Re: [Emc-users] Buying used servos

2013-07-11 Thread Gregg Eshelman
I've seen pics of a couple of Bridgeport style CNC mills where the Z axis is a slide inserted between the head and the turret so the entire head moves up and down. That can have greater travel than moving the quill and the head retains all its manual functions.

Re: [Emc-users] Custom firmware for MESA and BLDC motors

2013-07-11 Thread propcoder
Mod operation is a counter with reset on TOP value - simple, no processor needed. I did those things with logic elements, making circuits for some constant TOP value. Isn't it possible to make lookups in hardware? Demultiplexer connected to table storage? How many selecting bits do we need - 3

Re: [Emc-users] Custom firmware for MESA and BLDC motors

2013-07-11 Thread propcoder
No, I didn't yet. I will do when I will have time and report the results. 2013.07.11 07:31, Peter C. Wallace rašė: BTW, did you try the latest BLDC version in master? It should make a big improvement by halving the peak error in the commutation angle

Re: [Emc-users] Beaglebone LinuxCNC starterkit - Beaglebone Black

2013-07-11 Thread Michael Haberler
Am 11.07.2013 um 05:40 schrieb Troy Jacobson t...@thismuch.net: The machinekit image does not flash the LEDs to show activity. Numbers 3 and 5 are on constantly for that image. That's a mistake I made... sorry, I should have noted that In the current (-bone20) xenomai kernel the led_gpio

Re: [Emc-users] mail list over forums?

2013-07-11 Thread Marcus Bowman
On 10 Jul 2013, at 19:59, Bruce Layne wrote: Forums require users to visit them and participate. An email list arrives in my inbox. That's both an advantage and a disadvantage. It keeps the topics in front of me on a daily basis and keeps me involved but it does clutter my inbox.

Re: [Emc-users] mail list over forums?

2013-07-11 Thread Mark Wendt
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Shannon Watson swat...@mpm1.com wrote: I can just reply and it knows what i am replying to? On a forum I know what i am replying to. Thanks, Shannon Watson swat...@mpm1.com Phone: (316) 945-1227 MPM Inc. 2100 S West Street Wichita, KS 67213 You replied

[Emc-users] Pluto-p board question

2013-07-11 Thread W. Martinjak
Greetings! Are there some fellows who have plut-p boards and would sell it for a good price? I'm in search of some. My location is in europe. Thanks and regards, Matsche -- In der Wissenschaft siegt nie eine neue Theorie, nur ihre Gegner sterben nach und nach Max Planck

Re: [Emc-users] Custom firmware for MESA and BLDC motors

2013-07-11 Thread propcoder
I suspect thread takes 430uS time only on LinuxCNC startup. I should re-check this. 2013.07.10 16:54, Anders Wallin rašė: pushing the servo thread time down to 230us while you sometimes get delays that cause it to be 430us does not seem right.

Re: [Emc-users] mail list over forums?

2013-07-11 Thread Lester Caine
Mark Wendt wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Shannon Watson swat...@mpm1.com wrote: I can just reply and it knows what i am replying to? On a forum I know what i am replying to. I will not wind up the 'top post' flamewars, but any decent email client will thread replies properly ...

Re: [Emc-users] Buying used servos

2013-07-11 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Sweet - I've never seen one. Do you have a picture? On Jul 11, 2013 1:25 AM, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: I've seen pics of a couple of Bridgeport style CNC mills where the Z axis is a slide inserted between the head and the turret so the entire head moves up and down. That can

Re: [Emc-users] Beaglebone LinuxCNC starterkit - Beaglebone Black

2013-07-11 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 7/11/2013 2:58 AM, Michael Haberler wrote: Am 11.07.2013 um 05:40 schrieb Troy Jacobson t...@thismuch.net: The machinekit image does not flash the LEDs to show activity. Numbers 3 and 5 are on constantly for that image. That's a mistake I made... sorry, I should have noted that

Re: [Emc-users] mail list over forums?

2013-07-11 Thread John Kasunich
We've had this discussion before. Different people prefer to get their information in different ways. That is why we have both email lists and a forum. This topic is a lot like religion or politics - you can have a lot of talk, but in the end, everybody is likely to stick with what they

Re: [Emc-users] Pluto-p board question

2013-07-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
As far as i know, the Pluto boards are no longer being made, and never worked that well to start with. Look at the Mesa 7i43 for a modern replacent. W. Martinjak mats...@play-pla.net wrote: Greetings! Are there some fellows who have plut-p boards and would sell it for a good price? I'm in

Re: [Emc-users] mail list over forums?

2013-07-11 Thread Shannon Watson
Thank you for your replies. Mail list, Fourm, IRC all forms of communication but in different ways that don't interact with each other. Thanks, Shannon Watson swat...@mpm1.com Phone: (316) 945-1227 MPM Inc. 2100 S West Street Wichita, KS 67213

Re: [Emc-users] mail list over forums?

2013-07-11 Thread Kenneth Lerman
On 7/11/2013 9:00 AM, John Kasunich wrote: We've had this discussion before. Different people prefer to get their information in different ways. That is why we have both email lists and a forum. This topic is a lot like religion or politics - you can have a lot of talk, but in the end,

Re: [Emc-users] mail list over forums?

2013-07-11 Thread Les Newell
Depending on the forum software being used it may be possible to integrate the mailing list and forum. The SheetCam forum is set up like this so any posts made on the mailing list also appear on the forum and vice-versa. It isn't perfect and can occasionally be confusing but it does mostly

Re: [Emc-users] Pluto-p board question

2013-07-11 Thread W. Martinjak
On 2013-07-11 15:21, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: As far as i know, the Pluto boards are no longer being made, and never worked that well to start with. Look at the Mesa 7i43 for a modern replacent. Yes, and due to this circumstance there should a couple of them lying about and let's hope

Re: [Emc-users] Beaglebone LinuxCNC starterkit - Beaglebone Black

2013-07-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 7/11/13 06:41 , Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I'll try this out in a day or two when I'm back home. I have had several people think the system was broken because the LEDs were not blinking...I'm guessing not very many people monitor the serial console of their BeagleBone. :-/ I think

Re: [Emc-users] Beaglebone LinuxCNC starterkit - Beaglebone Black

2013-07-11 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 7/11/2013 11:06 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 7/11/13 06:41 , Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I'll try this out in a day or two when I'm back home. I have had several people think the system was broken because the LEDs were not blinking...I'm guessing not very many people monitor the

Re: [Emc-users] Beaglebone LinuxCNC starterkit - Beaglebone Black

2013-07-11 Thread dave
On Thu, 2013-07-11 at 11:17 -0500, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: On 7/11/2013 11:06 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 7/11/13 06:41 , Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I'll try this out in a day or two when I'm back home. I have had several people think the system was broken because the LEDs were

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control)

2013-07-11 Thread sam sokolik
Seems to run nice at 40ipm http://electronicsam.com/images/emco/EMCOThreading.JPG video soon... On 7/9/2013 11:34 AM, sam sokolik wrote: ok - some cool news I think. So - with the switch on the interface board set to off (non step/dir mode) the control signals are 4 phase drive. (seems

Re: [Emc-users] Diagnostiic GUI

2013-07-11 Thread Marshland Engineering
Anything that ends up in HAL can be tweaked live (without restarting LinuxCNC). This includes PID gains, stepgen timing, etc. I use halcmd -kf in a terminal to do this. I'll try this. Thanks 2. A higher servo thread rate than 1 KHz may be required to close the velocity portion (D term)

Re: [Emc-users] Diagnostiic GUI

2013-07-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 July 2013 21:58, Marshland Engineering marshl...@marshland.co.nz wrote: The only way we could get any stability was with the drives in Current mode and Tacho feedback. Nothing else was stable. Was this with a bare motor, or with the motor mounted in the machine? -- atp If you can't fix

Re: [Emc-users] emco compact 5pc lathe and linuxcnc (no mods to original control)

2013-07-11 Thread sam sokolik
quick threading video.. (yes - not the correct cutter - and the exit move is a bit shallow.. but shows the spindle sync is right on...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERMizV-yy8U sam On 07/11/2013 02:56 PM, sam sokolik wrote: Seems to run nice at 40ipm

Re: [Emc-users] Diagnostiic GUI

2013-07-11 Thread Dave
On 7/11/2013 10:00 PM, Jon Elson wrote: Marshland Engineering wrote: The only way we could get any stability was with the drives in Current mode and Tacho feedback. Nothing else was stable. This is contradictory. Current mode does not use tach feedback. if you have the tach