Re: [Emc-users] Joypad as a pendant - help?

2009-04-17 Thread Alexey Starikovskiy
Alex Joni wrote: >> Oops, that makes more sense. So it's more like an ADC interface. I guess >> I need to actually install one sometime. >> > > Well, there are 2 ways of interfacing the joystick. > Well, there are 3 ways... :) Third is with X driver and remapping events into AXIS. --

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot

2009-03-27 Thread Alexey Starikovskiy
Gaston Gagnon wrote: > My system has dual boot Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows. > How can I change the default system at boot time? > > You can't change it permanently at boot time. You can select system each time at boot or you can edit "default=0" value in /boot/grub/menu.lst in Ubuntu (with sudo). >

Re: [Emc-users] Need for speed

2009-03-16 Thread Alexey Starikovskiy
max speed will also depend on drives you use and voltage you supply to them... Regards, Alex. aaron moore wrote: > Hi > > I have recently built a 1500mm x 1500mm gantry style router. I am using EMC > to run three FL86STH156-4208 11.96 Nm stepper motors, with 16mm x 4mm pitch > trapezoidal scre

Re: [Emc-users] NAMES and Flash Drive devices

2009-03-15 Thread Alexey Starikovskiy
Ubuntu can make flash drive bootable with Ubuntu Live CD on it. It is under System->Administration->Create a USB startup disk. So, if you just point it to EMC2 .iso, it will create EMC2 live flash drive. Regards, Alex. Kent A. Reed wrote: > Gentle persons: > > Copying to user-provided flash drive

Re: [Emc-users] Stepgen and double frequency.

2009-03-15 Thread Alexey Starikovskiy
As all the parport parameters are present, I would guess it is a default mode now (no need to have a flag in stepgen) Regards, Alex. Lars Andersson wrote: > Tried the CVS version 2.3.0 beta2pre. Could not find this double frequency > stepping implementation there either. This was a bad idea or i

Re: [Emc-users] newbie questions related to drives and tool selection

2009-03-02 Thread Alexey Starikovskiy
forget color wrote: >> There are G250/G251 drives from Gecko, which might appear superior to >> Xylotex. >> Considering your need of high customization, G540 (break out board + 4 x >> G250) will not suit you. >> > > Thanks for the response. Could a tool changer be thought of and/or > used as

Re: [Emc-users] newbie questions related to drives and tool selection

2009-02-27 Thread Alexey Starikovskiy
forget color wrote: > Hi, > > I'm in the process of building my first CNC using the 'jgro' design on > cnczone. While I'll use it for normal CNC router stuff, I also intend > to use it as the base for a robotic art painting machine. This is > what led me to emc2, so that I can modify it as needed

Re: [Emc-users] EMC and auto/manual mode

2009-02-27 Thread Alexey Starikovskiy
Steve Blackmore wrote: > On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:49:51 + (UTC), you wrote: > > > >> When running jobs in Mach I often pause or stop to clear chips, move clamps, >> look to make sure I generated the code right (love CAM but sometimes it does >> what you tell it and not what you want), grab lun