Re: [Emc-users] Got LCNC into a corner, painted in you might say

2018-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 28 May 2018 21:56:00 Jon Elson wrote: > On 05/28/2018 08:12 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 28 May 2018 15:12:46 Jon Elson wrote: > >> more /proc/meminfo > > > > gene@GO704:~$ sudo cat /proc/meminfo > > [sudo] password for gene: > > MemTotal:2059220 kB > > MemFree:

Re: [Emc-users] Got LCNC into a corner, painted in you might say

2018-05-28 Thread Jon Elson
On 05/28/2018 08:12 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 28 May 2018 15:12:46 Jon Elson wrote: more /proc/meminfo gene@GO704:~$ sudo cat /proc/meminfo [sudo] password for gene: MemTotal:2059220 kB MemFree: 1424600 kB Buffers: 44556 kB Cached: 372816 kB

Re: [Emc-users] AC Power for Mill and PC+Monitor

2018-05-28 Thread Jon Elson
On 05/28/2018 03:42 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: What are others in North America doing for powering their PCs and Monitors? Separate AC outlet/power bar for the PC? I have very wimpy servo motors on my Bridgeport. So, the whole thing except the spindle VFD runs off 120 V. The computer,

Re: [Emc-users] Got LCNC into a corner, painted in you might say

2018-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 28 May 2018 15:12:46 Jon Elson wrote: > On 05/28/2018 03:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 27 May 2018 23:54:57 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > I forgot to mention that while all that was being worked out, I had > > to re-boot again as it had become completely unresponsive. And > >

Re: [Emc-users] AC Power for Mill and PC+Monitor

2018-05-28 Thread Bruce Layne
I typed "linear" when I was thinking "switching" in the last paragraph.  Unfortunately, I also read "switching" when I proof read what I typed before sending it to the group.  I fixed it in the forwarded text, below.  Sorry for the confusion. On 05/28/2018 06:55 PM, Bruce Layne wrote: For

Re: [Emc-users] AC Power for Mill and PC+Monitor

2018-05-28 Thread andy pugh
On 28 May 2018 at 21:42, John Dammeyer wrote: > What are others in North America doing for powering their PCs and Monitors? > Separate AC outlet/power bar for the PC? I can't answer for what anyone in the US is doing, but many (most?) PC PSUs can run on 240V. If yours can't then switching to

Re: [Emc-users] AC Power for Mill and PC+Monitor

2018-05-28 Thread Bruce Layne
For the lathe, milling machine and 24" X 49" CNC router, I ran four conductor service to the outlets so I have the neutral at the machine.  I can run the 240VAC only VFD from both hot legs, and I divided the 120VAC loads evenly between the two 120VAC legs. The 24" X 25" CNC router is powered

Re: [Emc-users] AC Power for Mill and PC+Monitor

2018-05-28 Thread Ed
On 05/28/2018 03:42 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: If you are in the UK or EU it's not such a big deal since the power isn't split phase 110/220 VAC. PCs, monitors etc are all configured for 220/240 VAC input as would be your Mill. That means the CNC side is also probably powered from the same

[Emc-users] AC Power for Mill and PC+Monitor

2018-05-28 Thread John Dammeyer
If you are in the UK or EU it's not such a big deal since the power isn't split phase 110/220 VAC. PCs, monitors etc are all configured for 220/240 VAC input as would be your Mill. That means the CNC side is also probably powered from the same 220/240VAC circuit. But for North America we

Re: [Emc-users] Got LCNC into a corner, painted in you might say

2018-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 28 May 2018 15:09:00 Jon Elson wrote: > On 05/27/2018 10:54 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > To Jon; I had to reset the pwm-servo several times, it was > > tripping off at the m5, which is completely off while the > > motor was cranking the spindle at 1500. So thinking about > > the motors

Re: [Emc-users] Got LCNC into a corner, painted in you might say

2018-05-28 Thread Jon Elson
On 05/28/2018 03:47 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 27 May 2018 23:54:57 Gene Heskett wrote: I forgot to mention that while all that was being worked out, I had to re-boot again as it had become completely unresponsive. And still not a clue in the syslog. After starting LinuxCNC up, but

Re: [Emc-users] Got LCNC into a corner, painted in you might say

2018-05-28 Thread Jon Elson
On 05/27/2018 10:54 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: To Jon; I had to reset the pwm-servo several times, it was tripping off at the m5, which is completely off while the motor was cranking the spindle at 1500. So thinking about the motors emf, I put an s100, g4p.5 in front of the m5. Hasn't tripped

Re: [Emc-users] Rpi

2018-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 28 May 2018 12:17:55 jeremy youngs wrote: > So Gene, essentially an HDMI monitor is the sure bet. I think I will > find one of them That seems to be the best bet today. Tomorrow of coarse they have a new connector thats cheaper. The connector cost is likely the driving force, and an

Re: [Emc-users] magnetic field

2018-05-28 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 12:03 PM, a k wrote: > hi > i was thinking about problem that i got and have some ideas. > when one come close to the large motor - any motor - size of motorcycle or > small car , possible to notice that hair - start move. like someone > touching it. > right? > this is

Re: [Emc-users] Rpi

2018-05-28 Thread jeremy youngs
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Re: [Emc-users] Got LCNC into a corner, painted in you might say

2018-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 28 May 2018 06:34:13 Marcus Bowman wrote: > Gene, > > Knowing you have more experience of tricky tasks than I have, and > seeing not much response to your question, I offer the following > observations: > > I have forgotten the exact reason you are dealing, in places, with the >

Re: [Emc-users] Got LCNC into a corner, painted in you might say

2018-05-28 Thread Marcus Bowman
Gene, Knowing you have more experience of tricky tasks than I have, and seeing not much response to your question, I offer the following observations: I have forgotten the exact reason you are dealing, in places, with the locations of the co-ordinate systems (#5222 etc), but my inclination is

Re: [Emc-users] Got LCNC into a corner, painted in you might say

2018-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 27 May 2018 23:54:57 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 27 May 2018 19:37:04 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 27 May 2018 17:16:50 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Giveing up on the jig brace, I decided to make a wooden one as it > > > doesn't have to last till the rapture. I laid out a circle,

Re: [Emc-users] Got LCNC into a corner, painted in you might say

2018-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 27 May 2018 23:54:57 Gene Heskett wrote: I forgot to mention that while all that was being worked out, I had to re-boot again as it had become completely unresponsive. And still not a clue in the syslog. I'm going to glue a piece of pcb to the top of this, and start using a g38.2

Re: [Emc-users] Rpi

2018-05-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 28 May 2018 01:04:10 jeremy youngs wrote: > I'm about to purchase the rpi 3 b to convert my other mill. I'm going > to use the steppers I took off this matson . Probably 7i90 as well. I > have a couple VGA monitor so I figured I'd get a HDMI to VGA cable . > Is there any reason not to