[Emc-users] Gscreen - Origin functions

2014-06-12 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Can someone please explain to me how the Zero Origin and Offset Origin in Gscreen works? Or how it is intended to work at least. -- Regards /Groete Marius D. Liebenberg +27 82 698 3251 +27 12 743 6064 QQ 1767394877

Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive?

2014-06-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2014-06-12 3:34 GMT+03:00 Todd Zuercher zuerc...@embarqmail.com: The machine is one that has had a problematic (under engineered drive train) from the get-go. It is an 8 spindle gang router for wood carving, with a 12ft long gantry that has about 5ft of travel (Y-axis).

Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch

2014-06-12 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:29:27 -0600, you wrote: I'm pleased to announce that Robert Ellenberg's new trajectory planner has been merged into LinuxCNC. It is in the master branch, aka 2.7~pre, what will become 2.7 later when it's released. It will be part of build v2.7.0-pre0-550-gd699a06 and

Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive?

2014-06-12 Thread yann jautard
Le 11/06/2014 20:28, noel a écrit : Timing belt. Lots of ways to use 'em. 2 from 1 motor, or 1 continuous. Very reliable. Very robust. Size them properly and keep them tensioned and they are wonderful. NR Yes, I agree. Done that this way on my 2mx1,5m gantry, works very well.

[Emc-users] Mesa 5I25 Stepping when linuxcnc is not running

2014-06-12 Thread Rene Hopf
Hi, Today I converted a mill form parport to 5I25, using 5i25_r990x2.bit bitfile. Everything was running good. Having a mesa card, I wanter to increase the speed. When I closed linuxcnc, X and Y ran into the endstops at full speed. Thinking of watchdog problems, I removed the pet function from the

Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch

2014-06-12 Thread sam sokolik
The new TP behavior is on by default in master. If you have no TP settings in your [TRAJ] section - linuxcnc defaults to. ARC_BLEND_ENABLE = 1 ARC_BLEND_FALLBACK_ENABLE = 0 ARC_BLEND_OPTIMIZATION_DEPTH = 50 ARC_BLEND_GAP_CYCLES = 4 ARC_BLEND_RAMP_FREQ = 100 I have cut and pasted some info

Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch

2014-06-12 Thread sam sokolik
Hi Steve Do you remember this program? http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/steve.ngc http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/Screenshot%20from%202014-06-12%2006:54:36.png This was a snippet of code that you had posted a while back. This is a velocity plot with the old TP

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 5I25 Stepping when linuxcnc is not running

2014-06-12 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014, Rene Hopf wrote: Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:31:22 +0200 From: Rene Hopf reneh...@mac.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Mesa 5I25

Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive?

2014-06-12 Thread Todd Zuercher
I don't really have a good reason, more exploring options and thinking out loud, not really wanting to fight with the problems with gantries in LinuxCNC, the machines only has 3 motors and drives, now and these model drives, and motors and drives are discontinued so getting a matching one may

Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch

2014-06-12 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 6/12/14 06:15 , sam sokolik wrote: http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/steve.ngc ... New TP http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/Screenshot%20from%202014-06-12%2006:54:17.png It gets up to the programmed feed and stays there. That's a really striking demonstration,

Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch

2014-06-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 12 June 2014 10:53:05 Pete Matos did opine And Gene did reply: I was under the impression that this was in the latest master release a bit ago. I thought you had to enable something to make it work. There were some folks testing it tho. I really would like to get this on my

Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch

2014-06-12 Thread Pete Matos
Gene, Thanks man but UNFORTUNATELY it is not mine LOL. I just machined the custom scope riser and the removable custom side focus wheel for it. I am also probably going to be making some range markers for the scope as well here soon. The rifle is a stunner for sure and one of the meanest

Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch

2014-06-12 Thread sam sokolik
This is even sexier Torchoidal path.. (graphing x and y acceleration and xyz velocity) http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/testing/Screenshot%20from%202014-03-20%2008:56:12.png Old tp G64 (about 30ipm or 762mm/m

[Emc-users] new 2.6 pre-release

2014-06-12 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Good morning folks, I just pushed 2.6.0~pre4 to the debian archive a linuxcnc.org. Here is the changelog (since 2.6.0~pre3): * fix several bugs with NURBS handling (G5, G5.1, G5.2) * add a Rapid Override control (analogous to Feed Override) * support moving 3, 6, or all 9 axes for a

Re: [Emc-users] new 2.6 pre-release

2014-06-12 Thread sam sokolik
we ran 2.6.0-pre3 on the KT also this last weekend. No issues - no surprises.. (and this is a non-trivial machine... 2 mesa 5i20's, large ladder, Custom Comp and lots of hal logic) oh - and an arduino measuring spindle temp. The PID change for 'previous target' really helped tuning. (Plus

Re: [Emc-users] new 2.6 pre-release

2014-06-12 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 6/12/14 09:59 , sam sokolik wrote: we ran 2.6.0-pre3 on the KT also this last weekend. No issues - no surprises.. (and this is a non-trivial machine... 2 mesa 5i20's, large ladder, Custom Comp and lots of hal logic) oh - and an arduino measuring spindle temp. That's great to hear! --

Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch

2014-06-12 Thread Todd Zuercher
Ooo that is sexy. - Original Message - From: sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 11:38:25 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch This

Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch

2014-06-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 12 June 2014 11:16:28 Pete Matos did opine And Gene did reply: Gene, Thanks man but UNFORTUNATELY it is not mine LOL. I just machined the custom scope riser and the removable custom side focus wheel for it. I am also probably going to be making some range markers for the

Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch

2014-06-12 Thread Bertho Stultiens
On 06/12/2014 05:38 PM, sam sokolik wrote: This is even sexier Torchoidal path.. (graphing x and y acceleration and xyz velocity) [snip] Now I am a bit proud of myself with making the trochoidal example code. Oh vanity, sometimes nice, other times it has a price ;-) -- Greetings Bertho

[Emc-users] .pit file extension

2014-06-12 Thread Rick Lair
Hello Guys, I have been trying to break into a file on one of my other machines control, and I am not succeeding. The file has a .pit file extension, Any suggestions on what I should use to open it?? Thanks Rick

Re: [Emc-users] .pit file extension

2014-06-12 Thread rayj
If you're using MS software, sometimes just changing the extension (.pit to .txt or other) will allow you to open it. Raymond Julian Kettle River, MN The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our

Re: [Emc-users] .pit file extension

2014-06-12 Thread Philipp Burch
On 12.06.2014 19:06, Rick Lair wrote: Hello Guys, I have been trying to break into a file on one of my other machines control, and I am not succeeding. The file has a .pit file extension, Any suggestions on what I should use to open it?? Hi Rick, I don't know the file

Re: [Emc-users] .pit file extension

2014-06-12 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 06/12/2014 10:06 AM, Rick Lair wrote: Hello Guys, I have been trying to break into a file on one of my other machines control, and I am not succeeding. The file has a .pit file extension, Any suggestions on what I should use to open it?? Thanks Rick You might try gHex:

Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch

2014-06-12 Thread andy pugh
On 12 June 2014 17:23, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: That, and I tend not to send pix that could be interpreted by some anti-gun nut, out there for them to have a cow over. I made this the other day :-)

Re: [Emc-users] New trajectory planner merged into LinuxCNC's development branch

2014-06-12 Thread sam sokolik
Yes! - that was an awesome test program. Thank you sam On 6/12/2014 11:22 AM, Bertho Stultiens wrote: On 06/12/2014 05:38 PM, sam sokolik wrote: This is even sexier Torchoidal path.. (graphing x and y acceleration and xyz velocity) [snip] Now I am a bit proud of myself with making

Re: [Emc-users] .pit file extension

2014-06-12 Thread Rick Lair
Thanks Guys, The first thing I found was Frhed on a Google search for hex editor, and it work fine, opened it up and now I just have to be able to decipher it, way over my head. It's the plc program from a turning center with a 7 year old Commercial control on it, and the lathe is a carbon copy

Re: [Emc-users] .pit file extension

2014-06-12 Thread jrmitchellj .
I would try a hex editor like 0xed to open it see if anything makes sense. Ray --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. jrmitche...@gmail.com (818)324-7573 The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those

Re: [Emc-users] Feed control

2014-06-12 Thread a k
It was interesting help in all aspects. World is theater and people actors. So we all play some role. It did not discourage me. Why? Less than 7 month ago The United States Government could not find smart contractor to make gov. health care web to work properly. We are talking about The

Re: [Emc-users] .pit file extension

2014-06-12 Thread John Alexander Stewart
or just put it through strings and see what prints out. JohnS. ​ -- HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast.

Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive?

2014-06-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2014-06-12 16:52 GMT+03:00 Todd Zuercher zuerc...@embarqmail.com: I don't really have a good reason, more exploring options and thinking out loud, not really wanting to fight with the problems with gantries in LinuxCNC, Well, I do not see much issues with LinuxCNC

Re: [Emc-users] .pit file extension

2014-06-12 Thread Troy Jacobson
If by pic, you mean a Microchip PIC program, you should grab a PIC disassembler. There are ones available for Linux (don't know the name) or you could get MPLab X from microchip. On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:15 PM, John Alexander Stewart ivatt...@gmail.com wrote: or just put it through strings

Re: [Emc-users] .pit file extension

2014-06-12 Thread Ralph Stirling
Rick, More information about the original controls might help. Many people on this list have used regular CNC turning centers. Exact make and model of the original control and the lathe would be a good start. Do you have any manuals for it now? Often the service or electrical manual will have

Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive?

2014-06-12 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 5:09 PM, rayj raymo...@frontiernet.net wrote: ... Assuming identical motors and driver boards, is it possible to wire both driver boards to the same output from the breakout board. Example: run the wires from the BOB X-axis step pin to the step input for 2 drivers

Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive?

2014-06-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 12 June 2014 17:09:45 rayj did opine And Gene did reply: A general question on using two motors in this situation. I'm using steppers, so I'll frame the question for them. Assuming identical motors and driver boards, is it possible to wire both driver boards to the same output

Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive?

2014-06-12 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 6/12/2014 7:52 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: I don't really have a good reason, more exploring options and thinking out loud, not really wanting to fight with the problems with gantries in LinuxCNC, the machines only has 3 motors and drives, now and these model drives, and motors and drives

Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive?

2014-06-12 Thread rayj
A general question on using two motors in this situation. I'm using steppers, so I'll frame the question for them. Assuming identical motors and driver boards, is it possible to wire both driver boards to the same output from the breakout board. Example: run the wires from the BOB X-axis

Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive?

2014-06-12 Thread rayj
I wondered if that might be a problem. I'm thinking I could use a manual pulse generator to square it up at startup and have a set of home switches that could be touched off on as necessary to assure that the system is still square. If it isn't then the operation would be stopped and it

Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive?

2014-06-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 12 June 2014 19:20:24 rayj did opine And Gene did reply: I wondered if that might be a problem. I'm thinking I could use a manual pulse generator to square it up at startup and have a set of home switches that could be touched off on as necessary to assure that the system is still

[Emc-users] Desktop file for HTML documents

2014-06-12 Thread Trần Ngọc Quân
Dear debian package maintain, I can't open G-code Quick Reference from Gnome menu. I discover that desktop file for them is not suitable for Debian. In Debian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy), missing /usr/bin/x-www-browser, so postinst[0] must use update-alternatives[1] for install it. Append

Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive?

2014-06-12 Thread Bas de Bruijn
On 12 Jun 2014, at 02:34, Todd Zuercher zuerc...@embarqmail.com wrote: The machine is one that has had a problematic (under engineered drive train) from the get-go. It is an 8 spindle gang router for wood carving, with a 12ft long gantry that has about 5ft of travel (Y-axis). Even though

Re: [Emc-users] Gscreen - Origin functions

2014-06-12 Thread Chris Morley
select an axis button on screen (such as x) pressing zero origin will set the active user system to 0 calls G10 L20 P0 [axis] 0 set origin uses the same idea other then it lets you enter a value. G10 L20 P0 [axis value] Chris M Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 08:00:46 +0200 From: