able to, but i dont know. No way i could bring the whole machine, > > as it's roughly 4 tons. I'll also hopefully have a mesa card to be > > playin with > > > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:04 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> > >> I just received a call from Roland Friestad, the guy who puts > >> together the CNC-Workshop each year. He has had a fairly severe > >> heart attack. Got home from the hospital today and called me. He > >> will try to get the web registration up in the next week and was > >> wondering if we could help with some of the coordination. > >> > >> He plans to contact the other major players and want's to run the > >> workshop in spite of the lateness of starting up the web site. He > >> and his wife will get the site going and handle the registration. > >> If you are one of those other folk and need to get ahold of him > >> directly, post a note to me here -- rayhswan (at) yahoo.com and > >> I'll get back to you asap with his new cell number. > >> > >> He'd like us to take the responsibility for all of the EMC side of > >> things. There is the start of a wiki page at > >> > >> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?EMC_Fest_2008 > >> > >> If you'd update this page with info about when you will arrive and > >> what equipment you'll bring along it would be a big help. Also if > >> there are things that you are specifically interested in, put it in > >> there as well and we'll try to get a class setup for your topics. > >> > >> There are other activities more directly connected with the > >> workshop that he could use some help with. If someone is willing to > >> assist with the scheduling of presentations I'll get you in contact > >> with him. We could put a preliminary page or two on our wiki for > >> his classrooms and times and then transfer info to him as things > >> come in. If you can take the point on this let me know. > >> > >> It would probably also help if someone could serve as a focal point > >> for the raffle. Twist arms for contributions and keep track of who > >> gave what so that Roland has the info he needs during the event. > >> Then that person(s) would need to keep all the stuff in one place > >> once at the workshop and set it up. > >> > >> I'll plan to show up down there Thursday/Friday before and help > >> arrange things. If a couple of you could do the same it would > >> really help us, Roland, and Joe a lot. > >> > >> Thanks for your kind attention. Contact me if you need to contact > >> Roland directly. > >> > >> Rayh > >> > >> --- > >> -- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) > >> Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still > >> time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. > >> > >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun. > >> com/javaone ___ > >> Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >> > >> > > > > - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) > > Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time > > to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. > > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.c > > om/javaone___ Emc-users > > mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > > -- > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com > /javaone ___ Emc-users > mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doublecli
Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver
So is there anyone who might be interested in helping with a driver? I just need some pushing in the right direction Dave - Original Message - From: "Dave Keeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver > So, am I correct in assuming that the card does not have to be there for > hal > to load the driver for the pins? Everything is in hal show as it should be > except I don't have the card in..I take it we are probably going to > have > to write a driver here? I am not a C programmer but I'll try anything > once... > > Thanks Jeff, > Dave > - Original Message - > From: "Jeff Epler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:39 AM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver > > >> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 08:54:02AM -0400, Dave Keeton wrote: >>> I reloaded the pci_8255 driver and commented out the ax. Now it shows 72 >>> i/o >>> pins in hal show. I still had no luck seeing inputs change states. Just >>> an >>> update. >> >> The so-called "pci_8255" driver in emc is *only* for the futurlec card >> with 3 8255 chips and a tiger-320 PCI bridge. It will not work without >> modification on any other type of card. (and according to user reports, >> not even that card works when any of the ports are set to input mode) >> >> Jeff >> >> - >> This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference >> Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. >> Use priority code J8TL2D2. >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone >> ___ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > > > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] CNC-Workshop/any one will be there?
Hi I want to send my conputer and motor with UPS to Cardinal Engineering and i want to know if someone will be there to take that staf from UPS? can i use UPS to send my machine to Cardinal Engineering better to put? thanks Aram > I'd love to come to the workshop, hopefully transportation and funds will > permit. If i can come, i will hopefully bring some of my axis servos and > drives and maybe the VFD off of my machine, just to play with. if i > actually have it running at that time i might not be able to, but i dont > know. No way i could bring the whole machine, as it's roughly 4 tons. > I'll > also hopefully have a mesa card to be playin with > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:04 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I just received a call from Roland Friestad, the guy who puts together >> the >> CNC-Workshop each year. He has had a fairly severe heart attack. Got >> home >> from the hospital today and called me. He will try to get the web >> registration up in the next week and was wondering if we could help with >> some of the coordination. >> >> He plans to contact the other major players and want's to run the >> workshop >> in spite of the lateness of starting up the web site. He and his wife >> will >> get the site going and handle the registration. If you are one of those >> other folk and need to get ahold of him directly, post a note to me here >> -- >> rayhswan (at) yahoo.com and I'll get back to you asap with his new cell >> number. >> >> He'd like us to take the responsibility for all of the EMC side of >> things. There is the start of a wiki page at >> >> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?EMC_Fest_2008 >> >> If you'd update this page with info about when you will arrive and what >> equipment you'll bring along it would be a big help. Also if there are >> things that you are specifically interested in, put it in there as well >> and >> we'll try to get a class setup for your topics. >> >> There are other activities more directly connected with the workshop >> that >> he could use some help with. If someone is willing to assist with the >> scheduling of presentations I'll get you in contact with him. We could >> put >> a preliminary page or two on our wiki for his classrooms and times and >> then >> transfer info to him as things come in. If you can take the point on >> this >> let me know. >> >> It would probably also help if someone could serve as a focal point for >> the raffle. Twist arms for contributions and keep track of who gave >> what so >> that Roland has the info he needs during the event.Then that >> person(s) >> would need to keep all the stuff in one place once at the workshop and >> set >> it up. >> >> I'll plan to show up down there Thursday/Friday before and help arrange >> things. If a couple of you could do the same it would really help us, >> Roland, and Joe a lot. >> >> Thanks for your kind attention. Contact me if you need to contact >> Roland >> directly. >> >> Rayh >> >> - >> This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference >> Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. >> Use priority code J8TL2D2. >> >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone >> ___ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver
So, am I correct in assuming that the card does not have to be there for hal to load the driver for the pins? Everything is in hal show as it should be except I don't have the card in..I take it we are probably going to have to write a driver here? I am not a C programmer but I'll try anything once... Thanks Jeff, Dave - Original Message - From: "Jeff Epler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver > On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 08:54:02AM -0400, Dave Keeton wrote: >> I reloaded the pci_8255 driver and commented out the ax. Now it shows 72 >> i/o >> pins in hal show. I still had no luck seeing inputs change states. Just >> an >> update. > > The so-called "pci_8255" driver in emc is *only* for the futurlec card > with 3 8255 chips and a tiger-320 PCI bridge. It will not work without > modification on any other type of card. (and according to user reports, > not even that card works when any of the ports are set to input mode) > > Jeff > > - > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > ___ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver
On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 08:54:02AM -0400, Dave Keeton wrote: > I reloaded the pci_8255 driver and commented out the ax. Now it shows 72 i/o > pins in hal show. I still had no luck seeing inputs change states. Just an > update. The so-called "pci_8255" driver in emc is *only* for the futurlec card with 3 8255 chips and a tiger-320 PCI bridge. It will not work without modification on any other type of card. (and according to user reports, not even that card works when any of the ports are set to input mode) Jeff - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver
I reloaded the pci_8255 driver and commented out the ax. Now it shows 72 i/o pins in hal show. I still had no luck seeing inputs change states. Just an update. Dave - Original Message - From: "Dave Keeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver >I tried a switch and resistor as shown in the NI manual. I set all of the >48 > pins to input before I did this in the hal file. Using hal show/watch I > couldn't see any change in the pin status for all of the 48 pins. Could > this > be an address issue? the pci address for the DIO 96 is showing as ff0. My > board doesn't have a jumper W1. The manual for it covers 3 different > boards. > It is my understanding that if the hardware is not there then the pins > won't > show at all in hal. Could this driver be somewhat different? If addressing > is this issue how do determine what to put in the loadrt command? > > Thank you for your help, > Dave > > - Original Message - > From: "Dave Engvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 12:27 PM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver > > >> By default the outputs of the 8255 are pulled high by a 100K >> resistor. Jumper W1 will flip that. >> See pages 3-11,12 of the manual. >> >> Dave >> On May 3, 2008, at 7:27 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Dave. Fascinating experiment. The ax driver is intended for a >>> 48 IO ISA card but I'd hook up a switch to one of the inputs >>> and see if it changes in the HAL. If it does then we can look into >>> that iioo config stuff and see if we can expand. I'd try the >>> switch on several of the inputs. One for each set of 8 inputs. >>> You need pull up or pull down resistors depending on the nature of >>> your board. >>> >>> In my early experiments with this stuff I was able to lock up the >>> PC while doing some of this stuff. Don't be surprised if your's does. >>> >>> Rayh >>> >>> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> From: "Dave Keeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver >>> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 09:08:23 -0400 >>> >>> Make that 48 I/O points instead of 56 >>> >>> >>> - Original Message - >>> From: "Dave Keeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:57 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver >>> >>> So here is what I have done.(Recommended by another user) The pci_8255 showed up in both components and functions but nothing in pins under Hal Configuration. So I commented it out and did this... In the m5i20_io.hal file - loadrt hal_ax5214h cfg="0x220_iiooiioo"(Copied from demo_mazak) Now I show 56 I/O points in Hal Configuration and Hal Meter under pins.Does this mean it worked I assume? Do I have to modify the driver to get the remainder of the I/O points in pins? Do I need to go ahead and hook up a switch or led to confirm? Thanks, Dave - Original Message - From: "Kirk Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 10:31 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver > On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 21:36 -0400, Dave Keeton wrote: >> So I have installed the PCI-DIO-96 board in the computer.Ubuntu >> picked >> it up in the Device manager and called it by name.How do I >> go about >> loading the pci_8255 hal driver, What file do I modify in the >> config >> directory, How do I know if EMC2 sees the board and its I/O points? >> >> Dave > > If you look in the Integrator's Manual: > > http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/EMC2_Integrator_Manual.pdf > > chapter four indicates that the [HAL] section of the .ini file > for the > configuration you are running, has an entry(ies) called "HALFILE =". > These "HALFILE ="'s will list the .hal files that are part of the > initialization for starting your configuration in EMC2. One of these > files will have "loadrt somedriver and_options" in it. You will > need a > loadrt entry for your 8255, plus an entry to add the driver to a > thread, > something like "addf somedriver name_of_thread". You can do a > Find for > addf in the manual to get more information. If you start EMC2 and > if the > driver loads properly, you should be able to start Halmeter and > see the > new Hal pins in the pin list. > > -- > Kirk Wallace (California, USA > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > Harding
Re: [Emc-users] OT: DA200 and DA180 Needed
The ER's are much better at holding your tools centered and you don't have to beat your tools out of the ER collets. The one DA collet I use has a fly cutter in it all the time... I get my collets new at MSC and get my holders from e bay... I use the AF collets which are similer to the ER's only because it is what fits my holders. Do you want me to send you the couple of DA collets I'm not using? They are just taking up space in my tooling drawers... John On 3 May 2008 at 17:05, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 18:43 -0600, John Thornton wrote: > > I'm using the 3/4" DA collet with the holder but if they work for > > you I'll send the others as I don't use them. It's just a couple. > > keep an eye on e bay for them. BTW the DA collets aren't real > > good... > > > > John > > The DA's generally are not good? I was thinking since I don't have a > huge investment in tool holders yet, I should think about ER's or > something else. > > -- > Kirk Wallace (California, USA > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ > Hardinge HNC/EMC CNC lathe, > Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, > Zubal lathe conversion pending > Craftsman AA 109 restoration > Shizuoka ST-N/EMC CNC) > > > -- > --- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com > /javaone ___ Emc-users > mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
