[Emc-users] Fitting a VFD

2007-07-04 Thread Richard Arthur
I would like to fit a VFD to the spindle of my 3 axis mill. How should I set about controlling it? Apart from obvious speed control, I would like to achieve oriented stop (boring and tool changer) I am currently using an m5i20 and m7i33 under EMC 2.1.6. Thank you, Richard. --

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with IBM NetVista

2007-07-04 Thread Dino Del Favero
On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 10:00:39AM -0700, Michael M. Butler wrote: > Oh, good grief! you mentioned the SMI problem in your very first post > in this thread! Thank you, but my pc have no Intel graphics card, I have an nVidia. I am using rtai_smi.ko. I think my problems are resolved, now I have set

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with IBM NetVista

2007-07-04 Thread Michael M. Butler
Oh, good grief! you mentioned the SMI problem in your very first post in this thread! Well, maybe someone else as clueless as I will benefit from my post. :) MMB -- Michael M. Butler : m m b u t l e r ( a t ) g m a i l . c o m -

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with IBM NetVista

2007-07-04 Thread Michael M. Butler
Dino, there's one other *potentially serious* matter if you're using Intel's Brookdale chipset. I have a NetVista I'm trying to use, and I experienced the kind of latency problems you had, but I found drivers for the onboard video. See http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_dapper#How_to_install_Graph

Re: [Emc-users] Printer

2007-07-04 Thread Dave Engvall
Hi Bill, Synergy ( webersys.com) or google for 'synergy cad' should get you to the site for a cad/cam package that runs on either Windoze or linux. If you can do with 2.5D cad then the package is free. It is upgradable in steps eg. 2.5D cam, wireframe and finally parasolids. Without suppor

Re: [Emc-users] STEPGEN channel 0 error ?

2007-07-04 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Alfred Smart wrote: > Hello > I get a error message when I start EMC2 > "STEPGEN CHANNEL 0 the requested max velocity 34999 steps/sec is to high" > I'm running Gecko G210 stepper drivers @ 10us microstep with nema 42 , > 200 step motors * 5 tpi ball screw and 2.5 pulley ratio=25000 input > sca

[Emc-users] STEPGEN channel 0 error ?

2007-07-04 Thread Alfred Smart
Hello I get a error message when I start EMC2 "STEPGEN CHANNEL 0 the requested max velocity 34999 steps/sec is to high" I'm running Gecko G210 stepper drivers @ 10us microstep with nema 42 , 200 step motors * 5 tpi ball screw and 2.5 pulley ratio=25000 input scale. My computer 566 celron seems

Re: [Emc-users] Printer

2007-07-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 04 July 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi all: >Can any one tell me how to get my epson printer to work with emc2??? >Also, is their any cad software that works with linux that we can use with > emc2??? Many thanks: >Bill I don't have a printer actually on my emc2 box Bill, but what

[Emc-users] Printer

2007-07-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all: Can any one tell me how to get my epson printer to work with emc2??? Also, is their any cad software that works with linux that we can use with emc2??? Many thanks: Bill - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express