Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 homing index

2009-10-19 Thread Richard Arthur
As you suspected, index-enable is high while searching for the index. http://imagebin.org/68396 How do I invert the index-enable for homing? I am confused with the use of the index for homing and/or spindle index. This is a mill set-up I'm looking at now, but I would like to do a lathe. I've

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 homing index

2009-10-19 Thread Jeff Epler
You probably need to connect the index-enable signal between the motion controller and the encoder counter: net Xindex-enable axis.0.index-enable = hm2_5i20.0.encoder.00.index-enable (this is equivalent to the old-style newsig Xindex-enable linksp Xindex-enable axis.0.index-enable

[Emc-users] A general Net command question

2009-10-19 Thread Dave
Guys, I'm a little confused about the Net command and how it actually functions. I think I read the manual properly but I still don't get the direction arrows. I also don't understand the format where a signal name has to be placed after the Net command even though it seems to be irrelevant

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 homing index

2009-10-19 Thread Richard Arthur
That resolved it. I just wish I understood it properly :-) Thank you. Richard Jeff Epler wrote: You probably need to connect the index-enable signal between the motion controller and the encoder counter: net Xindex-enable axis.0.index-enable = hm2_5i20.0.encoder.00.index-enable (this

Re: [Emc-users] A general Net command question

2009-10-19 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 09:17:30AM -0400, Dave wrote: Are the direction arrows actually used by the Net command? IE = = = etc? I thought that I had read that they do not matter but are simply for human clarification.. That's correct. You can remove the arrows from a net or linkXX

Re: [Emc-users] A general Net command question

2009-10-19 Thread Dave
Great Jeff. Thanks for the explanation. Why is a signal name required? For instance: Why doesn't this work: net outputpin inputpin From what I understand this is required: net signalname outputpin inputpin From what I have seen, if a signalname does not exist that can be used,

Re: [Emc-users] A general Net command question

2009-10-19 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Dave wrote: Great Jeff. Thanks for the explanation. Why is a signal name required? HAL requires unique names for each signal. The reason is that there needs to be a way of connecting or disconnecting pins later on. Of course, it also helps to see a useful name when you want to look

Re: [Emc-users] A general Net command question

2009-10-19 Thread Jon Elson
Dave wrote: Great Jeff. Thanks for the explanation. Why is a signal name required? Several HAL programs such as HalScope, halmeter, and halshow need a signal name to display with the status of that signal. It would be possible to use sequential names (Net_001) but that would be most

[Emc-users] OT: UHU Servocontroller

2009-10-19 Thread Thomas Kaiser
Hey Does anybody on this list use the UHU Servocontroller [http://www.uhu-servo.de/]? If so, what are the experience with this? What motors you are using? I am just interested at anything somebody did with this ;-). Thomas

Re: [Emc-users] OT: UHU Servocontroller

2009-10-19 Thread kestreltom
Thomas Kaiser c...@... writes: Hey Does anybody on this list use the UHU Servocontroller [http://www.uhu-servo.de/]? If so, what are the experience with this? What motors you are using? I am just interested at anything somebody did with this . Thomas

[Emc-users] Hidcomp 1.3 released + generichid 1.1 + pendant

2009-10-19 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
There's a new version of hidcomp available from here http://hidcomp.sourceforge.net This adds a Socket interface so updates can be made to the LCD from an external program (like a hal user space python component). Also released is an update of GenericHID (http://generichid.sourceforge.net/).