Re: [Emc-users] Gantry machine with motorised chuck

2011-10-05 Thread Robert von Knobloch
Andy Pugh wrote: It should conventionally be C (A is parallel to X, B is parallel to Y, C is parallel to Z) You control which axes are enabled with COORDINATES = XYZA in the INI file. If you want to start using C then you would need to edit that to XYZC, but to also add 2 more axes and

Re: [Emc-users] Gantry machine with motorised chuck

2011-10-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 October 2011 08:05, Robert von Knobloch b...@engelking.de wrote: That probably says XYZA. Change that to just XYZ and the A movements will not be shown. But then the 'A' word doesn't move the chuck either. I would like just to get the display sensible, leaving the mechanism the same.

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Cheap VFD

2011-10-05 Thread Mark Wendt
On 10/04/2011 01:31 PM, gene heskett wrote: FWIW, I woke up this morning and realized that I had now completed 77 trips of this planet around its star. Someone said another year older wiser and I replied that the wiser part was debatable. ;-) Am I still the official oldest fart here?,

Re: [Emc-users] problem with genserkins

2011-10-05 Thread Francesca Sca
andy pugh wrote: Looking at the source-code that error indicates that the inversion of the matrix has failed. It might mean that your DH parameters are in some way inconsistent, or possibly just that the motor position is ambiguous. Is that the actual error message? All those %f entries should

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Cheap VFD

2011-10-05 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 04.10.11 14:22, Peter Blodow wrote: andy pugh schrieb: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehlerstromschutzschalter Thanks, Andy, of course I know these. I have experienced a lot of unnecessary trouble caused by this safety switch during my time as a facility manager as well as at home

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Cheap VFD

2011-10-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 October 2011 11:47, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: Peter, when specifying house wiring to my electriciain, I ensured that in the kitchen, only the the counter-top outlets were in the ELCB No choice in the UK. It used to be that you had to have the sockets on an RCD and

Re: [Emc-users] Gantry machine with motorised chuck

2011-10-05 Thread Robert von Knobloch
Andy Pugh wrote: This is what the GEOMETRY setting does. It is separate from the COORDINATES setting. Yes, just found this out. Memory is not what it was. I used stepconf a few years ago to create the current 'ini' file; unfortunately is seems to have removed a lot of (non-used) parameters,

Re: [Emc-users] Gantry machine with motorised chuck

2011-10-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 October 2011 13:49, Robert von Knobloch b...@engelking.de wrote: I tried just copying axis 3 [Z] into 4 5 but got 'following error on axis4 (or similar). That's the simplest approach, but you need to make sure that EMC2 isn't trying to home the non-existent axes. Set home search vel to 0

[Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread andy pugh
I have a requirement for a small and simple and cheap DC motor H-bridge. Input will be +/-10V (or 0-10, or +/-5) from an existing controller (actually an engine dyno) and the output needs to drive a 12V DC motor from a 12V supply at a few amps (it's a windscreen wiper motor). Does anyone know of

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread sam sokolik
I was going to recommend something like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Advanced-Motion-Controls-Brush-Type-PWM-Servo-Amplifier-/170692654137?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item27be133439 but it looks like your requirement of 12v supply is below the minimum of the few amc drives I looked at (20v) sam

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 October 2011 14:27, sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Advanced-Motion-Controls-Brush-Type-PWM-Servo-Amplifier-/170692654137?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item27be133439 Close, but this needs to be something that we can buy new, and in small quantities. (I should

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread Jan de Kruyf
How is your solder iron: L292 SWITCH MODE DRIVER FOR DC MOTORS / 2A / 36V My local supplier still has them listed. It is basically a torque controller, by it self. You need to put another opamp in front to get speed control. Works very well j. On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:34 PM, andy pugh

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 October 2011 14:59, Jan de Kruyf jan.de.kr...@gmail.com wrote: L292 SWITCH MODE DRIVER FOR DC MOTORS / 2A / 36V Almost perfect, but 18V minimum supply voltage.. -- atp Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread sam sokolik
maybe a push pull audio amplifier ic or even a car audio amp? (thinking outside the box) On 10/5/2011 9:08 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 5 October 2011 14:59, Jan de Kruyfjan.de.kr...@gmail.com wrote: L292 SWITCH MODE DRIVER FOR DC MOTORS / 2A / 36V Almost perfect, but 18V minimum supply

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Cheap VFD

2011-10-05 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, October 05, 2011 10:29:11 AM Mark Wendt did opine: On 10/04/2011 01:31 PM, gene heskett wrote: FWIW, I woke up this morning and realized that I had now completed 77 trips of this planet around its star. Someone said another year older wiser and I replied that the wiser

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread Edward Bernard
Pololu has a number of motor drivers that could work for you: http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/94. They are 0-3.3 V but I'm sure you can scale your voltage to suit. Best regards, Greg From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] Gantry machine with motorised chuck

2011-10-05 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, October 05, 2011 10:32:17 AM andy pugh did opine: On 5 October 2011 13:49, Robert von Knobloch b...@engelking.de wrote: I tried just copying axis 3 [Z] into 4 5 but got 'following error on axis4 (or similar). That's the simplest approach, but you need to make sure that EMC2

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread Jan de Kruyf
So limit the input to your speed- amp to the equivalent of 12 V back-emf. You might need some headroom in any case to get your dynamics right. The magnets will only demagnetize at a certain current, that this thing will never give you anyway, unless its broken and then also at 12 V it might stuff

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread dave
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:20:08 -0500 sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com wrote: maybe a push pull audio amplifier ic or even a car audio amp? (thinking outside the box) On 10/5/2011 9:08 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 5 October 2011 14:59, Jan de Kruyfjan.de.kr...@gmail.com wrote: L292 SWITCH

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Cheap VFD

2011-10-05 Thread Mark Cason
On 10/05/2011 07:21 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 5 October 2011 11:47, Erik Christiansendva...@internode.on.net wrote: Peter, when specifying house wiring to my electriciain, I ensured that in the kitchen, only the the counter-top outlets were in the ELCB No choice in the UK. It used to be that

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 October 2011 15:32, Edward Bernard yankeelena2...@yahoo.com wrote: Pololu has a number of motor drivers that could work for you: http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/94. They are 0-3.3 V but I'm sure you can scale your voltage to suit. I found them, but I couldn't see how to reverse

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 October 2011 15:50, Jan de Kruyf jan.de.kr...@gmail.com wrote: Almost perfect, but 18V minimum supply voltage.. So limit the input to your speed- amp to the equivalent of 12 V back-emf. You might need some headroom in any case to get your dynamics right. The problem is that we only have

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 16:25 +0100, andy pugh wrote: On 5 October 2011 15:32, Edward Bernard yankeelena2...@yahoo.com wrote: Pololu has a number of motor drivers that could work for you: http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/94. They are 0-3.3 V but I'm sure you can scale your voltage to

Re: [Emc-users] Gantry machine with motorised chuck

2011-10-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 October 2011 15:41, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: got stuck looking for a method to get an air hose actually connected, and an emc controlled air valve that I could energize when emc wanted to move the table, I believe that support for locking rotaries has been introduced while

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 October 2011 16:38, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: A robotics company may have what you need. I seem to recall the fuse for a windshield wiper is around 15A, so you may need something on the largesh side. I very briefly looked at Solarbotics and found:

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Cheap VFD

2011-10-05 Thread Dave
On 10/5/2011 11:14 AM, Mark Cason wrote: I live out in the country, and in the state I live in, there are no specific codes that I have to follow. I'm not a licensed electrician, but I've been working with electricity for most of my life. I follow the NEC, and I have everything in my shop

[Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread Roland Jollivet
On 5 October 2011 17:50, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 October 2011 16:38, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: A robotics company may have what you need. I seem to recall the fuse for a windshield wiper is around 15A, so you may need something on the largesh side. I

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread Mark Cason
On 10/05/2011 10:25 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 5 October 2011 15:32, Edward Bernardyankeelena2...@yahoo.com wrote: Pololu has a number of motor drivers that could work for you: http://www.pololu.com/catalog/category/94. They are 0-3.3 V but I'm sure you can scale your voltage to suit. I found

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread Lawrence Glaister
On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 14:03 +0100, andy pugh wrote: I have a requirement for a small and simple and cheap DC motor H-bridge. Input will be +/-10V (or 0-10, or +/-5) from an existing controller (actually an engine dyno) and the output needs to drive a 12V DC motor from a 12V supply at a few

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Cheap VFD

2011-10-05 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, October 05, 2011 03:10:00 PM Dave did opine: On 10/5/2011 11:14 AM, Mark Cason wrote: I live out in the country, and in the state I live in, there are no specific codes that I have to follow. I'm not a licensed electrician, but I've been working with electricity for most of

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, October 05, 2011 03:25:52 PM Roland Jollivet did opine: On 5 October 2011 17:50, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 October 2011 16:38, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: A robotics company may have what you need. I seem to recall the fuse for a

Re: [Emc-users] problem with genserkins

2011-10-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 October 2011 10:59, Francesca Sca fancy_...@yahoo.it wrote: I don't know if this is the actual error. I have the same problem also with puma560 configuration that uses genserkins! In puma example the d-h parameters are correct then I don't think that the parameters are the problem.

[Emc-users] Joypad pendant, hal_input errors

2011-10-05 Thread John A. Stewart
Hi all; After reading some of the messages on this list, I went out and purchased a wired joypad; it is giving me the following messages when I run: halcmd loadusr hal_input -KRAL GASIA Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_48 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_49 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_50 Unexpected

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad pendant, hal_input errors

2011-10-05 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On Oct 5, 2011, at 16:18 , John A. Stewart wrote: Hi all; After reading some of the messages on this list, I went out and purchased a wired joypad; it is giving me the following messages when I run: halcmd loadusr hal_input -KRAL GASIA Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_48 Unexpected

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad pendant, hal_input errors

2011-10-05 Thread John A. Stewart
Hi Sebastian; Thanks for the reply, and the ideas. I'm new to EMC, so there is a lot to figure out still. What device is this, exactly? lsinput: /dev/input/event3 bustype : BUS_USB vendor : 0x54c product : 0x268 version : 273 name: GASIA CORP. PLAYSTATION(R)3 Cont

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread noel
Have a look at : http://www.encodergeek.com/Xavien_Amplifier.html The one in the person's hand. I have several driving brushed motors on my Bridgeport Series II, at 24v. Look to the LMD18200. A really good IC. Noel. -Original Message- From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com]

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread cogoman
On 10/05/2011 11:36 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: The problem with the power-amp ideas is that that I don't see how that would drive the motor in the reverse direction, I think an H-bridge is needed. (unless we were to hold one terminal of the motor at 6V, and drive the

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad pendant, hal_input errors

2011-10-05 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com wrote: Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_48 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_49 That's because the EMC HID driver hal_input doesn't handle all data from your USB device. The regular kernel HID driver defines the EV_ABS events with

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 10/5/2011 11:50 PM, cogoman wrote: ... BTW... does anyone know of a good ASCII drawing program, so I can easily make drawing that won't get scrubbed by the list software? Cogoman: A quick Google search suggests JavE might suit. It's just my two-cents worth, but I think you'd be better off

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad pendant, hal_input errors

2011-10-05 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 10/05/2011 10:39 PM, Przemek Klosowski wrote: On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Sebastian Kuzminskys...@highlab.com wrote: Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_48 Unexpected event EV_ABS ABS_49 That's because the EMC HID driver hal_input doesn't handle all data from your USB device. The regular

Re: [Emc-users] Simple DC motor controller

2011-10-05 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:50 PM, cogoman cogo...@optimum.net wrote: BTW... does anyone know of a good ASCII drawing program, so I can easily make drawing that won't get scrubbed by the list software? http://www.tech-chat.de/aacircuit.html is a Windows program that almost works in Wine (I get