Re: [Emc-developers] Mesa RS-422 hal example (canopen messages?)

2017-09-12 Thread Rod Webster
thon so I was hoping if I knew how to access the uart, I could write commands with a high level python routine. I'm assuming Python could access the uart functions Andy mentioned? Pretty sure the Gmocappy plasma GUI and its supporting plasma.py I've modified was written by Marius so than

Re: [Emc-developers] Mesa RS-422 hal example (canopen messages?)

2017-09-12 Thread Rod Webster
that coded and decoded packets would make this fairly simple. eg. an input pin to set current (in amps) and output pins to read system parameters. Rod Webster 0435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On 13 September 2017 at 07:56, andy pugh wrote: > On 12 Septem

Re: [Emc-developers] Mesa RS-422 hal example

2017-09-25 Thread Rod Webster
=1047 Once I have a working Arduino/Hypertherm emulator, it would be time to substitute the 7i76e at the opposite end and see what happens. I've been really pushed for time recently so don't hold your breath. From what I can see, the Hypertherm pins map exactly to the MAX488 pins. Rod

[Emc-developers] Possible Bug in check_config

2017-09-30 Thread Rod Webster
vention and reporting an error when it shouldn't. Rod Webster 0435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech site

Re: [Emc-developers] Possible Bug in check_config

2017-09-30 Thread Rod Webster
Dewey, Sorry, It was me. I had changed values in [TRAJ] not [KINS] Rod Webster 0435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On 1 October 2017 at 14:25, Dewey Garrett wrote: > In > Rod Webster writes: > > > [JOINT_2]MAX_LIMIT < [AXIS_Y]MAX_LIMI

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Number limit

2017-10-10 Thread Rod Webster
database natively within LinuxCNC without worrying about installing SQL lite or the like. But I got no more than a fleeting thought. Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On 10 October 2017 at 21:23, andy pugh wrote: > On 28 October 2016 at 18

Re: [Emc-developers] Tool Number limit

2017-10-10 Thread Rod Webster
>Where any of this gets tricky is that the realtime modules don't have >file-system access. Even from say a Gmoccapy Python screen handler? Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On 10 October 2017 at 22:49, andy pugh wrote: > On 10 O

Re: [Emc-developers] External Offsets

2017-10-30 Thread Rod Webster
27;s put in all of the support sims and documentation. I think its ready for prime time. Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On 31 October 2017 at 09:44, andy pugh wrote: > I have been using the ext-offsets branch on my lathe since it came out >

Re: [Emc-developers] I'm bumfuzzled on video

2017-11-18 Thread Rod Webster
layer-man.html Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On 19 November 2017 at 03:33, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > It appears that there is no longer any support for GTK+2 left in wheezy, > at least not that I can find and instal

Re: [Emc-developers] Mode switching bug

2017-12-04 Thread Rod Webster
output to achieve the same result. Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On 5 December 2017 at 04:45, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 04 December 2017 10:04:51 Rene Hopf wrote: > > > > On 4. Dec 2017, at 15:17, Les Newell > > &g

Re: [Emc-developers] Mode switching bug

2017-12-04 Thread Rod Webster
s I think after every MDI command, it would swap back to the jog tab. Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On 5 December 2017 at 05:27, Kurt Jacobson wrote: > Any UI that wants to work well with wheel jogging has to find some way of > setting th

Re: [Emc-developers] Mode switching bug

2017-12-05 Thread Rod Webster
/jwp_z.ini Sorry, but I've not played with it. Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On 6 December 2017 at 03:40, Chris Morley wrote: > > Jogging while paused is a separate problem from removing modes. The > controller is busy when paused

Re: [Emc-developers] Ethercat driver

2018-01-22 Thread Rod Webster
is totally compartmentalised from the commercial license. (kinda like a software version of plugging in a Mesa Smart Serial device.) Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On 23 January 2018 at 05:38, Darren Conway wrote: > Hi > > Has anyone considered askin

Re: [Emc-developers] Ethercat driver

2018-01-22 Thread Rod Webster
This link seems to confirm the Etherlab invocation is GPLv2 so you may be right! https://etherlab.org/en/ethercat/index.php Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On 23 January 2018 at 11:06, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 22 January 2018 15:14

Re: [Emc-developers] Ethercat driver

2018-01-23 Thread Rod Webster
trademark. Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On 24 January 2018 at 04:48, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > > On 13 January 2018 at 15:06, Nicklas Karlsson < > nicklas.karlsso...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > >

[Emc-developers] thc.comp inconsistency/bug in master branch.

2018-05-18 Thread Rod Webster
lieve should be made (eg, the parameter is removed and the pin is now referenced in the code instead). It would be appreciated if you guys could review this and push the revision to master branch. Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au thc.comp Descri

Re: [Emc-developers] New Stuff

2018-09-18 Thread Rod Webster
re is certainly nothing wrong with the external offsets core code or THC component logic. Rod Webster On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 at 22:40, andy pugh wrote: > On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 at 13:29, Rene Hopf via Emc-developers > wrote: > > > Yes, good idea. This is a good way of checking if there

Re: [Emc-developers] Reverse Run

2018-12-12 Thread Rod Webster
Phil, I'm excited by this. Really want to get this into master! Maybe just post your repo URL here and hopefully the dev team will pick it up... Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 at 16:39, Phillip Carter wrote: >

Re: [Emc-developers] Reverse Run

2018-12-13 Thread Rod Webster
b.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/commit/628626062188441f1dd29a8f948f190f40f47116 revert: https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/commit/5a63d03110ec0f9ed92799b3f6507042894ba833 Rod Webster +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 at 08:56, Phillip Carter wrote:

Re: [Emc-developers] Introduction and a couple of questions

2019-05-20 Thread Rod Webster
rating reverse run is the only change Phill has done to the core code and he keeps it up to date with master branch weekly. I think he's kept the sims and component separate from his modified master branch code. So there is not really any excuse to leave Reverse run out. Get it done Andy! Rod We

Re: [Emc-developers] Introduction and a couple of questions

2019-05-21 Thread Rod Webster
espectfully and its no wonder they become disillusioned and move away. New developers like Phill and Randy need to be welcomed with open arms, but more importantly be shown respect for their work by committing it. If you don't, then the project is likely to wither away due dwindling developers

Re: [Emc-developers] Introduction and a couple of questions

2019-05-21 Thread Rod Webster
a high class working solution. But he should not need to maintain the core code for a 4 year old feature on a private repository to achieve it. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Wed, 22 May 2019 at 07:53, Robert Ellenberg wrot

Re: [Emc-developers] Introduction and a couple of questions

2019-05-21 Thread Rod Webster
ve forward from here. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Wed, 22 May 2019 at 09:39, Phillip Carter wrote: > Rob, > > The branch I have working is here > https://github.com/phillc54/linuxcnc/tree/reverse-run < > htt

Re: [Emc-developers] Introduction and a couple of questions

2019-05-21 Thread Rod Webster
ftware for me and I ended up creating a Trello board to track issues. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Wed, 22 May 2019 at 11:50, bari wrote: > Casual chat is difficult to track and manage. > > On 5/21/19 8:40 PM,

Re: [Emc-developers] Introduction and a couple of questions

2019-05-22 Thread Rod Webster
on't understand git enough. Nor do I really have the time while running a business. I suspect the lack of formal processes around dealing with those pull requests may be a bit of a road block. One of them is 3 years old next month... Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle M

Re: [Emc-developers] How does motmod get built?

2019-06-30 Thread Rod Webster
https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/blob/master/src/Makefile Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Sun, 30 Jun 2019 at 22:30, Nathan Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 4:52 PM Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Friday 28 June 201

Re: [Emc-developers] Plasma User Information

2019-07-01 Thread Rod Webster
graphic artist so redo some images so there is no issue about copyright infringement. And I talked Phill into looking after pushing it with his Plasma collection :) Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Tue, 2 Jul 2019 at 15:17, Phillip

Re: [Emc-developers] Plasma User Information

2019-07-02 Thread Rod Webster
asmac is now the official linuxcnc configuration for plamsa tables, then there is no point in publishing them as Phill has incorporated their functionality into Plasmac. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 04:35, andy

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 plasmac

2019-07-04 Thread Rod Webster
Just to clarify, in the absence of Reverse run, Plasmac consists only of: 1. A component: plasmac.comp 2. Sims for Axis and Gmocappy So it complies with the rule that it does not break anything if it was deployed to the V 2.8 branch. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle

Re: [Emc-developers] COMP files

2019-11-24 Thread Rod Webster
the same thing in that thread Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 at 10:48, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > A two (or three) dimension comp file could work wonders to straighten the > motion. To be able to cor

Re: [Emc-developers] Buildbot Slaves

2020-02-28 Thread Rod Webster
Andy, Just to confirm, The permission was issued here thanks to Chris Morley: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1489153#p1489153 Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 at 02:11, andy pugh wrote: > What is needed to add Buster RTAI

Re: [Emc-developers] correct F code status message - opinions

2020-03-23 Thread Rod Webster
far. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 at 22:20, Amit Goradia wrote: > On Mon, 23 Mar, 2020, 1:25 pm Chris Morley, > wrote: > > > I have been delving deeper into linuxcnc to see if I could correct the > > status of F co

Re: [Emc-developers] correct F code status message - opinions

2020-03-23 Thread Rod Webster
Chris, look again. It is there on a run in place compile of master branch. And the HTML man page is updated for it too. Keep it there please! Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 09:29, Chris Morley wrote: > Rod > Sorry I didn'

Re: [Emc-developers] correct F code status message - opinions

2020-03-23 Thread Rod Webster
Oops, sorry I fell into an old trap. So long since I worried about this. That will just be for that segment. I did not notice you were referring to a test branch. I'll check it out. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 12:51, Chris Morley

Re: [Emc-developers] correct F code status message - opinions

2020-03-23 Thread Rod Webster
l parameter for plasma control. Thanks Chris for tackling it. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 at 13:06, Rod Webster wrote: > Oops, sorry I fell into an old trap. So long since I worried about this. > That will just be for that segment. &

Re: [Emc-developers] feedcode-message branch

2020-03-31 Thread Rod Webster
ed velocity was exceeded. BUt that was a while ago Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 13:10, Reinhard wrote: > Hi, > > I'm thrilled that improving synchronization has become so much interest :) > > On Dienstag, 31. März

Re: [Emc-developers] feedcode-message branch

2020-03-31 Thread Rod Webster
What happens if you plot motion.current-vel and Chris's Fcode pin in halscope? Really should not be using the eyeometer here And yes, the feed values are tokenised and thrown away before it gets to motion. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Wed, 1 Apr

Re: [Emc-developers] New 2.8 Release Manager

2020-04-01 Thread Rod Webster
I second the nomination of Andy 😉 Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 08:43, Phill Carter wrote: > > > > On 2 Apr 2020, at 5:08 am, andy pugh wrote: > > > > I have had a brief discussion with Moses, the current 2.8 Re

Re: [Emc-developers] New 2.8 Release Manager

2020-04-03 Thread Rod Webster
l their own. More to the point, shouldn't our developers be working with current hardware users are likely to use? Simple is always good so reduce the number of options, reduce the release complexity and get it done! Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sat, 4

Re: [Emc-developers] New 2.8 Release Manager

2020-04-03 Thread Rod Webster
>I may be talking through my hat here but I seem to recall a licencing issue with distributing Debian based ISO's so we sought and received permission >from the Mint team to distribute Mint based ISO's I thought this was in addition to the existing agreemetns Rod Webster *1300

Re: [Emc-developers] New 2.8 Release Manager

2020-04-04 Thread Rod Webster
inted if Linux Mint became a distro but please don't hold up the 2.8 release pending this. Get 2.8 out with the least amount of effort and then add the new platforms in as ISOs become available. I think thats been an issue, everybody has ideas, on what to add but we need to get it done! Rod

Re: [Emc-developers] Toolchange and tlo behaviour

2020-04-08 Thread Rod Webster
time, I ended up redoing it. But maybe you have learnt that now since 2013! But really, this conversation should be deferred until after 2.8 is released. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 22:15, Reinhard wrote: > Hi, > > On Mittwoch,

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Feature Freeze

2020-04-16 Thread Rod Webster
Thanks, Phill, a couple of others have now tested it in master branch now and it won't break anything. It would be good to get it into the release branch for us plasma nerds. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 at 10:47, Phill Carter

Re: [Emc-developers] Setting up to work on 64-bit driver issues

2020-04-25 Thread Rod Webster
seems to touch a fair bit of stuff but not that hard I thought. How long a string could we handle on a servo thread comfortably? Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 at 10:05, andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 at 23:21, Jon Elson wr

Re: [Emc-developers] Setting up to work on 64-bit driver issues

2020-04-26 Thread Rod Webster
Andy thanks, Two Questions. 1. how do I find that doc from the master documents page? I could not see a link anywhere 2. The doc you shared refers to two files under sample code. Neither exist in git. How can I find them? Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sun

Re: [Emc-developers] Mesa 7i95 support in 2.8

2020-04-28 Thread Rod Webster
Yeh, it sounds like a pretty cool board if it was recognised by the standard ethernet driver. I'm sure some of us would be happy to create configs by hand. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 12:27, Chris Morley wrote: > Sorry I mi

Re: [Emc-developers] Third-Party GUIs.

2020-05-01 Thread Rod Webster
That sounds awesome Phill Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 10:24, Phill Carter wrote: > > > > On 2 May 2020, at 9:38 am, andy pugh wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 00:32, Phill Carter > wrote: > > &g

Re: [Emc-developers] Third-Party GUIs

2020-05-02 Thread Rod Webster
Reinhard, I'm on your side, I rest my case. Thanks for summarising all the failings of the current default GUI. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 17:33, Reinhard wrote: > On Samstag, 2. Mai 2020, 08:22:05 CEST Jared McLaughlin wrote

Re: [Emc-developers] Third-Party GUIs.

2020-05-02 Thread Rod Webster
ested would really be a bad move in my view. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 17:14, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > Use this gtk interface and it works but must install older version of > glade. > > Still consider C++ a better option

Re: [Emc-developers] Third-Party GUIs.

2020-05-02 Thread Rod Webster
Yes, I know what axis is written in. And yes there is plenty to choose from but the suggestion was to use C++ which made no sense Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 20:20, andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 2 May 2020 at 10:41, Rod Webster wr

[Emc-developers] State Tags and Hal_port pins

2020-05-15 Thread Rod Webster
allow easy access to the state tags from a custom component instead of letting state tags sulk in the EMC folder. Any help and advice would be appreciated. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au ___ Emc-developers mailing lis

Re: [Emc-developers] State Tags and Hal_port pins

2020-05-16 Thread Rod Webster
e (simpler) approach would be to create a new motion pin for the arc radius, but I thought the hal_port marriage might allow anybody to access all of the state_tags data from a component. I just don't quite know where to start. But it would be a powerful enhancement to our awesome platform

Re: [Emc-developers] State Tags and Hal_port pins

2020-05-16 Thread Rod Webster
Thanks for seeing the potential Gene. You are lucky its morning there. 7:30 pm here. I've been up since 4:00 cos I've been working with a US associate. I said good night to him about lunch time so its been a long day and my imagination is really worn out about now.! Rod Webster *13

Re: [Emc-developers] Measuring Arc Radius. Was: State Tags and Hal_port pins

2020-05-16 Thread Rod Webster
update GUI;s with. But having said that, if you could help me expose a radius pin, I would be very grateful. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sat, 16 May 2020 at 19:22, andy pugh wrote: > New subject so as not to pollute the other interesting thread. > >

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-09 Thread Rod Webster
thout further delay and get this project back on track. Its just too confusing to have 3 versions out there. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 20:27, andy pugh wrote: > I had hoped to release 2.8 at Easter, but hit a roadblock. > > My pla

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-09 Thread Rod Webster
w and have never used Wheezy or V 2.7. Neither of them worked for my hardware. The vast majority of users must surely be in my camp by now. We simply want V 2.8 to be the distribution version because we want to be forward looking not constrained by compatibility with old and obsolete systems. Rod Webst

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-09 Thread Rod Webster
res the features of Linuxcnc V 2.8 so until that is the release version there are significant barriers to entry for users. Please move forward to release 2.8 on PREEMPT_RT. If RTAI eventually makes the grade then release it too. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On W

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-09 Thread Rod Webster
o years ago... Its time to call it. How many are deterred from trying linuxcnc because its so dated? Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 09:46, Alec Ari via Emc-developers < emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Well, how oft

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-09 Thread Rod Webster
and the Linuxcnc internal code in the EMC folder as you know. I am trying.. But they won't be poking resources at RTAI. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 10:15, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > Needless to say, I'm more than than

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-09 Thread Rod Webster
l. But if there is somebody here that would be interested in some paid sponsored work and knows their way around the /src/emc folder please email me direct. I also know a second party offering to sponsor some work.. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Wed, 10 Jun 2

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-10 Thread Rod Webster
and is just a distraction from the real issue. That is: please get a release of some kind out as soon as possible. It might not be perfect, It might not include all possible kernels, it might not please everybody but eventually some action is required in preference to no action. I believe thats w

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-10 Thread Rod Webster
nice but it lacks a plasma version. :( GUI is another project to tackle... I have not thought about what features that might require... Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 05:52, andy pugh wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 20:48, Alec A

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-10 Thread Rod Webster
cely. Look to the future I say! Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 12:33, Reinhard wrote: > Hi, > > On Mittwoch, 10. Juni 2020, 21:38:16 CEST Alec Ari via Emc-developers > wrote: > > X.org was old, so Wayland was invent

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-14 Thread Rod Webster
ource projects I've spent a lot of money on recently customising them. Heck even Ghostscript has a commercial arm.. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 21:07, Reinhard wrote: > Hi, > > On Sonntag, 14. Juni 2020, 11:53:13 CEST J

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-14 Thread Rod Webster
>Well, call me simpleminded, but I won't accept any requirement from nobody > without bugs on the table. Well I have a bug on the table trying to extend State tags to include arc radius. Everything runs but I get an application error window when I open halshow. Any guidance appre

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-14 Thread Rod Webster
o many users have contributed to the Plasmac config, its now world class and has some of the best support around via the forum 24/7 The collective wisdom of many over a few short years puts this at the top of the game. A single new entrant could not have done it on their own. Rod Webster *1300 8

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-14 Thread Rod Webster
dig into the /src/emc folder. I had a win tonight in there as a noob so I can go to bed happy! Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 23:50, Julian Wingert wrote: > Ah yeah, here we go. Again. Open source =! Non commercial > > And pl

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-14 Thread Rod Webster
>I'm not a linuxcnc developer, but I'm working on to become one ;) I'm not a Linuxcnc developer and I'm trying hard NOT to become one. But you do what you have to do so I will follow in your footsteps Reinhardt! And self-flagelation is fun sometimes! Rod Webster *1300 8

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-14 Thread Rod Webster
series of motion.tag.nnn pins that publish all of the available tags would be a useful enhancement and make the State tags actually useful! But I'm still looking for a developer to do the hard stuff! Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 11:10, Phil

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 Situation

2020-06-14 Thread Rod Webster
due to the difference in time zones (10-15 hours) Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Mon, 15 Jun 2020 at 12:39, Stefan Asmus wrote: > Maybe a section in the forum where people post the work they want to have > done and prospective developers get in c

Re: [Emc-developers] Duplicate Definition in Classic Ladder

2020-06-26 Thread Rod Webster
I had a quick look with grep and I could not see anywhere in classicladder that these variables were referenced aside from the procedures directly following. Seems odd that they are declared as a global scope and not local to the procedures that use them. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765

Re: [Emc-developers] test failure

2020-07-05 Thread Rod Webster
I am running Linux Mint and I installed it direct from this page https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/libtirpc-dev And it seems to have fixed it. Hopefully it might fix some other failed tests I had here the last couple of days. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN®

Re: [Emc-developers] LiveCD Install

2020-07-07 Thread Rod Webster
If there is a PDF document in the LiveCD, a reader should be included. If you don't know how to install a reader, you can't read the docs Just my view. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 19:55, andy pugh wrote: >

Re: [Emc-developers] LiveCD Install

2020-07-07 Thread Rod Webster
Well my choice after years in the printing industry is out! I always use The genuine Adobe product but I doubt that choice is compatible with an open source model. :) Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Tue, 7 Jul 2020 at 21:34, andy pugh wrote: > On Tue, 7

Re: [Emc-developers] What to do about the docs?

2020-07-12 Thread Rod Webster
using Google Translate. I don't know the specifics but it is done on ecommerce sites. It would be better to implement that technology on the web site than trying to manually translate documents. BUt as I said the user can do it anyway. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.c

Re: [Emc-developers] problem understanding diagram from help-pages of pncconf

2020-07-13 Thread Rod Webster
ingle point of truth! Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 at 01:14, Reinhard wrote: > On Montag, 13. Juli 2020, 16:55:28 CEST andy pugh wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 at 15:31, Reinhard > wrote: > > > So when the home-switch sig

Re: [Emc-developers] 2.8 release update.

2020-08-02 Thread Rod Webster
Andy, it would be great if you could reschedule to next weekend and issue a point release for the translations if not to hand by next week. Please.. 😉 Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 at 10:12, andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 1 Aug 2020 at

Re: [Emc-developers] Help!

2020-08-17 Thread Rod Webster
t: line 10: missing section: [[sec: motion]] asciidoc: WARNING: core-components_es.txt: line 10: missing section: [[sec: motion]] So a couple of small changes will get rid of a lot of errors Sorry, but I don't know enough how to fix... Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.a

Re: [Emc-developers] Documentation chain.

2020-08-28 Thread Rod Webster
vironments but it likely explains the convoluted workflow you've found. Asciidoc to me seems to be a very archaic authoring environment. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 at 10:07, andy pugh wrote: > The path from Asciidoc to PDF is convo

Re: [Emc-developers] Buildbot problems?

2020-08-31 Thread Rod Webster
NC/linuxcnc/blob/2.8/src/emc/iotask/ioControl.cc#L183 Good luck resolving this, you are doing an amazing job. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 at 02:57, andy pugh wrote: > I think that there are problems with the buildbot, but I know no

[Emc-developers] Web site download docs

2020-09-12 Thread Rod Webster
I think the docs on the download page need some tidying up. We are referring to Stretch under the Wheezy heading... See https://linuxcnc.org/downloads/ Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au ___ Emc-developers mailing list Emc

Re: [Emc-developers] Web site download docs

2020-09-12 Thread Rod Webster
clarity... even if they have probably been that way forever. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 05:01, Robert Murphy wrote: > Nah it's you guys who are the wrong way, you Northocentric Luddites. ;) > > If the natives of Down Under h

Re: [Emc-developers] Web site download docs

2020-09-12 Thread Rod Webster
So this one is not to do with tilt sensors. The headings on the buildbot page still say 2.7 Wheezy is the stable branch and 2.8 is next release, being stabilised. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 09:56, Robert Murphy wrote: > Yea

Re: [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: 2.8 Install from Buildbot

2020-09-23 Thread Rod Webster
I for one would love to see your mint distro hit the main stream Rob. After all, we have permission to use mint. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 at 18:47, Robert Murphy wrote: > Yep I'm thinking that. > > With XFCE & Whis

Re: [Emc-developers] Some e-offset questions.

2020-10-05 Thread Rod Webster
acceleration to eoffsets and how we manage the Z axis with Plasma as normal Z axis motion is not used at all when eoffsets are active. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 at 03:08, Sam Sokolik wrote: > I have been playing with it for a bit now and

Re: [Emc-developers] Problem with check_config.tcl file

2020-10-19 Thread Rod Webster
environment script is called, it just appends the new path. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 07:04, Johannes Fassotte < johan...@automationassist.com> wrote: > I'm working on doing some update work on my development system for my >

Re: [Emc-developers] EMC Master NML configuration file buffer size changes

2020-10-24 Thread Rod Webster
in the tool table has been expanded significantly but I don't use it so can't advise further. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 at 13:34, Johannes Fassotte < johan...@automationassist.com> wrote: > There are changes to the NML

Re: [Emc-developers] TCP remote UI issue with tag RT data ?

2020-10-28 Thread Rod Webster
e #defined private to interp which requires hard coded numerics on the motion side which is not desirable and could introduce errors. This refers https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/pull/900 Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 at 06:09, Johannes Fassot

Re: [Emc-developers] Offline Sphinx HTML docs in project

2020-11-21 Thread Rod Webster
docs exist. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 at 10:11, Chris Morley wrote: > John: > > here was the builtbot error: > > http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/buildbot/builders/3303.dsc-stretch-rtpreempt/builds/1819/steps/shell/logs/stdio &g

Re: [Emc-developers] Offline Sphinx HTML docs in project

2020-11-21 Thread Rod Webster
Really, the non compliant HTML docs should be removed and bought in line with the Linuxcnc authoring environment regardless of how obsolete our standards are. There is no place for making exceptions to suit one author. The standard should only change if its applied across the board. Rod Webster

Re: [Emc-developers] Offline Sphinx HTML docs in project

2020-11-21 Thread Rod Webster
their firmware. And I have a press brake that updates itself too. Why fight it? Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 at 13:48, Chris Morley wrote: > They _were_ removed already - because they broke the packaging. > I already mentioned that. >

Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-17 Thread Rod Webster
r ISO. Everything else is supported out of the box with the standard distribution ISO's Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 at 03:29, Matt Shaver wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 15:17:57 + > andy pugh wrote: > > > The current

Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-17 Thread Rod Webster
an Buster distro on the Linuxcnc web site. No special BIOS settings required. The non supported network card is a minor inconvenience which would be nice to resolve. Win32DiskImager on Windows still remains my favourite tool to create bootable USB's. Its never failed for me. Rod Webster *1300 89

Re: [Emc-developers] Withdraw Pi support?

2021-01-18 Thread Rod Webster
nan Buster. Seems to run perfect but don't ask about the latency! So no TV required if I ever get to travel again! Hang on, maybe I can cast the screen! Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 VMN® www.vmn.com.au On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 at 07:50, Andy Pugh wrote: > > > > On 18 Jan

Re: [Emc-developers] Buildot Homepage

2021-06-07 Thread Rod Webster
? Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Sat, 5 Jun 2021 at 11:27, Phill Carter wrote: > I have attached an update homepage for the Buildbot. It can be viewed for > correctness here: > > <http://home.iprimus.com.au/phill

Re: [Emc-developers] Floating point precision

2021-07-04 Thread Rod Webster
Where is the benefit though? There was a time with 8 bit and 16 bit CPU's floating point should be ignored wherever possible but now it's pretty hard to even find a 32 bit PC. Everything is 64 bit So with current architecture, there is no benefit in worrying about this at all. Rod Web

Re: [Emc-developers] Test Post

2021-07-16 Thread Rod Webster
I found I was being rejected because I was using the wrong email address. The one subscribed to the list is no longer my default email address. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 at 23:57, JT wrote: > I've had problems in

Re: [Emc-developers] Features setting in ini

2021-07-18 Thread Rod Webster
/docs/2.8/html/config/ini-config.html Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 06:49, Feral Engineer wrote: > Anyone have a list of what the values in the features ini setting pertain > to? Anytime I include

Re: [Emc-developers] Features setting in ini

2021-07-18 Thread Rod Webster
in file config docs! Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 07:32, Feral Engineer wrote: > Unless it's placebo effect, FEATURES was how I got hal variables to > cooperate last night in master 2.9... I

Re: [Emc-developers] Using `main` instead of `master` branch

2021-07-30 Thread Rod Webster
g man instead of the old one I've now become! There are far more definitions of master that the minority would have us believe. Its clear to me that its possible to be a master without any slaves to do your bidding as demonstrated above. It seems software is one of them. Rod Webster *1300 896 83

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