On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 09:50:54PM -0800, Edward Bernard wrote:
I'm surprised there were no comments on this. I'm wondering how such a
venture could effect our beloved software.
$.02
I was waiting to see what more active EMC2-ers think, but here's a
comment, FWIW.
It seems to be a vote of
On 12/07/2010 09:30 PM, Tom Easterday wrote:
I want to be able to jog my machine a fixed small distance (.001) at a
press of a button/arrow key/joystick. Currently my joystick or arrow
keys moves continuously, which is fine in some cases and not in others.
Is there a way to enable, say
I am trying to configure and test a 3 axis, 4 drive , machine using a
Gecko G540 stepper drive. I configure the machine for XYZ axis
configuration and slave the A and X pins (X step on pins 2 and 8, and X
direction on pins 3 and 9). When I test the X axis only one motor
operates. I know the
Dave,
When you say you are testing the X axis, are you testing it within
the stepconf program, or with one of the GUI's up and running?
Mark
On 12/09/2010 06:29 AM, Dave Christman wrote:
I am trying to configure and test a 3 axis, 4 drive , machine using a
Gecko G540 stepper drive. I
Gantrykins is the kinematics module exactly for these kind of situations.
It will assign 2 joints to one axis.
I have used it, it is very nice!
Take a look at it, search the web and/or mailing list archive. If
there are any other questions left, then let us know.
Viesturs
2010/12/9 Dave
If the EMC2 GPL is honored, then EMC2 remains what it always has been
- freely available open source software.
If I make a CNC console and retrofit a machine with my console and
EMC2, then I can charge for the console and the retrofit service but
not for the software. Also, the end user
On 12/9/2010 12:50 AM, Edward Bernard wrote:
I'm surprised there were no comments on this. I'm wondering how such a venture
could effect our beloved software.
My comment?
An unknown entity using an unrevealing email address makes a vague offer
on an open mail list to finance someone to
I feel the same way.
i
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Kent A. Reed knbr...@erols.com wrote:
On 12/9/2010 12:50 AM, Edward Bernard wrote:
I'm surprised there were no comments on this. I'm wondering how such a
venture
could effect our beloved software.
My comment?
An unknown entity
fully auto! (pallet tranfer) could use a little optimization - but I am
happy with it. (because it works ;))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=objyMqAHUNU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYA5uEwLSTA
right now I have a few buttons on a pyvcp pannel to do activate the
cycles (offload pallet, swap
+1
Il 09/12/2010 14:49, Igor Chudov ha scritto:
I feel the same way.
i
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Kent A. Reedknbr...@erols.com wrote:
On 12/9/2010 12:50 AM, Edward Bernard wrote:
I'm surprised there were no comments on this. I'm wondering how such a
venture
could
Hello gentlemen,
regardless of this offer being serious or phoney or fraud, I think
commerce will, like in other instances, spoil the character of the EMC
project. So far, and I have been following this mail group for about two
years, it was a playground for addicted engineers, maybe even
3. The user interface needs a lot of critical thinking
still, to bring it up
to scratch. Have a good look at the latest FANUCs for
instance.
but the UI is miles ahead of mach3.
--
I think worrying about EMC2 becoming overly commercialized right now is a
bit like worrying that you may be killed by a falling space elevator (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator). Maybe it is possible but you
are probably safe for at least a few decades.
In the worst case, I think what
I have a multi-boot setup, so I can boot my original 8.04 liveCD
installation, or my new 10.04 version. With the 10.04 version, I'm getting a
complaint at startup that the parallel port doesn't support mode 4. I don't
see this on the 8.04 version. It's the same computer, with the same .ini
file,
Colin, I agree. While I have big reservations about the genuiness of
the offer that started this topic, I would be personally excited by a
commercial project that would use EMC2, while complying with its
licensing.
The separation of control and GUI that exists in EMC means that we can
have
Yes, the parport stuff has changed between emc2.3 and emc2.4 and there
are also differences between an 8.04 installation and a 10.04
installation.
In emc 2.3 and earlier, emc's parport drivers would not cooperate with
the linux parport drivers, so the linux driver was disabled by default.
In emc
On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 21:50 -0800, Edward Bernard wrote:
I'm surprised there were no comments on this. I'm wondering how such a
venture
could effect our beloved software.
I think it would be interesting to hear from Smithy and Tormach to see
how EMC2 has affected their business. It doesn't
Hi all,
I can't see commercial support as being detrimental to EMC2 in any way.
Take MPM (Stuart's shop) as an example.
He has driven features he needed; eg. comp for an axis being out of
tram. He uses features not usually needed; encoder's and glass scales on
an axis. Not everyone has a 5
OK, thanks Jeff. I was off list for a while, so I missed those earlier
discussions. I'll check them out, and see if I can get it sorted.
Neil
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Jeff Epler jep...@unpythonic.net wrote:
Yes, the parport stuff has changed between emc2.3 and emc2.4 and there
are also
I could not agree more
Arnold
On 12/09/2010 02:44 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote:
On 12/9/2010 12:50 AM, Edward Bernard wrote:
I'm surprised there were no comments on this. I'm wondering how such a
venture
could effect our beloved software.
My comment?
An unknown entity using an unrevealing
Anonymous Investor wrote:
We believe that the
largest impediment to success is the lack of a full scope supplier.
I made a few complete, turnkey systems for people. One of the problems
is that if you manufacture anything electronic, you are required by law
to have it tested for radio
I agree, especially on ngcgui. I want to do dome work with that once my arduino
pendant project is done. Currently I am designing some PCBs for that and
getting my code cleaned up. I'm thinking about selling kits but releasing the
source openly. It's interesting from the perspective of looking
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote:
So, that is why I supply boards, but not turnkey systems. Some of my
products are used by sizable aerospace shops in daily production.
And your products are pretty good. Not the bottom of the barrel
cheapest, but very
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Colin K cwk@gmail.com wrote:
I agree, especially on ngcgui. I want to do dome work with that once my
arduino pendant project is done. Currently I am designing some PCBs for that
and getting my code cleaned up. I'm thinking about selling kits but
releasing the
On 12/9/2010 6:40 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
Dave,
When you say you are testing the X axis, are you testing it within
the stepconf program, or with one of the GUI's up and running?
Mark
On 12/09/2010 06:29 AM, Dave Christman wrote:
I am trying to configure and test a 3 axis, 4 drive ,
Well said. The support the developers give EMC is uncommon even among
commercial software. Mach gets a lot of support from vendors because
the user base is bigger. But you can have a step/dir machine up and
running under EMC very quickly. If a machine was running under Mach,
it probably would
Lest I give the wrong impression, I do agree that the current state of the
project is very impressive and the people who have built it up have done a
wonderful job on many fronts. Stepconf has evolved into a very solid tool
and the user community is ENORMOUSLY helpful and generous. That more than
I'm using emcrsh to control EMC programmatically.
Socket 1 is for primary communication. It opens at program start, and
is where MDI commands get sent.
Socket 2 is only for aborting the current process. It opens at
program start, and whenever the current command needs to be aborted,
it sends
Hi
here a video i put on youtube a while back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6dGYsXAPIU
so yes and no, to a VFD for position work, that is in Hz mode, not flux
vector as that drive has a limit of 4000rpm in vector mode and i need at
least 6000rpm for the spindle.
if i was todo it all over,
My son runs a Techno router (4 axis) in his business and may need to
upgrade the
the controller. We are curious if anyone has done a retrofit of one of
these machines to emc, and what, if any, are pitfalls to beware of.
He uses MasterCam, version X5 to generate the router files. The wiki
On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 06:21:03PM -0800, Gary McRobert wrote:
Still undecided as how to resolve the tool change challenge.
I think you are asking about how to do spindle orient.
Having used machines with vfd+pid orient and machines with mechanical
orient and lock, I have to say the
I'm really fed up with the issues that have been cropping up with my
Ahha Artisan lately. I recently scored a decent Dell 2gHz computer and
have done an EMC install. Sorry, don't recall at the moment the exact
moment, but it's very recent if not current version.
There are some minor
On 12/09/2010 02:38 PM, Igor Chudov wrote:
I am extremely and openly critical of many open source products, but I have
to say that EMC2 is on top as far as documentation, ease of configuration,
etc is concerned. To add to this excellent support, and you would know why I
am very happy. EMC2 is
I would vote mechanical also - That is how are old machine does it. It
was pretty easy to setup. (I actually wrote a comp for the spindle
gearbox/index for this machine). it sets the transmission into 'lock'
mode then creeps into the dog. Checks to see that the spindle is at 0
rpm and then
On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 07:42:34 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
3. The user interface needs a lot of critical thinking
still, to bring it up
to scratch. Have a good look at the latest FANUCs for
instance.
but the UI is miles ahead of mach3.
Not for touch screen lathe users !
It also has it's quirks -
After the software update I just performed, there were 3 packages that
failed to update:
libssl0.9.8 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8 -- 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.4
openssl0.9.8k-7ubuntu8 - 0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.4
linux-libc-dev 2.6.32-24.39 -- 2.6.32-26.47
When it tries to fetch the new version, the package
you didn't say what epp io board you're using, but getting emc to come
up generally means there's been positive comminication between pc and
bosrd using epp, so you're probably in the clear.
jeff
--
It's OK to take package updates from ubuntu (though users who installed
from the vanilla live cd and then installed with emc2-install.sh will
encounter a hassle when ubuntu releases a new kernel version). so
updating e.g., firefox to the latest version from ubuntu is
ok.
what is not ok is
It's the parallel port of the motherboard of a Dell Optiplex GX280, FYI.
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Jeff Epler jep...@unpythonic.net wrote:
you didn't say what epp io board you're using, but getting emc to come
up generally means there's been positive comminication between pc and
bosrd
Lloyd,
I have done a couple retrofits on Technos and it was not too bad if you have
the modular amplifier box (up to four amplifiers in the box with a 68 pin
Centronix connector on the back). I seem to recall that on a standard
Centronix cable, there is one pin that does not go through, and it
Igor Chudov wrote:
On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote:
So, that is why I supply boards, but not turnkey systems. Some of my
products are used by sizable aerospace shops in daily production.
And your products are pretty good. Not the bottom of the
On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 10:42:44PM +, Steve Blackmore wrote:
On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 07:42:34 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
3. The user interface needs a lot of critical thinking
still, to bring it up
to scratch. Have a good look at the latest FANUCs for
instance.
but the UI is miles ahead
I blew out the only 74HC (74HC04 NAND) part in my junk box, so I cut my
charge pump circuit down to this:
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Buffer Card Output _| |_| |_ Charge pump in servo thread = 1kHz 0-5V
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On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 20:06 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote:
Some corrections:
74HC04=Hex Inverter, I tried a 2in NOR, but it's all the same.
I blew out the only 74HC (74HC04 NAND) part in my junk box, so I cut my
... snip
I also wired this up:
+- O'Scope
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