Re: [Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread gene heskett
On 11/3/22 20:33, andy pugh wrote: On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 at 23:54, gene heskett wrote: That is what I am using but it is several years old, Is there a newer one ddg can't find? It's built in to LinuxCNC. I just added this to my INI file [DISPLAY] section: EMBED_TAB_NAME= cam_align

Re: [Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 at 23:54, gene heskett wrote: That is what I am using but it is several years old, Is there a newer > one ddg can't find? It's built in to LinuxCNC. I just added this to my INI file [DISPLAY] section: EMBED_TAB_NAME= cam_align EMBED_TAB_COMMAND= qtvcp -d -c cam_align -x

Re: [Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread gene heskett
On 11/3/22 19:35, andy pugh wrote: On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 at 14:14, gene heskett wrote: And fix my camview, again. Please... Have you tried cam_align? That is what I am using but it is several years old, Is there a newer one ddg can't find? Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to

Re: [Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 at 14:14, gene heskett wrote: > > And fix my camview, again. Please... Have you tried cam_align? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta

Re: [Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread gene heskett
On 11/3/22 14:50, andrew beck wrote: Hey Andy your on to it. I want to run a explicit homing cycle every tool change Currently the tool change spindle zero point gets set the first time the index gets set. Which happens when I turn spindle on So it's a good effort from linuxcnc really to

Re: [Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread andrew beck
That's a good idea I'll try it On Fri, 4 Nov 2022, 08:03 andy pugh, wrote: > On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 at 18:52, andrew beck wrote: > > I'm getting some funny behaviour with reading inputs with gcode to. > > > > It's like they are not actually waiting for the input to read true. > > > Try debouncing

Re: [Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 at 18:52, andrew beck wrote: I'm getting some funny behaviour with reading inputs with gcode to. > > It's like they are not actually waiting for the input to read true. Try debouncing them in the HAL layer -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and

Re: [Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread andrew beck
Hey Andy your on to it. I want to run a explicit homing cycle every tool change Currently the tool change spindle zero point gets set the first time the index gets set. Which happens when I turn spindle on So it's a good effort from linuxcnc really to work at all I guess. As it keeps track

Re: [Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread John Figie
Gene said " A 20 volt tool head should run on a 24 volt" I'm pretty sure those 20V or V20 tools are just 18V nominal. At least that is true for Dewalt and Craftsman. John Figie On Thu, Nov 3, 2022, 9:42 AM Sam Sokolik wrote: > I have written some simple hal components that set the index and

Re: [Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread Sam Sokolik
I have written some simple hal components that set the index and then wait for the index to be seen before continuing.. (like shape turning/boring) probably not the greatest code Seems to work though.. Code snippet (indexenable is hooked to index enable of encoder) // only set index

Re: [Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread gene heskett
On 11/3/22 08:30, andy pugh wrote: On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 at 09:23, andrew beck wrote: looking for a way to set the index pulse high on the mesa card input before triggering a m19 for tool change as a safety check The mesa index is a physical pin, so you would need to route out via a GPIO But

Re: [Emc-users] CAM software

2022-11-03 Thread stjohn gold
Hi Chris, all very good points. For me the deal maker is the fact that posts are open and can be modified. Community support is good. This I consider to be really important. There are other cad/cam packages I like better but the posts are often closed and much work to fine tune or edit... cheers,

Re: [Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread andy pugh
On Thu, 3 Nov 2022 at 09:23, andrew beck wrote: > > looking for a way to set the index pulse high on the mesa card input before > triggering a m19 for tool change as a safety check > The mesa index is a physical pin, so you would need to route out via a GPIO But I don't understand your

Re: [Emc-users] Protel99 SE Drill file to G-CODE for LinuxCNC or MACH3.

2022-11-03 Thread Peter Homann
Hi John, If you have Sheetcam, I'm fairly sure that it can take in drill files and produce G code for Mach3 or LinuxCNC. Cheers, Peter On 2/11/2022 8:19 am, John Dammeyer wrote: I needed a small PC board. I converted the short drill file .txt over to G-Code .nc or .tap. Took a few

[Emc-users] triggering the mesa card encoder index pulse

2022-11-03 Thread andrew beck
hey guys looking for a way to set the index pulse high on the mesa card input before triggering a m19 for tool change as a safety check i have a g code sub that i have remapped for m6 and it moves the spindle to toolchange position and then activates m19 r0 which spins the spindle to the correct