Re: [Emc-users] How to install custom kinematics module in sim-onlyLinuxCNC

2012-11-22 Thread Javier Ros
Viesturs, Its a long time since I work in my kinematics, but from what I remmeber I didn't need to do anything special to work on simulation mode. So I think what you propose is the correct way. Good luck, Javier On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.comwrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle position, direction and Index with only one channel.

2012-11-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 November 2012 02:32, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: I think it makes sense to do index the same way as engines do, just have a short tooth so there is a pulse missing. But, would that not upset any speed controls? The encoder counter would need to compensate. it isn't too hard,

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle position, direction and Index with only one channel.

2012-11-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 November 2012 11:26, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: Current encoder inputs need 50% ratio Some cleaning/retiming required I can't decide if it is a special case of counter mode, or a whole new component. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it.

[Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Mark Wendt
I've got a Hakko 472 that Just Works tm. However, it has one little really annoying trait. The transformer moans. By that, I mean, it doesn't have a steady hum, but more of a w, w in deep bass. ;-) Would I be looking in the right direction were I to assume one or more of the filter

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Dave Caroline
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: I've got a Hakko 472 that Just Works tm. However, it has one little really annoying trait. The transformer moans. By that, I mean, it doesn't have a steady hum, but more of a w, w in deep bass. ;-) Would I be

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: I've got a Hakko 472 that Just Works tm. However, it has one little really annoying trait. The transformer moans. By that, I mean, it

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Claude Froidevaux
On a Aoyue soldering station, the transformer screw fixation where not tight, making it rumble. 10 second repair! Le 22.11.2012 14:13, Mark Wendt a écrit : I've got a Hakko 472 that Just Works tm. However, it has one little really annoying trait. The transformer moans. By that, I mean, it

Re: [Emc-users] power supplies

2012-11-22 Thread Dave
It is hard to beat a properly sized linear power supply for reliability. The cost difference compared to a switcher is not that great. However, I've used both. For big switchers, I have bought several from this company: http://www.powersupplyemporium.com/ It is not obvious from their

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Mark Wendt
Claude, Did it moan in the same kind of way? Thanks, Mark On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Claude Froidevaux men...@bluewin.ch wrote: On a Aoyue soldering station, the transformer screw fixation where not tight, making it rumble. 10 second repair! Le 22.11.2012 14:13, Mark Wendt a écrit :

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle position, direction and Index with only one channel.

2012-11-22 Thread Dave
On 11/22/2012 6:42 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 22 November 2012 11:26, Dave Carolinedave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: Current encoder inputs need 50% ratio Some cleaning/retiming required I can't decide if it is a special case of counter mode, or a whole new component. How

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle position, direction and Index with only one channel.

2012-11-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 November 2012 09:59:53 andy pugh did opine: On 22 November 2012 11:26, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: Current encoder inputs need 50% ratio Some cleaning/retiming required I can't decide if it is a special case of counter mode, or a whole new component.

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 November 2012 10:37:48 Mark Wendt did opine: I've got a Hakko 472 that Just Works tm. However, it has one little really annoying trait. The transformer moans. By that, I mean, it doesn't have a steady hum, but more of a w, w in deep bass. ;-) Would I be looking in

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Thursday 22 November 2012 10:37:48 Mark Wendt did opine: I've got a Hakko 472 that Just Works tm. However, it has one little really annoying trait. The transformer moans. By that, I mean, it doesn't have a steady

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 November 2012 10:42:35 Mark Wendt did opine: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: I've got a Hakko 472 that Just Works tm. However, it has one little

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle position, direction and Index with only one channel.

2012-11-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 November 2012 15:36, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: In any event, it will need a separate index pulse, used to make sure there have been no missing or extranious(sp) pulses since LinuxCNC tracks windup with very wide counters. I am not sure this is necessarily true. LinuxCNC only

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle position, direction and Index with only one channel.

2012-11-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 November 2012 14:55, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote: How does the car controls handle the possible partial reverse rotation of the engine when it stops? Tracking reverse rotation is the whole point of these direction-sensitive devices. Before stop-start the system would have to wait to see

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Thursday 22 November 2012 10:42:35 Mark Wendt did opine: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle position, direction and Index with only one channel.

2012-11-22 Thread jeremy youngs
or use a cam sensor, either way the controller will figure it in 2 revolutions or less On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:54 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 22 November 2012 14:55, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote: How does the car controls handle the possible partial reverse rotation of the

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Dave Caroline
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[Emc-users] New guy introduction and some questions....

2012-11-22 Thread Pete Matos
First off Happy Thanksgiving to all of my EMC/linuxCNC friends. I am kinda new around here with EMC and I recently bought a used Cincinatti Arrow 500 VMC for my shop. Initially the hope was to be able to fix the original control and get it running. UNFORTUNATELY after several thousand dollars

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: before doing anything, find out where the noise comes from when the lid is off Dave Caroline That was on my list of things to do. Great minds think alike. ;-) Mark

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Joseph Chiu
I'm guessing that it's not a steady hum because the tip is regulating around the target temperature and thus is not always on -- when you first turn on the iron, does it hum continuously until it reaches temperature? On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: On

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle position, direction and Index with only one channel.

2012-11-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 November 2012 16:11, jeremy youngs jcyoung...@gmail.com wrote: or use a cam sensor, either way the controller will figure it in 2 revolutions or less We currently have a requirement to fire on the second TDC (of a 4-cylinder) That's less than 180 crank degrees. -- atp If you can't fix

Re: [Emc-users] New guy introduction and some questions....

2012-11-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 November 2012 16:13, Pete Matos petefro...@gmail.com wrote: use the original relays that appear to be in good shape to switch the 110v pneumatics for the toolchanger and power drawbar on and off as needed. An alternative might be to swap just the solenoids on the valves and control with

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Joseph Chiu joec...@joechiu.com wrote: I'm guessing that it's not a steady hum because the tip is regulating around the target temperature and thus is not always on -- when you first turn on the iron, does it hum continuously until it reaches temperature?

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 November 2012 11:50:45 Mark Wendt did opine: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Thursday 22 November 2012 10:42:35 Mark Wendt did opine: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu,

Re: [Emc-users] New guy introduction and some questions....

2012-11-22 Thread Pete Matos
Andy, funny you mention the 24v supply. The machine came with one and I am trying to determine if it is usable now with my intentions to run entirely on single phase. The solenoids that are in the machine are actually quite nice and 110v control voltage is as far away as the wall around here

Re: [Emc-users] New guy introduction and some questions....

2012-11-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 November 2012 12:10:26 Pete Matos did opine: First off Happy Thanksgiving to all of my EMC/linuxCNC friends. I am kinda new around here with EMC and I recently bought a used Cincinatti Arrow 500 VMC for my shop. Initially the hope was to be able to fix the original control

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Thursday 22 November 2012 11:50:45 Mark Wendt did opine: I've got some laminating epoxy that requires well over 24 hours to cure, and has a pot life of about three hours at room temp. I suppose I could thin the epoxy

Re: [Emc-users] New guy introduction and some questions....

2012-11-22 Thread Pete Matos
Gene, Hey man nice to meetya! I guess I can post the pics to my photobucket account and link them here but that is kinda a pain. Perhaps I should make a photobucket folder for all the Cincinatti arrow pics. HMMM something to consider. Peace Pete On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Gene

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 November 2012 12:26:18 Mark Wendt did opine: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Thursday 22 November 2012 11:50:45 Mark Wendt did opine: I've got some laminating epoxy that requires well over 24 hours to cure, and has a pot life of

Re: [Emc-users] New guy introduction and some questions....

2012-11-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 November 2012 12:39:55 Pete Matos did opine: Gene, Hey man nice to meetya! I guess I can post the pics to my photobucket account and link them here but that is kinda a pain. Perhaps I should make a photobucket folder for all the Cincinatti arrow pics. HMMM something to

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Thursday 22 November 2012 12:26:18 Mark Wendt did opine: That all fits it to a T Mark. I don't even recall the brand name after all this time its likely moot anyway. I have looked a bit at the local boat shops

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Claude Froidevaux
It was kind of a moan yes... I had it really long time, I was sure it was the transformer that vibrate... but in fact it was simply the transformer fixation that was loose (connected to another metallic plate, saturation of transformer make it vibrating) Le 22.11.2012 15:38, Mark Wendt a

Re: [Emc-users] New guy introduction and some questions....

2012-11-22 Thread dave
On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 12:12 -0500, Pete Matos wrote: snip You might want to browse this: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl search for mazak and you will get all sorts of hits. also: http://webpages.charter.net/bengvall/emc/emcconversion.html I have no idea what the spindle drive is

Re: [Emc-users] New guy introduction and some questions....

2012-11-22 Thread Pete Matos
Gene and Dave, I have been looking all over for the information I need to do this. I guess my plan is to take it one step at a time and one circuit at a time and hope for a good result. Again the initial hope here is to get the basic machine working and then worry about getting fancy with

Re: [Emc-users] New guy introduction and some questions....

2012-11-22 Thread Pete Matos
Dayum I just looked at this video of a pendant that apparently works on linuxCNC...NICE!! here is a linkpeace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1B_YsfI89sfeature=related Pete On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Pete Matos petefro...@gmail.com wrote: Gene and Dave, I have been looking

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle position, direction and Index with only one channel.

2012-11-22 Thread Jon Elson
andy pugh wrote: On 22 November 2012 11:26, Dave Caroline dave.thearchiv...@gmail.com wrote: Current encoder inputs need 50% ratio Some cleaning/retiming required I can't decide if it is a special case of counter mode, or a whole new component. It actually gets fairly

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Jon Elson
Mark Wendt wrote: I've got a Hakko 472 that Just Works tm. However, it has one little really annoying trait. The transformer moans. By that, I mean, it doesn't have a steady hum, but more of a w, w in deep bass. ;-) Would I be looking in the right direction were I to assume one or

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:39:17 -0500, you wrote: That all fits it to a T Mark. I don't even recall the brand name after all this time its likely moot anyway. I have looked a bit at the local boat shops without finding anything that resembles that stuff at all. Look for West Systems epoxy

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 November 2012 19:34:07 Mark Wendt did opine: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Thursday 22 November 2012 12:26:18 Mark Wendt did opine: That all fits it to a T Mark. I don't even recall the brand name after all this time its likely

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 November 2012 19:47:40 Steve Blackmore did opine: On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:39:17 -0500, you wrote: That all fits it to a T Mark. I don't even recall the brand name after all this time its likely moot anyway. I have looked a bit at the local boat shops without finding anything

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread dave
On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 22:51 +, Steve Blackmore wrote: On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:39:17 -0500, you wrote: That all fits it to a T Mark. I don't even recall the brand name after all this time its likely moot anyway. I have looked a bit at the local boat shops without finding anything

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle position, direction and Index with only one channel.

2012-11-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 November 2012 20:51, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote: Generally, I just don't see the advantage of going to a single sensor/single wire scheme when there are so many potential pitfalls. The single-wire is just a side-effect of using an encoder wheel that is readily available and

[Emc-users] PNCConf + 5i25 + 7i76 configuration failure

2012-11-22 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
Hello all, we get a Gerber Dimension 200 Gantry router converted today w/ the help of my dad and brother. This is the first time I've used a 7i76 and it seems to be generating a bad ini/hal file? We installed a clean 2.5.1 and get the following error when trying to start LinuxCNC. PNCConf can

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Desoldering station minor repair

2012-11-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 November 2012 22:56:51 dave did opine: On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 22:51 +, Steve Blackmore wrote: On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:39:17 -0500, you wrote: That all fits it to a T Mark. I don't even recall the brand name after all this time its likely moot anyway. I have looked a bit

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle position, direction and Index with only one channel.

2012-11-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 November 2012 23:03:13 andy pugh did opine: On 22 November 2012 20:51, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote: Generally, I just don't see the advantage of going to a single sensor/single wire scheme when there are so many potential pitfalls. The single-wire is just a

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle position, direction and Index with only one channel.

2012-11-22 Thread Jon Elson
andy pugh wrote: On 22 November 2012 20:51, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote: Generally, I just don't see the advantage of going to a single sensor/single wire scheme when there are so many potential pitfalls. The single-wire is just a side-effect of using an encoder wheel

Re: [Emc-users] PNCConf + 5i25 + 7i76 configuration failure

2012-11-22 Thread Chris Morley
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:48:25 -0500 From: smdubov...@gmail.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] PNCConf + 5i25 + 7i76 configuration failure Hello all, we get a Gerber Dimension 200 Gantry router converted today w/ the help of my dad and brother. This is the

Re: [Emc-users] PNCConf + 5i25 + 7i76 configuration failure

2012-11-22 Thread Chris Morley
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:48:25 -0500 From: smdubov...@gmail.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] PNCConf + 5i25 + 7i76 configuration failure Hello all, we get a Gerber Dimension 200 Gantry router converted today w/ the help of my dad and brother. This is the

Re: [Emc-users] PNCConf + 5i25 + 7i76 configuration failure

2012-11-22 Thread Chris Morley
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:48:25 -0500 From: smdubov...@gmail.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] PNCConf + 5i25 + 7i76 configuration failure Hello all, we get a Gerber Dimension 200 Gantry router converted today w/ the help of my dad and brother. This is the