Re: [Emc-users] thinking about collision protection...

2010-12-15 Thread dambacher-retrofit.de
Am 15.12.2010 12:21, schrieb andy pugh: > If you were feeling very keen, you could make a generic > "intereferencekins" module which had a means of reading in complex > effector and frame geometry and performing collision calculations. > (Thinking aloud) A simple poly-triangle mesh defining the geo

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.

2010-12-15 Thread Alex Joni
You can prevent the joystick links to reach halui when you are not in world mode. (with some simple and2 components). I'm not sure if you can do anything about keyboard jogging though - what kind of GUI are you using? Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: "Spiderdab" <77...@tiscali.

Re: [Emc-users] inches or metric

2010-12-15 Thread Alex Joni
As Jeff already said your version is pretty old. The bug (space within filename) is part of stepconf, and has been fixed a long time ago. You should _really_ upgrade your emc2 version. Especially since you are starting fresh, so you won't have to bother with config changes from version to versio

Re: [Emc-users] Announcement: gladevcp overhaul

2010-12-15 Thread dambacher-retrofit.de
No video yet, look at: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?GladeVcp http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?GladeVcpSetup http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?HalWidgets /ulf Am 15.12.2010 19:36, schrieb Gary Corlew: > Could you post a link to gladeVCP? I would love to see it

[Emc-users] inches or metric

2010-12-15 Thread Dave Christman
On 12/11/2010 02:56 PM, Dave Christman wrote: I get an error every time I open axis with a machine that is configured in stepconfig in inches. Works fine when I config machine in mm. What am I doing wrong? While making further changes and experimentation, I noticed that any file that I configured

Re: [Emc-users] Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start

2010-12-15 Thread Chris Radek
I notice that if I switch to absolute arc center mode, your program loads. Maybe your CAM is configured that way. You will have to update to 2.4.6 to get this ability. 2.3.0 is almost two years old and does not support this. You can find instructions for updating to 2.4 here: http://wiki.linuxc

Re: [Emc-users] Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start

2010-12-15 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 05:56:52PM -0600, Jon Elson wrote: > Robert Blanton wrote: > > I am using an older version of EMC 2.3.0. I am getting this error { > > **Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start** }. > > > Andy gave you the mathematical answer of why, but you probably want to k

Re: [Emc-users] Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start

2010-12-15 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 17:56 -0600, Jon Elson wrote: > Robert Blanton wrote: > > I am using an older version of EMC 2.3.0. I am getting this error { > > **Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start** }. > > > Andy gave you the mathematical answer of why, but you probably want to know > h

Re: [Emc-users] Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start

2010-12-15 Thread Jon Elson
Robert Blanton wrote: > I am using an older version of EMC 2.3.0. I am getting this error { > **Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start** }. > Andy gave you the mathematical answer of why, but you probably want to know how to fix it. The best way is to specify all arcs by radius, ra

[Emc-users] Joypad question.

2010-12-15 Thread Spiderdab
Hallo list. Is there a way to jog the axis in joint mode only with keyboard, while jog in world mode with the joystick? -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your coll

Re: [Emc-users] Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start

2010-12-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 December 2010 22:01, Robert Blanton wrote: > G0 X-0.0051 Y-0.1002 > F20.000 G3 X0.1750 Y-0.6659 I0.9739 J-0.1000 So, arc centre is X=0.9688 Y=-0.2002 Radius from start to centre is 0.979020536 Radius from end to centre is 0.920323275 There simply isn't an arc that has the specified cent

[Emc-users] Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start

2010-12-15 Thread Robert Blanton
I am using an older version of EMC 2.3.0. I am getting this error { **Radius to end of arc differs from radius to start** }. I have looked at several post but can't seem to find an exact solution, absolute vs incremental etc, hal file. etc. I really like EMC2. I believe that it is superior to M

Re: [Emc-users] emc on a bending machine - multiple x axis?

2010-12-15 Thread Ulf Dambacher
Am 15.12.2010 21:24, schrieb Steve Blackmore: > On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:30:32 -0600, you wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 09:52:03AM +0100, dambacher-retrofit.de wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> Am 14.12.2010 21:13, schrieb dambacher-retrofit.de: It seems to work ok. >>> but looking to the sources (src

Re: [Emc-users] emc on a bending machine - multiple x axis?

2010-12-15 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:30:32 -0600, you wrote: >On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 09:52:03AM +0100, dambacher-retrofit.de wrote: >> Hi >> >> Am 14.12.2010 21:13, schrieb dambacher-retrofit.de: >> > It seems to work ok. >> >> but looking to the sources (src/emc/task/emccanon.cc) , there is definitely a >>

Re: [Emc-users] Announcement: gladevcp overhaul

2010-12-15 Thread Gary Corlew
Could you post a link to gladeVCP? I would love to see it, I searched for it on youtube but came up empty -Original Message- From: Igor Chudov [mailto:ichu...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 9:11 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Announcement:

Re: [Emc-users] [Fwd: Re: [OT] Charge Pump]

2010-12-15 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 16:50 +, andy pugh wrote: > On 15 December 2010 16:37, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/EMC2/AVR/dcp_6935-1a.jpg > > Ooh! > > Now, we know USB is not Realtime, but I am prepared to guess that it > is realtime-enough for that to be us

Re: [Emc-users] [Fwd: Re: [OT] Charge Pump]

2010-12-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 December 2010 16:37, Kirk Wallace wrote: > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/EMC2/AVR/dcp_6935-1a.jpg Ooh! Now, we know USB is not Realtime, but I am prepared to guess that it is realtime-enough for that to be useful for all sorts of EMC2-related activities. -- atp "Torque wren

Re: [Emc-users] emc on a bending machine - multiple x axis?

2010-12-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 December 2010 16:30, Chris Radek wrote: > The biggest problem using ABC for linear axes is they don't scale > with G20/G21.  If you make a gantry with X and A (which you should > not -- I don't know why people think they want this, I think they do it because it ends up neater. An XYZU gant

[Emc-users] [Fwd: Re: [OT] Charge Pump]

2010-12-15 Thread Kirk Wallace
Forwarded Message From: Kirk Wallace To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] [OT] Charge Pump Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:13:10 -0800 On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 20:27 -0600, Karl Schmidt wrote: > Back in the '80s, we used to do something similar that also took c

Re: [Emc-users] emc on a bending machine - multiple x axis?

2010-12-15 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 09:52:03AM +0100, dambacher-retrofit.de wrote: > Hi > > Am 14.12.2010 21:13, schrieb dambacher-retrofit.de: > > It seems to work ok. > > but looking to the sources (src/emc/task/emccanon.cc) , there is definitely a > difference between XYZUVW and ABC made. > At least there

Re: [Emc-users] inches or metric

2010-12-15 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
andy pugh wrote: > On 15 December 2010 15:41, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > > >> There are three ways that I know of to pick the config file: >> >> shell> emc >> >> Start the "pickconfig" config picker. >> > Presumably this lists all ini files in the config tree? > Depending on how D

Re: [Emc-users] inches or metric

2010-12-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 December 2010 15:41, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > There are three ways that I know of to pick the config file: > > shell> emc > >    Start the "pickconfig" config picker. Presumably this lists all ini files in the config tree? Depending on how Dave is starting EMC2, it would seem difficult

Re: [Emc-users] inches or metric

2010-12-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/15/2010 07:42 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 15 December 2010 14:34, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> So the reason it won't start up is that it can't find the ini file you >> specified. > How do we specify an ini file? I have never quite figured out if it is > derived from the folder name, whether

Re: [Emc-users] inches or metric

2010-12-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 December 2010 14:34, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > So the reason it won't start up is that it can't find the ini file you > specified. How do we specify an ini file? I have never quite figured out if it is derived from the folder name, whether the startup dialogue scan for ini files, or if

Re: [Emc-users] inches or metric

2010-12-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/14/2010 02:48 PM, Dave Christman wrote: > I get an error every time I open axis with a machine that is configured > in stepconfig in inches. > Works fine when I config machine in mm. > What am I doing wrong? > > The error is: Thanks for sending out the error message! Many programs - includ

Re: [Emc-users] Announcement: gladevcp overhaul

2010-12-15 Thread Igor Chudov
mICHAEL, DO YOU KNOW if there is a youtube video with gladeVCP that shows what it is? It sounds very interesting. i On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Michael Haberler wrote: > thanks - we appreciate it > > to give honors where honors are due: the Gremlin toolpath preview widget is > Jeff Epler's

Re: [Emc-users] inches or metric

2010-12-15 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 04:48:39PM -0500, Dave Christman wrote: > I get an error every time I open axis with a machine that is configured > in stepconfig in inches. [...] > EMC2 - 2.3.0 version 2.3.0 is quite old (20 months or so) and its version of stepconf had a large number of bugs. Please up

[Emc-users] inches or metric

2010-12-15 Thread Dave Christman
I get an error every time I open axis with a machine that is configured in stepconfig in inches. Works fine when I config machine in mm. What am I doing wrong? The error is: EMC2 terminated with an error. When reporting problems, pleas include all the information below in your message. Prin

Re: [Emc-users] thinking about collision protection...

2010-12-15 Thread andy pugh
On 15 December 2010 09:19, dambacher-retrofit.de wrote: > Or for a 3axis-mill it would be calculating the hight between tool tip and > table > top. Yes, 6axis get more complicated, but it's basically getting the distance > of > a point above a plane. For a specific machine you could do this in

Re: [Emc-users] thinking about collision protection...

2010-12-15 Thread dambacher-retrofit.de
Am 15.12.2010 09:38, schrieb Viesturs Lācis: > 2010/12/15 dambacher-retrofit.de : >> >> So basically what I suggest is having a hal pin "motion.collision-distance" >> and >> some ini variables like [traj]collision_warning and [traj]collision_threshold >> acting like calculated soft limits. >> >> H

Re: [Emc-users] emc on a bending machine - multiple x axis?

2010-12-15 Thread dambacher-retrofit.de
Hi Am 14.12.2010 21:13, schrieb dambacher-retrofit.de: > It seems to work ok. but looking to the sources (src/emc/task/emccanon.cc) , there is definitely a difference between XYZUVW and ABC made. At least there are different speed calculations. And I don't know the implications if I use ABC as li

Re: [Emc-users] thinking about collision protection...

2010-12-15 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2010/12/15 dambacher-retrofit.de : > > So basically what I suggest is having a hal pin "motion.collision-distance" > and > some ini variables like [traj]collision_warning and [traj]collision_threshold > acting like calculated soft limits. > > How do you think about this? > Well, I have few consid