Re: [Emc-users] Question about encoder.0.velocity

2012-04-07 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 19:43:33 -0400, you wrote: Slowly hooking up the actual lathe to linuxcnc. Starting with that encoder I made. 1. I get it that this encoder.0.velocity is something that is reported in rps if I have the scale set correctly, but what I am getting is an extremely noisy

Re: [Emc-users] DIsable linuxcnc from minimizing or being closed

2012-04-07 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi Dewey, thanks for your your addition to .axisrc! I have picked up some gems before that went into that same file. Makes me wonder what secret language is this, where can I learn more? -Original Message- From: Dewey Garrett [mailto:dgarr...@panix.com] Sent: den 5 april 2012 01:35

Re: [Emc-users] DIsable linuxcnc from minimizing or being closed

2012-04-07 Thread Michał Geszkiewicz
W dniu 07.04.2012 11:27, Lars Andersson pisze: Hi Dewey, thanks for your your addition to .axisrc! I have picked up some gems before that went into that same file. Makes me wonder what secret language is this, where can I learn more? It's 'python' language with 'tkinter' libraries used.

[Emc-users] xyz vs abc feedrates

2012-04-07 Thread charles green
any good ideas on how to figure feeds with abc axes involved? 360 degrees per minute seems to be way different than 360 ipm. -- For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You.

Re: [Emc-users] Question about encoder.0.velocity

2012-04-07 Thread gene heskett
On Saturday, April 07, 2012 06:53:47 AM Steve Blackmore did opine: On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 19:43:33 -0400, you wrote: Slowly hooking up the actual lathe to linuxcnc. Starting with that encoder I made. 1. I get it that this encoder.0.velocity is something that is reported in rps if I have the

Re: [Emc-users] DIsable linuxcnc from minimizing or being closed (Dewey Garrett)

2012-04-07 Thread Gabriel Willen
Thank you! I love the support that surrounds LinuxCnc. Gabe W -- For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE!

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory planning and other topics from a, EMC(LinuxCNC) newbie (TheNewbie)

2012-04-07 Thread cogoman
I am a bit behind due to trying to get my EMAIL machine upgraded to a newer model I received as a hand me down. The on board video stymied every distribution except puppy! I eventually was given an older PCI-X video card that allowed me to install main stream distros, and now I've pretty

[Emc-users] A cross list bit of advice trivia

2012-04-07 Thread gene heskett
I recently lost my ability to backup the shop machine with amanda. In trouble-shooting (watch it, trouble can shoot back), I first converted from what I thought was inetd, to xinetd, but that came with a duff amanda file, so that didn't work either. A. It turns out that there are actually 3

Re: [Emc-users] A cross list bit of advice trivia

2012-04-07 Thread Mark Cason
On 04/07/2012 10:54 AM, gene heskett wrote: You will recall I had to do something that blacklisted ipv6 in order to get any network connection at all on the lathe box, but that message has been expired now and I don't recall what it was that I had to do to it now. Whatever it was, I suspect

Re: [Emc-users] A cross list bit of advice trivia

2012-04-07 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/7/2012 11:54 AM, gene heskett wrote: I recently lost my ability to backup the shop machine with amanda. In trouble-shooting (watch it, trouble can shoot back), I first converted from what I thought was inetd, to xinetd, but that came with a duff amanda file, so that didn't work either.

Re: [Emc-users] Question about encoder.0.velocity

2012-04-07 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 07:32:21 -0400, you wrote: Gene - those lines did wrap, sorry my bad, had set to 72 chars per line max. Thanks Steve, I'll filter this into mine. But it seems to me, with as clean a waveforms as I have going in, that I shouldn't have to slow it that much. I'll have to read

Re: [Emc-users] Question about encoder.0.velocity

2012-04-07 Thread Andy Pugh
On 7 Apr 2012, at 04:32, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: I'll have to read up on the lowpass function to see if it defines what this gain setting means. One would normally adjust it until it has the right effect, but to a first approximation a Gain of 1/10 means that the output is

Re: [Emc-users] Question about encoder.0.velocity

2012-04-07 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
Thats a common first order/single pole IIR (infinite impulse response) filter. You can find equations on the web based on the sampling(execution) rate to calculate the gain given a desired cutoff frequency. I wonder if the thread jitter causes the errors. Since the timebase over which the

[Emc-users] setting parameters

2012-04-07 Thread Joel Jacobs
Hi Folks, So, I'm trying to define some parameters in a subroutine for the current position when the subroutine is called like this: sub o100 #5=#5420 (current x position) #6=#5421 (current y position) g41 some code that uses #5 and #6 g40 o100 endsub I'm getting an error that the current

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa counter card?

2012-04-07 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Apr 6, 2012, at 1:38 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: That is why I think that 5i25 card would do much better - less rewiring (actually You might get away with no rewiring at all) and there also is price difference. Plug it straight in pci slot and attach Your existing lpt cables to it. The only

[Emc-users] How to load G-Codes into the EMC program

2012-04-07 Thread Dan Dimock
I am new to CNC and have just got my unit up and ready to run. I tested it out on the file that is with the software program and it works fine, but I have not been able to download a new G-Code file into it. The program that I am using is SheetCam to produce the G-Code and I have several jobs in

Re: [Emc-users] A cross list bit of advice trivia

2012-04-07 Thread gene heskett
On Saturday, April 07, 2012 09:17:47 PM Mark Cason did opine: On 04/07/2012 10:54 AM, gene heskett wrote: You will recall I had to do something that blacklisted ipv6 in order to get any network connection at all on the lathe box, but that message has been expired now and I don't recall

Re: [Emc-users] A cross list bit of advice trivia

2012-04-07 Thread gene heskett
On Saturday, April 07, 2012 09:22:17 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: On 4/7/2012 11:54 AM, gene heskett wrote: I recently lost my ability to backup the shop machine with amanda. In trouble-shooting (watch it, trouble can shoot back), I first converted from what I thought was inetd, to

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa counter card?

2012-04-07 Thread Tom Easterday
Yes, they are compatible. We run a a 320x with the Mesa 7i43TA card. -Tom On Apr 7, 2012, at 8:29 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote: On Apr 6, 2012, at 1:38 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: That is why I think that 5i25 card would do much better - less rewiring (actually You might get away with no

Re: [Emc-users] Question about encoder.0.velocity

2012-04-07 Thread gene heskett
On Saturday, April 07, 2012 09:27:18 PM Steve Blackmore did opine: On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 07:32:21 -0400, you wrote: Gene - those lines did wrap, sorry my bad, had set to 72 chars per line max. Thanks Steve, I'll filter this into mine. But it seems to me, with as clean a waveforms as I have

Re: [Emc-users] Question about encoder.0.velocity

2012-04-07 Thread gene heskett
On Saturday, April 07, 2012 09:35:28 PM Andy Pugh did opine: On 7 Apr 2012, at 04:32, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: I'll have to read up on the lowpass function to see if it defines what this gain setting means. One would normally adjust it until it has the right effect, but to a

[Emc-users] (no subject)

2012-04-07 Thread scutsxg
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Re: [Emc-users] Question about encoder.0.velocity

2012-04-07 Thread gene heskett
On Saturday, April 07, 2012 09:39:56 PM Stephen Dubovsky did opine: Thats a common first order/single pole IIR (infinite impulse response) filter. You can find equations on the web based on the sampling(execution) rate to calculate the gain given a desired cutoff frequency. I wonder if

Re: [Emc-users] How to load G-Codes into the EMC program

2012-04-07 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2012-04-07 at 18:15 -0700, Dan Dimock wrote: I am new to CNC and have just got my unit up and ready to run. I tested it out on the file that is with the software program and it works fine, but I have not been able to download a new G-Code file into it. The program that I am using is

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa counter card?

2012-04-07 Thread Andy Pugh
On 7 Apr 2012, at 18:02, Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: Yes, they are compatible. We run a a 320x with the Mesa 7i43TA card. I think that is the answer to a slightly different question. The 5i23 in the G540 configuration emulates the parallel port pinout that suits a G540. What this

Re: [Emc-users] setting parameters

2012-04-07 Thread Andy Pugh
On 7 Apr 2012, at 17:18, Joel Jacobs j...@sdf.lonestar.org wrote: sub o100 That might be OK for the parser, but o100 sub would be more usual. -- For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa counter card?

2012-04-07 Thread Tom Easterday
On Apr 7, 2012, at 10:45 PM, Andy Pugh wrote: On 7 Apr 2012, at 18:02, Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: Yes, they are compatible. We run a a 320x with the Mesa 7i43TA card. I think that is the answer to a slightly different question. The 5i23 in the G540 configuration emulates

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa counter card?

2012-04-07 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Apr 7, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Andy Pugh wrote: On 7 Apr 2012, at 18:02, Tom Easterday tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: Yes, they are compatible. We run a a 320x with the Mesa 7i43TA card. I think that is the answer to a slightly different question. The 5i23 in the G540 configuration emulates the