Re: [Emc-users] CO2 Laser Control

2012-06-21 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Jun 20, 2012, at 1:40 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/6/20 Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com: My thought was to change the focal point as material is cut. I understand that these lasers have a very narrow depth of field when focused sharp enough to cut metal (or even wood). So, lets say

Re: [Emc-users] CO2 Laser Control

2012-06-21 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Jun 20, 2012, at 6:06 AM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: Using a Z axis to adjust the height should be a simple matter, controllable either as a direct motion command or tool offset. I suspect, however, that in the case of aluminum sintering you will have a very small usable depth of field since

[Emc-users] Dial box

2012-06-21 Thread andy pugh
There are half a dozen of these in the skip at work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_box Does anyone think they are worth rescuing? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live

Re: [Emc-users] Monitor and control my CNC through an IP camera ?

2012-06-21 Thread Rando Sauvage
2011/4/11, Rando Sauvage rando.sauv...@gmail.com: For now, I finally achieved to remote control my machine by using halcmd as suggested too. I have done 2 scripts called emc_pause emc_resume. Both scripts can pause resume a running program, and also deals with the spindle the coolant flood

Re: [Emc-users] Dial box

2012-06-21 Thread Dave Caroline
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:15 PM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: There are half a dozen of these in the skip at work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_box Does anyone think they are worth rescuing? Might make nice jog pendants for 5 axis machine or some of the classic computer collectors

Re: [Emc-users] Monitor and control my CNC through an IP camera ?

2012-06-21 Thread andy pugh
On 21 June 2012 13:19, Rando Sauvage rando.sauv...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried to do a logical OR with hal components in my custom.hal file, but it doesn't works since my emc_pause script doesn't address a real pin anymore . Your script could use halcmd setp or2.0.in0 1 ie, it can drive the

Re: [Emc-users] Monitor and control my CNC through an IP camera ?

2012-06-21 Thread John Kasunich
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012, at 02:19 PM, Rando Sauvage wrote: I have tried to do a logical OR with hal components in my custom.hal file, but it doesn't works since my emc_pause script doesn't address a real pin anymore ... loadrt or2 count=1 addf or2.0 servo-thread net programPause =

Re: [Emc-users] Dial box

2012-06-21 Thread Peter Blodow
Hello Andy, these boxes (we called them, politicaly incorrect, The Nipples) were sold with IBM workstations first (IBM RISC PC 6150) as standard equipment to go with system 8500(?) graphic processors on CATIA licenses. Nipples 1 to 3 were set up to control X-, Y- and Z position of 3D models

Re: [Emc-users] Monitor and control my CNC through an IP camera ?

2012-06-21 Thread Rando Sauvage
Thanks both for your answers. I am quite sure I tried halcmd setp or2.0.in1 1; and it didn't work (it failed with a message pin already in use or something like this). Wasn't aware of the existence of the sets command, great! I will get a try again in a couple of hours and let you know. Xavier

Re: [Emc-users] Monitor and control my CNC through an IP camera ?

2012-06-21 Thread John Kasunich
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012, at 04:11 PM, Rando Sauvage wrote: Thanks both for your answers. I am quite sure I tried halcmd setp or2.0.in1 1; and it didn't work (it failed with a message pin already in use or something like this). Oh, right - it won't let you set the pin because there is a

Re: [Emc-users] Dial box

2012-06-21 Thread Peter Blodow
Sorry, correction/addition to be made: Later panels were delivered by Spectragraphics, not SGI. They all had a male DB9 connector on a 1 m cable. Besides, there was another important workstation part to go with it, an active key panel with 32 back illuminated keys (soft function keys). Look for

Re: [Emc-users] Dial box

2012-06-21 Thread Przemek Klosowski
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mcpheej/HP_HEDS_5000_Series/HP_HEDS_5000_5310.htm On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 8:15 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: There are half a dozen of these in the skip at work: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_box Does anyone think they are worth rescuing? Some

Re: [Emc-users] Dial box

2012-06-21 Thread andy pugh
There was a huge heap of wires, motors and pumps dumped on top of the skip before I got back to it, so I only got two of them out. I have actually decided that they might be useful at work. I think I can write some code that will let me allocate them to engine parameters, and I can tweak

[Emc-users] bldc hal file example?

2012-06-21 Thread Ralph Stirling
I have my prototype linear motor assembled and ready to test tomorrow. I'm trying to figure out how to connect everything in hal, and seem to be missing some pieces of the puzzle. I want to use a 7I43 to generate the PWM signals with the bldc component. I'd like to run open loop for my initial

Re: [Emc-users] [FWD: RE: Live Config]

2012-06-21 Thread Chris Morley
I got your config files. At the moment I cannot get calibration to display anything. Is this true for you ? till tryig to figure out whats wrong. Chris Morley From: d...@archfitters.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:33:44 -0700 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] [FWD: RE:

Re: [Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer

2012-06-21 Thread transistor
On 2012-06-20 09:14, ceen...@in-front.com wrote: This link is for a reprap SCARA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cquw7dvR80A There was a conversation a while back about how many plastic Yoda heads and other fast prototyped plastic waste would end up in land fills. I see the above reprap