Re: [Emc-users] L wheezy in EFI dual boot with w10

2017-05-22 Thread Andreas Pettersson
You would need to look into customizing the boot loader. Arch linux documentation has good Docs on this. Den 22 maj 2017 6:53 em skrev "Ricardo Moscoloni" : > Hi folks, maybe a dumb question but!: > anyone knows how to start LCNC wheezy installation disk in efi mode to > stand side by side with w

Re: [Emc-users] g-code database

2016-12-26 Thread Andreas Pettersson
http://gcodes.net checked here? On Dec 26, 2016 3:33 AM, "TJoseph Powderly" wrote: > Nicklas > > On 12/25/16 23:30, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > > Then trying to figure which g-codes or more precise *-codes in general > could be useful for EDM I started to write a database of codes for > different

[Emc-users] Installing on a updated distribution.

2016-12-02 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Is there a working updated rtai kernel for say linuxmint 18, ubuntu 16, debian jessie yet? I remember i could run linux mint 17.3 with a 3.4-9 pae build, but that is broken as well with the latest updates. The package is still there in the linux repository tho but i only get kernel panics when

Re: [Emc-users] UI code question.

2016-11-29 Thread Andreas Pettersson
rting in the end Sebastian suggested and fiddle from there. Thanks for the input tho. // A Den 2016-11-29 kl. 17:36, skrev andy pugh: > On 29 November 2016 at 16:21, Andreas Pettersson wrote: > >> thought it could be a challenge of making a webui for a device running >> li

Re: [Emc-users] UI code question.

2016-11-29 Thread Andreas Pettersson
h't use Java and I have kept away from Java since I do not > consider it the best of programming languages for several reasons. Secondary > reason is I have limited amount of time. > > > On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 17:40:29 +0100 > Andreas Pettersson wrote: > >> Well, web ui

Re: [Emc-users] UI code question.

2016-11-29 Thread Andreas Pettersson
> need to install software. > > > On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 17:21:49 +0100 > Andreas Pettersson wrote: > >> awesome, i gonna take a look at the C++ examples. >> thought it could be a challenge of making a webui for a device running >> linuxcnc on a lattepanda or a beaglebo

Re: [Emc-users] UI code question.

2016-11-29 Thread Andreas Pettersson
kl. 16:40, skrev Sebastian Kuzminsky: > On 11/29/2016 07:34 AM, Andreas Pettersson wrote: >> Would there be something that limits one to implement a UI for LinuxCNC >> as a restful service >> in say Python - that would listen to like port 8080 and take commands like >> &

[Emc-users] UI code question.

2016-11-29 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Would there be something that limits one to implement a UI for LinuxCNC as a restful service in say Python - that would listen to like port 8080 and take commands like /moveXAxis/positive/10/mm Why, cuz i want to. And i guess one could bind a zeromq realtime component into it or something like

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC officially rocks

2016-08-28 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Setting up the 5i25 or 6i25 with a 7i77 is definitly not turnkey unless you are intimatly familiar with how both hw and sw works. compared to most windows solution that is up and running within a couple of hours. tuning and setting up and finding out howto with linuxcnc is a tremendous pain that t

Re: [Emc-users] Before i go bonkers: M98, M99

2015-07-26 Thread Andreas Pettersson
code.html > > Dave Caroline > > On 26/07/2015, John Thornton wrote: >> Just because code is available in other controls doesn't automagicly >> mean it is included in LinuxCNC. That is an unrealistic expectation... >> >> On 7/26/2015 6:29 AM, Andreas Pettersson wrote

[Emc-users] Before i go bonkers: M98, M99

2015-07-26 Thread Andreas Pettersson
It don't seem that LinuxCNC supports M98 and M99 for repetitive tasks.. like cutting slots with a specific distance.. For example.. G91 G21 F30 G1x-4.12 G0x5 M98 P1000 L9 G0x2 G90 G0Z50 M30 o1000 G0Z2.34 G1x-5 G0x5 M99 % (this would work in Mach3, for making several grooves on a cnc lathe). -

Re: [Emc-users] Tormach PathPilot

2015-05-20 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Well its alot of GPL opensoftware that is funded but still released under the rules of GPL. Just take OpenSSL for example - that is funded by microsoft, ibm, debian foundation, redhat foundation - and several others. Its still open source and still follows the GPL rules. If Tormach is releasing

Re: [Emc-users] Wheezy Networking

2015-04-08 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Those and Intel Pro 100/1000 cards are prob. the best bet to get going tho. Reliable cards. =) // Andreas John Thornton skrev den 2015-04-08 13:53: > Yea, I have several PCI network cards and I just grabbed one from the > pile and put it in. > > JT > > On 4/8/2015 6:49 AM,

Re: [Emc-users] Wheezy Networking

2015-04-08 Thread Andreas Pettersson
JT > > On 4/8/2015 6:31 AM, Andreas Pettersson wrote: >> So you dont have a a eth0 at all. then you need to add something like this. >> >> allow-hotplug eth0 >> iface eth0 inet static >> address 192.168.1.150 >> netmask 255.255.255.0 >> broadcast 192

Re: [Emc-users] Wheezy Networking

2015-04-08 Thread Andreas Pettersson
have a router with dhcp/dns you use the second one if not you need to staticly configure. // Andreas John Thornton skrev den 2015-04-08 13:26: > etc/network/interfaces contains two lines: > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > JT > > On 4/8/2015 6:17 AM, Andreas Pettersso

Re: [Emc-users] Wheezy Networking

2015-04-08 Thread Andreas Pettersson
You would prob. need to activate the card in the config. You will find the config file under /etc/network/interfaces Prob. is the pci card on eth1 instead of eth0 - even if its deactivated in the bios. it usually "adresses" it self, just not useable. // A John Thornton skrev den 2015-04-08 13:1

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa cards visual documentation

2015-04-01 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Been looking for that for a while now - the included documentation is not really that comprehensible. Figured out more by looking at pictures of others wiring and forums than from the PDF. If you make one, make sure to post it. =) Marius Alksnys skrev den 2015-04-01 22:39: > Is there any more vi

Re: [Emc-users] Debian Wheezy Monitor Blank

2015-03-25 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Easiest way is to create a new user and startx on that user so you drop all previous configs. then just copy you home folder setting files to your old user again.. // A Erik Christiansen skrev den 2015-03-25 08:36: > On 24.03.15 22:51, Mark Johnsen wrote: >> I got a hum dinger... > You sure have

[Emc-users] Not directly related to LinuxCNC but useful

2015-03-13 Thread Andreas Pettersson
https://industruino.com/ And Arduino unit in the DIN form factor - could be useful in our applications im guessing. =) // A -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and

Re: [Emc-users] Animatics servo controller

2015-03-08 Thread Andreas Pettersson
My guess is that you would need 2x RS232, one for Rx and one for Tx, to achieve the speed necessary, and a SPI interface card that could talk dual channel properly.. As Andy said, persuaded - was looking into this as well actually a while back. // A andy pugh skrev den 2015-03-08 12:18: > On 7

Re: [Emc-users] Sifting through Source.

2015-03-05 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Sweet thanks - *keeps on digging* // Andreas Sebastian Kuzminsky skrev den 2015-03-05 22:56: > On 3/5/15 2:52 PM, Andreas Pettersson wrote: >> So im digging through the code after figuring out the infrastructure i >> figure that >> there somewhere is a library exposing its

[Emc-users] Sifting through Source.

2015-03-05 Thread Andreas Pettersson
So im digging through the code after figuring out the infrastructure i figure that there somewhere is a library exposing itself to python and tcl. And wonder if someone know what that is called in the source. What im talking about is the bridge between the NML in Linuxcnc and Python import lin

Re: [Emc-users] Latency issues; machinekit Kernel

2015-02-27 Thread Andreas Pettersson
anyway. =) // Andreas John Kasunich skrev den 2015-02-27 23:37: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015, at 02:13 PM, Andreas Pettersson wrote: >> If its stable running after 15min of basicly 100% cpu load - do i need >> to bother running it any longer? >> > Is if 15 minutes of doing th

Re: [Emc-users] Latency issues; machinekit Kernel

2015-02-27 Thread Andreas Pettersson
If its stable running after 15min of basicly 100% cpu load - do i need to bother running it any longer? // Andreas Sebastian Kuzminsky skrev den 2015-02-27 19:49: > On 2/27/15 11:44 AM, Andreas Pettersson wrote: >> So im guessing the step, where you do ./configure -a in the debian >

Re: [Emc-users] Latency issues; machinekit Kernel

2015-02-27 Thread Andreas Pettersson
glxgears, gzip -c /dev/urandom /dev/null, stress -c 16 -l 16 -m 16 -t1 4400 So i think im in the clear now. =) Uspace build could handle alot more punishment. =) // Andreas Sebastian Kuzminsky skrev den 2015-02-27 19:49: > On 2/27/15 11:44 AM, Andreas Pettersson wrote: >> So im guessing

Re: [Emc-users] Latency issues; machinekit Kernel

2015-02-27 Thread Andreas Pettersson
configure and see what it crashes on.. (a step that ive got stuck on at several times). // Andreas Sebastian Kuzminsky skrev den 2015-02-27 18:26: > On 2/27/15 9:20 AM, Andreas Pettersson wrote: >> But stock wheezy is 64bit and with the RT_PREEMPT kernel, you managed to >> compile lin

Re: [Emc-users] Latency issues; machinekit Kernel

2015-02-27 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Ah i see, i was considering rebuilding the kernel, so if this isnt working i will do that. But this could be useful to learn as well. - just reinstall for the 30th time this day.. *lmao* // Andreas Sebastian Kuzminsky skrev den 2015-02-27 19:21: > On 2/27/15 11:17 AM, Andreas Pettersson wr

Re: [Emc-users] Latency issues; machinekit Kernel

2015-02-27 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Sweet im gonna try that, having issues with PAE not claiming one of the memory modules. =) Thanks! // A Sebastian Kuzminsky skrev den 2015-02-27 18:26: > On 2/27/15 9:20 AM, Andreas Pettersson wrote: >> But stock wheezy is 64bit and with the RT_PREEMPT kernel, you managed to &

Re: [Emc-users] Latency issues; machinekit Kernel

2015-02-27 Thread Andreas Pettersson
: > On Fri, 27 Feb 2015, Andreas Pettersson wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 17:20:53 +0100 >> From: Andreas Pettersson >> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> >> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Latency issues; machinekit Kernel

2015-02-27 Thread Andreas Pettersson
But stock wheezy is 64bit and with the RT_PREEMPT kernel, you managed to compile linuxcnc with that? All i get when trying that is "No realtime kernel present" error.. :/ // A Peter C. Wallace skrev den 2015-02-27 17:15: > On Fri, 27 Feb 2015, Andreas Pettersson wrote: > >

Re: [Emc-users] Latency issues; machinekit Kernel

2015-02-27 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Are you running a standard Wheezy AMD64 install and the master buildbot installations as well then?? I can always reinstall, i rather have a 64bit OS than the PAE version anyday. =) // A Peter C. Wallace skrev den 2015-02-27 16:20: > On Fri, 27 Feb 2015, Andreas Pettersson wrote: > &

[Emc-users] Latency issues; machinekit Kernel

2015-02-27 Thread Andreas Pettersson
So i had some issued with drivers, but got around that by installing the machinekit-rtai kernel and then manually compile linuxcnc ontop of wheezy.. Well i dont think its optimal. The setup is a Core i5, 8gb ram and running SSD drivers in a raid 0 configuration. Lets say it boots like its on a

[Emc-users] Problems with ethernet driver.

2015-02-27 Thread Andreas Pettersson
So built another pc, for linuxcnc, and installed it with the 2.6 image. Installing works fine, and it finds the network card and all. But once booted it will not detect the wired network anymore. The chipset is something onboard, known as Intel i217-V. Its supposed to work with the e1000e driver f

Re: [Emc-users] PathPilot (what hardware?)

2015-02-19 Thread Andreas Pettersson
This is correct, if they "distribute" the software in any way, they are supposed to provide the source code within that distribution (See siemens and samsung installation discs). But later on with GPL you were also supposed to publish your work for download (This is rarely followed). That is any

Re: [Emc-users] PathPilot (what hardware?)

2015-02-19 Thread Andreas Pettersson
There is actually a universal "drop-in" made by Nick Drobchenko over at the russian site "cnc club" He calls it "Features", and it a veeery flexible conversational.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkOJhT69WEc Download link; https://github.com/cnc-club/linuxcnc-features // Andreas John Alexande

Re: [Emc-users] PathPilot

2015-02-18 Thread Andreas Pettersson
The lathe was linuxcnc from day one, it was shipped with it even. andy pugh skrev den 2015-02-19 00:03: > On 18 February 2015 at 21:56, Andrew wrote: > >> The new TP wasn't so nesessary for a lathe, right? >> Looks like Tormach is going to use LinuxCNC for their mills too. >> > The Tormach web-p

Re: [Emc-users] motor connections

2015-02-18 Thread Andreas Pettersson
hat with no fuss. > > Some plastics and greasy stuff do not get along well. The *styrenes in > particular can be turned into shattered sugar just by the vapors of > vaselene in a surprisingly short time. > >> Dave >> >> On 2/18/2015 9:06 AM, Andreas Pettersson wrote: &

Re: [Emc-users] motor connections

2015-02-18 Thread Andreas Pettersson
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-GX-16mm-8-Pin-Aviation-Male-Female-Plug-Panel-Power-Chassis-Metal-Connector-/261504110088?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3ce2dc0e08 works quite well .. There is several other variations as well. kqt4a...@gmail.com skrev den 2015-02-18 14:58: > For those who build you

Re: [Emc-users] PathPilot (what hardware?)

2015-02-18 Thread Andreas Pettersson
That should PCW be able to answer.. If there been a buyup of MESA cards, that would be big buisness i imagine. ;) // A Belli Button skrev den 2015-02-18 11:34: > I'm more curious about the hardware, do you think they are using 5i25 from > Mesa or is it something of their own? > > > > > -

Re: [Emc-users] PathPilot

2015-02-18 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Well in respect for John that i have a dialog with i think i toned it down quite a bit and did not engage in a full on flame war - which i could have. ;) One could be alot of more aggressive in this regard and contact a couple of organisations that goes after companies that does this in the cour

Re: [Emc-users] PathPilot

2015-02-17 Thread Andreas Pettersson
When you do derivative work in accordance to GPL you are supposed to publish your alterations with the source code in its full for other to do derivative work off of that. (In Accordance with the GPL licensing form, even the LGPL has this clause and is clearly stated.) You are allowed to make

Re: [Emc-users] PathPilot

2015-02-17 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Well so far it seems that the giving back part is what Andy found out and posted on the NYCCNC youtube comments as well. Digging through the source code on git I really don't see any other major contribution other than the tool path rewrite. And would gladly want to see a list of them contributio

Re: [Emc-users] Need wiring advice, Argon + 7i48

2015-02-11 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Well after some struggling yesterday we can summarize it with, that the magic smoke escaped the7i90HD card because i possibly grounded it wrong and i assume i killed the 7i48 card as well in the process. The Argon driver survived tho, and driving it around on the Simplemotion interface works fla

Re: [Emc-users] Need wiring advice, Argon + 7i48

2015-02-11 Thread Andreas Pettersson
Well that would be one solution i guess. Just wiring both of em to the mesa card wouldnt work im guessing here.. They are normall closed and should have 5V signal at all times for "enable".. and guessing when you hit a limit switch you need to signal that back thru an input card and tell linux cn

Re: [Emc-users] Need wiring advice, Argon + 7i48

2015-02-11 Thread Andreas Pettersson
The fun part here is that i'm bounced back and forth between ask Granite and ask Mesa.. *luls* // A Peter C. Wallace skrev den 2015-02-11 21:36: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, Andreas Pettersson wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:19:48 +0100 >> From: Andreas Pettersson

Re: [Emc-users] Need wiring advice, Argon + 7i48

2015-02-11 Thread Andreas Pettersson
// A Peter C. Wallace skrev den 2015-02-11 20:14: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, Andreas Pettersson wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:57:39 +0100 >> From: Andreas Pettersson >> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> >> To: "Enhanced Mac

Re: [Emc-users] Need wiring advice, Argon + 7i48

2015-02-11 Thread Andreas Pettersson
uld do the same thing > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Andreas Pettersson > wrote: > >> Well if you look at this page, and you tell me.. is there a Enable drive >> pin?? >> >> http://granitedevices.com/wiki/Argon_user_guide/J5_connector_electrical_interfac

Re: [Emc-users] Need wiring advice, Argon + 7i48

2015-02-11 Thread Andreas Pettersson
eas Pettersson wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:40:33 +0100 >> From: Andreas Pettersson >> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> >> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Need wiring advice, Argon + 7i48 &

Re: [Emc-users] Need wiring advice, Argon + 7i48

2015-02-11 Thread Andreas Pettersson
dsheet, so you need to examine the > manual more closely. > > -- Ralph > ____________ > From: Andreas Pettersson [andr...@roughedge.se] > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:03 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Emc-users] Ne

Re: [Emc-users] Need wiring advice, Argon + 7i48

2015-02-11 Thread Andreas Pettersson
On 2015-02-11 10:51, andy pugh wrote: > On 11 February 2015 at 07:03, Andreas Pettersson wrote: >> The Argon uses a 24V@0.4A DC input, and the mesa card uses 5V - but i >> need to split the encoder cables from the Driver and connect em to the >> mesa card as well.. Not sure

[Emc-users] Need wiring advice, Argon + 7i48

2015-02-10 Thread Andreas Pettersson
So i got this Mesa 7i48 analog servo card, a 15pin differential encoder, and the argon driver. Make notice i have no clue what im doing, so i made this chart and just connect the pins together basicly with a color chart. The Argon uses a 24V@0.4A DC input, and the mesa card uses 5V - but i nee