Re: [Emc-users] Copying G code files from PC to PC

2016-03-24 Thread Chris Albertson
There are many schemes that work. One of my favorites is to not store any data at all on the client machines. One benefit is that you never have to do a backup of a client machine and if one fails it is trivial to replace it quickly. You never copy files so the OP's problem never happens. What

Re: [Emc-users] Copying G code files from PC to PC

2016-03-24 Thread TJoseph Powderly
i wonder too i got wifi sd cards from cameras to work for fujix picture xfers this eliminated one nonstandard tiny usb cable (which doesnt fit other tiny nonstandard usb sockets) tomp On 03/25/2016 02:53 AM, Rick Lair wrote: > I don't know, now you have me wondering, > > We do have some WiFi thum

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on arm

2016-03-24 Thread TJoseph Powderly
wow! thx Jeff tomp On 03/25/2016 09:54 AM, Jeff Epler wrote: > I dared myself to fix nml-over-tcp, and got it working this evening. > -- Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with

[Emc-users] Levil CNC machines ?

2016-03-24 Thread Jon Elson
Has anybody run across a Levil CNC machine? Somebody at our University bought one, and is giving it to us. (They are moving up to something able to mill stainless parts.) I have not seen it yet, but have been researching, and can't figure out what CNC software it is using. It apparently ru

Re: [Emc-users] Copying G code files from PC to PC

2016-03-24 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/24/2016 01:22 PM, Rick Lair wrote: > Even though all the machines have USB ports, thumb drives are just too > easily lost, damaged, dropped in chip conveyors, etc,,, > > We have a few OEM controls in here that we have to use a USB on, and I > have tried like hell to get them to tell me how to

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on arm

2016-03-24 Thread Jeff Epler
I dared myself to fix nml-over-tcp, and got it working this evening. There are still no working sample configs (I think there's something buggy in configs/common/{client,server}.nml) but on my local machine the linuxcncrsh-tcp test passes, and by using edited copies of its tcp.nml I used axis and t

Re: [Emc-users] Copying G code files from PC to PC

2016-03-24 Thread Charles Buckley
For LinuxCNC, I just wrote a small script to convert the files into a .deb package, then push it to my repo. Charles Buckley On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Jack Coats wrote: > Rather than hardware or sending information 'offsite' to Dropbox or > similar, I was wondering if something like bitt

Re: [Emc-users] Copying G code files from PC to PC

2016-03-24 Thread Jack Coats
Rather than hardware or sending information 'offsite' to Dropbox or similar, I was wondering if something like bittorrent sync could be used? It can probably run under LinuxCNC, but I haven't checked. https://www.getsync.com/ It does support Windows, Mac, Linux and Linux on ARM, FreeBSD, Apple an

Re: [Emc-users] RFID Tag or Barcode into LinuxCNC

2016-03-24 Thread Charles Buckley
Go with barcode near the machine. I have seen bad things happen when using an RFID reader near high inductance coils. On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 2:13 PM, John Thornton wrote: > Anyone read a RFID tag or barcode and use that to run a subroutine in > LinuxCNC? > > JT > > > --

Re: [Emc-users] Copying G code files from PC to PC

2016-03-24 Thread Rick Lair
I don't know, now you have me wondering, We do have some WiFi thumb drives, might have to play with that when they get off of the machine. Rick On 3/24/2016 2:48 PM, Stephen Dubovsky wrote: > Rick, would one of those USB flash drives w/ built in wifi work? (Sandisk > makes one, Im sure there

Re: [Emc-users] Copying G code files from PC to PC

2016-03-24 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
Rick, would one of those USB flash drives w/ built in wifi work? (Sandisk makes one, Im sure there are others.) The machine would see the USB flash drive and you could drop files on it from another machine via the wifi? SMD On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Rick Lair wrote: > Even though all th

Re: [Emc-users] Copying G code files from PC to PC

2016-03-24 Thread Rick Lair
Even though all the machines have USB ports, thumb drives are just too easily lost, damaged, dropped in chip conveyors, etc,,, We have a few OEM controls in here that we have to use a USB on, and I have tried like hell to get them to tell me how to network them, with no luck. Rick On 03/24

Re: [Emc-users] Copying G code files from PC to PC

2016-03-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 March 2016 12:53:07 Craig Warnol wrote: > Not an answer to your permissions issue, but here is my solution for > copying G code between PCs. > > I set up an ownCloud (https://owncloud.org/) instance on my > server/primary desktop/workstation and run the client on my other > machines

Re: [Emc-users] Copying G code files from PC to PC

2016-03-24 Thread Rick Lair
Hey Guys, I just looked at the permissions of the programs in the wheezy machine, and here is a screenshot of what they look like using he "ls -al" command, https://app.box.com/s/hzn5v96nrieg37fxg8h3ygxh4abypohy I would say they are Windows Shares As for the system, the only thing I really

Re: [Emc-users] Copying G code files from PC to PC

2016-03-24 Thread Bengt Sjölund
Why not just use a memory stick? Cheers Bengt Den 2016-03-24 kl. 17:53, skrev Craig Warnol: > Not an answer to your permissions issue, but here is my solution for > copying G code between PCs. > > I set up an ownCloud (https://owncloud.org/) instance on my > server/primary desktop/workstation and

Re: [Emc-users] Copying G code files from PC to PC

2016-03-24 Thread Craig Warnol
Not an answer to your permissions issue, but here is my solution for copying G code between PCs. I set up an ownCloud (https://owncloud.org/) instance on my server/primary desktop/workstation and run the client on my other machines. There is a CNC directory that is automatically synchronized a

Re: [Emc-users] RFID Tag or Barcode into LinuxCNC

2016-03-24 Thread giorgio foga
for so little in the forum . you 've helped me so much more ... many thanks to you for what you do on LCNC forum . regards Giorgio > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > From: j...@gnipsel.com > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 06:04:07 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] RFID Tag or Barcode into Linux

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on arm

2016-03-24 Thread Dave Cole
Depending on the machine and the original construction, the iron can last a lot longer than the controls if it is well maintained and lubed. I've worked on many 40+ year old machines but almost all of them were pre-1970 vintage. Heavy iron and built with replaceable/regrindable ways etc. Dave

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on arm

2016-03-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 March 2016 08:19:12 Ron Ginger wrote: > I was helping a commercial screw machine shop that had a couple little > KX1 mills. One was getting rather tired after 5 or 6 years of > production use and having repeatability problem. I was speaking with > the general manager and asked "well

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on arm

2016-03-24 Thread Dave Cole
True, but at some point that becomes uneconomical.I know a guy who had a Mazak lathe with ancient controls and he dumped over $10K in boards and labor into it to get it running again and it was not a large lathe. Dave On 3/24/2016 6:50 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: > I can't imagine anyone "want

Re: [Emc-users] RM-501

2016-03-24 Thread pyrros . ts
Hello , i try to program a robot RM-501 Mitsubishi with Linux Cnc. I am really new user. Robot has 5 servo motors. When I have just servo do i need to program Stepper Configuration Wizard or is just for stepper motors and in my case i have to program just PnCconf? Also in axis configuration th

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on arm

2016-03-24 Thread Ron Ginger
I was helping a commercial screw machine shop that had a couple little KX1 mills. One was getting rather tired after 5 or 6 years of production use and having repeatability problem. I was speaking with the general manager and asked "well how long do you expect a machine to last?" and without a

Re: [Emc-users] RFID Tag or Barcode into LinuxCNC

2016-03-24 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
Yes store tool parameters would probably be good. Barcode require central storage while USB could follow the tool, there is also RFID . Then more time could be spent on real "Bar". On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:04:52 +0800 TJoseph Powderly wrote: > interesting idea > i played with similar idea on sin

Re: [Emc-users] RFID Tag or Barcode into LinuxCNC

2016-03-24 Thread TJoseph Powderly
interesting idea i played with similar idea on sink edm where each tool barely moved at a single position ( orbiting) i thought "why not program the tool instead of the machine?" put position depth cutting parms on texas instrument tool chip ( like rfid or barcode ) then controller was point to po

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on arm

2016-03-24 Thread Todd Zuercher
I can't imagine anyone "wants to" but it is done. Fanuc still supports and maintains the controls for one of our old (an ancient 11M) CNCs built in 1984 (and much older stuff too). And this is one of the reasons they get the big bucks for their stuff and why they're so popular. - Original

Re: [Emc-users] RFID Tag or Barcode into LinuxCNC

2016-03-24 Thread John Thornton
Thanks, I didn't think of using a M1xx I'll give that a whirl. JT On 3/24/2016 3:20 AM, giorgio foga wrote: > >> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> From: j...@gnipsel.com >> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:13:58 -0500 >> Subject: [Emc-users] RFID Tag or Barcode into LinuxCNC >> >> Anyone read a RFI

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on arm.contact reliability

2016-03-24 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
Or dampen computer vibrations with rubber or something similar, it might work better if computer is made a little bit heavier. On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:17:26 +0800 TJoseph Powderly wrote: > i used to use a liquid chemical for hifi snobs called 'tweak' > http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.p

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on arm.contact reliability

2016-03-24 Thread TJoseph Powderly
i used to use a liquid chemical for hifi snobs called 'tweak' http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?1652-Contact-Cleaning-The-Right-Stuff but old dollar bills worked well too due to rag content ( does not apply to new plastic money ) i read once that connectors really only had single poin

Re: [Emc-users] RFID Tag or Barcode into LinuxCNC

2016-03-24 Thread giorgio foga
> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > From: j...@gnipsel.com > Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:13:58 -0500 > Subject: [Emc-users] RFID Tag or Barcode into LinuxCNC > > Anyone read a RFID tag or barcode and use that to run a subroutine in > LinuxCNC? > > JT > >