Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-19 Thread Dave Cole
very reliable. There are so many RPIs out there now, that if a specific version is required to make it work, it should not be difficult to find that version. Dave On 1/17/2021 10:17 AM, andy pugh wrote: The current linuxcnc-served Raspberry Pi realtime kernel does not work with the l

Re: [Emc-developers] Intel graphics and RTAI

2019-12-15 Thread Dave Cole
On 12/15/2019 3:14 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Tuesday they knock me out and put a new aortic valve on top of my heart. Maybe that will give me back some giddyup. So I'll be offline for a couple days as they want to keep me overnight for the knockout to wear off, else they're afraid I can't drive mys

Re: [Emc-developers] probably an un-answerable question

2019-03-22 Thread Dave Cole
I'd consider using a used propane tank from a torch. One of the throwaway steel tanks. You want to make sure you purge it of propane, but after doing that you should be able to solder brass fittings onto it. Those are good for a couple hundred PSI. Dave On 3/20/2019 11:39 PM, Gene He

Re: [Emc-developers] Hmm

2018-11-02 Thread Dave Cole
On 11/2/2018 8:48 AM, andy pugh wrote: https://hackaday.com/2018/11/01/code-review-lamp-subtly-reminds-you-to-help-your-fellow-developer/ Very clever I suspect that this is a hint ??  :-) Dave ___ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers

Re: [Emc-developers] Removing myself from the LinuxCNC decision-making process

2018-08-28 Thread Dave Cole
On 8/28/2018 6:12 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 at 00:16, Jeff Epler wrote: A number of you are really good friends. I'd like to keep it that way. I plan to keep hanging out in #linuxcnc-devel and I'll try to provide my "wisdom" if it's requested. I hope so, your ability to look a

Re: [Emc-developers] Ethercat driver

2018-01-23 Thread Dave Cole
nical Limited. <<<<< And we are already dealing with Licenses as well as you can see. :-) Dave -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's mo

Re: [Emc-developers] Ethercat driver

2018-01-17 Thread Dave Cole
t cable costing thousands of dollars. I still have some of that "cable" around here someplace. On 1/17/2018 11:10 AM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:27:25 -0500 Dave Cole wrote: The text below is at the end of the SOEM page from the link below. https://openethercats

Re: [Emc-developers] Ethercat driver

2018-01-17 Thread Dave Cole
faces will become like 5 1/4" floppy drives...    They were once common. Dave >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SOEM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by th

Re: [Emc-developers] INI edit from inside gui

2017-11-03 Thread Dave Cole
buying an older, new motherboard that was available on Amazon. Besides the cost of the OS, there are some other good reasons to move away from Windows. Dave On 11/2/2017 8:42 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: I do a lot of upgrades to Chinese routers from their controller to Mach3. I have been using an

Re: [Emc-developers] new BUS in the LinuxCNC family

2017-07-06 Thread Dave Cole
10 mpg is great for a bus! Chris what do you have powering your bus? I know some of the old ones had 6-71's and the hotrods had 8-71's. Is it an old Greyhound? Or ? Dave On 7/5/2017 8:07 PM, Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 06:29:04PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: No, just si

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Number limit

2016-10-27 Thread Dave Caroline
Arbours need measuring too, then one can add the abour offset to cutter centreline offset. the tooling I use does not lend itself to the usual tool height probes see setup http://www.archivist.info/cnc/target.php the teeth can be a few thou wide, much smaller than most probe balls Dave Caroline

Re: [Emc-developers] [Emc-users] Tool offset

2016-06-30 Thread Dave Cole
utter comp in Appendix B! Dave On 6/30/2016 11:54 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 30 June 2016 at 16:51, andy pugh wrote: >> Yes, it's just a case of taking out a test and an error report. The >> question is what bad things happen if you do allow digital IO with >> tool-comp on

Re: [Emc-developers] [Emc-users] Tool offset

2016-06-30 Thread Dave Cole
it look like it would be an easy fix to allow M64/65's when tool comp is on ?I've never understood why that interlock was put in place. Dave On 6/30/2016 9:30 AM, John Kasunich wrote: > According to the manual, M62/M63 are synchronized with motion, > and M64/M65 are not.

Re: [Emc-developers] Gremlin parsing code with infinite loops

2016-06-24 Thread Dave Cole
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Re: [Emc-developers] Gremlin parsing code with infinite loops

2016-06-23 Thread Dave Cole
onto a conveyor which feeds the machine. Dave On 6/23/2016 5:03 PM, Neil Whelchel wrote: > Hello, > When I do large production runs especially with multiple fixtures that are > used alternately, it is quite handy to put the work in an infinite loop. > Gremlin on the other hand has a

Re: [Emc-developers] Here and there comments & questions.

2016-06-10 Thread Dave Cole
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Re: [Emc-developers] Here and there comments & questions.

2016-06-10 Thread Dave Cole
mer, anvil and file. The screw it out something like 0.030 over 12 inches in one spot.This is a new screw supplied by Flow for a Flow water jet. I can't believe they sell this junk.After the screws were purchased Flow said that they screw map each screw with a laser... and now I know

Re: [Emc-developers] mega-I/O board?

2016-02-16 Thread Dave Cole
ct Click PLCs as they now have an ethernet module. But the programming software is not nearly as good. Regarding price per point, I doubt that anyone can beat the Click PLC. If they are not big into ladder logic, the Siemens controller also supports SCL which is similar to Pasca

Re: [Emc-developers] Prempt RT on Raspi/ARM (OT sales person)

2016-02-04 Thread Dave Cole
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Re: [Emc-developers] Why is it not allowed to jog in MDI mode?

2016-01-16 Thread Dave Caroline
A jog is not well defined, in MDI mode you are generally doing something with some accuracy, therefore it makes sense then to jog with gcode to exactly where you need. Dave Caroline -- Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep

[Emc-developers] For casual reading.

2016-01-13 Thread dave
http://www.galil.com/news/servotrends/closed-loop-stepper-motor-performance-gains?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01-16%20ServoTrends&utm_content=01-16%20ServoTrends+CID_99eb132dcec7ff54cbcbb34e1ca392e5&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=Read%20More#overlay-context=news/servotrends/new-ethercat-i

[Emc-developers] A bug in the logging

2015-12-26 Thread Dave Caroline
updated before the first move o100 sub (LOGOPEN,test.txt) G0 X0 (LOG,X#5420) G0 X1 (LOG,X#5420) G0 X2 (LOG,X#5420) (LOGCLOSE) o100 endsub G4P10 o100 call M2 or http://paste.ubuntu.com/14214055/ the code I discovered it in http://paste.ubuntu.com/14213899/ Dave Caroline

Re: [Emc-developers] Moving closer to embedded

2015-12-25 Thread Dave Cole
somebody else to do >> some other things. I can't remember what that was at the >> moment. > That would be nice to know. I interviewed with them a little before > landing the job at NASA. They seemed line an interestin

Re: [Emc-developers] Moving closer to embedded

2015-12-25 Thread Dave Caroline
ar cutting, the mill has edited gcode which is designed at the same time as the fixture is set up, and a lathe usually used in mdi mode. This kind of flexibility is missing on machines made for "operators&q

Re: [Emc-developers] Moving closer to embedded

2015-12-25 Thread Dave Caroline
Are you forgetting the other apps people use on their machines to create the gcode. Not something I really want as a user Dave Caroline -- ___ Emc-developers mailing list Emc

Re: [Emc-developers] call for maintainers for keystick and mini guis

2015-12-22 Thread Dave Caroline
Dont forget the if it aint broke principle, some users will not have upgraded therefore not found it, even some providers get to a working setup and stick to that version. eg http://www.sherline.com/8400pg.htm still states EMC2 Dave Caroline On 22/12/2015, Chris Morley wrote: > > Wel

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxMint and LinuxCNC

2015-11-21 Thread Dave Cole
Are you saying that a RIP installation on Mint runs the Axis GUI ok ? Dave On 11/21/2015 3:46 PM, John Thornton wrote: > Ok, you can't do what I was trying to do but you can build a RIP and > that works. > > JT > > On 11/21/2015 9:01 AM, John Thornton wrote: >>

Re: [Emc-developers] Spotted on Ali-Express (Via the forum)

2015-11-06 Thread Dave Cole
et their source code years ago they just gave me the run around. Letters and phone calls got me no where. Regarding the guy selling the product from China, if he supplies a CD with the source code, including his driver code (not that I know that he does or not) how could he be violating the GPL

Re: [Emc-developers] Spotted on Ali-Express (Via the forum)

2015-11-06 Thread Dave Cole
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Re: [Emc-developers] Spotted on Ali-Express (Via the forum)

2015-11-05 Thread Dave Cole
d in China. When I was there a couple of years ago the local engineers told me that they routinely bought American movies on DVDS as soon as they were released to the theaters in the US. He said the DVDs cost the equivalent of one dollar US or less. Dave Dave

Re: [Emc-developers] XKCD

2015-10-30 Thread Dave Cole
Thank You! Dave On 10/30/2015 10:44 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 10/30/15 7:48 AM, EBo wrote: >> You know, I have never seen anyone teach it thus. Do you have, or can >> you point to, instructional video/page links? >> >> On Oct 30 2015 7:42 AM, Sebastian Kuzmi

Re: [Emc-developers] Make home_offset into a HAL pin?

2015-10-26 Thread Dave Cole
On 10/26/2015 11:29 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 26 October 2015 at 17:16, Dave Cole wrote: >> I think that Andy and Peter have worked on an SSI or BISS solution for >> absolute position encoders before. > > Those encoders give a full position report every servo cycle, so yo

Re: [Emc-developers] Make home_offset into a HAL pin?

2015-10-26 Thread Dave Cole
basically incremental, with the > ability to squirt out an absolute position on request (usually a serial > interface). > As with the pot example, there needs to be a way to get that absol

Re: [Emc-developers] Off topic question - Need help with remote cell phone data connection via site to site VPN

2015-10-17 Thread Dave Cole
Chris asked me to keep this on the EMC list, not the EMC Dev list so I will respond to your comments there. Thanks, Dave On 10/16/2015 11:50 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: > You didn't say what kind of throughput you need nor what your budget is but > one option is something like a Cis

[Emc-developers] Off topic question - Need help with remote cell phone data connection via site to site VPN

2015-10-16 Thread Dave Cole
I need, so I could "stack" routers to do what I need, but I really don't want to have two routers in the remote control box. There are some really brilliant people on this list so I am hoping that someone can give me some advice/direction etc. Thank You! Dave --- This email has

Re: [Emc-developers] Shielded connectors (XLR audio plugs)

2015-10-13 Thread Dave Cole
extend the time until the drives are blown! :-) Dave On 10/13/2015 5:09 PM, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > I'm using the plastic version of the Neutrik connectors for my servo power > leads. No problems at all. > > Of course, for our use, connectors are overkill (in a sense). Connectors

Re: [Emc-developers] Shielded connectors (XLR audio plugs)

2015-10-13 Thread Dave Cole
machines. Look for Pro Audio supply houses. Dave On 10/13/2015 12:53 PM, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > I'm using XLR connectors for the limit switches and encoders on my > Bridgeport Clone without any problems. > > Ken > > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Karlsso

Re: [Emc-developers] step losing

2015-08-19 Thread Dave Caroline
microstep will give you this accuracy but please do not fall into this common trap, you need the resolution mechanically and as mentioned it needs to be far better than the accuracy you want to achieve. http://www.micromo.com/microstepping-myths-and-realities Dave Caroline

Re: [Emc-developers] Prerelease: 2.7.0~pre7

2015-08-14 Thread Dave Cole
On 8/13/2015 11:42 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >* stepconf now is able to convert Mach3 configs to LinuxCNC configs Wow ! :-) Dave --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivi

Re: [Emc-developers] Tormach PathPilot

2015-07-16 Thread Dave Cole
How were you able to get a copy of PathPilot sent to you? Dave On 7/16/2015 5:56 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > I finally received my PathPilot dvd after about three months of > waiting. Not the fault or Tormach but rather our postal service. > It really looks great but not surprizi

Re: [Emc-developers] Problems building in place on debian wheezy

2015-06-27 Thread Dave Cole
and figure out why that is occurring and then fix that. Dave On 6/27/2015 9:50 AM, Curtis Dutton wrote: > Is there an example of a config that I can work with to try and fix? > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky > wrote: > >> On 6/25/15 12:39 PM, Curtis Du

Re: [Emc-developers] Next prob, zero docs on the BOB supplied

2015-06-22 Thread Dave Caroline
The seller I got mine from had no "docs" either but there is enough info on the board. I did later go for a search and found two relevant images on fleabay items http://www.collection.archivist.info/archive/mirror/cnc/

Re: [Emc-developers] Next prob, zero docs on the BOB supplied

2015-06-22 Thread Dave Caroline
also means it can drive high or low side optos Dave Caroline On 22/06/2015, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 22 June 2015 03:57:06 Steve Stallings wrote: >> Proceed with caution. This board uses slow opto-couplers >> in the data port output signals that are typically set

Re: [Emc-developers] LCNC-V2.6.7-saga

2015-05-19 Thread dave
Years ago I made a sheave for poly-v to go on my Jet lathe. Used a kennemetal insert. Don't remember which pitch; 0.092 or .185. Both sheaves were aluminum and seem to be holding up well. Never any sign of slippage. On 05/18/2015 04:29 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 18 May 2015 05:50:40 andy

Re: [Emc-developers] putting some mods to gs2_vfd.c into mainline

2015-05-14 Thread Dave Caroline
To bring a vfd to stationary fastest the vfd has to have control to use the deceleration curve/braking resistors if fitted and used. Therefore keeping the vfd powered is safer in the initial stop, only then should it be powered down. Dave Caroline On 14/05/2015, John Kasunich wrote: > >

Re: [Emc-developers] where the whole path is divided into segment by segment

2015-05-01 Thread dave
a series of short straight lines or segments of arcs. Dave On 05/01/2015 09:04 PM, matic bie wrote: > Can anyone help me? > >> From: matic@hotmail.com >> To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:16:22 + >> Subject: [Emc-devel

Re: [Emc-developers] Google Summer of Code students wanted!

2015-03-08 Thread Dave Caroline
, needs to come from you so others can help update any docs. Dave Caroline On 08/03/2015, Slavko Kocjancic wrote: > On 08. 03. 2015 09:38, Dave Caroline wrote: >> With a diff program or better a merge program like meld one can easily >> see the white space changes that are extra t

Re: [Emc-developers] Google Summer of Code students wanted!

2015-03-08 Thread Dave Caroline
/linuxcnc/streamer.dif Dave Caroline all in http://www.collection.archivist.info/archive/mirror/linuxcnc/ I happened to save the dif before the fixed streamer.c so timestamps are not as one could expect On 08/03/2015, Slavko Kocjancic wrote: > On 08. 03. 2015 04:38, EBo wrote: >> On Mar

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Number limit

2015-02-22 Thread Dave Caroline
I think the limit is derived from the message size (send all tools in one message) it should just send tools used/changed and an index number so the tool table can be sent over a number of massages as needed Dave On 22/02/2015, Niemand Sonst wrote: > Hallo, > > we do introduce with 2.

Re: [Emc-developers] New GCode Editor

2015-02-20 Thread Dave Caroline
That web page gives a white screen on my browser too, not a good way to start Dave On 20/02/2015, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On 02/20/2015 08:05 AM, Kirk Wallace wrote: >> On 02/20/2015 07:53 AM, kmasem...@aol.com wrote: >>> DID NOT FIND THE WEBSITE: >>> The website is

Re: [Emc-developers] Awlsim 0.37 - STEP 7 compatible PLC for LinuxCNC

2015-01-16 Thread Dave Cole
SCL and it is very intuitive and simple to use, especially for math functions. >>Yes. LAD/KOP is hardly used here. AWL/STL is not accepted by many/most US companies as their technicians have not been trained on it. Dave On 1/16/2015 3:36 PM, Michael Büsch wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jan 2

Re: [Emc-developers] Awlsim 0.37 - STEP 7 compatible PLC for LinuxCNC

2015-01-16 Thread Dave Cole
Siemens-USA.) I'll try out your software looks really nice. Dave On 1/16/2015 2:16 PM, Michael Büsch wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:31:54 +0100 > "W. Martinjak" wrote: > >>> Do you think python-snap7 can be used to implement the PLC side of the S7 >>

Re: [Emc-developers] Syncronized jog

2014-12-02 Thread Dave Caroline
This is Andy's wiki page http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Hobbing I used that with modifications for a stepper machine, not sure how your G0 will work as you need to think about top speeds and in your case any phase(delay) error. I only work in the forward direction. Dave Caroline

Re: [Emc-developers] Syncronized jog

2014-12-02 Thread Dave Caroline
The hobbing set up would allow this. but then one axis is a slave of the other Dave On 02/12/2014, andy pugh wrote: > On 2 December 2014 at 15:26, Marius Liebenberg > wrote: > >> Is it possible to do a synchronized jog of at least two axis? I need to >> move two axis alon

Re: [Emc-developers] [Emc-commit] dgarr/jog_ignore_fo: inifile: support jog_ignore_feed_override

2014-11-14 Thread Dave Cole
should be addressed when the jog while paused is implemented. Dave On 11/14/2014 8:53 AM, Chris Radek wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:36:37PM +, Dewey Garrett wrote: >> i'll prepare a patch to always ignore FO while jogging instead. > I agree with this change. I also thi

Re: [Emc-developers] [jep...@unpythonic.net: Patch for issue #328 rebased onto master, resolves #395 as well]

2014-10-25 Thread Dave Cole
t; EBo -- Hang in there Ebo... You can do it! Don't forget to sleep! ;-) Dave --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Table and Wear offset Table

2014-10-03 Thread Dave Cole
On 10/3/2014 11:08 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 3 October 2014 16:01, Dave Cole wrote: > >> Is this the best docs to reference on remapping? >> http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/remap/structure.html#_introduction_extending_the_rs274ngc_interpreter_by_remapping_codes > Yes, though

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Table and Wear offset Table

2014-10-03 Thread Dave Cole
I really don't understand the re-map process and I should. Is this the best docs to reference on remapping? http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/remap/structure.html#_introduction_extending_the_rs274ngc_interpreter_by_remapping_codes Thanks, Dave On 10/3/2014 5:14 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 2

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Table and Wear offset Table

2014-10-02 Thread Dave Cole
On 10/2/2014 5:47 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2014-10-03 0:29 GMT+03:00 Dave Cole : >> I'm using M64 P0 to turn on the waterjet and M65 P0 to turn it off. > Any particular reason not to use M3/M5 commands? At least I did that > on my waterjet, customer never commented about

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Table and Wear offset Table

2014-10-02 Thread Dave Cole
G42 is active? I thought that was a little strange. I'm using M64 P0 to turn on the waterjet and M65 P0 to turn it off. Does this sound like a bug? Thanks, Dave On 10/2/2014 11:29 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > wow - didn't mean to send that.. > > well to finish my thought - wou

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Table and Wear offset Table

2014-10-02 Thread Dave Cole
Good to know. Thanks Chris! Dave On 10/2/2014 12:10 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > Not related to the topic at hand exactly but it is important that everyone > is aware that the work Chris did on how Linux CNC works with the editor > (order of read/timing???) has made our turning centers

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Table and Wear offset Table

2014-10-02 Thread Dave Cole
On 10/2/2014 10:46 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 2 October 2014 15:40, Dave Cole wrote: >> They would like to be able to adjust the jet size (think tool diameter) >> on the fly > This is probably most easily done with G42.1 and G41.1, though the > G-code would have to actually

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Table and Wear offset Table

2014-10-02 Thread Dave Cole
? Does it matter which tool table I use to do any of this? I have 2.6.3 installed right now on the machine but I have the 2.7___ master LinuxCNC master installed on a different PC so I can test with either software. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks, Dave On 8/6/2014 11:16 AM, Gene Heskett

Re: [Emc-developers] Request for additional iocontrol or motion facility

2014-09-25 Thread dave
ile.readme" so we > know what is in the file without uncompressing a bunch of stuff. > >EBo -- IIRC there used to be such under emc(1). Probably called 'dropbox'. Dave > > -- >

Re: [Emc-developers] "jepler/rtos-uspace": a new POSIX realtime branch

2014-06-29 Thread Dave Cole
is endangered. Some of the newer boards are slotless. The cost of a spare motherboard seems slight to me considering the overall cost to implement a CNC system.IMO, if uptime is critical, put spare parts on the shelf and that solves the future availability issue for the most part. Dave

Re: [Emc-developers] RFC: Make Axis Touch-off more idiot proof

2014-06-10 Thread Dave Caroline
On 10/06/2014, EBo wrote: > The first two I can see, but not the third. Why should you have an > additional one just to update Axis (or are you reffering to the internal > button handler, and not an actual button)? > > On Jun 10 2014 4:35 AM, John Thornton wrote: >> Actually it takes me 3 pyvcp b

Re: [Emc-developers] Choosing platform for special GUI

2014-04-23 Thread Dave Caroline
This is much better behaviour than PyVCP, where spinbutton valuyes don't update even if you do press enter, and in fact you need to press the up arrow to commit, then the down arrow to get back the number you typed in. fixed in 2.5.4 Dave On 23/04/2014, John Thornton wrote: > I have

Re: [Emc-developers] bug with pncconf

2014-04-07 Thread Dave Cole
esn't know what the _boardname variable is, that variable was never written to prior to that statement in the code. Did you leave some fields blank before you got to that point? If so, go back and put somethin

Re: [Emc-developers] Another query on numerical formats

2014-04-03 Thread dave
seeing the e in the middle, and assuming e-error spikes. > > As the hal-status watch tab displays to many places of decimals, I > wonder if 1e-6 should actually display as 0.0 instead? > > I can't decide. > Hi Andy, It is still early morning but shouldn't the de

Re: [Emc-developers] OT - autonomous wheeled ground vehicles

2014-03-31 Thread Dave Cole
On 3/31/2014 1:12 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 31 March 2014 20:04, Dave Cole wrote: > >> https://store.3drobotics.com/products/3dr-pixhawk >> I'm working with a group of guys who are trying to use this device to >> control a wheeled ground vehicle. >> Not a sm

[Emc-developers] OT - autonomous wheeled ground vehicles

2014-03-31 Thread Dave Cole
likely be adapted but it would be a lot of work. Sort of like generating a "tool path" but on a grand scale. :-) Thanks, Dave -- ___ Emc-developers mailing

Re: [Emc-developers] Question on 14.04 LTS

2014-03-25 Thread Dave Cole
Yep, unfortunately Intel wanted out of the motherboard business. I had chronic problems with a Gigabyte motherboard also a few years ago. These boards seem to be solid so far and they brag about the quality of the caps! We'll see. The D525MWs are good boards. Dave On 3/25/2014 8:25 PM,

Re: [Emc-developers] Question on 14.04 LTS

2014-03-25 Thread Dave Cole
than that. Hey, 14.04 is not even released yet! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseSchedule Dave On 3/25/2014 4:32 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 25 March 2014 17:31:50 Sebastian Kuzminsky did opine: > >> On 3/25/14 14:14 , Matt Westveld wrote: >>> Th

Re: [Emc-developers] Setting tool length vs touching off Z every time [was: g43 and modal commands]

2014-03-19 Thread Dave Caroline
A tool length and width and shape probe is needed for some types of tooling. For some a camera can be used but beware of camera optical axis and resolution accuracy etc For best quality you need to detect the run out so you know the effective diameter too. Dave Caroline On 19/03/2014, Ed

Re: [Emc-developers] PID bidirectional pins.

2014-03-16 Thread Dave Hylands
very useful feature. Absolutely. Structure copy is only a shallow copy (you could think of it as just a shorthand for memcpy). C++ allows you to override the assignment operator so you can use that to do deep copies. But for C, you're probably better off to code a helper function i

Re: [Emc-developers] PID bidirectional pins.

2014-03-16 Thread Dave Hylands
Hi John, On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 6:57 PM, John Kasunich wrote: > > > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2014, at 09:41 PM, Dave Hylands wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm jumping in late here, but why not just do: > > > > *(hal_data_u *)data_addr = pin->dummysig; > &

Re: [Emc-developers] PID bidirectional pins.

2014-03-16 Thread Dave Hylands
> If you can be sure that hal_float_t is the largest member on > all platforms, then it could just be: > >*((hal_float_t)(data_addr)) = pin->dummysig.f; > I'm jumping in late here, but why not just do: *(hal_data_u *)data_addr = pin->dummysig; which is a structure copy

Re: [Emc-developers] PID bidirectional pins.

2014-03-16 Thread Dave Cole
simple. >> >> -- >> atp >> If you can't fix it, you don't own it. >> http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto > > I wonder where using IO pins is _not_ a mistake? > > If I remember correctly, there was a fairly long discussion over making those pins I/

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

2014-03-09 Thread Dave Cole
I suspect the bigger problem will be having it done in the next two weeks. Dave On 3/9/2014 5:50 PM, Michael Chism wrote: > Great analogy, but is anyone willing to come to Pensacola Florida? The > weather is awesome! :) > >> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 17:48:49 -0500 >> From: li

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

2014-03-09 Thread Dave Cole
cousin has two weeks to complete the same job. Dave On 3/9/2014 3:04 PM, Michael Chism wrote: > Hi Dave, yes mesa 5i25 and 7i77, > I really cant understand why its so difficult :( I am willing to do > everything that needs to be done on my side including trying and trying files >

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

2014-03-08 Thread Dave Cole
ftware if there is a bunch of other work to do also - as in changeout the controls and rewire the machine. What hardware are you using to control the machine? Mesa boards? Dave -- Subversion Kills Productivity. Get

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

2014-03-05 Thread Dave Cole
r than the Y axis. Although, I could be wrong.. Dave On 3/5/2014 9:42 PM, sam sokolik wrote: > Ok - I finally got a chance to test some more real hardware. This is a > bastard router that has 3 different steppers/drive (it was a converted > step/repeat machine.) I built robs latest (RC3)

Re: [Emc-developers] GentooCNC

2014-03-02 Thread Dave Cole
Thanks Ebo.. Dave On 3/2/2014 7:10 PM, EBo wrote: > Sławek should be able to extol on the strengths of Gentoo better than > I, but I will give it a shot... > > One of Gentoo's strengths is the use of the explicit dependency graphs > defined in the ebuilds. This allows y

Re: [Emc-developers] GentooCNC

2014-03-02 Thread Dave Cole
Hi EBo, I'm ignorant when it comes to Gentoo. What would/could Gentoo bring to the table that is lacking in a Ubuntu or a Debian based system? Thanks, Dave On 3/2/2014 10:19 AM, EBo wrote: > Sławek and I have started a project over on SourceForge called > GentooCNC. We are s

Re: [Emc-developers] Proper behavior when blending rapid / feed moves

2014-02-06 Thread Dave Caroline
I think either direction g0 g1 or g1 g0 matters the same, you either have to add some clearance (how much?) for the blend or hope the default is exact mode or add the exact mode where one has a transition. Dave Caroline On 06/02/2014, andy pugh wrote: > On 6 February 2014 13:13, EBo wr

Re: [Emc-developers] configs/ structure

2014-01-17 Thread dave
ions: the X86 PC + Linux combination. > Well, some time around 1995 it ran on Sun workstations. Before that part of it ran on a VME backplane; I don't remember what the processor was. :-( Dave > > (I know some will remember that EMC ran on Windows in the > > early days

Re: [Emc-developers] Calling INT 15 from a comp?

2014-01-16 Thread Dave Cole
Too bad.. as that was a good starting point! Dave On 1/16/2014 3:40 AM, Michael Haberler wrote: > Am 16.01.2014 um 06:12 schrieb Dave Cole : > >> On 1/15/2014 9:27 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: >>> On 1/14/2014 8:38 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: >>>> On 1

Re: [Emc-developers] Calling INT 15 from a comp?

2014-01-15 Thread Dave Cole
listinfo/emc-developers That makes sense. But in this GPIO application, unless the INT 15 vector pointer has an interrupt service routine already attached to it via a driver, to service the I/O, I doubt that running the code below is going to have the desired effect. MOV AX, 6F08H

Re: [Emc-developers] Calling INT 15 from a comp?

2014-01-15 Thread Dave Cole
On 1/14/2014 9:18 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 15 January 2014 02:13, Dave Cole wrote: > >> Assembler .. yep I remember doing some of that on 6800 Micros.. Very >> tedious. > Tedious? Ha! I used to _dream_ of an assembler, I wrote machine code > in raw hex, from a paper list

Re: [Emc-developers] Calling INT 15 from a comp?

2014-01-14 Thread Dave Cole
It sounds like he is trying to adopt some MSDOS code into LinuxCNC?? That looks like MSDOS assembler to initiate a soft interrupt. >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INT_%28x86_instruction%29 Assembler .. yep I remember doing some of that on 6800 Micros.. Very tedious. Dave On 1/14/201

Re: [Emc-developers] Discuss: patch submissions

2014-01-11 Thread dave
> Cheers, Gene Well, since it is his machine just put up with it. BTW - I'm on 2.3.5 pre and 'someday" I'm going to upgrade. Change motherboard and upgrade software at the same time . Hopefully, some of my long-term problems will disappear but I'm not holding my breath. ;-)

Re: [Emc-developers] Discuss: patch submissions

2014-01-11 Thread dave
ling to commit some > >> resources > >> (time or money) to have it continue to be maintained? > >> > > > > Chris Radek is the release manager of 2.4. > > My personal feeling is 2.4 should be considered end of life. > > Releasing the last bug fixe

Re: [Emc-developers] Error in backplot with backtool set up in lathes

2014-01-10 Thread Dave Caroline
(capstans etc) I hope to cnc it one day Dave Caroline On 10/01/2014, Filipe Tomaz wrote: > I did not rotated anything except using the recommended change > here http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BackToolLathe, that works on > displaying the world (limits, part, ...). So my start was

Re: [Emc-developers] stepconf refactor

2013-12-30 Thread Dave Caroline
5mm per rev is possibly more common in the hobby arena Dave Caroline On 30/12/2013, Chris Morley wrote: > > >> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 10:50:04 +0400 >> From: aysta...@gmail.com >> To: emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Emc-developers]

Re: [Emc-developers] stepconf refactor

2013-12-30 Thread Dave Caroline
matter, none would just make it more broken than now. Dave Caroline On 30/12/2013, John Thornton wrote: > I hear all too often "I just left the default in" which ends up being > wrong for their machine, so a guide on some of the more confusing things > would be better than put

Re: [Emc-developers] stepconf refactor

2013-12-29 Thread Dave Caroline
you set a metric default it uses the same numbers as an inch machine, kinda dumb to have 4mm Z distance for a default. please at least use figures that the default .ngc needs to run. Dave Caroline On 29/12/2013, EBo wrote: > On Dec 29 2013 9:30 AM, Chris Morley wrote: >>> >>>

Re: [Emc-developers] Initial tests of circular arc blending

2013-12-16 Thread dave
I absolutely love the back and forth discussion and the testing Sam is doing. Some of the accelerations seem pretty drastic; I suppose someone has machines in that catagory. Please keep up the good work. Dave On Mon, 2013-12-16 at 21:49 -0500, Robert Ellenberg wrote: > Ok, I just got it to w

Re: [Emc-developers] GladeVCP running on a separate machine: HAL remote demo video

2013-11-15 Thread Dave Cole
Very impressive Michael! Thanks, Dave On 11/15/2013 3:45 PM, Michael Haberler wrote: > This video shows Gladevcp running remotely over a network connection, i.e not > necessarily on the same host as HAL/RT. It implements the HALrcomp protocol > which I recently outlined, and uses

Re: [Emc-developers] New test...

2013-11-06 Thread Dave Cole
bvious when they reply to me.. So are you sure they are not going through or that you just can't see them? Send a reply to this message via the list and I will tell you if I got it. Dave On 11/6/2013 12:53 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > Ebo: > > I replied to your reply (see below) and

Re: [Emc-developers] Tech demo of circular arc blending

2013-11-04 Thread Dave Cole
Those work.. very nice! :-) Dave On 11/4/2013 2:03 AM, Robert Ellenberg wrote: > That's strange, it should be public. Here are links to each of the videos > just in case: > > Parabolic blends in a "square spiral" > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYCp34aYVks

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