Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-08 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:06 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: ...snip would put the PWM duty cycle at 50%, the worst case. What is your DC supply voltage? Jon 53 VDC unregulated with 500 uF of filter caps. So far the motor has had no load. If you need more information let

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-08 Thread Jon Elson
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Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-08 Thread Jon Elson
Jeff Epler wrote: Jon, What *should* the driving signals look like at the input of your amplifiers? I assume from your response that I'm making some kind of rookie mistake here, compounded by the fact that I still don't understand what the mistake is. No, maybe not. My amps were designed

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-08 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: I can certainly try, but I am using the latest 2.2.5 which should be fixed. I have pwmdir set true. I measured only logic levels on the dir pin and analog on the PWM pin. The no load forward and reverse RPM through the range (0 to 5500) was within 50 RPM. OK, not a

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-08 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: These are a little embarrassing, but here are some pictures of my Pico/Pluto setup: http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Pluto/ The cores of the inductors seem to be heating and not the copper, so it takes a while for the heat to be detected. It seems that one

Re: [Emc-users] wiki request

2008-06-08 Thread Jon Elson
Chris Radek wrote: That was exactly my thinking too. But as others have pointed out, there could be other things at work. Looseness/backlash in the quill spline on my bridgeport is significant for instance. The first step to compensating for it is measuring it, so I was concentrating on

Re: [Emc-users] Putting Encoder on AC servomotor???

2008-06-08 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Paul, Not really sure why you insist on being a total ass, but a conversation such as this belongs, if it belongs anywhere, on the developer list. Unless you just want to piss and moan and act like a complete retard. Mark At 03:18 PM 6/7/2008, you wrote: On Thursday 05 June 2008,

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-08 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
At 06:13 PM 6/7/2008, you wrote: On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 13:32 -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: ... snip I can certainly try, but I am using the latest 2.2.5 which should be fixed. I have pwmdir set true. I measured only logic levels on the dir pin and analog on the PWM pin. The no load forward and

Re: [Emc-users] Data Types

2008-06-08 Thread Kenneth Lerman
I've changed the subject of this to better reflect what it is about, and am responding on both users and developers lists so that the original audience will still see it. I suggest that future follow ups be on just the developers list. I do seem to recall a prior discussion about data types,

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-08 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 01:21 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: ... snip Your last order of servo amps may be included in this batch. If the power transistors say FB260 on them, they need the fix. If they say 31N20D then they don't. Jon My amps have FB260's. Should I put some caps on them? -- Kirk

Re: [Emc-users] Pico on Pluto

2008-06-08 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 01:21 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: ... snip Your last order of servo amps may be included in this batch. If the power transistors say FB260 on them, they need the fix. If they say 31N20D then they don't. Jon My amps have FB260's. Should I put some

[Emc-users] rigid tapping

2008-06-08 Thread Jon Elson
Well, I have finally gotten the rigid tapping working, but I'm not totally satisfied with the results. I'm getting a little mauling or damage to the top part of the threads. I am using combined drill-taps. What I am doing now is drilling the hole through first, then pulling the tap back, and

Re: [Emc-users] Data Types

2008-06-08 Thread paul_c
Thanks for taking the time to reply Ken. On Sunday 08 June 2008, Kenneth Lerman wrote: I've changed the subject of this to better reflect what it is about, and am responding on both users and developers lists so that the original audience will still see it. Noted - See below as to why it is

[Emc-users] Second parallel port setup

2008-06-08 Thread Alan Condit
After you get the configuration string set. Do you need to add the read and write for the second port to the base-thread? If yes, then what value if any needs to follow the base-thread? EG: addf parport.0.read base-thread addf parport.1.read base-thread 1 addf stepgen.make-pulses base-thread

Re: [Emc-users] Second parallel port setup

2008-06-08 Thread Ray Henry
That looks like it should work if what you want to do is make pulses and send them to both parports. On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 23:46 +, Alan Condit wrote: After you get the configuration string set. Do you need to add the read and write for the second port to the base-thread? If yes,

[Emc-users] My Mill on EMC2

2008-06-08 Thread Greg Michalski
Just thought I'd share my benchtop mill powered by EMC. http://distinctperspectives.com/coppermine/ It's a work in progress but I've got 3 axes operational - still some electronics to work on and a few goodies to machine for the mill and then it'll be 100%. A question though - when I have the

Re: [Emc-users] My Mill on EMC2

2008-06-08 Thread Dave Engvall
Hi Greg, Chances are that dumping the on-board video for a card will change things. I'm running an Intel 'Seattle' 600 MHz P3 with a video card and 384 Mb of memory and getting fine response. HTH Dave On Jun 8, 2008, at 6:53 PM, Greg Michalski wrote: Just thought I'd share my benchtop mill

Re: [Emc-users] My Mill on EMC2

2008-06-08 Thread Greg Michalski
Silly thing was that the couple PCI video cards I had laying around didn't work under X AND they increased the latency test results. Maybe I'll grab a few different cards. One I tried was an S3 Virge and the other an old ATI. There is no means in the bios for disabling the onboard video