[Emc-users] manual tool change
What behavior should I expect with the M6 manual tool change routine? I need to be able to jog the z-axis up and down to swap the bit, then re-zero that axis before continuing. From what I can tell, it only just pauses the program but will not allow me to jog or zero. I am not near my machine at the moment, but I believe it is running 2.2.2 or newer. Thanks. Len - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] European EMC-fest
Hm, this thread seems to be stuck a little bit. I am new here and I even don't use EMC until now. But a conference would be great for us to learn for our future projects. So please do it. :-) I know, contribution is the essence of the OpenSource world so what I could offer to support it is a location. We have a conference room for up to 50 persons (it could be split if necessary) and enough space to setup demonstrating machines. The big disadvantage of our location is, that we don't have own EMC machines. We are located in Berlin, what is always worth a visit. :-) -Kai Sven Wesley schrieb: I'm happy to hear people want to join! What I need right now is some brainstorming what you really would like to have in a meeting (except the bbq). What type of classes? A retrofit? Seminar? Visits? Please shout it out! :) --Sven 2008/8/6 Dirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I would like to attend. I don't know if I have anything to offer. Is there any idea about a location? I don't know if there are area's where a lot of emc users are concentrated? For beginners it might be interesting to learn something about the different ways tot retrofit a machine. Making it visible what does and doesn't work and why a certain setup is better or cheaper. For instance a stepper motor wich is too weak for the load, or a screw which is too long for a certain speed. Seeing things makes you remember it more easily. OTOH, this only makes sense if you can get visitors who might start with EMC. For current users some HAL tutorials, presentations, trainings or hands on sessions can be interesting. Is there an estimate about the number of visitors you can expect? Dirk - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net mailto:Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Schaeffer AG Dipl.-Phys. Kai Schaeffer Vorstand Nahmitzer Damm 32 Tel. +49-30-8058695-25 12277 Berlin FAX: +49-30-8058695-33 http://www.schaeffer-ag.de HRB 93611 B, Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg Vorstand: Jörg Schaeffer, Kai Schaeffer Aufsichtsrat: Dieter Kersten (Vorsitzender) - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] European EMC-fest
Great Kai, all ideas are welcome in a brainstorm! I'm a little bit surprised though that my question died out so quickly. I thought I would get more input. Regards, Sven 2008/8/21 Kai Schaeffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hm, this thread seems to be stuck a little bit. I am new here and I even don't use EMC until now. But a conference would be great for us to learn for our future projects. So please do it. :-) I know, contribution is the essence of the OpenSource world so what I could offer to support it is a location. We have a conference room for up to 50 persons (it could be split if necessary) and enough space to setup demonstrating machines. The big disadvantage of our location is, that we don't have own EMC machines. We are located in Berlin, what is always worth a visit. :-) -Kai - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] manual tool change
M6 with manual tool change will pause the program and stop the spindle to allow you to change tools. If you don't have presetable tools and your not set up to probe the tool length then the best plan is to split up your g code for each tool needed. John On 21 Aug 2008 at 3:32, Len Shelton wrote: What behavior should I expect with the M6 manual tool change routine? I need to be able to jog the z-axis up and down to swap the bit, then re-zero that axis before continuing. From what I can tell, it only just pauses the program but will not allow me to jog or zero. I am not near my machine at the moment, but I believe it is running 2.2.2 or newer. Thanks. Len -- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ 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 Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Problem Using Axis
Thanks Ray. I tried this, but at first it didn't work (the monitor wouldn't sync). Adding a line to specify the mode as 1280x1024 was the final touch. Thanks again (and to SWPadnos who suggested the same thing with less detail on IRC). Ken Ray Henry wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 18:01 -0400, Kenneth Lerman wrote: I'm trying to use Axis with the latest release and am having a problem. When Axis starts, the screen breaks up. There are dark horizontal lines appearing on the Axis window and across the screen to the right of it. It looks like some sort of video problem. TKemc does not have the same problem. Has anyone seen this before. Anyone have a cure? Ken I had a few little problems with the AXIS GUI display using the default via display driver on a couple of 8.04 systems here. They went away when I switched to vesa. I did that by adding the following lines to /etc/X11/xorg.conf between existing sections about line 25. Section Device Identifier Configured Video Device Driver vesa EndSection Rayh - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ 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 Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Problem Using Axis
Kenneth Lerman wrote: Thanks Ray. I tried this, but at first it didn't work (the monitor wouldn't sync). Adding a line to specify the mode as 1280x1024 was the final touch. Thanks again (and to SWPadnos who suggested the same thing with less detail on IRC). Heh - the lack of detail was due to my lack of specific knowledge there - I have no 8.04 systems. My only experience with one surprised me when the xorg.conf was nearly empty :) Thanks again to Ray for the specific information - I'm sure I'll find it useful soon :) - Steve - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Problem With New Release -- Can't Find LP port
John Kasunich wrote: Jon Elson wrote: Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:35:27AM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: OHHH. HIGHLY dangerous. It writes 0x80 to the I/O port 0x402 above that address you specify. If you don't specify anything, it probably defaults to zero, so it writes to I/O port This write should be added to the driver. If it needs to be optional, it should be a load-time parameter for the driver so the user can change it in the hal file. Note the second part of Chris's statement: it should be a load time parameter for the driver. OOps, I DID miss that! Yes, now it makes some sense to do this. I will try to put this in in the next couple days. I agree that writing to any address by DEFAULT can be dangerous and is stupid. But having a load time parameter such as: loadrt ppmc dangerous_pci_setup_hack=1 What the heck should we call it? Some people have chafed at the name pcisetup. Any suggestions? I'm thinking, maybe, something like force_EPP. How does that sound as the parameter name? Jon - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Problem With New Release -- Can't Find LP port
Sound good, Jon. Some other things I've noticed in my (still ongoing) conversion to EMC2. 1 -- The Integrator manual pages have the wrong names for some of the pins. 2 -- It would be nice if the univpwm_io.hal file had the inverted sense for the limit and home switches. As far as I can tell, most people use normally closed switches for these functions. It is set up now for normally open switches. Lines in the file for both with the unused one commented out would make it easier for the integrator. Regards, Ken Jon Elson wrote: John Kasunich wrote: Jon Elson wrote: Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:35:27AM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: OHHH. HIGHLY dangerous. It writes 0x80 to the I/O port 0x402 above that address you specify. If you don't specify anything, it probably defaults to zero, so it writes to I/O port This write should be added to the driver. If it needs to be optional, it should be a load-time parameter for the driver so the user can change it in the hal file. Note the second part of Chris's statement: it should be a load time parameter for the driver. OOps, I DID miss that! Yes, now it makes some sense to do this. I will try to put this in in the next couple days. I agree that writing to any address by DEFAULT can be dangerous and is stupid. But having a load time parameter such as: loadrt ppmc dangerous_pci_setup_hack=1 What the heck should we call it? Some people have chafed at the name pcisetup. Any suggestions? I'm thinking, maybe, something like force_EPP. How does that sound as the parameter name? Jon - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ 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 Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6
On Aug 11, 2008, at 6:37 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 11 August 2008, Moses O McKnight wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 11:06 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: As for editors, there are several available. I'm partial to the vi/vim offerings myself. If you're going to recommend a command-line text editor to a newbie, I would recommend nano over vi/vim any day! At least with nano you can easily figure out how to type a few changes and exit, but with vi/vim you have to learn how to think upside down with rags stuffed up your nose, and then you have to memorize 100 commands! Every time I accidentally run vim I have to figure out how to open the tutorial so I can figure out how to exit the thing without killing the terminal. Then I forget the commands before I run it next time :-) Enough of that rant though... The easiest editor for most people will probably just be gedit aka Text Editor in the Accessories menu. Moses Yes, gedit is very good, but for some reason I don't seem to have it on this F8 box. A pity, really. I got started with vi before I ever ran linux, we had a conversion patch for tsedit on the coco/os9 systems that turned it into a vi clone, so I've been using that for over 20 years now. As for quitting vi, ESC:wqENTER will exit the edit mode, then save and quit the editor. My fingers do it in their sleep. :) vi may be vile but it works, it is on every 'nix system, it tolerates large files I end up leaving interesting char strings in the middle of edits with non-vi editors just from reflex. With older, slower machines I can have short edits done with vi before larger editors even come up. Dave - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) You'll feel devilish tonight. Toss dynamite caps under a flamenco dancer's heel. -- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ 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 Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Problem With New Release -- Can't Find LP port
Kenneth Lerman wrote: Sound good, Jon. Some other things I've noticed in my (still ongoing) conversion to EMC2. 1 -- The Integrator manual pages have the wrong names for some of the pins. Which pin names? Yes, there probably are some things that have changed over time. 2 -- It would be nice if the univpwm_io.hal file had the inverted sense for the limit and home switches. As far as I can tell, most people use normally closed switches for these functions. It is set up now for normally open switches. Lines in the file for both with the unused one commented out would make it easier for the integrator. There's a reason for this. When a user fisrt fires up the board, it would have a RAFT of error messages, requiring a great deal of fooling around to cancel all the dialog boxes. Ah, commented out lines for the opposite sense would be a good thing, though! I'll do that. Jon - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] manual tool change
Thanks for the answer, but what can we do about this? I would say that 95% of the EMC2 user base (especially the newer silent ones) are using off the shelf routers for thier spindles and do not have presetable tool options. How hard would it be to make it function like I described? I could fairly easily probe the tool length after swapping each bit, but I'd still need to jog during the tool change and still maintain my x and y reference. With respect, Len -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Thornton Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:57 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] manual tool change M6 with manual tool change will pause the program and stop the spindle to allow you to change tools. If you don't have presetable tools and your not set up to probe the tool length then the best plan is to split up your g code for each tool needed. John On 21 Aug 2008 at 3:32, Len Shelton wrote: What behavior should I expect with the M6 manual tool change routine? I need to be able to jog the z-axis up and down to swap the bit, then re-zero that axis before continuing. From what I can tell, it only just pauses the program but will not allow me to jog or zero. I am not near my machine at the moment, but I believe it is running 2.2.2 or newer. Thanks. Len -- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ 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 Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ 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 Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
