Re: [Emc-users] OT EMC on control signal

2011-10-17 Thread Andy I
Dear All, Thanks for the replies. I was musing to myself today at work re. problem and was wondering if I could remember if problem was there before I hooked up the UPS. I'm not sure so I had decided to take it out of the supply chain and see what happens. The plan for tonight once the kids

Re: [Emc-users] OT EMC on control signal

2011-10-17 Thread Andy I
be taking it back to Maplin tomorrow. -Original Message- From: Andy I [mailto:andyi_w...@btinternet.com] Sent: 17 October 2011 20:18 To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT EMC on control signal Dear All, Thanks for the replies. I was musing to myself today

[Emc-users] pyVCP Changing Bar maximum

2011-10-10 Thread Andy I
Hi, I've managed to get my joypad working with Axis after reading the Wiki (thanks to all who posted) and a bit of fiddling. I've got three maximum jog speeds selectable via the joypad buttons and want to display the jog speed of each axis by means of a pyVCP bar widget. Is it possible to

[Emc-users] Off topic - breakout boards

2011-01-26 Thread Andy I
Hi, This is a bit off topic - what type of breakout boards are people using with their MESA FPGA cards? Are they home built or bought in ? I have a 7i43 and it looks like I may have to build myself a BoB but before I do, I thought I ask to save a DoooH moment later. Regards Andy

[Emc-users] D510MO EMC2.4.6

2010-12-02 Thread Andy I
Hi Everyone, I can report that EMC2.4.6 release has fixed the parallel port issue on my D510MO + MESA 7i43 system. Many thanks to those who worked on this issue. Regards Andy -- Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App

Re: [Emc-users] D510MO and MESA 7i43

2010-11-09 Thread Andy I
] D510MO and MESA 7i43 On 9 November 2010 19:49, Andy I andyi_w...@btinternet.com wrote: Andy, not quite sure what you mean Does it do this even if you specify a high address (using ioaddr_hi in the config string) - sorry.  Is this in the .ini file? Either in the ini file or the hal file

Re: [Emc-users] 7i43 hostmot2 stepgen in velocity mode.

2009-10-24 Thread Andy I
Paul, Here what I did for my X2 control card which requires 0Hz to 2kHz for 0v to 10V output... ...used pwmgen output to clock a flip flop, send the flip flop output to the parallel port pin AND to the input of a NOT. Link the NOT output back to flipflop data pin. This gives a really nice square

Re: [Emc-users] More Spindle Soft Start

2009-10-06 Thread Andy I
Thanks to everyone for their help. I now have full control of my X2 spindle and coolant supply via EMC. Spindle soft starts and is calibrated from 600rpm to 4000rpm + I have lost my fear (to some extent) of changing my .hal file. Regards Andy -Original Message- From: Andy Pugh

[Emc-users] More Spindle Soft Start

2009-10-04 Thread Andy I
Is this mail getting through to the list? After some experimentation, I've determined that my spindle card needs a variable frequency square wave sending to it which ranges from 300Hz to around 1800Hz. I had some success with linking siggen and near to give a square digital output -

Re: [Emc-users] More Spindle Soft Start

2009-10-04 Thread Andy I
-users] More Spindle Soft Start 2009/10/4 Andy I andyi_w...@btinternet.com: If I link motion.spindle-speed-out to pwmgen.0.pwm-freq with suitable scaling and limits then would give me exactly what I need.  To save lot of time for me - is it possible to do this in the HAL i.e. link a pin

Re: [Emc-users] UK EMC Users Meetup

2009-09-28 Thread Andy I
Rob, I'd be interested. I am planning to go to the Exhibition probably on the Saturday. Regards Andy -Original Message- From: robert [mailto:rob...@innovative-rc.com] Sent: 22 September 2009 20:44 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] UK EMC Users Meetup Hi all I

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle soft start

2009-09-27 Thread Andy I
] Spindle soft start Andy, This may help you understand. http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html//examples_spindle.html#r1_5 John On 27 Sep 2009 at 8:26, Andy I wrote: Jeff, Thanks for you help. After a bit of fiddly and reading (I'm not familiar with the HAL at all) I managed to link

[Emc-users] Spindle soft start

2009-09-26 Thread Andy I
Hi Everyone, Is this mail getting through?? I have an X2 mill with a spindle controller which converts pulses to voltage output. I'm planning to use pwmgen in PDM mode to generate the pulses. Is there a way to ramp up the pulse density (frequency) to allow a soft spindle start? GCODE is