[Emc-users] MPG pendant
Hi all, I just upgraded my linuxcnc from 2.4 with parallel port software stepper, to 2.5 and a mesa 5i25 with prob_rfx2 firmware. I set it up quite easily using the pncconf .xml firmware found here http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/33697 great job with this pncconf, it is quite nice. Performance with the mesa board is incomparably better than software stepping. I started looking around for some cnc pendant. I am wondering if anybody has tried to configure one of these: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Wireless-USB-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Mach3-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-axis-Controller/1004816998.html usb, probably HID, so hal_input might work. For the display part however I have no idea what could be done. If the pendant does not appear as some standard usb device, I thought the best approach would be to write a new display, similar to linuxcnclcd. Alternatively, I am pretty sure this type http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Universal-CNC-4-Axis-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Emergency-stop-for-Siemens-FAGOR/1594520156.html would be easy to integrate as it appears as just a bunch of switches and quadrature encoder, I think. Any comments, experience with those ? I have not found much about anybody using them on linuxcnc, so I wonder if I am just breaking new ground, or they are such crap that nobody uses them Bruno -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant
On 06/02/14 11:41, bruno wrote: Hi all, I just upgraded my linuxcnc from 2.4 with parallel port software stepper, to 2.5 and a mesa 5i25 with prob_rfx2 firmware. I set it up quite easily using the pncconf .xml firmware found here http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/33697 great job with this pncconf, it is quite nice. Performance with the mesa board is incomparably better than software stepping. I started looking around for some cnc pendant. I am wondering if anybody has tried to configure one of these: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Wireless-USB-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Mach3-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-axis-Controller/1004816998.html usb, probably HID, so hal_input might work. For the display part however I have no idea what could be done. If the pendant does not appear as some standard usb device, I thought the best approach would be to write a new display, similar to linuxcnclcd. Alternatively, I am pretty sure this type http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Universal-CNC-4-Axis-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Emergency-stop-for-Siemens-FAGOR/1594520156.html would be easy to integrate as it appears as just a bunch of switches and quadrature encoder, I think. Any comments, experience with those ? I have not found much about anybody using them on linuxcnc, so I wonder if I am just breaking new ground, or they are such crap that nobody uses them Bruno -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users yes the xhc04 has been added to linuxcnc http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Using_A_XHC-HB04_Wireless_MPG_Pendant Dave -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant
On 6 February 2014 11:41, bruno br...@tinkerbox.org wrote: I am wondering if anybody has tried to configure one of these: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Wireless-USB-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Mach3-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-axis-Controller/1004816998.html Yes, there is a dedicated HAL component for them: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Using_A_XHC-HB04_Wireless_MPG_Pendant Alternatively, I am pretty sure this type http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Universal-CNC-4-Axis-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Emergency-stop-for-Siemens-FAGOR/1594520156.html That would be very easy to interface via a 7i73 board from Mesa. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant
Dunno the answers to these questions but I am running the Mesa 5i25/7i77 combo on my machine and as soon as funds allow I intend to setup a nice pendant as well. I will be listening intently to this conversation. Lots of nice pendants out there which ones work best with LinuxCNC and the Mesa hardware will be interesting to see. Peace Pete On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 6:41 AM, bruno br...@tinkerbox.org wrote: Hi all, I just upgraded my linuxcnc from 2.4 with parallel port software stepper, to 2.5 and a mesa 5i25 with prob_rfx2 firmware. I set it up quite easily using the pncconf .xml firmware found here http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/33697 great job with this pncconf, it is quite nice. Performance with the mesa board is incomparably better than software stepping. I started looking around for some cnc pendant. I am wondering if anybody has tried to configure one of these: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Wireless-USB-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Mach3-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-axis-Controller/1004816998.html usb, probably HID, so hal_input might work. For the display part however I have no idea what could be done. If the pendant does not appear as some standard usb device, I thought the best approach would be to write a new display, similar to linuxcnclcd. Alternatively, I am pretty sure this type http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Universal-CNC-4-Axis-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Emergency-stop-for-Siemens-FAGOR/1594520156.html would be easy to integrate as it appears as just a bunch of switches and quadrature encoder, I think. Any comments, experience with those ? I have not found much about anybody using them on linuxcnc, so I wonder if I am just breaking new ground, or they are such crap that nobody uses them Bruno -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] mdi does not queue commands
Previous two attempts at posting this have silently failed. Not obvious if lists.sourceforge.net or something else is filtering me... Today I was reading the Axis 2.5 documentation: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/gui/axis.html and noted for the first time Section 6, describing the program named mdi, which provides a manual data input function to a running LinuxCNC process. While testing this mdi program using simple G01 moves on a 3 axis stepper machine, using Axis V2.5.3 I see it does not queue commands, but subsequent tasks can interrupt previous incomplete ones. This is not how the MDI command function works in Axis, which queues tasks, so that each one completes. Is this interrupt behaviour a feature of the mdi program, or something with six legs? christopherpurc...@mac.com Tel: 902 464 9248 5 Mt Pleasant Ave Dartmouth, NS B3A 3T1 -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant
On 02/06/2014 05:02 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 6 February 2014 11:41, bruno br...@tinkerbox.org wrote: I am wondering if anybody has tried to configure one of these: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Wireless-USB-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Mach3-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-axis-Controller/1004816998.html Yes, there is a dedicated HAL component for them: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Using_A_XHC-HB04_Wireless_MPG_Pendant Frederic Rible and Dewey Garrett and I have been adding support for this pendant to LinuxCNC. It's nearly ready to be merged into master, for now you can check it out in the xhc-hb04 branch on git.linuxcnc.org. Frederic (who wrote the driver) tested that branch and reported that it works for him. Dewey wrote a bunch of configs that should hopefully be easy to add to a machine config, but i haven't heard any test reports of that (and i don't have one of these pendants to test with myself). Frederic, Dewey, are you both happy with the state of that branch? Are we ready to merge it into master? And then I guess it's time to update that wiki page -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] mdi does not queue commands
On 02/06/2014 07:28 AM, Christopher Purcell wrote: Previous two attempts at posting this have silently failed. Not obvious if lists.sourceforge.net or something else is filtering me... Today I was reading the Axis 2.5 documentation: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/gui/axis.html and noted for the first time Section 6, describing the program named mdi, which provides a manual data input function to a running LinuxCNC process. While testing this mdi program using simple G01 moves on a 3 axis stepper machine, using Axis V2.5.3 I see it does not queue commands, but subsequent tasks can interrupt previous incomplete ones. This is not how the MDI command function works in Axis, which queues tasks, so that each one completes. Is this interrupt behaviour a feature of the mdi program, or something with six legs? I think the mdi program is very rarely used. I think it was more a proof of concept than a serious implementation of a user interface, and i'm not surprised to hear it behaves in unexpected ways. The MDI tab in Axis is much more widely used, and should work much better. Could you use it instead? -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] mdi does not queue commands
2014-02-06 16:28 GMT+02:00 Christopher Purcell christopherpurc...@mac.com: While testing this mdi program using simple G01 moves on a 3 axis stepper machine, using Axis V2.5.3 I see it does not queue commands, but subsequent tasks can interrupt previous incomplete ones. This is not how the MDI command function works in Axis, which queues tasks, so that each one completes. What I see is that it does not work in Axis, but does work in ... Axis :)) Could you, please, describe in more detail, what exactly do you mean? Viesturs -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant
On Thursday 06 February 2014 12:57:06 Pete Matos did opine: Dunno the answers to these questions but I am running the Mesa 5i25/7i77 combo on my machine and as soon as funds allow I intend to setup a nice pendant as well. I will be listening intently to this conversation. Lots of nice pendants out there which ones work best with LinuxCNC and the Mesa hardware will be interesting to see. Peace Pete FWIW, someone published a setup to use a saitek game controller, but the very short throw joysticks I found to be less than worthless as there was no feel to let the user know he was driving at an angle when he thought he was driving just the x or y. The next update, requiring a new config, I never added it to. Way too high a mistake probability. However with the single axis at a time from the MPG, it might be more usable. YMMV. The keyboard does work, in all 3 4 axis's at once if you have enough fingers. ;) On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 6:41 AM, bruno br...@tinkerbox.org wrote: Hi all, I just upgraded my linuxcnc from 2.4 with parallel port software stepper, to 2.5 and a mesa 5i25 with prob_rfx2 firmware. I set it up quite easily using the pncconf .xml firmware found here http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/33697 great job with this pncconf, it is quite nice. Performance with the mesa board is incomparably better than software stepping. I started looking around for some cnc pendant. I am wondering if anybody has tried to configure one of these: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Wireless-USB-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel- Mach3-For-CNC-Mac-Mach-3-4-axis-Controller/1004816998.html usb, probably HID, so hal_input might work. For the display part however I have no idea what could be done. If the pendant does not appear as some standard usb device, I thought the best approach would be to write a new display, similar to linuxcnclcd. Alternatively, I am pretty sure this type http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Universal-CNC-4-Axis-MPG-Pendant-Handwh eel-Emergency-stop-for-Siemens-FAGOR/1594520156.html would be easy to integrate as it appears as just a bunch of switches and quadrature encoder, I think. Any comments, experience with those ? I have not found much about anybody using them on linuxcnc, so I wonder if I am just breaking new ground, or they are such crap that nobody uses them Bruno -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg. clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.cl ktrk ___ 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) Genes Web page http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene NOTICE: Will pay 100 USD for an HP-4815A defective but complete probe assembly. -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant
On 02/06/2014 05:41 AM, bruno wrote: Alternatively, I am pretty sure this type http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Universal-CNC-4-Axis-MPG-Pendant-Handwheel-Emergency-stop-for-Siemens-FAGOR/1594520156.html would be easy to integrate as it appears as just a bunch of switches and quadrature encoder, I think. I'm pretty sure you are right, mechanical switches and an encoder. I have built two of them, see : http://pico-systems.com/pendant.html I use some diodes to multiplex the XYZ-feedrate-spindle selection so I use up fewer digital inputs. I have links to the hal code to interface this to LinuxCNC. It is for my PPMC line of products, so would need a little adapting to Mesa products. Jon -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] MPG pendant
If one has a pendant, it can be tested with sim configs in the xhc-hb04 branch (configs/sim/axis/xhc-hb04). There are two configs for the two known button configurations: xhc-hb04-layout1.ini (16 buttons) xhc-hb04-layout2.ini (18 buttons, most common) The pendant i got has 18 buttons (layout2), is marked HB04 on the front, and the label on the back is marked WHB04-L with a date code 201312. It is working fine for me. - Some modifications were made to make it easy to add a pendant to an existing configuration (no hal file edits are required). From the README: An xhc-hb04 pendant can be added to existing configurations. 1) copy files to the configuration directory: $ cp xhc-hb04.tcl your_config_dir/ $ cp xhc-hb04-layout*.cfg your_config_dir/ 2) Edit existing configuration ini file to: a) add [HAL]HALFILE=xhc-hb04.tcl b) add stanza [XHC-HB04_CONFIG] c) add stanza [XHC-HB04_BUTTONS] c) add or update stanza for [HALUI] See the demo ini files for more detailed examples. - Several folks have reported that the pendant stops updating. On mine, if the pendant is idle (no buttons pressed, no wheel movement) for approximately 40 seconds, the display stops updating. Pressing any button restores display updating so I just leave one button unassigned and press it to wake up the pendant. Running the xhc-hb04 program executed standalone as a simulator now reports when it detects the pendant going to sleep; when using with hal, a pin is created for the condition (xhc-hb04.sleeping) I think it would be good to merge to master to get some testing with other pendants. -- Dewey Garrett -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Stripped down TPEN4_5 firmware
Is there a stripped down version of the TPEN4_5 firmware for the Mesa 7I43-4 available, which does not generate the complement PWM signals (/A, /B, /C) for each axis? I would like to use those pins for Hall commutation inputs if I could. Thanks, -- Ralph -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] next big thing
only this 3 video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52chDT-IAxw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g0fiWx8RyM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cBmZboRyC0 On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 3:44 AM, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Why limit your design to a tool holder? Make it a 3/4 shaft so any tool holder can hold it. Of course if it was a popular design you would think that the market would be flooded with cheap Chinlee versions. JT On 2/3/2014 2:21 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: On 2/2/2014 5:50 PM, a k wrote: Hi i found that this and many other companies manufacture 3D printer http://indimension3.com/our-3d-printers They also manufacture head that attached to basically 3d CNC 3 axis mill. So, question is why not just manufacture head as a another tool to CNC mill on the CAT 40 or CAT 50 tool holder? Make it in R8 and NMTB30, especially with an Erickson QC flange + drawbar threads, and it'd fit the vast majority of Bridgeport knee mills and clones. -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] next big thing
Greetings, Here is a 5-axis laser sintering CNC machine [DROL]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9IdZ2pI5dA It makes perfect sense. Its eliminating the cast part altogether and having it perfectly clamped and positioned on a 5-axis CNC machine. And proves it can be practical to switch heads. Now I think LiunuxCNC would be a good candidate for a machine like that. ;) Cheers, Jeshua Lacock Founder/Engineer 3DTOPO Incorporated http://3DTOPO.com Phone: 208.462.4171 -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Stripped down TPEN4_5 firmware
On 7 February 2014 00:01, Ralph Stirling ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu wrote: Is there a stripped down version of the TPEN4_5 firmware for the Mesa 7I43-4 available, which does not generate the complement PWM signals (/A, /B, /C) for each axis? I would like to use those pins for Hall commutation inputs if I could. Does SVTP4_7i39 fit the bill? The 7i39 uses 3 channels of PWM and has 3 GPIO channels for the Hall sensors. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Stripped down TPEN4_5 firmware
It would probably work for me. Is there a compiled .bit around somewhere, or do I need to gear up to run the vhdl through the Xilinx tools? I'm having difficulty finding the official repository of hm2 firmware. I've found the source files, but not the pre-compiled ones. The Mesa .zip file doesn't have .bit's for SVTP4_7i39. Thanks again, -- Ralph From: andy pugh [bodge...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 5:30 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Stripped down TPEN4_5 firmware On 7 February 2014 00:01, Ralph Stirling ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu wrote: Is there a stripped down version of the TPEN4_5 firmware for the Mesa 7I43-4 available, which does not generate the complement PWM signals (/A, /B, /C) for each axis? I would like to use those pins for Hall commutation inputs if I could. Does SVTP4_7i39 fit the bill? The 7i39 uses 3 channels of PWM and has 3 GPIO channels for the Hall sensors. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] John Thorntons Gui3 Sample in Linuxcnc 2.6pre
On 2/5/2014 3:49 AM, Mark Tucker wrote: I have been fiddling around with JT's Tutorials,in particular Gui3 shown here http://gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/gui/index.html. I can get this to run on 2.5.3 no problem,but when i try to run from 2.6 pre it loads up and you can take the machine out of estop but the run button stays greyed out? I have tried this on both developer machines with the same result. Am i missing something? I assume you are using HAL_action buttons. You can't run without being homed. so it stays greyed out till un-estoped and homed This is new in 2.6 Chris M -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] PNCConf truncating metric screw pitch
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:21:52 -0500 From: smdubov...@gmail.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] PNCConf truncating metric screw pitch We're using Mesa 5i25+7i76s in a couple Emco stepper based machines w/ 2.5mm pitch leadscrews. PNCConf seems to be truncating that 2.5 back to 2.0 every time we revisit the step calculator page (the pop-up where you check off/enter the pulley info, step multiplier, etc.) that calculates the main steps/unit box. It seems to get it right when you enter it as 2.5, but if you go back though sometime later (say to change the microstep multiplier), it shows 2.0 and you have to catch that and fix it every time. FWIW, I'm running the latest release (2.5.3) SMD Thanks for the report. Yes PNCconf doesn't keep track of the data used for calculation of each axis. So the data from one axis calculation will be used on the next. I am in the middle of refactoring pncconf for 2.6 and have fixed it there, due to your bug report. When I'm finished I will try to remember to look again at 2.5 Chris M -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Address in of parrallel port not used in PNCCONF ?
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 00:10:15 -0800 From: m...@matws.net To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Address in of parrallel port not used in PNCCONF ? Hello All, I have an atom desktop with a partport at 0x378 and a 7i43 + 7i42 hooked to it and it's working well with LinuxCNC 2.5.3. On a thinkpad laptop I have a PCMCIA parport card at 0x3bc and when I try to run Axis, after configuring this laptop for the same card, I got errors about missing card at address 0x378 even though I configured it to 0x3BC. Did I miss something or is the port specified during PNCConf ignored ? Matthieu. You didn't miss anything. The address is being ignored by pncconf. This is a bug. I will try to remember to look into it further, Thanks Chris M -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Cincinnati arrow 500 retrofit running 2.6 revert back to 2.5.3?
Hey guys, Been having some small problems with my machine in regards to the offsets. It has been kind of difficult to get multi tool programs to run with the correct offsets. At first I thought it was my misunderstanding of the way it works but now it appears it may be some kinda bug in this version of master. My question is if I wanted to switch back to 2.5.3 stable release how big of a pain in the ass is that gonna be LOL. Connor helped me graciously to get this thing working and it is working great other than this issue and he did a bunch of custom stuff like a screen panel for my MPG and setup some of the toolchanger inputs. Is it possible to save all this and revert back to the stable release or will we loose all his hard work in the process. If it is possible how would I go about doing it? Thanks for all your help guys. Peace PetefromTn -- Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121051231iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
