Re: [Emc-users] Parallel Port Problems

2007-12-24 Thread John Thornton
On 23 Dec 2007 at 8:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rayh and Emory, Yes it's a standard pc with an onboard parallel port. I have it configed as out with 0x0378 out. The bios choices I have are Normal, Bi-Dir, EPP, ECP... Normal is where it was set. Bi-Dir no change EPP 1.7 pin 1 works... 8, 9,

[Emc-users] Getting Analog Data into EMC

2007-12-24 Thread John Thornton
How do you get analog data into EMC? What hardware is needed? Is there a simple pci card that one can use? I'm interested in displaying voltage in Axis and other things. The voltage could be scaled using a divider to keep it to a 0-10vdc signal... Thanks John

[Emc-users] Spindle speed control with cnc4pc board

2007-12-24 Thread Geert De Pecker
Hi all, I installed a CNC4PC breakout board that has an analog voltage output available for spindle speed control. However, this board works based on a frequency to voltage converter and not like standard emc duty cycle generated by pwmgen. I was looking into using siggen to create a speed

[Emc-users] EMC ignoring G2 codes

2007-12-24 Thread Andy Lee
Hi I have come across add odd behaviour when contour milling with Axis and EMC 2.2.2 on a Sherline 5000. After the first 3 levels have cut fine, the G2 circular lines are subsequently ignored and only lines with linear codes are read. The debug output also shows the program skipping line numbers

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle speed control with cnc4pc board

2007-12-24 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Mon, 2007-12-24 at 14:11 +0100, Geert De Pecker wrote: Hi all, I installed a CNC4PC breakout board that has an analog voltage output available for spindle speed control. However, this board works based on a frequency to voltage converter and not like standard emc duty cycle generated by

Re: [Emc-users] EMC ignoring G2 codes

2007-12-24 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 04:51:41PM +, Andy Lee wrote: Hi I have come across add odd behaviour when contour milling with Axis and EMC 2.2.2 on a Sherline 5000. After the first 3 levels have cut fine, the G2 circular lines are subsequently ignored and only lines with linear codes are

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle speed control with cnc4pc board

2007-12-24 Thread Geert De Pecker
It is the C11 multifunction board. Main reasons where the isolated analog voltage and the relay to enable me to stop the motor when the job is finished. Kirk Wallace wrote: Which CNC4PC board do you have? On Mon, 2007-12-24 at 18:51 +0100, Geert De Pecker wrote: Kirk, Problem is that I

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle speed control with cnc4pc board

2007-12-24 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Mon, 2007-12-24 at 19:01 +0100, Geert De Pecker wrote: It is the C11 multifunction board. Main reasons where the isolated analog voltage and the relay to enable me to stop the motor when the job is finished. From a brief look at the documentation, it looks like you need one of the

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle speed control with cnc4pc board

2007-12-24 Thread Geert De Pecker
Kirk, Thanks for the info. I'll check it out. I don't think we need 24kHz. The default pwm signal is 100Hz and gave me 2.5 volts. I changed the frequence in the hal config to 200 Hz and the output was approx 5V, so I guess the max voltage on the C11 board is reached at 400Hz. Never experimetd

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle speed control with cnc4pc board

2007-12-24 Thread Geert De Pecker
Kirk, To do threading on the lathe is the end goal. I'm still in the development phase for the encoder bit. Want to make it myself (see part of drawing at http://users.skynet.be/gedp/FILES/index.html). Still some time away though. Yes the C11 is full throttle. If you're interested in the files,

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle speed control with cnc4pc board

2007-12-24 Thread Geert De Pecker
Kirk, You pointed me in the right direction. With siggen and scale, I was able to produce a frequency from the spindle control. I posted the mill.ini and mill.hal on http://users.skynet.be/gedp/FILES/index.html. The signal isn't very stable because I had to put it in the servo-thread (probably

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle speed control with cnc4pc board

2007-12-24 Thread Lester Caine
Geert De Pecker wrote: Next problem: the analog voltage on the C11 board doesn't go to the max input voltage. I measured the voltage across the sherline potentiometer and it is 9.2 volts. With the bench supply set to 9.2 and attached to the analog voltage of the board, the max output is 8.2

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle speed control with cnc4pc board

2007-12-24 Thread ben lipkowitz
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007, Geert De Pecker wrote: To do threading on the lathe is the end goal. I'm still in the development phase for the encoder bit. Want to make it myself (see part of drawing at http://users.skynet.be/gedp/FILES/index.html). Geert, There are some .ps files floating around