Re: [Emc-users] Touch screens

Steve - Thanks for your patience with me, I saw a thread with minimal replies and minimal progress so thought I'd jump in. I was actually experiencing some insomnia and it appears I am again tonight...Sorry I didn't look at the change logs and bug reports. As for trying the newer packages for J

Re: [Emc-users] Touch screens

Which version of the mutouch driver are you using? According to the Ubuntu Hardy (didn't see a mention of which version of Ubuntu you are running either so I am making an assumption) link I googled (http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/xserver-xorg-input-mutouch) the current version is 1.1.0-3 with de

Re: [Emc-users] X2 conversion

nx.net] > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 2:25 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] X2 conversion > > I can't thank all you guys enough! > BTW, I like your site Mr. Michalski. > Again thanks for all the info. > lennywayne > > G

Re: [Emc-users] Metric?

Andy - That is a wonderful table!!! Not to diminish it _any_ way shape of form but if one of our more savvy web types could make that page into frames so the column headings stay as you scroll down that would be an immensely useful shop/drafting board (antiquated term I know - but my company for s

Re: [Emc-users] X2 conversion

As a side note I believe the wiki reference on the X3 is the one I posted. Much more info at ww.distinctperspectives.com I realize it's not the same machine but the principles in making a backlash free mechanical setup (thus reducing headaches later) are well worth reading and studying. Plans are

Re: [Emc-users] WITS (Wichita Industrial Trade Show)

> From: spad...@sover.net [mailto:spad...@sover.net] > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] WITS (Wichita Industrial Trade Show) > > > Gentlemen, > >Look at this website - http://witshow.org/ > > > >Is there any interest in preparing a machine or three for this show? > >There would be a need for m

[Emc-users] Fest Pics (was Thanks, Stuart)

> Jeff Epler wrote: > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 07:22:34PM -0700, John Lichter wrote: > >    I just wan to send out a big THANKS to Stuart for hosting the EMC > > fest at him place and the same to all the EMC guys that were there. > > Terry and I made it back Monday evening in good shape and he is

Re: [Emc-users] [Fwd: Heiz CNC - emc configuration] 5th axis

> -Original Message- > From: Robert von Knobloch [mailto:b...@engelking.de] > Subject: [Emc-users] [Fwd: Heiz CNC - emc configuration] 5th axis > > Peter wrote: > > Hello Robert, > > Have you ever thought about making the 5th axis to your Heiz machine? The > Heiz controller i

Re: [Emc-users] Gear Tooth Profile

> On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 17:24 -400, Frank Tkalcevic wrote: > > > On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 15:30 -0400, Douglas Pollard wrote: > > > I don't know where to tell you to look but the metric gear info is > > > out there somewhere for little or no money. > > > > I thought you where wrong here because I wa

[Emc-users] Photo Boards from NAMES

If anyone is interested in seeing the photo boards that were put together and displayed at NAMES I've made a page on my website with them, Alex is going to be posting something on the linuxcnc.org site, but these are the PDF files - I have each person's board as a web sized PDF and then the full re

[Emc-users] FW: NAMES Show - Saturday - Fixed Links

- Give this one about 15 more minutes to finish uploading - I might have to take in down in a few days to keep my bandwidth usage within what I paid for so I don't get socked extra by my provider :--} Greg www.distinctperspectives.com _____ From: Greg Michalski

[Emc-users] NAMES Show - Saturday

Hey everyone! Spent a bit of time in the EMC2 booth at the NAMES show today. Dale is a wonderful guy. Very outgoing. Very knowledgeable. Very polite. Very giving. All around a good person to have in the booth. I on the other hand am a shy person so it took me a while to get the courage to s

Re: [Emc-users] NAMES, this weekend (4/18-19, 2009)

And picture boards are _nearly_ complete - just need to make the back leg so they can freely stand on their own if needed. Check 'em out, after the show I'll coordinate with Alex Joni getting the boards posted onto the linuxcnc website, and you'll be able to see the whole layouts clearly and one b

Re: [Emc-users] Users Locations

Some folks who were already registered may want to edit - there are some SPECIFIC addresses that could be used by mischievous or malicious folks. :--) I see some people are closer than I previously knew! And some are a LOT farther! Greg www.distinctperspectives.com > -Original Message-

[Emc-users] NAMES Photo display update [was EMC at NAMES 2009--banner & update]

Chris - I certainly enjoy donating my time and some resources. But thank you for the recognition. Whether we admit it or not, and regardless of our motives, it's human nature to enjoy and desire the recognition. :) I'm almost done with the photo board layouts and am researching the printing cost

Re: [Emc-users] PCI Parallel port

Will - Where about are you located at? With Chris' comment in mind - I've got a single port Netmos based PCI LPT that is going to be swapped shortly for a dual port Netmos (once I get over to my local shop _ I give them occasional business over Newegg since I don't want them to go under). I'd be

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Turns off on starting program?

in Mach3) > > M3 > > I'm just about to the "storm" stage.. > > > If it's the culprit.. is there a way to fix the goofy default?? > > Thanks. > > - Michael > > > On Apr 7, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Greg Michalski wrote: > > >

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Turns off on starting program?

>On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 23:41 Chris Radek wrote: > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 08:34:56PM -0700, Michael Jones wrote: > > May need clarification. > > > > When I hit the play button to start executing the gcode.. the spindle > > turns off.. > > > > - Michael > > There are several answers to your ques

Re: [Emc-users] PCI Parallel port

Hi Will - I'm a bit tired but I recall having to try all the addresses to get my Netmos card to work - which you've already done. Looking at my config file I have quotes around my addresses (I have 2 ports, one an input only so that might be why - I'd have to go back and read docs). Also the dm

Re: [Emc-users] DXF Points to G-Code

> -Original Message- > From: Kirk Wallace > Subject: [Emc-users] DXF Points to G-Code > > I have an irregular pattern of holes I drew with QCAD which outputs DXF > files. There is a DXF to g-code path converter (dxf2gcode) which handles > DXF paths, and there is a counterbore script: > htt

Re: [Emc-users] NAMES Backdrop Photos

Feel free to deposit movies on the FTP site also if movies are desired on site. There's space. As for the hanging/attaching issue, I am mounting all the photos on foam core and typically make an easel base when I do items like this. They can be placed on tables, at the base of tables, or I do ha

Re: [Emc-users] NAMES Backdrop Photos

> From: John Kasunich [mailto:jmkasun...@fastmail.fm] > > Greg Michalski wrote: > > Update from the photo front - > > > > Ok, I have now sorted out the multitude of issues which have plagued me from > > the start of this endeavor. I knew I had purchased a large

Re: [Emc-users] NAMES Backdrop Photos

snafu was all on me. Yours humbly in open source and open honesty, Greg Michalski www.distinctperspectives.com > -Original Message- > From: Greg Michalski [mailto:emc2usrl...@distinctperspectives.com] > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:21 PM > To: 'Enhanced Machine

Re: [Emc-users] NAMES Backdrop Photos

s publicly archived, but contact me off list at Greg Michalski {at] distinctperspectives (dot) com and I will forward the log in information and a basic walk through of how to use FTP if you haven't before (don't be offended at the step by step nature if you are familiar, I wanted to have a co

Re: [Emc-users] Fest

> -Original Message- > From: Stuart Stevenson [mailto:stus...@gmail.com] > > Gentlemen, >I am setting up here to host a meeting from Thursday 21, May, 2009 > thru Wednesday 27, May, 2009. >We will have a meeting room w/AC. The room will have a projector. > The room has seating for

Re: [Emc-users] NAMES Backdrop Photos

>> Greg Michalski wrote: >> > > To all EMC2 users and enthusiasts: > > > > > > > > In coordinating with Dale Grover off list I offered to print up some > > backdrops for the EMC presence at NAMES here in Toledo, since there's a > > kin

Re: [Emc-users] NAMES Backdrop Photos

> -Original Message- > From: Alex Joni [mailto:alex.j...@robcon.ro] > >>Greg Michalski wrote: > > To all EMC2 users and enthusiasts: > > > > > > > > In coordinating with Dale Grover off list I offered to print up some > > backdrops

[Emc-users] NAMES Backdrop Photos

To all EMC2 users and enthusiasts: In coordinating with Dale Grover off list I offered to print up some backdrops for the EMC presence at NAMES here in Toledo, since there's a kind member with a CD duplicator in our midst negating the need for my previous offer of assistance, and I still wanted

Re: [Emc-users] EMC at NAMES, Apr 18-19

I'm in the Toledo metro area and can donate a spindle (50?) of burnt .iso's - any suggestions on version (of Ubuntu) ? I might (depends on if I can secure the labels & artwork before the boss goes out of town next week for business) be able to also run off a batch of stick-on labels if someone can

Re: [Emc-users] Workshop / EMC fest

> -Original Message- > From: Chris Radek [mailto:ch...@timeguy.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:46 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Workshop / EMC fest > > On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 11:33:05AM -0600, Jon Elson wrote: > > Is there any news to repo

Re: [Emc-users] 10kHz Enable Signal?

Would the charge pump be easier and more practical to implement? I know my charge pump card wasn't picky about the actual frequency of the signal, anything at or above the 10Khz is sufficient. I don't know from a workload standpoint if one method over another (Charge pump vs PWM) is less CPU over

Re: [Emc-users] RES: Successful Emc2 conversion (happy dance...)

> >>Hi Tom - can't you remove them with a full depth finishing cut? Distinct > >>edges like that are stress magnets ;) > >> > >>Steve Blackmore > > > >Hi Steve, > >Those are tapered walls. The contours for those pockets are about 50 thou inset > >at the bottom of the pocket, so the walls are that m

Re: [Emc-users] Voting time again..

> The Board has asked Michael Cornelius to run the voting for us. > Michael is not involved in the EMC project but he is a Free Software > advocate in many ways and has graciously offered to help out > (like he did last time). The Board will provide him a list > of email addresses made from join

Re: [Emc-users] absolute analog output signal 0 - 10 V

Instead of a dedicated section for old commands - maybe the inclusion of the deprecated command(s) and formatting of it(them) where appropriate in the sections of the new 'preferred' commands/operations? Or would it be easier from the standpoint of actually editing and maintaining the manual to ma

Re: [Emc-users] Telnet Interface questions

I don't have any suggestions - the code guys are better in that regard - butI do have a question - is your pendant project a commercial venture or an open source that you'll publish somewhere? I'm interested in what you're doing. Making my own "intelligent" pendant would be appealing (ok, pretty

Re: [Emc-users] SECONDED NOMINATION: John Thornton

The docs really are much better than when I first investigated EMC - thanks for your efforts there and participating on this list helping some of us who sometimes don't read too well before posting... Nomination seconded. Greg www.distinctperspectives.com -Original Message- From: sam so

Re: [Emc-users] OT: PDP11

At age 34 I am probably one of the youngest to actually have used at least one (most likely two or three) of the machines you guys have been talking about. Back when I was a kid my dad worked on PDP's and a number of different DEC systems (I know I keyed around on the PDP11, and had a set of OS ma

Re: [Emc-users] Bad motherboard capacitors?

: Sunday, December 28, 2008 2:27 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Bad motherboard capacitors? On Sunday 28 December 2008, Greg Michalski wrote: >I've repaired no less than 2 dozen MOBOs of varying brands (Soyo, MSI, Tyan, >Dell, etc.) that all were simply i

Re: [Emc-users] Bad motherboard capacitors?

I've repaired no less than 2 dozen MOBOs of varying brands (Soyo, MSI, Tyan, Dell, etc.) that all were simply in need of a capacitor or 6. Never bothered with a kit, just grabbed some from the 'Shack or the junk drawer or tacked onto an order to Digi-Key or Mouser. Easiest way to diagnose a bad e

Re: [Emc-users] Charge pump

My charge pump is setup to run whenever EMC is running - you may choose to have it disable when E-Stop is activated, etc. Here's what I believe is on my machine (too cold to go fire up and this is what I have in my archive folder on the laptop), the charge pump board I got from CNC4PC.com needed a

Re: [Emc-users] made with EMC (of course) and Synergy CAD/CAM

When I saw the images I had a feeling it was for some style of musket-loading pistol - very cool. Nice work and glad to see Synergy is working well for you. Definitely start a blog of you work. Replica work like this, though not the historically correct method used for the originals is very cool

Re: [Emc-users] equations in kinematics - an OT Thank You

Stuart - Thank you for starting this thread and posting your kinematics calculations. I hadn't delved into the kinematics aspect of EMC2, but reading through your calculations the proverbial light-bulb went on and how positioning is computed and achieved makes a lot more sense to me now. Once aga

Re: [Emc-users] Dedicated hardware for Real Time OS

Roberto - There seem to be a lot of replies to your topic but it somehow diverged into a developer conversation. I think what would help you most is the list that is on the wiki that people contribute latency test result numbers that are associated with their exact setup so that you can see

Re: [Emc-users] Pissed off

I don't normally pile one, typically I ignore the irrelevant messages. Hell, I rarely even post unless I am fairly confident I have the answer to someone's question. Normally I sit back, read and constantly learn from the information shared on this mailing list - but I have had some unrealisti

Re: [Emc-users] I & J code

Isn't the math: I(relative) = I(absolute) - X(start) J(relative)=J(absolute)-Y(start) ? Carl Helquist Hello Carl Your math's is right (I think so) However your assertion in my ability or inclination to write a script or program, sorry wrong. Best wishes Dave If that math is correct then c

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel Port Breakout Board

So there is no default usage for each of the 12 outputs and 4 inputs? I'm thinking about a 3-axis small mill with limit switches on the two X and Y axis plus spindle on/off and two coolants. Outputs 3 Step and 3 Direction = 6 1 Common Enable, 2 Coolant and 1 Spindle = 4 Total 10 outputs Inputs

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 30, Issue 12

Did you accidentally remove the line from the [DISPLAY] section of the .ini file that reads DISPLAY = axis ? My display section (old .ini version I have laying around on my laptop at the moment): [EMC] MACHINE = SiegX3 NML_FILE = emc.nml DEBUG = 0 [DISPLAY] DISPLAY = axis POSITION_OFFSET = R

Re: [Emc-users] Laptop Pcmcia wireless not working

gards, Alex - Original Message - From: Greg Michalski To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 11:40 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Laptop Pcmcia wireless not working Alex - Similar question - I have a "My Essentials" (aka Belkin) USB

Re: [Emc-users] Laptop Pcmcia wireless not working

Alex - Similar question - I have a "My Essentials" (aka Belkin) USB b/g adapter that I couldn't get to run on my 6.06 which I abandoned after following several of the different driver wrap guides I found online at the time (before I joined the list and before Christmas 07 - they were onsale chea

Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)

My 6.06 install runs nicely on a PIII 660MHz but I had to add memory upping it to 384mb for reasonable latency results. I've also had it running on a Pentium (the first class...) but never actually ran it, just tested the interface and got familiar with it. Are you getting an error message on

Re: [Emc-users] Axis question - blame me :)

I was the culprit that posted that SourceForge request to way back before I read a lot more of the docs, got active on the list and investigated the examples included. I don't have much time right now, or the clarity of thought to rehash what I ended up learning, but my intent was to look for a

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Speed

Good luck tomorrow - my 2 cents if it helps - 2) Remember the home value is signed (+/-) so change the value to search for home in the other direction. 3) A joint is an axis - joint 0 is the first one defined in the ini file, etc. so if homing failed on joint 1, then it failed on the second jo

Re: [Emc-users] 5 axis cinci ball test

Stuart - That is just awesome. I wish I had toys like that :D (Even with the investment that would obviously be aimed at making money from it's use, the conversion would be really really fun! Therefore to me it's a toy ;) I posted a link to that video on my website - hope you don't mind :) It

Re: [Emc-users] R: New user new problem

Thats where I saw it! Sure it's not a fancy automated function implemented as a "feature" in EMC but the variables are there to make it possible. Thanks for the link Chris - my machine is covered with some tarps right now and the dual boot system is in Billy Goat mode crunching away at video

Re: [Emc-users] New user new problem

Well lets see here - are you talking about an automated Z touch off plate with a script/macro of some kind that moves the tool to a certain machine coordinate and touches a plate, triggering the probe circuit and identifying the new Z offset value to use then returns to machining after finishing

Re: [Emc-users] Info for new users of Linux/EMC

Emory - I appreciate the compliment - and your information is very helpful and I certainly don't consider it undermining or competitive! It most certainly doesn't suck. I think I'll add a link to the title page of my tutorial to aim the people over to take a look at what you've got (and I'll t

Re: [Emc-users] Basic Installation and Configuration Tutorial Final Draft

> Don't mean to turn your how-to into an Ubuntu guide but reading the fine > manual > is a basic thing many users skip over. I agree - and then they blame the software - thus is the point of the tutorial - a hopefully knock on wood, cross my fingers, nearly foolproof way to get them started s

[Emc-users] Basic Installation and Configuration Tutorial Final Draft

http://www.distinctperspectives.com/emc2installsetup/ Ok, this covered everyone;s comments exceopt I didn't make the PDF yet - I'll do that tomorrow once this gets "rubber stamped" I think it's pretty comprehensivel Enjoy and once the PDF is made I'll put a link up on the homepage, link it to

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Basic Setup Tutorial - draft

Subject: Re: [Emc-users] EMC Basic Setup Tutorial - draft Greg Michalski wrote: > Thank you Steve! Thats more like it! I feel at home now - peace and > bliss, the universe is in harmony...wait a second - now this feels > like work...my doctor would not approve... :) (Do

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Basic Setup Tutorial - draft

27;ll pass on that check :) I'll add your and other's corrections into the sections and then proceed with making the individual pages as suggested for ease of use. Greg www.distinctperspectives.com - Original Message - From: Stephen Wille Padnos To: Enhanced Machine Co

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Basic Setup Tutorial - draft

ed are almost a joke to me - pleasing you guys will be easy! :) Greg www.distinctperspectives.com - Original Message - From: Greg Michalski To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] EMC Basic Setup Tutorial - draft

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Basic Setup Tutorial - draft

Thanks for all the comments - I'll try and incorporate as much of this as possible - I'll think I'll make a separate PDF link for someone to download and print off to combat the black background issue - IE7 always inverts the page for me but I have a BW printer at home so maybe it's the printer

[Emc-users] EMC Basic Setup Tutorial - draft

If anyone would like to review and critique this Stepconf tutorial webpage before it goes live I'd love to have some input from those more knowledgeable and experienced than I. Be brutal - I can take it. (Unless it's layout related - I'm still inept at web design - free 30 day trial of Coffee C

Re: [Emc-users] Possible bugreport needed?

Jeff - Thanks for the in depth reply - I'll leave my wording at "don't use spaces in the machine name". I was smart enough to figure out thats what caused my problem but a rookie still apprehensive would likely give up at that point. I actually understand what you explained - I must be getting

Re: [Emc-users] Possible bugreport needed?

the >fix hasn't been backported to the 2.2 branch. If it's just an >oversight, the fix will be in 2.2.6, which will be released before 2.3. > >Until the fix is in a release, it's a good idea to not use spaces. > >Thanks for making a tutorial! > >-

Re: [Emc-users] Possible bugreport needed?

2.2 branch. If it's just an oversight, the fix will be in 2.2.6, which will be released before 2.3. Until the fix is in a release, it's a good idea to not use spaces. Thanks for making a tutorial! - Steve Greg Michalski wrote: > I'm working on a basic graphic tutor

[Emc-users] Possible bugreport needed?

I'm working on a basic graphic tutorial on my website to assist people with getting started in EMC2 which I'll then link to in the wiki. When I was making my generic setup using stepconf I used spaces in the name of the machine. When I went to start EMC from the Applications menu I got the fol

Re: [Emc-users] Bouncing email

I simply setup a "Postmaster" account on my Go-Daddy hosted site - and the emails started showing on the listserv again. Definitely something has changed since I first set up my identity here and had sent a number of posts to the group and then got slapped with that suddenly. If you're on one

Re: [Emc-users] Sieg X3 Conversion with EMC control

Thanks John & Terry - good ideas & input. > Everything looks nice. Why don't you put a link up on the wiki site... Ok - will do when I get a chance - hadn't considered that. >Bill of materials with websites is nice. I can't tell if you're implying that I need to provide more or complimenting m

Re: [Emc-users] Sieg X3 Conversion with EMC control

Might help if I include the link - http://www.distinctperspectives.com/X3/X3_CNC_CONVERSION.PDF - Original Message - From: Greg Michalski To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 9:31 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Sieg X3 Conversion with EMC control If

[Emc-users] Sieg X3 Conversion with EMC control

the least important thing so I kind of winged it. Come to think of it - I forgot to plug EMC2 in the introduction section - guess I can start revision 2... Thanks again. Greg Michalski www.distinctperspectives.com- This SF.Ne

Re: [Emc-users] Gecko Choices

drives and don't give you the benefits of a servo system. I'm running 53VDC on the G203Vs and getting great results - the motors never get beyond warm, even on complex engravings. I wouldn't do anything different. Greg Michalski www.distinctperspectives.com - Original Me

Re: [Emc-users] Another eBay Find

"..closet genius..." LOL! Greg www.distinctimpressions.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirk Wallace Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 2:51 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject:

Re: [Emc-users] Rookie help

I had a board running a Celeron that did the same thing. The 2.8G (IIRC) Pentium had crappier results than the 650MHZ P3 curbside find I am running. Fix the latency first. You may end up changing building blocks that have a domino effect on other items (parallel port addresses, etc.) My .02

Re: [Emc-users] E-stop Suprise

I wasn't trying to imply that the escape key should be someone's trusted way out, or that it's ok the button on screen didn't work. I was actually implying that it was still a bad habit of mine, as would be the button on the interface. I'm training myself to hit the estop(s) (meaing the physic

Re: [Emc-users] E-stop Surprise

Wow - I guess I should be proud of myself that I had a physical estop button and a machine kill switch designed in while things were still on the bench! Ok, enough bragging - get your physical estop button - that button, even one of the high dollar ones, is worth its weight in gold compared to t

Re: [Emc-users] Gear Cutting

gears - as long as they are straight cut - couldn't be done with EDM. My .02x10^-10 YMMV Greg Michalski www.distinctperspective.com - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or se

Re: [Emc-users] Installing a second parallel port

fully address everything. When I go home tonight maybe I can remember to offload a copy of my config file and post the header to give you some help. Greg Michalski www.distinctperspectives.com >>Kirk >>I have added.. >>loadrt hal_parport cfg="0x9000 >>addf parport

Re: [Emc-users] SheetCam

're at and what you've tried so far. Welcome! Greg Michalski www.distinctperspectives.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of aaron Moore Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:54 PM To: EMC userslist Subject: [Emc-users] SheetCam Hi I

Re: [Emc-users] My Mill on EMC2

I'll try backing off the BASE_PERIOD setting. It's not on a network yet (need to run CAT5 to the garage still) but does have a D-Link network card in it. Thanks for the suggestion. Greg >I wonder if just backing off on the BASE_PERIOD setting would >help. The real time section with software

Re: [Emc-users] My Mill on EMC2

That's what I was expecting just the touch off took longer than the original parse so I was confused. Reading what you wrote helps me understand (it would have taken me weeks to understand the source code for that) and I am using variables though none that are system set, I set them all in the gco

Re: [Emc-users] My Mill on EMC2

Silly thing was that the couple PCI video cards I had laying around didn't work under X AND they increased the latency test results. Maybe I'll grab a few different cards. One I tried was an S3 Virge and the other an old ATI. There is no means in the bios for disabling the onboard video comple

[Emc-users] My Mill on EMC2

is it just the limitations of the memory and processor speed? Thanks. Greg Michalski - Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Sou

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port PCI card

t hard to check the whole port. HTH Greg Michalski -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 7:33 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port PCI card aaron Moore wrote: > Hi &g

Re: [Emc-users] spindle on/off

I like Alex's implementation - I'll leave it as the default on my primary setup myself as I do prefer it to shutoff between changes most times. But if I'm doing some simple jogging and need the spindle and some larger exact moves I'd have a separate configuration I'd run for that. Thanks for the

Re: [Emc-users] Using the MPG to change overrides

nfusing what address(es) to use. I got mine sorted out but it took several tries to get the complete port alive. Good luck! Greg Michalski > the WIKI it says to use lspci -v to find the address of my > parallel port. I have a Dell Diminsion 8200 I am working with with an on > board

Re: [Emc-users] Still Crashing

esn't slow down or halt I'm going to have to unsubscribe because it's just too much to filter it all to get at the stuff I came here for. There - I've said my piece (much longer than I intended -sorry bout that) - now back to my Memorial Day Weekend activities. * - Honor a soldie

Re: [Emc-users] Scale and Rotate

Since you haven't addressed John's question about whether in view or machining - I'll tag on about the PyVCP - If you are expecting a panel to appear because you clicked the include custom PyVCP button in stepconf you won't - it simply includes a blank file that is already tied into the GUI for

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Fest

I'd second that - I can't justify time off from real income for what is for now a hobby, if the proceeds from a sale of DVDs (even if just unedited off the cuff stuff) went to the developement team as donations I'd step up. Even setting up a cam and recording each of the sessions would be invalu

Re: [Emc-users] Axis Interface Startup Behavior

Thanks Jeff - I see it's the same info as Alex posted a bit earlier - though you point out that I missed it in the wiki :( my search foo seems to be faltering of late... Thanks. Greg Michalski - Original Message - From: "Jeff Epler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Emc-users] Axis Interface Startup Behavior

ane.linux.distributions.emc.user/2385 > > Regards, > Alex > > > On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 10:33 -0400, Greg Michalski wrote: >> Ok - what am I missing - how do I force the Axis window to start >> MAXIMIZED >> when I click on the icon created by stepconf when I started my

[Emc-users] Axis Interface Startup Behavior

line environment. In MicroSuck I could solve it easily so I know I must be missing something because Linux is so broadly configurable. Thanks for any replies. Greg Michalski SiegX2 Stepper Configuration - EMC2 2.2.5 - X & Y Complete - Starting Z mechanical conversi

Re: [Emc-users] Watchdogs

> Here is what I breadboarded that seems to work. > http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/watchdog-1b.png That looks nice and simple. If I have troubles with what I've got on hand (the CNC4PC charge pump board) I might try your circuit out. (So if you improve it please feel free t

[Emc-users] EMC2 Charge Pump

The manual(s) seem to be lacking on charge pump operation and this being my first foray into the world of CNC I have a couple questions: 1. Does the charge pump run non stop from the time you open EMC till you close it (or it crashes) or does it stop on E-Stop condition? 2. To add it to my setup