[Emc-users] Servo tuning MESA 7i48 cards

2013-01-27 Thread Marshland Engineering
I'm running Colpey servo drives but I cannot get them tuned in with LinuxCNC. The servo is a current drive with a +- 10 volt input. As there is not much load on the drive so a +-0.4 volt will swing the motor at full speed. The manual for the drive says to supply a stepped input to it and tune

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning MESA 7i48 cards

2013-01-27 Thread Anders Wallin
The servo is a current drive with a +- 10 volt input. As there is not much load on the drive so a +-0.4 volt will swing the motor at full speed. Tuning with no load at all might be hard or impossible. Do you have the motors attached to the ballscrew/machine? Full speed at 0.4V command would

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning MESA 7i48 cards

2013-01-27 Thread Marshland Engineering
Can you tell me what your PID values you have in your setup? I know mine won't bet the same but it gives me an idea on the range. Thanks Wallace -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS,

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning MESA 7i48 cards

2013-01-27 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013, Jon Elson wrote: Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 11:59:22 -0600 From: Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] Help, out of inputs on my parport

2013-01-27 Thread Kip
Greetings all! My shift registers seem to be working well as a cheap and easy port expander! Apologies for how long it took me to write it up, but we are currently in the middle of the FIRST Robotics Challenge build season, so I'm spending almost every evening mentoring high school students.

Re: [Emc-users] backplot setup

2013-01-27 Thread Chris Morley
You didn't mention if this was in AXIS or gladeVCP - but the answer could be the same. Since you are using a 5 axis machine with rotary axis there is an INI setting to look at. Under the [DISPLAY] heading GEOMETRY=XYZA etc Geometry sets how the backplot displays rotary movement. More

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning MESA 7i48 cards

2013-01-27 Thread Chris Morley
From: marshl...@marshland.co.nz To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:10:21 +1300 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning MESA 7i48 cards Can you tell me what your PID values you have in your setup? I know mine won't bet the same but it gives me an idea on the

[Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Does anyone know where I can order just a few, I need 3, of the above bolt without a $30 to $50 minimum order? The bearing blocks for this screw are machined only for socket head bolts, and normal 10mm hex heads do not leave room to get a wrench or socket on them to properly

[Emc-users] Another 5i25-g540 question.

2013-01-27 Thread John Stewart
I'm having pretty good success with the 5i25/g540 setup - thanks to emails and pointers on this list earlier. (I will send along my hal/ini files once it is running - it has been an interesting time figuring this out. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, getting quite bright) Question:

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread John Stewart
Gene; These are available locally, but I have a few steel 30mm, 40mm or a bunch of 50mm steel socket head cap screws. (Measured from under the head, not total length, of course) The 50mm ones - I have a whole bunch; just slightly under half the shank is threaded. The 30 mm ones are fully

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Ralph Stirling
mcmaster.com is my go-to source for all fasteners. Cheap, fast shipping, no minimums. -- Ralph From: Gene Heskett [ghesk...@wdtv.com] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 4:19 PM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm

Re: [Emc-users] Another 5i25-g540 question.

2013-01-27 Thread sam sokolik
The easiest way is to negate the SCALE. sam On 01/27/2013 06:40 PM, John Stewart wrote: I'm having pretty good success with the 5i25/g540 setup - thanks to emails and pointers on this list earlier. (I will send along my hal/ini files once it is running - it has been an interesting time

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning MESA 7i48 cards

2013-01-27 Thread Jon Elson
Peter C. Wallace wrote: If the drives are indeed in torque mode (which is hard to reconcile with tuning the drives step response via a potentiometer), It may be very hard to tune a bare unloaded motor at a linuxCNC 1 KHz sample rate (~300 hz bandwidth) You're right. If he THINKS the

Re: [Emc-users] Another 5i25-g540 question.

2013-01-27 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013, John Stewart wrote: Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:40:37 -0500 From: John Stewart alex.stew...@crc.ca Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Jason Burton
+1 on mcmaster. Though it looks like John has you covered. On Jan 27, 2013 6:52 PM, Ralph Stirling ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu wrote: mcmaster.com is my go-to source for all fasteners. Cheap, fast shipping, no minimums. -- Ralph From: Gene

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Jon Elson
Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; Does anyone know where I can order just a few, I need 3, of the above bolt without a $30 to $50 minimum order? The bearing blocks for this screw are machined only for socket head bolts, and normal 10mm hex heads do not leave room to get a wrench or

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 27 January 2013 20:02:43 John Stewart did opine: Message additions Copyright Sunday 27 January 2013 by Gene Heskett Gene; These are available locally, but I have a few steel 30mm, 40mm or a bunch of 50mm steel socket head cap screws. (Measured from under the head, not total

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 27 January 2013 20:10:33 Ralph Stirling did opine: Message additions Copyright Sunday 27 January 2013 by Gene Heskett mcmaster.com is my go-to source for all fasteners. Cheap, fast shipping, no minimums. -- Ralph Thanks Ralph, and if I can find the login/pw again I did have an

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 27 January 2013 20:13:43 Jon Elson did opine: Message additions Copyright Sunday 27 January 2013 by Gene Heskett Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; Does anyone know where I can order just a few, I need 3, of the above bolt without a $30 to $50 minimum order? The bearing

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread jeremy youngs
gene is there a tsc around your parts? they have the stuff you need out there ours carries the bolts yuo are looking for at about .80 ea. good luck :) -- jeremy youngs -- Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET,

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Greg Bernard
Yeah, Ace is pretty good for that sort of thing. They have all sorts of odd fasteners, springs, o-rings and such. Way overpriced but a lifesaver when you need a part in a hurry.   +++ Anyone who believes exponential

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 27 January 2013 20:38:11 Drew Rogge did opine: Message additions Copyright Sunday 27 January 2013 by Gene Heskett Try boltdepot.com: http://www.boltdepot.com/Product-Details.aspx?product=6543 Your search fu is better than mine. Thanks. Not sure what shipping would be but

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:19:11 -0500, you wrote: Greetings all; Does anyone know where I can order just a few, I need 3, of the above bolt without a $30 to $50 minimum order? I can get those at my local hardware store or home depot type store and I've also got 25+ of them in stock. If your in no

Re: [Emc-users] Help, out of inputs on my parport

2013-01-27 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 06:14:56PM -0500, Kip wrote: Greetings all! My shift registers seem to be working well as a cheap and easy port expander! Apologies for how long it took me to write it That's really cool. A lot of people have asked about a simple scheme such as this over the years,

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 27 January 2013 20:48:05 Steve Blackmore did opine: Message additions Copyright Sunday 27 January 2013 by Gene Heskett On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:19:11 -0500, you wrote: Greetings all; Does anyone know where I can order just a few, I need 3, of the above bolt without a $30 to $50

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Drew Rogge
Hmmm. I'm in the San Francisco bay area. Hard to get further away from WV than that. It did take like 5 days to get them though. Ahhh... I see I had them shipped to work via UPS. Home delivery is usualy a bit more than business :-( Yep, about $3 more to ship to a residential address vs.

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 28 January 2013 02:25:34 Drew Rogge did opine: Message additions Copyright Monday 28 January 2013 by Gene Heskett Hmmm. I'm in the San Francisco bay area. Hard to get further away from WV than that. It did take like 5 days to get them though. Ahhh... I see I had them shipped to

Re: [Emc-users] Need socket head 6x1mm by 35mm bolts

2013-01-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 28 January 2013 02:34:17 MC Cason did opine: Message additions Copyright Monday 28 January 2013 by Gene Heskett On 01/27/2013 06:19 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings all; Does anyone know where I can order just a few, I need 3, of the above bolt without a $30 to $50 minimum