Re: [Emc-users] manual tool change

2011-03-19 Thread Ed Nisley
On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 20:58 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: pre-measuring all your tools and entering the length offsets in the tool table, so you don't have to touch off at each tool change. Or you can add a tool length probe station and have tool length measurement happen automagically, without

Re: [Emc-users] manual tool change

2011-03-19 Thread dave
On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 15:56 -0700, Doug wrote: I need a way to execute a manual tool change. The documentation point to a Axis_manualtoolchange.hal file to be located in the config. I am using the Pico system boards for a controller. I cannt seem to find the this hal file or how to install

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle speed control through G540 VFD output

2011-03-19 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Michael Jones wrote: I am about to start an upgrade to my system and am wondering if anyone has already done this and has some pointers, or better yet, a detailed how-to. How about a G54 stepconf file: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/uploads/G540.stepconf Copy the file into ~/emc2/configs, run

Re: [Emc-users] manual tool change

2011-03-19 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 09:13:27AM -0700, dave wrote: I do a manual tool change by inserting a bit of code after the M6 .. the steps are: change tool move to z - 0.5 above the part adjust W manually so I can just move a 0.500 dia tool shank under the cutter hit resume and continue

Re: [Emc-users] manual tool change

2011-03-19 Thread dave
On Sat, 2011-03-19 at 12:21 -0500, Chris Radek wrote: On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 09:13:27AM -0700, dave wrote: I do a manual tool change by inserting a bit of code after the M6 .. the steps are: change tool move to z - 0.5 above the part adjust W manually so I can just move a 0.500 dia

[Emc-users] Freqrol Z200

2011-03-19 Thread Kirk Wallace
Igor, I did a search of Freqrol Z200 and your manual link came up first. I assume you have one? I have three 2HP units and two control panels. I am playing with decoding the panel interface so if the panels fail I can still program these VFD's. Have you done anything with your Freqrol? -- Kirk

Re: [Emc-users] Freqrol Z200

2011-03-19 Thread Igor Chudov
Kirk, IIRC I sold everything that I wanted to sell. I no longer actively buy/sell stuff, because income from my websites made that activity economically unjustified. You can find a programmer for those on ebay, that's where I got my programmer panel. I think that I have one freqrol left, but I