Re: [Emc-users] User Interface Addition

2019-12-02 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Todd, Oops, flawed memory. The application is called schedrmt, emcsched is the main module. The description for how it is supposed to work is in the comments of schedrmt.cc. Regards, Eric On December 2, 2019 6:50:17 PM EST, "Eric H. Johnson" wrote: >Todd, > >I wrote so

Re: [Emc-users] User Interface Addition

2019-12-02 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Todd, I wrote something along those lines years ago, and still exists in the source code. It is called emcsched. I wrote it for a jewelry application that did lots of small parts. It basically lets you put a job in queue, pick a starting point, feed rate, etc. and runs the jobs in the order in

Re: [Emc-users] Lazarus cross platform tools for LinuxCNC

2019-09-23 Thread Eric H. Johnson
John, I have not touched Lazarus in couple years, but really liked it has a cross platform rapid development tool. How are you connecting to Linuxcnc remotely? Are you familiar with the linuxcncrsh and halrmt interfaces? Regards, Eric On September 23, 2019 1:56:41 AM EDT, John Dammeyer

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i43 TRAM error

2018-02-13 Thread Eric H. Johnson
, "Peter C. Wallace" <p...@mesanet.com> wrote: >On Thu, 8 Feb 2018, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > >> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 11:51:24 -0500 >> From: Eric H. Johnson <ejohn...@camalytics.com> >> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >>

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i43 TRAM error

2018-02-08 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Peter, Voltage to the card is 4.97V. The cable length is 2'. I had a spare, but the same length. Swapped anyway and getting basically the same thing. A PITA because it usually takes 1-3 hours for the error to occur after a cold start. I am not seeing anything shorter than 3' on the Mesa Price

[Emc-users] Recovery with pneumatic Z

2018-02-07 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, I have three machines at the same facility, all basically X/Y tables with an ultrasonic knife as the tool. In all cases the Z axis is controlled by M64 / M65 digital outputs. One machine however, has an additional high high air cylinder. This is on the largest table which is 15' x 30'.

[Emc-users] Mesa 7i43 TRAM error

2018-02-07 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, Just this week I started getting TRAM errors on a machine that has been running for years. This system uses the Mesa 7i43 card. I had this happen once before, but on a new machine with a brand new 7i43 card. I replaced the card and the problem went away. On this machine I replaced the

Re: [Emc-users] Odd encoder problem

2017-11-02 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Peter, et al, I will check that too at the next opportunity. Thanks everyone for all of the suggestions. Regards, Eric I would check that you get decent differential voltages across the 7I33 inputs in both states of the inputs (no less than +-2.5 across the A,/A B,/B or Z,/Z pairs in any

Re: [Emc-users] Odd encoder problem

2017-11-01 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Andy, That sounds plausible, I will check at the next opportunity. Thanks, Eric On November 1, 2017 8:14:07 PM EDT, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 1 November 2017 at 23:25, Eric H. Johnson <ejohn...@camalytics.com> >wrote: > >> The problem is in the A axi

Re: [Emc-users] Odd encoder problem

2017-11-01 Thread Eric H. Johnson
es any minor >corrosion or possible looseness causing an intermittent. > > >On Wednesday, November 1, 2017, 5:47:05 PM MDT, Eric H. Johnson ><ejohn...@camalytics.com> wrote: > > All, > > >A machine (table) that has been running for about three months has >

[Emc-users] Odd encoder problem

2017-11-01 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, A machine (table) that has been running for about three months has developed an odd problem in the last couple weeks. Not sure if it has been getting worse or if just the nature of the patterns being run has made the problem more pronounced. The machine is an XYYA configuration with a

[Emc-users] Subroutine path

2017-09-15 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, Running lcnc 2.8.0-pre1, SUBROUTINE_PATH in section RS274NGC seems to be ignored. If the subroutines are moved to nc_files they run properly regardless of the setting of SUBROUTINE_PATH. This does work at least in version 2.5.4. Any ideas? Thanks, Eric -- Sent from my Android device

Re: [Emc-users] More on XYAY configuration

2017-08-26 Thread Eric H. Johnson
t;Hi Eric! > >On 26.08.2017 22:48, Eric H. Johnson wrote: >> Jon, >> >> ... >> >> After doing this however (and possibly other config changes I have >made along the way), I am getting persistent following errors. >> >> At the moment they always oc

Re: [Emc-users] More on XYAY configuration

2017-08-26 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Eric On August 26, 2017 3:15:02 PM EDT, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: >On 08/26/2017 12:39 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: >> Andy, >> >> Yes, as TYPE = ANGULAR in the joint section. >> >> As for P, yes that would seem to agree with what I am seeing. &g

Re: [Emc-users] More on XYAY configuration

2017-08-26 Thread Eric H. Johnson
:11 PM EDT, Andy Pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> On 25 Aug 2017, at 18:47, Eric H. Johnson <ejohn...@camalytics.com> >wrote: >> >> Any idea what is going on here? > >Is A defined as rotary in the INI? > >Changing units will chang

Re: [Emc-users] More on XYAY configuration

2017-08-25 Thread Eric H. Johnson
per degree, I had to drop P to about 0.030. This holds true for both the test and gantry configurations. Any idea what is going on here? Thanks, Eric On August 25, 2017 11:25:38 AM EDT, "Eric H. Johnson" <ejohn...@camalytics.com> wrote: >All, > >More info. The pro

Re: [Emc-users] More on XYAY configuration

2017-08-25 Thread Eric H. Johnson
will not cause Y to move. I do not see how tuning parameters for A are affecting Y. Thanks, Eric On August 25, 2017 9:13:54 AM EDT, "Eric H. Johnson" <ejohn...@camalytics.com> wrote: >All, > >Again with XYAY configuration under Lcnc 2.8.0-pre1. I have two >configuratio

[Emc-users] More on XYAY configuration

2017-08-25 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, Again with XYAY configuration under Lcnc 2.8.0-pre1. I have two configurations, a checkout configuration that does not team Y1 and Y2, and the production configuration which does. In the checkout configuration, an MDI move such as: G1 a360 f5000 Works fine. Transferring all the tuning

Re: [Emc-users] Homing XYAY configuration

2017-08-24 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Cross posting to EMC-Developers Dewey, Thanks for that. I probably should have started this thread on the developer list. I will test it tomorrow. Regards, Eric > Also, I cannot jog over linuxcncrsh ... Updating the master branch for improved joints-axes functionality necessitated changes

[Emc-users] Homing XYAY configuration

2017-08-24 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, I am running Lcnc 2.8.0-pre1 in an XYAY configuration. I use the linuxcncrsh interface for my user interface. It is looking like there are additional commands that need to be supported. Home all, for example, on axis runs differently than doing the same thing over linuxcncrsh. Also, I

Re: [Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

2017-08-23 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, No, wasn't motor direction, but I think I know what to look for. Thanks, Eric On August 23, 2017 12:14:24 PM EDT, "Eric H. Johnson" <ejohn...@camalytics.com> wrote: >Sebastian, > >Hmm, I see what I have to do to create it. If I tie a signal to that >

Re: [Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

2017-08-23 Thread Eric H. Johnson
3/2017 08:02 AM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: >> Andy, >> >> I am using a 7i43 with 7i33 encoder daughter board and 7i37 IO >> daughter board. I am using a slightly modified version of the stock >> 7i43-big.ini configuration for check out purposes. I just add signals >&

Re: [Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

2017-08-23 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Andy, Still more information. If I keep axis 2 disabled, and try to assert output 7 (gpio 046) with axis 0, I get the same error. Regards, Eric On August 23, 2017 10:20:13 AM EDT, "Eric H. Johnson" <ejohn...@camalytics.com> wrote: >Andy, > >More information

Re: [Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

2017-08-23 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Andy, Sorry, SVST4_4.BIT. 4 encoders, 4 pwmgens 0 Stephens. Regards, Eric On August 23, 2017 11:10:09 AM EDT, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 23 August 2017 at 15:02, Eric H. Johnson <ejohn...@camalytics.com> >wrote: >> Andy, >> >> I am using a 7

Re: [Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

2017-08-23 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Andy, More information. The full error is: hm2/hm2_7i43.0: TRAM write error! (addr=0x1000, size=8, iter=42444). I did try upping the servo period from the default 1ms to 1.5ms, but no difference. Regards, Eric On August 23, 2017 10:02:23 AM EDT, "Eric H. Johnson" <ejohn...@c

Re: [Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

2017-08-23 Thread Eric H. Johnson
AM EDT, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 23 August 2017 at 06:43, Eric H. Johnson <ejohn...@camalytics.com> >wrote: > >> I am getting a "TRAM write error", and not finding much on it in a >search. I >> am running lcnc 2.8.0-pre1, and using the Mes

[Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

2017-08-22 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, I am getting a "TRAM write error", and not finding much on it in a search. I am running lcnc 2.8.0-pre1, and using the Mesa 7i43 board. The error occurs when I physically assert the enable for the third axis. The first two axes came up fine, but if the only change I make to the

Re: [Emc-users] Forcing analog motor reference

2017-08-18 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, Never mind. Working now. I swapped 7i33 boards. Should go back to the other board and make sure I was doing exactly the same thing. Regards, Eric On August 18, 2017 1:52:58 PM EDT, "Eric H. Johnson" <ejohn...@camalytics.com> wrote: >All, > >I am not seeing

[Emc-users] Forcing analog motor reference

2017-08-18 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, I am not seeing the analog output values change on the Mesa 7i33TA daughter board from the default 7i43-big configuration. I should see it across pins 9 & 10. This is from Linuxcnc 2.8.0-pre1 running on Xubuntu 12.04. I tried decoupling the analog output from the configuration as

Re: [Emc-users] Upgrade 2.8.0 pre to 2.8

2017-08-17 Thread Eric H. Johnson
give a meaningful error message and shut down gracefully when it could not talk to the board. Regards, Eric On August 16, 2017 6:48:07 PM EDT, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 16 August 2017 at 23:05, Eric H. Johnson <ejohn...@camalytics.com> >wrote: > >> Odd

Re: [Emc-users] Upgrade 2.8.0 pre to 2.8

2017-08-16 Thread Eric H. Johnson
EDT, Sebastian Kuzminsky <s...@highlab.com> wrote: >On 08/16/2017 02:38 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: >> Andy, >> >> I am afraid I do not entirely follow. Does that mean that build is >available, or still rebuilding? >> >> I am showing >> 1:2.8.0-pre1.330

Re: [Emc-users] Upgrade 2.8.0 pre to 2.8

2017-08-16 Thread Eric H. Johnson
com> wrote: >On 08/16/2017 02:38 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: >> Andy, >> >> I am afraid I do not entirely follow. Does that mean that build is >available, or still rebuilding? >> >> I am showing >> 1:2.8.0-pre1.3305.gde345856d >> as both the insta

Re: [Emc-users] Upgrade 2.8.0 pre to 2.8

2017-08-16 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Andy, I am afraid I do not entirely follow. Does that mean that build is available, or still rebuilding? I am showing 1:2.8.0-pre1.3305.gde345856d as both the installed and latest version. It still locks up when I try to use the hostmot drivers. Thanks, Eric On August 16, 2017 4:15:06 PM

Re: [Emc-users] Upgrade 2.8.0 pre to 2.8

2017-08-16 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Andy, I have a 6d on the end of gde..., but otherwise the same. Still locking up when using the hostmot drivers. Sims work, as does parport | stepper-inch. Thanks, Eric On August 16, 2017 3:32:48 PM EDT, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 16 August 2017 at 20:17, Eric H. Johns

Re: [Emc-users] Upgrade 2.8.0 pre to 2.8

2017-08-16 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Andy, Yes, I see 3305, so I am waiting for that to increment, right? Thanks, Eric On August 16, 2017 2:22:54 PM EDT, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 16 August 2017 at 18:48, Eric H. Johnson <ejohn...@camalytics.com> >wrote: >> Sebastian, >> >> M

Re: [Emc-users] Upgrade 2.8.0 pre to 2.8

2017-08-16 Thread Eric H. Johnson
. Apologize for any typos, did not have an easy way to transfer the text to my phone. Thanks, Eric On August 16, 2017 1:08:52 PM EDT, "Eric H. Johnson" <ejohn...@camalytics.com> wrote: >Sebastian, > >Which version introduced opposing motor gantry support? Was that 2.7, &

Re: [Emc-users] Upgrade 2.8.0 pre to 2.8

2017-08-16 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Andy, Sebastian, I am unfortunately at the shop and can only get Internet through my phone. So I am running half blind as far as Lcnc doc. Which version do I need to run that supports gantry homing with opposing motors (added JOINT section to the ini file). It is that version I need to get

Re: [Emc-users] Upgrade 2.8.0 pre to 2.8

2017-08-16 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Andy, I will wait. Do I then just need to do an ap-get install? Thanks, Eric On August 16, 2017 1:49:47 PM EDT, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 16 August 2017 at 18:08, Eric H. Johnson <ejohn...@camalytics.com> >wrote: > >> Which version introduced op

Re: [Emc-users] Upgrade 2.8.0 pre to 2.8

2017-08-16 Thread Eric H. Johnson
using the version with gantry support, which I thought had been released. Thanks, Eric On August 16, 2017 12:30:41 PM EDT, Sebastian Kuzminsky <s...@highlab.com> wrote: >On 08/16/2017 09:57 AM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: >> All, >> >> I installed linuxcnc 2.8.0-pre to Xub

[Emc-users] Upgrade 2.8.0 pre to 2.8

2017-08-16 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, I installed linuxcnc 2.8.0-pre to Xubuntu 12.04, and was running for some time. I seemed to have upgraded something I should not. The sim configurations worked, but the default 7i43-small just locks up with no error message. Nothing responds. Can only power off computer. I tried apt-get

Re: [Emc-users] Gui Feature Request

2017-04-28 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Todd, Not that it is a solution, but there is actually some long dormant code doing much of what you request; see this folder: https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/tree/master/src/emc/usr_intf Specifically emcsched and schedrmt, where emcsched is the scheduler and schedrmt is a telnet like

[Emc-users] Canonical killing Unity for Ubuntu Linux

2017-04-06 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, Just an FYI, Canonical is giving up on the Unity interface for Ubuntu and going back to Gnome. https://betanews.com/2017/04/05/canonical-killing-unity-for-ubuntu-linux-wil l-switch-to-the-superior-gnome/ Regards, Eric

Re: [Emc-users] Custom home sequence

2017-02-20 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, et al, That got it. So with this gantry homing, it only works with home all? Individual axes, even those separate from the gantry, cannot be homed on their own? Thanks, Eric On 02/20/2017 04:42 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Don't I only need to run down through the below to inst

Re: [Emc-users] Custom home sequence

2017-02-20 Thread Eric H. Johnson
gt;> This is how I install rtai on Linux Mint 17.3 >> >> JT >> >> >> >> On 2/20/2017 4:12 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: >> >>> I should add, I am using Xubuntu 12.04. >>> >>> >>> >>> Does rtai need to be install

Re: [Emc-users] Custom home sequence

2017-02-20 Thread Eric H. Johnson
I should add, I am using Xubuntu 12.04. Does rtai need to be installed separately to use these modules? I believe apt-key ran properly and the linuxcnc repositories were added properly. There were no errors with apt-get update. I am getting errors of the form: The following packages have

Re: [Emc-users] Custom home sequence

2017-02-20 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Does rtai need to be installed separately to use these modules? I believe apt-key ran properly and the linuxcnc repositories were added properly. There were no errors with apt-get update. I am getting errors of the form: The following packages have unmet dependencies: Linuxcnc: Depends:

Re: [Emc-users] Custom home sequence

2017-02-20 Thread Eric H. Johnson
http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ Then try sim/axis/gantry config 2017-02-20 19:09 GMT+02:00 Eric H. Johnson <ejohn...@camalytics.com>: > > > I am finally getting around to re-controlling a large (15' x 30') XY table. > The gantry is driven by two oppositely mounted servo motors,

Re: [Emc-users] Setting axis as homed

2016-08-08 Thread Eric H. Johnson
COORDINATES = X Y A [AXIS_0] TYPE = LINEAR ... [AXIS_1] TYPE = LINEAR ... [AXIS_2] TYPE = ANGULAR ... -- Ralph From: Eric H. Johnson [ejohn...@camalytics.com] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2016 7:28 AM To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' Subject: Re: [Emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Setting axis as homed

2016-08-08 Thread Eric H. Johnson
output using a custom M1xx function and setup a 2 axis machine instead of a 3 axis machine. Can you explain better your application please ? Regards Alex On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Eric H. Johnson <ejohn...@camalytics.com> wrote: > All, > > > > I am trying to use &quo

[Emc-users] Setting axis as homed

2016-08-08 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, I am trying to use "force home" on a machine which has X, Y and A axes. The Z is a two position air cylinder, so not controllable as an axis, but does appear in the configuration with basically nothing attached to it. Is there a way to set the Z axis as "homed" (axis.N.homed) so that when

Re: [Emc-users] Tool offset

2016-07-01 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Thanks for all the help everyone, I think I have the problem resolved. For anyone that cares, here are the sordid details. We had been having a problem with the knife rotational axis losing a very small number of encoder counts (generally less than a couple of degrees over a full pattern). The

Re: [Emc-users] Tool offset

2016-06-30 Thread Eric H. Johnson
wrote: >Just a thought, is there a chance you have an imperfection in your head >assembly or the kinimatics, that is causing your cut to be offset >slightly? In other words are the pieces the same size if you cut them >out in the opposite direction? > >- Original Message -

Re: [Emc-users] Tool offset

2016-06-30 Thread Eric H. Johnson
eater than the tool radius". This is discovered in the look ahead, so it threw me for a moment. Any bright ideas on how to get around this? Thanks, Eric On June 30, 2016 9:14:13 AM EDT, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >On 30 June 2016 at 13:26, Eric H. Johnson <ejohn...@

Re: [Emc-users] Tool offset

2016-06-30 Thread Eric H. Johnson
fore each head lift / drop. Thanks, Eric On June 29, 2016 1:06:08 PM EDT, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: >On Wednesday 29 June 2016 11:18:39 Eric H. Johnson wrote: > >> All, >> >> >> >> I am cutting a dense mat material with an ultrasonic

Re: [Emc-users] Tool offset

2016-06-29 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Andy, It does not have a controllable Z, it is a two position up/down. Regards, Eric > Does Z1 have any meaning in compensating only in X and Y? Does your machine have a Z-axis? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of

[Emc-users] Tool offset

2016-06-29 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, I am cutting a dense mat material with an ultrasonic knife. It appears that when the fibers are cut I get a small amount of expansion so the part to be inset ends up just a little too large, even though it is cutting exactly the same size as the base in which it is to be inset. I was

Re: [Emc-users] Any users of "xlinuxcnc" and "linuxcnclcd" out there?

2016-05-13 Thread Eric H. Johnson
I return. Regards, Eric On 05/12/2016 03:21 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > > I am the author of that module, I actually thought it had been dropped > some time back. It uses LCDProc to drive any number of LCD type > displays. I ran into a problem with keypress / keyrelease

Re: [Emc-users] Any users of "xlinuxcnc" and "linuxcnclcd" out there?

2016-05-12 Thread Eric H. Johnson
I am the author of that module, I actually thought it had been dropped some time back. It uses LCDProc to drive any number of LCD type displays. I ran into a problem with keypress / keyrelease for jogging, in that it was not supported by the LCDProc library, although it was supported by the

Re: [Emc-users] Following error on angular axis

2016-04-14 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Peter, It is geared down 4:1, so 40 degrees of shaft rotation for 10 degrees on the axis. Regards, Eric A plot would help, is ths 10 degrees of motor shaft position? -- Find and fix application performance issues

Re: [Emc-users] Following error on angular axis

2016-04-14 Thread Eric H. Johnson
-Original Message- From: Peter C. Wallace [mailto:p...@mesanet.com] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 10:40 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Following error on angular axis On Thu, 14 Apr 2016, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:20

Re: [Emc-users] Following error on angular axis

2016-04-14 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Todd, It is velocity mode. I am running headless so it is a bit of a pain to setup for running things like halmeter and halscope unless I setup something like VNC. I won't be able to work on it until tomorrow, but will look at this then. Thanks all, Eric Is the following error proportional

[Emc-users] Following error on angular axis

2016-04-14 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, I am trying to lick a problem with following error on an angular axis (A). I am using a Mesa 7i43 with the 7i33 quad servo interface. If I set the axis max_velocity above about 2 RPS I start getting following errors on G0 moves with any reasonable value for FError (i.e. under 10 degrees).

[Emc-users] Program prefix

2015-10-09 Thread Eric H. Johnson
HI all, Has there been a change to PROGRAM_PREFIX in version 2.6 or later, currently using 2.7. Under 2.5, if I issue the 'open' command from linuxcncrsh it would pull the file from the path specified by PROGRAM_PREFIX in the DISPLAY section. Now it seems whatever I put in for that parameter,

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 drivers

2015-10-08 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, I was trying to do a quick rebuild of an old machine where the ssd died and wanted to be able to use the existing configuration as is. I went ahead, however and just finished installing lcnc 2.7 to xubuntu 12.04 from the instructions here:

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 drivers

2015-10-08 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, I am building from packages. That makes sense, I did do a reboot after rtai was installed, but not after lcnc. Thanks, Eric Are you building linuxcnc itself from source or installing the debian package? The updated memlock limit comes from the linuxcnc debian package, not from the

[Emc-users] Hostmot2 drivers

2015-10-07 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Hi all, I am rebuilding a box with xubuntu 10.04 and the linuxcnc 2.5.4 install script. I ran into a similar problem last April that Sebastian walked me through. Rechecking those posts, the problem is a little different. While linuxcnc installed fine, I do not see the hostmot2 drivers in

Re: [Emc-users] Increasing home speed

2015-06-27 Thread Eric H. Johnson
: The error would help a lot... on my plasma machine I have a Rapid to Home button and after I'm done cutting and before shutting off I press the magic button. Homing only takes a few seconds when I fire it back up. JT On 6/25/2015 8:33 PM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: Hi all, I am not sure I

Re: [Emc-users] Increasing home speed

2015-06-26 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Craig, The home switch and the end of travel are about the width of the micro-switch apart, i.e. 1-1.5. The axis stops well before the end of travel, probably in a 1/4. Are you suggesting the accel and velocity are too high or too low? Regards, Eric Acceleration limits, after sensing switch

[Emc-users] Increasing home speed

2015-06-25 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Hi all, I am not sure I understand why I cannot increase my home velocity for X and Y. I have a 12' by 20' table and have not been able to increase the home velocity much above 0.25, which is tortuously slow (linuxcnc 2.6). Unfortunately I did not write down the exact error message when I was

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

2015-04-06 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, Looks like it got it. Thanks much, Eric Ok, so that shows you still have version 0.8.13 of the hostmot2-firmware-7i43-2 installed, as per the prophecy. Upgrade it to 0.8.21 and see how you do. sudo apt-get -uV upgrade hostmot2-firmware-7i43-2

[Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

2015-04-06 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Hi all, I am running into a problem with installing the hostmot drivers that I do not recall encountering before. I installed the 7i43-small packages, then just tried to run the hm2_servo | 7i43-small sample configuration, telling it to make a local copy. It tells me it cannot find

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

2015-04-06 Thread Eric H. Johnson
All, I should add, I am running on Xubuntu 10.04, which I have done all along because it provides a smaller foot print, and I run headless. I installed from the 10.04 script, then used Synaptic to install the hostmot package (7i43-small). Regards, Eric I am running into a problem with

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

2015-04-06 Thread Eric H. Johnson
On 6 April 2015 at 11:33, Eric H. Johnson ejohn...@camalytics.com wrote: It tells me it cannot find SVST4_4S.BIN. .BIN or.BIT? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- BPM Camp

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

2015-04-06 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, 0.8.13.g3e60a9b Regards, Eric Which version of the hostmot2 packages do you have? Find out with dpkg -l 'hostmot2*'. There was a snafu for a while with the old package compatibility symlinks, maybe something got missed.

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

2015-04-06 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, Is SVST4_4S.BIT different from SVST4_4.BIT. I assumed the 'S' meant that it was for the small (200K) FPGA. SVST4_4.BIT was the only one that installed with the 7i43-small package. If I drop the hm2/7i43/ from the path in the ini file, it still does not find the BIT file, at least any

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

2015-04-06 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, Never mind, I see the apt-get update did update to version 0.8.21, but still no SVST4_4S.BIT file, and same error when I try to run referencing SVST4_4.BIT. Regards, Eric Sebastian, You mean put deb... in the sources.list file, right? I did that, and apt-get update worked fine and

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

2015-04-06 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, You mean put deb... in the sources.list file, right? I did that, and apt-get update worked fine and identified linuxcnc. Then I should do apt-get install hm2-firmware, right? It says package not found. Regards, Eric There are two SVST4_4 bit files, one for the 400k FPGA (big, aka B)

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

2015-04-06 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, The command as written says no matching files, if I remove the '\', I get: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name

Re: [Emc-users] Differential line driver module

2015-03-19 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Peter, Thanks, I completely missed that. When will they be back in stock? :) Regards, Eric You could use our EncY for this (assuming we get it back in stock soon) -- Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The

[Emc-users] Differential line driver module

2015-03-19 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Hi all, The short question: I am looking for any recommendations on a differential line driver module for use with the encoder signals to the Mesa 7i33 quad analog servo interface. I found this one, but it takes a single ended signal and converts it to differential. My encoders are already

Re: [Emc-users] A shot in the dark

2015-03-06 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Hi all, I will close this thread out. I was able to get the manuals through BK. Apparently what you have to do (I won't get a chance to try it until Monday) is hold two buttons on controller boot, which will put it into program mode. Eric Just a shot in the dark to see if anyone has run into

[Emc-users] A shot in the dark

2015-03-05 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Hi, Just a shot in the dark to see if anyone has run into one of these controllers. I am in the process of re-controlling several machines using AMC controllers (from Burny Kalikburn, not Advanced Motion Control), starting with one using the AMC3C controller. Unfortunately, another machine

[Emc-users] Dual servo motor gantry

2015-01-09 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Hi all, I am looking to do an upgrade on a large XY table where the gantry is driven by to oppositely mounted servo motors. Both sets of encoders run back to the existing controller. Can I just give a generous deadband to the slave axis, or is there a better way to address this configuration

Re: [Emc-users] Dual servo motor gantry

2015-01-09 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Viesturs, It might add some positioning error, but I am thinking of something on the order of a couple hundredths of an inch or less. The application is an ultrasonic knife cutting table, so with the flex of the blade I can certainly tolerate a couple hundredths of an inch error on one side of

Re: [Emc-users] Dual servo motor gantry

2015-01-09 Thread Eric H. Johnson
, so I stuck with it. No regrets on that decision. Dave On 1/9/2015 10:57 AM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: Hi all, I am looking to do an upgrade on a large XY table where the gantry is driven by to oppositely mounted servo motors. Both sets of encoders run back to the existing controller. Can

[Emc-users] Mux_generic

2014-11-28 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Andy et al, Is mux_generic in the current binaries? I am getting can't find module. Thanks, Eric Sent from Samsung Mobile -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly

[Emc-users] Setting outputs based on tool number

2014-11-26 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Hi all, I need to set a couple outputs based on which tool is selected. I only have 3 tools. I expect others have run into this issue. So far the easiest way I see is to convert iocontrol.0.tool-number into a float and then use comparators on that value to set the states of my outputs. Is

Re: [Emc-users] Using LinuxCNC from the terminal

2014-06-20 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Jacob, If you just want to issue commands via a command line interface you can use linuxcncrsh. It is basically a telnet like interface. You could also shell in via ssh and then connect to local host to both go over a standard port and retain encryption.

Re: [Emc-users] OT, Pic controller? needed for high school play

2013-10-17 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Bruce, Here is a link to light sequencing and DMX decoding using an Arduino: http://makezine.com/2011/11/01/light-sequencing-and-decoding-dmx-with-an-ard uino/ I personally do not know much about theater lighting but thought this might be of interest. If you are located in the US, the Arduino

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcncrsh with MachineKit+BeBoPr+BBB

2013-10-15 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Walter, I have not been following this thread, so I may be talking out of school, but don't you just need to have linuxcncrsh run on the BBB running linuxcnc? That simply requires 'loadusr linuxcnc in the hal file or DISPLAY=linuxcncrsh in the ini file. It then starts with linuxcnc and does not

Re: [Emc-users] OT - electric vehicles

2013-05-01 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Jon, sarcasm Well just get a generator working off a Hot-Cat (http://ecatreport.com/e-cat/no-hot-cat-progress-with-thermoelectric-process -yet) and for extra credit, drop the engine, drive train and cooling system in favor of Hub Motors

[Emc-users] Off topic - Axor Motors and Microspeed drives

2013-04-08 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Off chance, does anyone know of a North American if not US distributor of Axor motors and Microspeed drives? I thought I had come across one in Canada (Vancouver IIRC), but I do not seem to be able to find them ATM. Thanks, Eric

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcncrsh error reporting

2013-03-22 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Lars, If you have another user interface running, the first interface to see the error is going to swallow it. Since a local interface generally updates faster that one over a network, the odds are that the local interface will see it first. This is a known limitation of that interface. I

Re: [Emc-users] c/c++ interface

2013-03-19 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Wesley, For those basic functions, could you just use linuxcncrsh (emcrsh prior to version 2.5), see: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Linuxcncrsh Regards, Eric Brief background: EPICS is a basically a client-server framework for cross-platform distributed controls. The server-side

Re: [Emc-users] c/c++ interface

2013-03-19 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Wesley, The protocol itself was never intended to be secure, but you can tunnel over SSH to achieve that. Regards, Eric Thanks Eric. I actually just started looking into that as an option. In general, telnet is frowned upon for security reasons. But I have other systems that use it and we

[Emc-users] Installing linuxcnc 2.4.7 from packages

2013-03-15 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Hi all, The hard drive failed on one of my customer's machines. They were running emc2 2.4.7. I was trying to reinstall that so that I can run the known working configuration without modification. I was trying to run this script file: http://linuxcnc.org/lucid/emc2-install.sh Referenced here:

Re: [Emc-users] Installing linuxcnc 2.4.7 from packages

2013-03-15 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Re-running the script does not repeat the stuff that succeeded, only that which failed. Here is what failed: The following packages have unmet dependencies: emc2: Depends: python2.4-numarray but is not installable Depends: python2.4-imaging but is not installable Depends:

Re: [Emc-users] Installing linuxcnc 2.4.7 from packages

2013-03-15 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Replying to my own post, this looks like the problem, and possibly the solution: http://davidjb.com/blog/2010/05/installing-python-2-4-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid- lynx Trying now. Regards, Eric Re-running the script does not repeat the stuff that succeeded, only that which failed. Here is what

Re: [Emc-users] Installing linuxcnc 2.4.7 from packages

2013-03-15 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Ok, I added: deb http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main to my sources.list file and then was able to install: python2.4-minimal python2.4 python2.4-dev But when I run the install script I am still getting the same error. Regards, Eric The following packages have unmet

Re: [Emc-users] Installing linuxcnc 2.4.7 from packages

2013-03-15 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, Thanks, I decided it was going to be easier to just upgrade to 2.5. Regards, Eric I think I found the problem. The wiki page you looked at is out of date - it says at the top in bold to go look at this other page instead: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Installing_LinuxCNC

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