[Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom]

2012-05-19 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 18.05.12 17:25, Kent A. Reed wrote: On 5/18/2012 4:28 PM, Przemek Klosowski wrote: BTW, now that we can't use EMC2 any more, and LinuxCNC seems longish and awkward to type, I am tempted to start using LCNC. It has seemed to me LCNC would be a good compromise if anyone starts tackling

Re: [Emc-users] Setting coordinate systems

2012-05-19 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 18.05.12 23:09, Jon Elson wrote: The description in the user manual is almost completely incomprehensible. G10 L20 makes a little bit of sense, G10 L2 makes no sense at all. The new web page:

Re: [Emc-users] motherboard

2012-05-19 Thread John Thornton
I've got 2 D510's and one the cd drive interface suffers from dain bamage and the second one I've done the bios upgrade and it is fine and running 10.04 on my BP. John On 5/18/2012 9:29 AM, Dave Engvall wrote: Hi all, About a year ago I acquired a D510M0. A few days ago I found a

Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom]

2012-05-19 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: On 5/18/2012 4:28 PM, Przemek Klosowski wrote: BTW, now that we can't use EMC2 any more, and LinuxCNC seems longish and awkward to type, I am tempted to start using LCNC. Err, are we to be the group with no

Re: [Emc-users] Setting coordinate systems

2012-05-19 Thread cogoman
On 05/19/2012 06:06 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: It scares me that coordinate offsets could be cumulative. Coordinate offsets (workspaces) should not nest, I believe. I have not read anything in the doco to say that they do. That doesn't scare me at all, as long as the documentation is

Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom]

2012-05-19 Thread charles green
LMC? --- On Sat, 5/19/12, Przemek Klosowski przemek.klosow...@gmail.com wrote: From: Przemek Klosowski przemek.klosow...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom] To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012, 11:08 AM On Sat, May 19,

Re: [Emc-users] Setting coordinate systems

2012-05-19 Thread Jon Elson
Erik Christiansen wrote: Um ... that's always been my problem, when reading the older documentation. i.e. where the machine is NOW w.r.t. what? Yes, touch off from the workpiece, and those other references become moot. It scares me that coordinate offsets could be cumulative. Coordinate

[Emc-users] Subroutines

2012-05-19 Thread Terry Christophersen
Did how subroutines work change from 2.3 to 2.5? I had a file I ran 6 months ago on 2.3 and with no changes just moved it to the new computer w/2.5 and I get an error :   unable to open file   The sub is in the same program just at the bottom   % some code   o31 call    (is the line where the

Re: [Emc-users] Subroutines

2012-05-19 Thread Dave Caroline
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Terry Christophersen tcninj...@yahoo.com wrote: Did how subroutines work change from 2.3 to 2.5? I had a file I ran 6 months ago on 2.3 and with no changes just I am not aware of any changes but the subroutines should be defined before use

Re: [Emc-users] Subroutines

2012-05-19 Thread Terry Christophersen
Thanks Dave taat worked, So it did change sort of because I have 2.3 on a desktop and it worked at the end of the program Thanks again Terry   - Original Message - From: Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com To: Terry Christophersen tcninj...@yahoo.com; Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom]

2012-05-19 Thread Terry Christophersen
LMC or LNC sounds good to me   - Original Message - From: charles green xxzzb...@yahoo.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom] LMC? --- On Sat,

Re: [Emc-users] Setting coordinate systems

2012-05-19 Thread gene heskett
On Saturday, May 19, 2012 05:16:44 PM cogoman did opine: On 05/19/2012 06:06 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: It scares me that coordinate offsets could be cumulative. Coordinate offsets (workspaces) should not nest, I believe. I have not read anything in the doco to say that they do.

[Emc-users] Increase Damping

2012-05-19 Thread Jeshua Lacock
Greetings, I seem to have the damping turned all the way up on my Gecko 320, but it is still underdamped. Is it possible to increase damping with the PID settings (I am using the Pico Systems USC board)? Would gearing down my drive further help with damping if I it is not possible to

Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom]

2012-05-19 Thread Jon Elson
Terry Christophersen wrote: LMC or LNC sounds good to m Logical Microcomputer Company made Unix-based computers using the Nat Semi 32016 CPU back in the late 80's. The system was a dog, for reasons I don't quite understand, maybe rotten compilers. I'm pretty sure they have been out of business

Re: [Emc-users] Increase Damping

2012-05-19 Thread Jon Elson
Jeshua Lacock wrote: Greetings, I seem to have the damping turned all the way up on my Gecko 320, but it is still underdamped. Is it possible to increase damping with the PID settings (I am using the Pico Systems USC board)? Would gearing down my drive further help with damping if I it

Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom]

2012-05-19 Thread Mark Cason
On 05/19/2012 07:52 PM, Jon Elson wrote: Terry Christophersen wrote: LMC or LNC sounds good to m Logical Microcomputer Company made Unix-based computers using the Nat Semi 32016 CPU back in the late 80's. The system was a dog, for reasons I don't quite understand, maybe rotten compilers.

Re: [Emc-users] Increase Damping

2012-05-19 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On May 19, 2012, at 6:55 PM, Jon Elson wrote: I seem to have the damping turned all the way up on my Gecko 320, but it is still underdamped. Is it possible to increase damping with the PID settings (I am using the Pico Systems USC board)? Would gearing down my drive further help with

Re: [Emc-users] Increase Damping

2012-05-19 Thread Steve Stallings
snip Hi Jon, Well lets just say the only thing that I am sure about is the drive is under-damped. ;) Tuning is proving to be insanely difficult for me, I guess mostly because I don't really have much of a clue what I am doing. It is also kind of scary because if I turn a POT on

Re: [Emc-users] Increase Damping

2012-05-19 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On May 19, 2012, at 11:34 PM, Steve Stallings wrote: Is this a G320 or a G320X? If it is a G320X there are internal DIP switches that can be used to reduce the torque gain which might help with stability. Do your encoders have selectable resolution? A lower resolution might also help tame

Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom]

2012-05-19 Thread charles green
three letters is only 17576 choices. good bet they are all taken. four alphanumeric is only 1.6 million choices. eemmcc22? llmmcc, llnncc?? ellemcee. anLanMaC. --- On Sat, 5/19/12, Mark Cason farmerboy1...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Mark Cason farmerboy1...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: