[Emc-users] r-pi<->7i90 cable update

2016-12-17 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Not in a huge hurry to get this cable done as the replacement R-Pi's haven't arrived yet, but I do have the cables meeting & soldered on a smallish piece of perfboard as of 2 hours ago. Still to be made up are as many grounds as I can find on the r-pi & buss them out to the 8 gr

Re: [Emc-users] axis screw has 5 or 6 thou of end play, usual fix?

2016-12-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 17 December 2016 12:44:56 Dave Cole wrote: > On 12/16/2016 6:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 16 December 2016 14:50:19 andy pugh wrote: > >> On 16 December 2016 at 19:40, Gene Heskett > > > > wrote: > No, just space-out the outer races (by 1mm or so) then use the >

Re: [Emc-users] axis screw has 5 or 6 thou of end play, usual fix?

2016-12-17 Thread john mcintyre
Good stuff lanolin straight of the sheep's back greasy wool. john From: Dave Cole Sent: Sunday, 18 December 2016 4:44 AM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] axis screw has 5 or 6 thou of end play, usual fix? On 12/16/2016 6:50 PM, Gen

Re: [Emc-users] Fanuc A06B-6058-H322 Servo Amp Part Number

2016-12-17 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/17/2016 01:04 PM, Steve from Tube Gauge wrote: > I was able to retrieve the titled part number from the frame of the servo amp > and it appears to be a version that is "difficult" to integrate with EMC2, as > identified by the "6058" section of the number. > > What are my options for EMC

[Emc-users] Fanuc A06B-6058-H322 Servo Amp Part Number

2016-12-17 Thread Steve from Tube Gauge
I was able to retrieve the titled part number from the frame of the servo amp and it appears to be a version that is "difficult" to integrate with EMC2, as identified by the "6058" section of the number.   What are my options for EMC2 if I want to use these Red Cap servo motors and the 6058 amp

Re: [Emc-users] axis screw has 5 or 6 thou of end play, usual fix?

2016-12-17 Thread Dave Cole
On 12/16/2016 6:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 16 December 2016 14:50:19 andy pugh wrote: > >> On 16 December 2016 at 19:40, Gene Heskett > wrote: No, just space-out the outer races (by 1mm or so) then use the nut to adjust the preload. >>> It has a set screw, tightening against

Re: [Emc-users] PROFIBUS-DP for LinuxCNC with pyprofibus

2016-12-17 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
I spent a few hours every now and then. There was few quirks but finally I got it up and running. I do not regret the time spent. Possibility to use standard readily available IO modules is a really good feature. Even though profibus is not the most modern protocol I guess million of these dev