Re: [Emc-users] Success story and a question

2018-08-08 Thread jeremy youngs
On Wed, Aug 8, 2018, 12:59 PM Todd Zuercher wrote: > If the behavior is anything like the Z inhibit button on all the Fanuc > machines I've worked with it is a horribly dangerous device. On the Fanuc > machines (modern newer ones with absolute encoders included) it is the > equivalent of

Re: [Emc-users] Success story and a question

2018-08-08 Thread Todd Zuercher
If the behavior is anything like the Z inhibit button on all the Fanuc machines I've worked with it is a horribly dangerous device. On the Fanuc machines (modern newer ones with absolute encoders included) it is the equivalent of disconnecting the outputs of the stepgen and nothing else. When

Re: [Emc-users] Success story and a question

2018-08-08 Thread Jon Elson
On 08/07/2018 09:17 PM, Brent Loschen wrote: And now for my question. The old Bridgeport had a button on the front panel titled "No Z" that turned off all z motion and let me "air mill" a part as a sanity check of my X & Y boundaries/fixtures. I can't find the equivalent functionality

Re: [Emc-users] Success story and a question

2018-08-08 Thread Brent Loschen
Thanks for those pin names Andy, and great point about a premature toggle of the "No Z" button.  I'm not sure what the original BP did if you attempted to disable the No Z  button while a program was running.  Given the safety features of that old BP control, I tend to think that the button

Re: [Emc-users] Punch down

2018-08-08 Thread jeremy youngs
On Tue, Aug 7, 2018, 11:54 PM Ralph Stirling wrote: > #24 stranded won't be reliable with those red connectors. They are made > for #22 stranded wire. You need the white 640441 connectors for #24. > Thank you, yep that's my observation, unreliable. > > >

Re: [Emc-users] Scroll jaw G code?

2018-08-08 Thread grumpy
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:624625 Quoting Chris Albertson : Sorry I thought he was making the scroll. Actually I thought the project was to make an entire chuck. Not reading closely enough I guess. Tes 100%, if you can do the axis reversal in air, that is the place. Good Idea. No,

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc run problems

2018-08-08 Thread Mark
On 08/07/2018 08:22 PM, jrmitchellj wrote: Joint 2 error on a 2 axis machine, hmm. Would it only have joint 0 & 1? Is it possible you opened a 3 axis config? J. Ray Mitchell Jr. “No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc run problems

2018-08-08 Thread Mark
On 08/07/2018 07:34 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: The following error really suggests a thread /configuration issue (latency gone bad, missing thread etc etc) Almost nothing interface hardware wise should be able to cause a following error. I would try out stepconfs test proceedure to verify

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc run problems

2018-08-08 Thread Mark
On 08/08/2018 03:01 AM, Marcus Bowman wrote: The joint 2 following error is likely stopping it before it can move the on-screen DRO more than 2 or 3 counts if that far. Two thoughts: First: I had a joint following error which occurred because the machine was trying to exceed acceleration

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc run problems

2018-08-08 Thread Mark
On 08/07/2018 08:29 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Compaq desktop computer. Two PCI parallel port cards. Heavy duty parallel cables I bought years ago. You'd have to hit 'em with a .50 BMG to do any damage to them. Both cables ohm'd out good. Both cards are well seated in their respective PCI slots.

Re: [Emc-users] Success story and a question

2018-08-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 08 August 2018 03:12:51 Marcus Bowman wrote: > So now, instead of learning a little, you have learned a LOT. > Congratulations. Make a nice badge with lots of engraved detail, and > wear it proudly. I can't answer your AXIS button question, although I > imagine it is not a difficult

Re: [Emc-users] Success story and a question

2018-08-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 August 2018 at 03:17, Brent Loschen wrote: > And now for my question. The old Bridgeport had a button on the front panel > titled "No Z" that turned off all z motion and let me "air mill" a part as a > sanity check of my X & Y boundaries/fixtures. I can't find the equivalent >

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc run problems

2018-08-08 Thread Marcus Bowman
On 8 Aug 2018, at 01:29, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 07 August 2018 19:26:41 Mark Wendt wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018, 19:03 Gene Heskett wrote: >>> The joint 2 following error is likely stopping it before it can move >>> the on-screen DRO more than 2 or 3 counts if that far. Two

Re: [Emc-users] Scroll jaw G code?

2018-08-08 Thread Chris Albertson
Sorry I thought he was making the scroll. Actually I thought the project was to make an entire chuck. Not reading closely enough I guess. Tes 100%, if you can do the axis reversal in air, that is the place. Good Idea. No, not at all. Once the tool is out of the materiel, you can lift to >