Re: [Emc-users] SCR amplifier

2008-04-06 Thread Jon Elson
Stuart Stevenson wrote: Gentlemen, The servo amps on my cinci are GETTYS Model N350/N135 33 amp. These each have a few edge connected boards inserted on them for different functions. These are OLD analog boards. I am sure each component board could use a good tuning. As this is not

[Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-06 Thread Geert De Pecker
Hi All, Due to some health problems, I didn't power up my emc box the last 2 months and when I did last week, ubuntu wanted to install an update which I accepted. Maybe stupid of me ... When I started emc, the X didn't respond anymore and the Y and Z behaved very erratically. Movement of these

Re: [Emc-users] SCR amplifier

2008-04-06 Thread Stuart Stevenson
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Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 06 April 2008, Geert De Pecker wrote: Hi All, Due to some health problems, I didn't power up my emc box the last 2 months and when I did last week, ubuntu wanted to install an update which I accepted. Maybe stupid of me ... When I started emc, the X didn't respond anymore and the Y and

Re: [Emc-users] SCR amplifier

2008-04-06 Thread Jon Elson
Stuart Stevenson wrote: Gentlemen, Thanks - Dave and Jon - just the info I was looking for. It looks as if new amps will be cheaper-faster-better. Cheaper ? No. Faster? Quite likely. Better? If the Gettys amp is truly single phase, it is a disaster, and I think it would cause

Re: [Emc-users] SCR amplifier

2008-04-06 Thread John Kasunich
Jon Elson wrote: Well, I don't know how well these will perform. The Fanuc A06B series of phase-control servo amps ran off 3-phase power, so they had 360 conduction pulses a second possible. If the Gettys amps run off single-phase, they have only 120 possible conduction pulses, which

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-06 Thread Jon Elson
Geert De Pecker wrote: Hi All, Due to some health problems, I didn't power up my emc box the last 2 months and when I did last week, ubuntu wanted to install an update which I accepted. Maybe stupid of me ... When I started emc, the X didn't respond anymore and the Y and Z behaved very

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-06 Thread John Kasunich
Geert De Pecker wrote: Hi All, Due to some health problems, I didn't power up my emc box the last 2 months and when I did last week, ubuntu wanted to install an update which I accepted. Maybe stupid of me ... When I started emc, the X didn't respond anymore and the Y and Z behaved very

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-06 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 01:02:19PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: My guess is that you edited the default setup files for your local configuration, instead of making a copy in your user directory. When the EMC updates were installed, it loaded a new default config file on top of your edited one.

[Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps

2008-04-06 Thread Andrew Ayre
Hi, I have a gantry style machine with three axis. The X and Y axis have the same motor and the same nut and lead screw on each). I am testing the machine using manually entered commands into AXIS such as: G01 F80 X1 G01 F80 X0 When manipulating one axis at a time (no cutting, just

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-06 Thread Geert De Pecker
Jon and others, Thanks for the replies. The configs were in the ~/emc2/configs folder (home directory). So I guess this is not the problem. Playing around with the steplen and stepspace parameters does make the pulses nicer, but steppers still behaving erratic. Although I'm quite convinced I

Re: [Emc-users] SCR amplifier

2008-04-06 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, The Gettys are three phase. The encoders are 1000 pulses/rev giving 20,000 counts/in on the linear axes and 2000 counts/deg on the rotary axes. The Gettys are listed as 33 amp output. This I believe is 100% duty cycle. I don't think this is peak rating. I like the idea

[Emc-users] PID tuning / Inverse-deadband

2008-04-06 Thread Anders Wallin
Hi All, did some initial PID tuning with a DC servo motor on the bench (no load) today. I'm using Jon Elsons servo amplifiers with a m5i20 (hostmot config with 100MHz clock to enable 50 kHz PWM). Some hal-scope screenshots here: http://www.anderswallin.net/2008/04/pid-tunig/ (click the

Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps

2008-04-06 Thread John Kasunich
Andrew Ayre wrote: Hi, I have a gantry style machine with three axis. The X and Y axis have the same motor and the same nut and lead screw on each). I am testing the machine using manually entered commands into AXIS such as: G01 F80 X1 G01 F80 X0 When manipulating one axis at

Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps

2008-04-06 Thread rehenry
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: John Kasunich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:46:09 -0400 Andrew Ayre wrote: Hi, I have a gantry style machine

Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps

2008-04-06 Thread Andrew Ayre
John Kasunich wrote: Andrew Ayre wrote: Hi, I have a gantry style machine with three axis. The X and Y axis have the same motor and the same nut and lead screw on each). I am testing the machine using manually entered commands into AXIS such as: G01 F80 X1 G01 F80 X0 When

Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps

2008-04-06 Thread Andrew Ayre
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: John Kasunich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:46:09 -0400 Andrew Ayre wrote: Hi,

Re: [Emc-users] SCR amplifier

2008-04-06 Thread Jon Elson
John Kasunich wrote: Jon Elson wrote: Well, I don't know how well these will perform. The Fanuc A06B series of phase-control servo amps ran off 3-phase power, so they had 360 conduction pulses a second possible. If the Gettys amps run off single-phase, they have only 120 possible

Re: [Emc-users] SCR amplifier

2008-04-06 Thread Jon Elson
Stuart Stevenson wrote: Gentlemen, The Gettys are three phase. The encoders are 1000 pulses/rev giving 20,000 counts/in on the linear axes and 2000 counts/deg on the rotary axes. The Gettys are listed as 33 amp output. This I believe is 100% duty cycle. I don't think this is peak

Re: [Emc-users] PID tuning / Inverse-deadband

2008-04-06 Thread Jon Elson
Anders Wallin wrote: Hi All, did some initial PID tuning with a DC servo motor on the bench (no load) today. I'm using Jon Elsons servo amplifiers with a m5i20 (hostmot config with 100MHz clock to enable 50 kHz PWM). Some hal-scope screenshots here:

Re: [Emc-users] PID tuning / Inverse-deadband

2008-04-06 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 6 Apr 2008, Jon Elson wrote: Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:06:27 -0500 From: Jon Elson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] PID

Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps

2008-04-06 Thread John Kasunich
Andrew Ayre wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: John Kasunich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Newbie Help Needed - Losing Steps Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:46:09 -0400 Andrew