[Emc-users] X11 file problem/HELP

2008-04-22 Thread amtb
Hi Let me describe my problem. I have old computer COMPACT that I took to two last EMC2 show and at the first time Ray Henry change /etc/X11/Xorg.conf to UBUNTU work. I remember it was video driver, and need to change to generic driver VESSA or something like that. Now I build new computer, and

Re: [Emc-users] X11 file problem/HELP

2008-04-22 Thread rehenry
Hi Aram The reason we had to change the xorg.conf file was that the installer program did not find a proper one. I do seem to remember using vesa as the definition for that box. This (vesa) is a very common driver for on-board video displays. I don't recommend moving a hard drive to a

Re: [Emc-users] VFD Interference

2008-04-22 Thread Kenneth Lerman
To the best of my knowledge, there has been no attempt to optimize the performance of the interpreter. If there is strong feeling that this might be a problem, I suspect that it could be improved significantly. My general experience with products that have never been optimized is that a factor

Re: [Emc-users] X11 file problem/HELP

2008-04-22 Thread amtb
Hi Thanks Ray, I want to say that when I install new UBUNTU on other hard drive on the new box, computer start and UBUNTY was working perfect. So I think I will move HD back to old box, copy EMC2 PID and tune up parameters from old HD and put it on other HD with other seting UBUNTU on new box. It

Re: [Emc-users] VFD Interference

2008-04-22 Thread Andre' Blanchard
At 07:35 AM 4/22/2008, you wrote: To the best of my knowledge, there has been no attempt to optimize the performance of the interpreter. If there is strong feeling that this might be a problem, I suspect that it could be improved significantly. My general experience with products that have never

[Emc-users] block processing rate

2008-04-22 Thread Jon Elson
Kenneth Lerman wrote: To the best of my knowledge, there has been no attempt to optimize the performance of the interpreter. If there is strong feeling that this might be a problem, I suspect that it could be improved significantly. My general experience with products that have never been

Re: [Emc-users] VFD Interference

2008-04-22 Thread John Kasunich
Jon Elson wrote: At the request of a potential customer, I did some performance tests with EMC2. I created a program with 1 blocks like N123456 G01 F30 X1. Y0. with the coordinates working around a 2 diameter circle. Each chord is roughly 0.0006 long. I ran it with the

[Emc-users] touchscreen cycle start

2008-04-22 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, I would like to disable the cycle start button on the 'axis' display. I have a touch screen. It may start with the slightest touch at an inopportune time. Maybe a moth or other insect could start the machine. Is this something I could easily do? thanks Stuart

Re: [Emc-users] 5 axis cinci

2008-04-22 Thread Glenn Stewart
Stuart, Nice job on the Cinci. Since the head is moving in and out, I assume it is a Hydrotel? I have a 20v120 (where the table moves in Y instead of the head) that I retrofitted from the Big Blue control 3 years ago. It runs at least 12 hours a day 6 to 7 days a week in my shop. They are very

Re: [Emc-users] Very low PRM system.

2008-04-22 Thread amtb
Hi I have 3 questions. First if to make motor work on very low feed – 0.001 per minute need only high resolution encoder than may be needed belt reduction to the encoder shaft only, to get more pulses and not to whole motor shaft. Is this correct? Second, what is reasonable low feed with direct

Re: [Emc-users] touchscreen cycle start

2008-04-22 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 01:02:20PM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote: Gentlemen, I would like to disable the cycle start button on the 'axis' display. I have a touch screen. It may start with the slightest touch at an inopportune time. Maybe a moth or other insect could start the machine.

Re: [Emc-users] touchscreen cycle start

2008-04-22 Thread Glenn Stewart
Stuart You might consider turning off the hydraulics and servos when not in use. That is the trick I do, mainly so I don't have to listen to it howl. I also have a touchscreen on my Cinci. (It is not running EMC, but similar problems can arise.) Think about any button that might interfere with

Re: [Emc-users] touchscreen cycle start

2008-04-22 Thread Stuart Stevenson
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Re: [Emc-users] Very low PRM system.

2008-04-22 Thread Andre' Blanchard
At 01:09 PM 4/22/2008, you wrote: Hi I have 3 questions. First if to make motor work on very low feed ­ 0.001 per minute need only high resolution encoder than may be needed belt reduction to the encoder shaft only, to get more pulses and not to whole motor shaft. Is this correct? Second, what is

Re: [Emc-users] Very low PRM system.

2008-04-22 Thread Dave Engvall
Hi Aram, I did find a high res encoder at 1250K counts/rev. I'm not really certain that is ppr or in quadrature. Price is in the $1000 range. http://www.opticalencoder.com/pdf/CP-850-950-HHC.pdf Dave On Apr 22, 2008, at 11:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have 3 questions. First if

Re: [Emc-users] VFD Interference

2008-04-22 Thread sam sokolik
I made this program http://pastebin.ca/993663 (same thing I think as Jon made) I ran it on the live cd (hardy is all I have handy at the moment) on a dual core 2.2ghz. (not the greatest latency - around 20us. Anyway.. With the default stepper_inch.ini - acceleration set to 20In/s/s the

Re: [Emc-users] VFD Interference

2008-04-22 Thread Kenneth Lerman
I believe Axis runs the entire program at load time. The interpreter does read and interpret ahead, but I don't know how far or what the limits are. Ken - Original Message - From: Andre' Blanchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] Very low PRM system.

2008-04-22 Thread jros
Hello, I use to read the list to get more insight on different aspects related to EMC. Right now we are facing some problems related to PID tuning. And when I have read this If you have a good analog velocity mode system you can get smooth motion at slow speeds without a high line count

Re: [Emc-users] touchscreen cycle start

2008-04-22 Thread Andy Holcomb
Just an idea but why don't you guys stretch some stretch film over your screens, put about a 1/8 or 1/4 inch gap between the film and the screen. On a a resistive touch screen this should work fine. You could make a bezel to make it look nice. Just a though. Andy Glenn Stewart wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] touchscreen cycle start

2008-04-22 Thread Kenneth Lerman
I would suggest adding a touchscreen disable button that would disable other buttons until enabled. For the paranoid among us that could be a mechanical switch. Ken - Original Message - From: Stuart Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: EMC2-Users-List Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent:

Re: [Emc-users] Very low PRM system.

2008-04-22 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, jros wrote: Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:06:01 +0200 From: jros [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Casas Olcoz, Alberto [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alberto Casas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Very low PRM

[Emc-users] block processing speed

2008-04-22 Thread Jon Elson
John Kasunich wrote: Jon Elson wrote: At the request of a potential customer, I did some performance tests with EMC2. I created a program with 1 blocks like N123456 G01 F30 X1. Y0. with the coordinates working around a 2 diameter circle. Each chord is roughly 0.0006 long. I ran

Re: [Emc-users] block processing rate

2008-04-22 Thread Jon Elson
sam sokolik wrote: I made this program http://pastebin.ca/993663 (same thing I think as Jon made) I ran it on the live cd (hardy is all I have handy at the moment) on a dual core 2.2ghz. (not the greatest latency - around 20us. Anyway.. With the default stepper_inch.ini - acceleration

Re: [Emc-users] block processing speed

2008-04-22 Thread John Kasunich
Jon Elson wrote: I have no idea how hard it is to do better with this lookahead, It's hard. :-( I expect it is not easy to handle all possible combinations of moves, with compensations being turned on/off, etc. But, for people doing contouring of surfaces, they often want to skim

Re: [Emc-users] block processing speed

2008-04-22 Thread Jon Elson
John Kasunich wrote: Jon Elson wrote: I have no idea how hard it is to do better with this lookahead, It's hard. :-( That's the rub - if there is a discontinuity the machine has to slow down. But it doesn't know there is a discontinuity until it gets there. (Or in EMC's case, until