[Emc-users] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)

2007-08-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ray Henry wrote.. BTW -- is this THE Ian! The one who tested the backplotter the day after it's first release and found a way to make EMC barf on a NAN? If yes, wow. Good to see you again. If not ignore most of this. Hi Ray, Yes, its me I'm afraid. Back again trying to break things - but

Re: [Emc-users] Interactive machining

2007-08-22 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 02:35:03AM +0200, Michel Gouget wrote: Is it difficult, very difficult or extremely difficult to add an NML+HAL library to python? It's already there -- it's the basis for such neat things as AXIS, the hal_input userspace driver, and so on. Help on module hal: NAME

Re: [Emc-users] EDM

2007-08-22 Thread Thomas Powderly
Gene, i forgot to say to connect the neg lead to the tool and the positive to the work in this old rc way , it is more efficient to run 'negative head'. it gets you a slightly larger gap and speed at the expense of more wear.

Re: [Emc-users] loading emc-unbuntu

2007-08-22 Thread Chris Mason
Kirk, Thanks for the help. I have the files made onto the cd correctly now.I think. When I put in the cd the ubuntu image comes up and it says launching browser, after about 20sec. it just goes away and nothing. If I boot from the cd, a blank screen comes up and just stays there. So still not

Re: [Emc-users] Foam cutting configuration

2007-08-22 Thread ben lipkowitz
The first couple of cuts I was using a chord length of about 100mm, meaning that my g-code statements around the leading edge where about 0.1mm apart or less, which caused the feedrate to slow down for some reason, which caused too much heat to build up in the leading edge. If you use G64

Re: [Emc-users] loading emc-unbuntu

2007-08-22 Thread Kirk Wallace
Congratulations, you have graduated to the next level of problems. I also had problems loading a couple of my computers. Some of the things to check which may or may not have an effect: 1) Have at least 256mB of RAM. You can reduce this after the installation 2) Use a DVD drive (yeah, wierd, but

Re: [Emc-users] Interactive machining

2007-08-22 Thread Michel Gouget
Thanks a lot, Jeff; this is exactly what I was looking for. I will experiment and see what I can do Michel - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now

[Emc-users] Poll on linuxcnc

2007-08-22 Thread Kirk Wallace
Good job on adding the poll to linuxcnc.org . Kirk Wallace - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX

Re: [Emc-users] Foam cutting configuration

2007-08-22 Thread Ryan Hulsker
On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 09:36 -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 02:02:39PM +, ben lipkowitz wrote: The first couple of cuts I was using a chord length of about 100mm, meaning that my g-code statements around the leading edge where about 0.1mm apart or less, which

Re: [Emc-users] Foam cutting configuration

2007-08-22 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 12:00:42PM -0600, Ryan Hulsker wrote: is there a way to tell it to use both xy and uv for the circle? Nope, you'll have to split it up into lines in your gcode. One of these days we need plug-in interpreters because gcode works so differently for different machine

[Emc-users] help

2007-08-22 Thread Chris Mason
To all, I have downloaded the live cd successfully..according to the mdsum check and everything I've seen on the help pages. The cd will not boot, it only gives me a blank screen. If I load the cd while the pc is running I get an ubuntu screen that says launching browser and then goes away. I

Re: [Emc-users] help

2007-08-22 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 04:28:19PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote: To all, I have downloaded the live cd successfully..according to the mdsum check and everything I've seen on the help pages. The cd will not boot, it only gives me a blank screen. If I load the cd while the pc is running I get

Re: [Emc-users] loading emc-unbuntu

2007-08-22 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Chris Mason wrote: Kirk, Thanks for the help. I have the files made onto the cd correctly now.I think. When I put in the cd the ubuntu image comes up and it says launching browser, after about 20sec. it just goes away and nothing. This is normal. To make room for EMC, the Windows-based

[Emc-users] Max speed too fast

2007-08-22 Thread Cecil Thomas
I am using EMC2 and a gecko servo drive to drive a servo I have mounted on my Millrite. When I set the max speed to 1.0 (I think that is 1 ips or 60 ipm) I get an error saying that the velocity is too high. I the motor/encoder/gecko drive require 2000 steps per rev and the lead screw is 5 tpi