Re: [Emc-developers] Board with IEEE 1588 PTP

2014-03-08 Thread Joachim Franek
On 07.03.2014 23:16, Frank Tkalcevic wrote: Cool. Do you have any plans for it? The price opens some possibilities for remote drives (3ph pwm and quadrature counter are onboard). But a IEEE 1588 capable eth on the LCNC is necessary to relax realtime demands on the LCNC board. I think the

Re: [Emc-developers] Board with IEEE 1588 PTP

2014-03-08 Thread Anders Wallin
slightly OT comment, but I post anyway: At work I've been playing with White Rabbit PTP hardware. Developed by CERN for control/data-collection of the LHC. It is all open hardware and software, available at: http://www.ohwr.org/ Very roughly this WR-PTP over optical fiber is maybe 100x better at

[Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Michael Chism
Hello Everyone, Does anyone have any ideas as how to get the tool changer on a Tree VMC to work? Here a youtube video of the steps involved. I am pretty sure its servo driven. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIx76PzjnlY I am willing to pay someone to setup the macro for me. I.E. make the hal

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 03/08/2014 03:28 AM, Michael Chism wrote: Hello Everyone, Does anyone have any ideas as how to get the tool changer on a Tree VMC to work? Here a youtube video of the steps involved. I am pretty sure its servo driven. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIx76PzjnlY I am willing to pay someone

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Michael Chism
Hi Kirk, The tool carousel I think is switch based with proxy switches. Could I use something when the tool carousel comes in, some kind of program to move the spindle up to a preset position (that's set off machine home)? Then move the. Carousel up or down till selected tool, then go back to

Re: [Emc-developers] Circular blend arc RC1 pushed

2014-03-08 Thread Robert Ellenberg
It would be really nice to have consistent behavior between lines and arcs that way, though I think the limitation is not in the blend arcs themselves. Currently, maximum speed and acceleration are calculated in canon with conservative assumptions. For short arc segments, it should be possible to

Re: [Emc-developers] Circular blend arc RC1 pushed

2014-03-08 Thread sam sokolik
makes sense. large arcs or full circles running the same speed probably isn't a big deal. arcspiral and spiral running the same would probably be better (speeding up short arc segment with different axis velocites) if possible. (short arc style gcode) I might be able to run the latest

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 03/08/2014 08:42 AM, Michael Chism wrote: Hi Kirk, The tool carousel I think is switch based with proxy switches. Could I use something when the tool carousel comes in, some kind of program to move the spindle up to a preset position (that's set off machine home)? Then move the. Carousel

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Michael Chism
Is anyone interested in calling me and explaining this? I really would like to let someone who is a pro simply make the tool change macro/comp file and I pay them. Some people spend years learning Linuxcnc, I want to learn this over time, but I really would like to make parts, instead of

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread John Kasunich
I've done tool-changer configuration before (using ClassicLadder). I did it by sitting in front of the machine and figuring out which I/O points did what. I'm not quite sure what your situation is, but I doubt anybody is going to be able to do what you want from a distance. So if you are really

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Michael Chism
Good point John, I am florida, right by pensacola florida. Well I can pinout all the logic and give someone that, if they could simply make the macro that links everything together. Will someone do that? From: jmkasun...@fastmail.fm To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sat, 8 Mar

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Andy Pugh
On 8 Mar 2014, at 22:13, Michael Chism mikechismavion...@hotmail.com wrote: Well I can pinout all the logic and give someone that, if they could simply make the macro that links everything together. With the pin out and a detailed sequence required a HAL component to run through the

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Michael Chism
HI Andy, Anything to get it running, my ideal situation is, someone build the information (hal, classic ladder, etc) needed for tool change, I copy the files to linuxcnc, and it changes tool and offsets. I can easily give the Z tool change position to you, and the amount of z+ clearance. I

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Michael Chism
I am sorry if I am asking a lot guys. If anyone has a tutorial on setting up a toolchanger, please let me know, I am more than willing to read some examples and try if I can get it to work. Thanks Mike From: mikechismavion...@hotmail.com To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Sat, 8

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 03/08/2014 04:06 PM, Michael Chism wrote: I am sorry if I am asking a lot guys. If anyone has a tutorial on setting up a toolchanger, please let me know, I am more than willing to read some examples and try if I can get it to work. Thanks Mike There is no harm in asking for help or

Re: [Emc-developers] Circular blend arc RC1 pushed

2014-03-08 Thread sam sokolik
ran the experimental3 branch on real hardware tonight. The LHchips4 sounded real good. Now it peaks across the belly at close to the y axis velocity. Very nice! Now running steve.ngc you can really see the arc issue. X is MAX_VELOCITY = 2.33 MAX_ACCELERATION =

Re: [Emc-developers] Circular blend arc RC1 pushed

2014-03-08 Thread samco
Have to add... It still keeps the velocity up and steadier than the current tp. Again - awesome work! On Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:28:13 -0600 sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com wrote: ran the experimental3 branch on real hardware tonight. The LHchips4 sounded real good. Now it peaks across

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Stuart Stevenson
I am not clear just where you are in your project. You mentioned two weeks but is that two weeks from now or two weeks from when you start? -- Addressee is the intended audience. If you are not the addressee then my consent is not given for you to read this email furthermore it is my wish you

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 03/08/2014 07:41 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: I am not clear just where you are in your project. You mentioned two weeks but is that two weeks from now or two weeks from when you start? After looking at the manuals, my first guess is that the changer control is built into the main

Re: [Emc-developers] Tree VMC tool changer help

2014-03-08 Thread Dave Cole
On 3/8/2014 11:46 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On 03/08/2014 07:41 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: I am not clear just where you are in your project. You mentioned two weeks but is that two weeks from now or two weeks from when you start? After looking at the manuals, my first guess is that the

Re: [Emc-developers] Circular blend arc RC1 pushed

2014-03-08 Thread Robert Ellenberg
Just a head's up, I think the fix I pushed recently isn't quite perfect. I noticed a small acceleration overage on one of the blend tests, but it shouldn't be hard to bisect since all the tests passed so recently. I'll keep you posted when I find the issue. On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 10:15 PM,