[Emc-users] Pin out for Wabeco lathe
Hi all I am trying to convert a Wabeco CNC lathe from PC Dreh the DOS based German package that it was supplied with to EMC2. I am having problems with the pinout to the controller, has anyone attempted this before? I am concerned that the controller will only work if I use PC Dreh and the dongle that came with it. I have used the PC and EMC2 to drive a stepper using a driver board that I made myself. - 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] Pin out for Wabeco lathe
On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 19:27 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I am trying to convert a Wabeco CNC lathe from PC Dreh the DOS based German package that it was supplied with to EMC2. I am having problems with the pinout to the controller, has anyone attempted this before? I am concerned that the controller will only work if I use PC Dreh and the dongle that came with it. I have used the PC and EMC2 to drive a stepper using a driver board that I made myself. I am not familiar with the Wabeco lathes , but I suspect that it has a fairly standard configuration. If you can post some pictures or a description of the boards and cables, we should be able to help. For instance, what kind of cable goes between the PC and lathe? -- 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 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
[Emc-users] Netiquette: Trimming Messages
A plaintive note from a lurker... When you guys hit Reply to fire off a one-liner message, could you -please- trim off the 1300-some-odd lines of diagnostic trace / dmesg dump / status log that accompanied the original note? I'd appreciate it if folks replying to digest messages would do the same, as there's nothing quite like sorting through two or three nested digests to find the one-liners. Ob-EMC: 2.2.6 is working great for me on my hacked Sherline. Back to lurking. Thanks... -- Ed - 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] Netiquette: Trimming Messages
Ed Nisley wrote: A plaintive note from a lurker... When you guys hit Reply to fire off a one-liner message, could you -please- trim off the 1300-some-odd lines of diagnostic trace / dmesg dump / status log that accompanied the original note? Actually - if you have 1300 lines of diagnostic trace info, you should put it at http://pastebin.ca/ or http://pastebin.com/ or a similar site, and include a link to it in your message. Regards, John Kasunich - 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] New error after upgrade
Alex On Tuesday 09 September 2008, Alex Joni wrote: can you post a list of modules loaded? You don't need a list of loaded modules to diagnose the problem (actually, there are two). From: Steve Blackmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ 6204.322690] Pid: 5635, comm: insmod Tainted: GF 2.6.24-16-rtai First problem - A compile time issue is resulting in the kernel being tainted. [ 6204.322787] kobject_add failed for parport_pc with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. parport_pc is already registered, which means a module of that name is loaded. To fix this requires a more involved fix along with an understanding of kernel internals. Paul. - 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] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20
Peter C. Wallace wrote: I presumed the selecting of one PWM in the configuration set the direction of the GPIO, as it does for the step and direction outputs for the two steppers in the configuration. Regards, Eric It should... Is the PWM pin high or low? Did you start with Sebastians HAL file? I know he has PWM running his servo motors. The only other setup type thing that I can think of is that the master PWM rate DDS must be setup, Dont know if the driver gives access to this yet (PWM rate) but if this is not written the PWM rate will be 0 Hz... There are also several PWM mode setup bits, but my guess is the driver leaves them at the default = normal PWM The PWM DDR register is set to 65535 on module load and then left alone. The PWM output type defaults to 1 (PWM + Dir), though the user can change it to 2 (Up + Down) by setting the output-type parameter. The pwmgen.XX.enable HAL pin gets initialized to 0 and sent to the FPGA on module load. When the user changes the HAL pin, the new value is sent to the FPGA. Eric, can you verify that the HAL enable pin for the PWM in question does get set to 1? -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Much of what we learned from the sense of touch was unscientific prejudice, which must be rejected if we are to have a true picture of the world. -- Bertrand Russell - 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] New at mailing list, and seeking for some help with 7i43
Richard Acosta wrote: Hello, my name is Richard, and i´have bought a 7i43 board, wich i hope to use on a home made drilling machine. I´m stuck on the first steps, i have connected this board using parallel port cable, set jumpers according to what manual says, so, now i don't know what else to do. Did you set the jumpers as per the hm2_7i43 manpage? It's here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.2/html/man/man9/hm2_7i43.9.html, or run man hm2_5i20 in a terminal to see the copy installed on your computer. I have been reading about upload a firmware, i don't know how to do this, and where to obtain it. I want to use 3 servos and 3 linear encoders. As i've read this should be my chossen config: regmapHostMot2 register map sv8.pin8 Axis servo motor configuration pinout sv8b.bit Bit file for 8 axis servo motor configuration 400K So... whath should i do now?, where to put this files?, how to upload hostmot2 firmware?, how to tell EMC2 than i'm using this board. Can anyone send an example?... or an easy to understand step by step guide?, i know some about linux, but at an user level. As far as I know, there does not yet exist a complete machine configuration file for hostmot2. I believe Eric Johnson is working on one, but for a stepper-based machine. I don't know exactly how to write a configuration for a complete machine yet (my machines exist only in my head so far...). But I think you should be able to inspect the existing machine configs that Kirk Wallace pointed you to, and inspect the partial hostmot2 configs, and synthesize something that'll work. The hostmot2 configs for 2.2 (if you're installing the .debs) are here: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/emc2/configs/hostmot2/?only_with_tag=v2_2_branch The hostmot2 configs for the CVS TRUNK (if you're compiling from source) are here: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/emc2/configs/hostmot2/ The HAL User Manual and the EMC2 Integrator Manual are both valuable resources that describe the systems you'll be working with to create the configuration. They're available here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/ -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Much of what we learned from the sense of touch was unscientific prejudice, which must be rejected if we are to have a true picture of the world. -- Bertrand Russell - 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] New error after upgrade
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:17:35 +0100, you wrote: Alex On Tuesday 09 September 2008, Alex Joni wrote: can you post a list of modules loaded? You don't need a list of loaded modules to diagnose the problem (actually, there are two). From: Steve Blackmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ 6204.322690] Pid: 5635, comm: insmod Tainted: GF 2.6.24-16-rtai First problem - A compile time issue is resulting in the kernel being tainted. [ 6204.322787] kobject_add failed for parport_pc with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. parport_pc is already registered, which means a module of that name is loaded. To fix this requires a more involved fix along with an understanding of kernel internals. Thanks Paul - I do have the modules If anybody needs them, what's the next course of action? Is it something I've done or an error in the updates somewhere? Steve Blackmore -- - 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] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: The pwmgen.XX.enable HAL pin gets initialized to 0 and sent to the FPGA on module load. When the user changes the HAL pin, the new value is sent to the FPGA. Eric, can you verify that the HAL enable pin for the PWM in question does get set to 1? Another thing to check is: are you setting pwmgen.00.scale? When you set the pwmgen's value pin, it gets turned into a pwm duty cycle by this formula: duty_cycle = value/scale (clipped so duty cycle stays within the -1.0 to +1.0 range). So a simple way to test it is to leave the scale parameter at the default (1.0), then setp value to values between -1 and +1 to try to drive the pwm outputs. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Much of what we learned from the sense of touch was unscientific prejudice, which must be rejected if we are to have a true picture of the world. -- Bertrand Russell - 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
[Emc-users] A little OT: Need advice on cable
I am finally getting to work on my Hardinge CHNC and would like to repleace the old cables that run to the back side of the cross slide. These cables run in a track something like an Igus(sp) so they get flexed constantly. The cables would be for encoder, limit and home switches,turret position, and small air solenoids. Can anyone recommend a type of cable for this purpose? Preferably from Digikey? Thanks in advance. Ed. - 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] Need more help (New in emc2 linux)
Many thanks Alex. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:42:14 +0300Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Need more help (New in emc2 linux) Hi, I have some older configs for a 540, so they might need updating (I think they worked with 2.1.x, but they might work with 2.2.x), the values should be ok to put into stepconf though, to build a new configuration. http://dsplabs.utt.ro/~juve/thecooltool/540/ Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Floros Ioannou To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 9:17 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Need more help (New in emc2 linux) Hi, Need to start working with my Stepfour basic 540 Does anyone has the configuration file that is need to start working with this machine ? Thanks for all help untill now. Floros. Explore the seven wonders of the world Learn more! -This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challengeBuild the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK win great prizesGrand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the worldhttp://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100url=/ ___Emc-users mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1662 - Release Date: 09.09.2008 10:47 _ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx- 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] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20
Sebastian, The enable pin for the PWM is getting set. If I set the enable to true, and then set the value to say 5.0, when I do a show pin I do in fact see that the enable pin is true and that the pwm value pin is 5.0. Per your other email, I would think that this also proves that the scale is set correctly. It is set to 1.0 in the ini file. I don't have access to the machine at the moment, but I will check these again as soon as I can get back to the machine. Regards, Eric The PWM DDR register is set to 65535 on module load and then left alone. The PWM output type defaults to 1 (PWM + Dir), though the user can change it to 2 (Up + Down) by setting the output-type parameter. The pwmgen.XX.enable HAL pin gets initialized to 0 and sent to the FPGA on module load. When the user changes the HAL pin, the new value is sent to the FPGA. Eric, can you verify that the HAL enable pin for the PWM in question does get set to 1? - 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] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20
Eric H. Johnson wrote: The enable pin for the PWM is getting set. If I set the enable to true, and then set the value to say 5.0, when I do a show pin I do in fact see that the enable pin is true and that the pwm value pin is 5.0. Per your other email, I would think that this also proves that the scale is set correctly. It is set to 1.0 in the ini file. I don't have access to the machine at the moment, but I will check these again as soon as I can get back to the machine. Yep, sounds like all the HAL pins params are set right. Just to make sure, you've added the hm2_5i20.read() and .write() functions to a realtime thread, and you've started the realtime kernel, right? Next I'd want to check the electrical state of the IO pins. With SVST8_4, pwmgen.00 appears on pins 15 (PWM), 19 (Dir), and 23 (Not Enable). Bust out a voltmeter and carefully hook it to pin 23. Then twiddle pwmgen.00.enable high and low and see if the voltage on pin 23 varies as expected (0V when .enable is 1). -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Much of what we learned from the sense of touch was unscientific prejudice, which must be rejected if we are to have a true picture of the world. -- Bertrand Russell - 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] New error after upgrade
Hi Steve On Wednesday 10 September 2008, Steve Blackmore wrote: Thanks Paul - I do have the modules If anybody needs them, Thanks, but no - You get to keep all the broken pieces ;-) what's the next course of action? Is it something I've done or an error in the updates somewhere? It is nothing you have done - The error is upstream and I'm afraid you will have to wait for a fix... (unless you can speak C). Regards, Paul. - 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] New error after upgrade
Hi Steve, the culprit might be probe_parport, can you check if parport_pc shows up under lsmod (right after booting the machine, then after running emc2), and if you have loadrt probe_parport in your hal file. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Steve Blackmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] New error after upgrade On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:17:35 +0100, you wrote: Alex On Tuesday 09 September 2008, Alex Joni wrote: can you post a list of modules loaded? You don't need a list of loaded modules to diagnose the problem (actually, there are two). From: Steve Blackmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ 6204.322690] Pid: 5635, comm: insmod Tainted: GF 2.6.24-16-rtai First problem - A compile time issue is resulting in the kernel being tainted. [ 6204.322787] kobject_add failed for parport_pc with -EEXIST, don't try to register things with the same name in the same directory. parport_pc is already registered, which means a module of that name is loaded. To fix this requires a more involved fix along with an understanding of kernel internals. Thanks Paul - I do have the modules If anybody needs them, what's the next course of action? Is it something I've done or an error in the updates somewhere? Steve Blackmore -- - 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1662 - Release Date: 09.09.2008 10:47 - 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] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20
Sebastian, Yep, sounds like all the HAL pins params are set right. Just to make sure, you've added the hm2_5i20.read() and .write() functions to a realtime thread, and you've started the realtime kernel, right? Yes. If I had not, then I don't think anything would work. As it is, my steppers are working as well as both GP inputs and GP outputs. The only thing not working is the PWM. Next I'd want to check the electrical state of the IO pins. With SVST8_4, pwmgen.00 appears on pins 15 (PWM), 19 (Dir), and 23 (Not Enable). Bust out a voltmeter and carefully hook it to pin 23. Then twiddle pwmgen.00.enable high and low and see if the voltage on pin 23 varies as expected (0V when .enable is 1). I will do that when I next get a chance. Thanks, Eric - 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] A little OT: Need advice on cable
This may be completely obvious but for signal-level electric communications a kapton backed thin film (I'm not sure what they're called but they're typically used in harddrives for the read heads, inkjet printers for driving the ink cartridge among other things) cable has a very, very long lifespan, as well as being relatively economical. If it's in an industrial environment then some form of extra isolation is probably in order as the cable is very fragile. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:14 PM, Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For cables that flex a lot, you probably want something with a 'soft' insulation that encases stranded wires. The size would depend on the current drawn. You might take a look at the old wires, see if they have some numbers on them to determine gauge, insulation type, etc, and get similar ones for replacement. - 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] A little OT: Need advice on cable
Hi Ed, I have used a high-flex ribbon cable to great success. Others have mentioned flex circuits which are great but can cost you with tooling. Digi-key should have it, or Google... Glenn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:24 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] A little OT: Need advice on cable I am finally getting to work on my Hardinge CHNC and would like to repleace the old cables that run to the back side of the cross slide. These cables run in a track something like an Igus(sp) so they get flexed constantly. The cables would be for encoder, limit and home switches,turret position, and small air solenoids. Can anyone recommend a type of cable for this purpose? Preferably from Digikey? Thanks in advance. Ed. - 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] New at mailing list, and seeking for some help with 7i43
El 10/09/2008 03:04 p.m., Sebastian Kuzminsky escribió: Richard Acosta wrote: Hello, my name is Richard, and i´have bought a 7i43 board, wich i hope to use on a home made drilling machine. I´m stuck on the first steps, i have connected this board using parallel port cable, set jumpers according to what manual says, so, now i don't know what else to do. Did you set the jumpers as per the hm2_7i43 manpage? Yes i did. guide?, i know some about linux, but at an user level. As far as I know, there does not yet exist a complete machine configuration file for hostmot2. I believe Eric Johnson is working on one, but for a stepper-based machine. I don't know exactly how to write a configuration for a complete machine yet (my machines exist only in my head so far...). But I think you should be able to inspect the existing machine configs that Kirk Wallace pointed you to, and inspect the partial hostmot2 configs, and synthesize something that'll work. OK, thanks, is there any step by step for 5i20? i think it may be helpful due the similarities between them... The hostmot2 configs for 2.2 (if you're installing the .debs) are here: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/emc2/configs/hostmot2/?only_with_tag=v2_2_branch The hostmot2 configs for the CVS TRUNK (if you're compiling from source) are here: http://cvs.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/emc2/configs/hostmot2/ The HAL User Manual and the EMC2 Integrator Manual are both valuable resources that describe the systems you'll be working with to create the configuration. They're available here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/ - 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] New at mailing list, and seeking for some help with 7i43
El 09/09/2008 11:53 p.m., Kirk Wallace escribió: On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 20:14 -0300, Richard Acosta wrote: Hello, my name is Richard, and i´have bought a 7i43 board, wich i hope to use on a home made drilling machine. I´m stuck on the first steps, i have connected this board using parallel port cable, set jumpers according to what manual says, so, now i don't know what else to do. ... snip Didn't understand. You can use the Text Editor to edit your .ini and .hal files (in /home/your_home/emc2/app_name/app_name.hal or load.hal) to add or change the loadrt lines. It looks like you will need to have; loadrt hostmot2 and loadrt hm2_7i43 config= ... OK, that's one step forward. These will load the drivers. Others on this list can provide better information. Good luck. Thanks for your time. - 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
