Re: [Emc-users] How do I get 2.8 installed?

2019-12-29 Thread andrew beck
Hey guys I am also interested in installing 2.8 so I can have a go with the probe basic gui screen. Is it as simple as downloading from the link that phillip carter emailed above? the Iso is easy as to get for 2.7 but the added complexity of installing from source or using the buildbot confuses

Re: [Emc-users] looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills

2019-12-29 Thread andrew beck
just a update guys. I forgot to add it to my drawing but I have a big isolator switch of course on the doors of the machine and the x axis servo has a ground wire. I forgot to add them to the drawing and Gene mentioned it. I will also switch the breaker on the shed board off so I have two forms

Re: [Emc-users] How do I get 2.8 installed?

2019-12-29 Thread Phillip Carter
I am not sure when it will be released, it can't be too far away. You should be good to go using the 2.7-rtpreempt changed to 2.8-rtpreempt. You could also download the the latest package from http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/dists/stretch/2.8-rtpreempt/

Re: [Emc-users] How do I get 2.8 installed?

2019-12-29 Thread Dave Matthews
I'll give it a try in the morning. That page could use a bit of updating. I found a few other options to try also. Any idea when 2.8 will be the default install? It looks like it has been stable for quite a while. Dave On Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 21:11 Phillip Carter wrote: > I think it may be

Re: [Emc-users] How do I get 2.8 installed?

2019-12-29 Thread Phillip Carter
I think it may be sudo apt-get install linuxcnc-uspace > On 30 Dec 2019, at 12:53 pm, Dave Matthews wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 12:11 AM Phillip Carter > wrote: >> >> >>> I installed the dependency fail for the sudo apt-key adv --keyserver >>> hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-key

Re: [Emc-users] How do I get 2.8 installed?

2019-12-29 Thread Dave Matthews
On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 12:11 AM Phillip Carter wrote: > > > > I installed the dependency fail for the sudo apt-key adv --keyserver > > hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-key EF1B07FEE0EE663E step. When I try to > > install the key I get: > > Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.RJo9NWtHgB/gpg.1.sh

Re: [Emc-users] How do I get 2.8 installed?

2019-12-29 Thread Phillip Carter
> On 30 Dec 2019, at 10:57 am, Dave Matthews wrote: > > I am setting up a new machine to replace the 2.8 install that I am > currently using. The machine that I am currently running is on its > way out. I have a 2.7 install using the live cd install in downloads. > Install was done no

[Emc-users] How do I get 2.8 installed?

2019-12-29 Thread Dave Matthews
I am setting up a new machine to replace the 2.8 install that I am currently using. The machine that I am currently running is on its way out. I have a 2.7 install using the live cd install in downloads. Install was done no network because the installer didn;t like the network dongle. I have

Re: [Emc-users] looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills

2019-12-29 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> I'll offer my recently purchased 6040 mill as prime evidence of paint > pretty much destroying my ability to ground anything. And to complicate > things even a Q TLO measure is prevented by ceramic bearings in the > spindle which are an insulator. ... Ceramic bearings might be there to

Re: [Emc-users] looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills

2019-12-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 29 December 2019 13:32:09 John Dammeyer wrote: > I use > > The standard symbols on my drawings to represent what a ground is. > The nomenclature is so varied I believe the first decision should be > how to describe what is what. > > For me the EARTH symbol is the green (Green/Yellow)

Re: [Emc-users] looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills

2019-12-29 Thread John Dammeyer
I use The standard symbols on my drawings to represent what a ground is. The nomenclature is so varied I believe the first decision should be how to describe what is what. For me the EARTH symbol is the green (Green/Yellow) wire that goes back to the circuit breaker panel and from there

Re: [Emc-users] 1. Re: looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills (andrew beck)

2019-12-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 29 December 2019 09:19:40 Henk du preez wrote: > That schematic is basically the same as what I do. > > You can add a 230v transformer instead of using the neutral and one > phase. Most machines I have worked on have those, but I have done it > the way you are showing. > > The other

[Emc-users] 1. Re: looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills (andrew beck)

2019-12-29 Thread Henk du preez
That schematic is basically the same as what I do. You can add a 230v transformer instead of using the neutral and one phase. Most machines I have worked on have those, but I have done it the way you are showing. The other question is the grounding of the screens of the analog, encoder, and

Re: [Emc-users] looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills

2019-12-29 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 29 Dec 2019, andrew beck wrote: Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:19:20 +1300 From: andrew beck Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills

Re: [Emc-users] looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills

2019-12-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 29 December 2019 05:37:36 andrew beck wrote: > Hey everyone > > So just getting to the bottom of these emails and thanks so much for > all the replies. > > There is much food for thought. > > If you missed it up in the emails here is the current plan for wiring > the control panel. > >

Re: [Emc-users] looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills

2019-12-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 29 December 2019 05:19:20 andrew beck wrote: > Hey Andy > > I am just going through all the replies now. > > So what I think happened is I put like 300 volts possibly through the > servo motor. Not just 24 volts. as I had a cheap chinese power > supply that was floating and not tied

Re: [Emc-users] looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills

2019-12-29 Thread andrew beck
Hey everyone So just getting to the bottom of these emails and thanks so much for all the replies. There is much food for thought. If you missed it up in the emails here is the current plan for wiring the control panel. yuhai servo drive manual

Re: [Emc-users] looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills

2019-12-29 Thread andrew beck
Hey Gene thanks for the reply. I think I follow most of what you said there. And my neutral and ground will only be tied back at the shed main electrical box definitely. I think the main problem I have is how the 24 volt powersupplies should be wired and connected to frame ground. I have sent

Re: [Emc-users] looking for advice on best wiring practices and grounding on cnc mills

2019-12-29 Thread andrew beck
Hey Andy I am just going through all the replies now. So what I think happened is I put like 300 volts possibly through the servo motor. Not just 24 volts. as I had a cheap chinese power supply that was floating and not tied to ground. It was a big spark that jumped to the steel and it blew