Re: [Emc-users] hal_input on Debian with LinuxCNC 2.7.4

2016-03-14 Thread Lars Andersson
I changed SYSFS{idProduct}=="05ba", SYSFS{idVendor}=="16c0", MODE="0666" to ATTR{idProduct}=="05ba", ATTR{idVendor}=="16c0", MODE="0666", OWNER="root", GROUP="plugdev" in /etc/udev/rules.d/50-pendant.rules Hope this was correct. The effect is still the same, I have to set permissions 0666 on

[Emc-users] hal_input on Debian with LinuxCNC 2.7.4

2016-03-13 Thread Lars Andersson
Gentlemen, I have tried to move an USB jog pendant that worked on a Ubuntu 10.04 installation onto my new system. hal_input did not find the USB device so I did some tinkering. My finds below, if any more input is needed, I will be happy to try. A hacked device permission made the USB device

Re: [Emc-users] What was the name of that board?

2015-01-10 Thread Lars Andersson
I don't know if grbl is SoC, and grbl is maybe not extremely exciting, but a 3-axis cartesian control system for $20 including free shipment is not too bad. On 2015-01-10 09:39, alex chiosso wrote: System On Chip , it should be . Alex Il giorno 09/gen/2015 21:02, Lars Andersson l

Re: [Emc-users] What was the name of that board?

2015-01-09 Thread Lars Andersson
The grbl project might be worth a look too. On 2015-01-09 05:58, Sven Wesley wrote: 2015-01-08 23:47 GMT+01:00 Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com: Thanks Viesturs but that's not the one. There is another one complete with display and everything that is fully compliant with our G-code. Gotta

Re: [Emc-users] What was the name of that board?

2015-01-09 Thread Lars Andersson
@Alexander, what is meant by SoC? Google failed me there. On 2015-01-09 20:00, Alexander Rössler wrote: On Friday 09 January 2015 05:58:14 Sven Wesley wrote: 2015-01-08 23:47 GMT+01:00 Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com: Thanks Viesturs but that's not the one. There is another one complete

Re: [Emc-users] G540, 5i25, missing steps, once again.

2014-08-10 Thread Lars Andersson
I can offer something to look for, but no fix. I have 2 G540 drivers, looks identical. One is without problems. The other very distincly stops stepping on the Y channel when the step rate goes below 150 Hz. (So a circle will have two flat spots) This can be seen also when feeding with a lab type

Re: [Emc-users] 2nd part

2014-07-29 Thread Lars Andersson
In this case I did blindly control the weld current via the PWM output. The TIG machine is a current regulating controller, it keeps the current to what is commanded. The unit I controlled was an Kemppi Mastertig 1500 I did initially measure the current with a clamp on toroidal DC probe on the

Re: [Emc-users] 2nd part

2014-07-29 Thread Lars Andersson
? also when deposit part with welding - should it have cool down time ? because it will get super hot and it may result in warping -deformation? did you find those problem? On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.com wrote: In this case I did blindly control

Re: [Emc-users] 2nd part

2014-07-28 Thread Lars Andersson
I am doing something similar with a TIG welder where 0 - 5V corresponds to 0 - 160A welding current. An ordinary 5V PWM output works fine for this purpose. hi i am working on 2nd part of my project which is integration of metal depositor what will be welter like this

Re: [Emc-users] gcmc - v1.4.0 - Now supportting multiple backends

2013-11-24 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi Bertho, thanks for your fine work! Really enjoy this. I'm wondering about a small detail; how do I convert a vectorlist with one element as returned from tail(vectorlist, 1) into a vector as expected by move(vector)? Best, Lars --- Detta epostmeddelande innehåller inget virus eller annan

Re: [Emc-users] slow speed stepping - am I missing something?

2013-08-05 Thread Lars Andersson
I have two G540 units. One of them refuses to step on the Y channel when the step rate is below 110Hz. If the step rate is slowly lowered the stepping stops very cleanly at 110 Hz. This is not affected by step pulse length. I communicated with Geckdrive about this and it was a suspected fault

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel card options for LinuxCNC

2013-06-22 Thread Lars Andersson
Try setting legacy USB support (or similar) in the bios setup. It might get the wireless kbd working right from start. I tried the pcisetup program tonight in the hope of getting the DB25-1205 breakout board inputs working on my CNC router with the D525MW motherboard. No luck. I did the

[Emc-users] Three phase hall sensor for postion control

2013-05-14 Thread Lars Andersson
Got my hands on 3 BLDC motors with speed/direction controllers. I seem to remember a thread about using the three phase hall feedback instead of an incremental encoder for a LinuxCNC position servo. Can't find it. Can anyone give me a pointer please?

Re: [Emc-users] Take control of PID control

2013-05-12 Thread Lars Andersson
On 5/11/2013 3:52 PM, Andrew wrote: An IO pin can be connected unless there’s an OUT pin on the signal An OUT pin can be connected only if there are no other OUT or IO pins on the signal Regards, Kent Yes, I have read that too. I fail to understand what is the meaning of an IO pin? It is

Re: [Emc-users] Take control of PID control

2013-05-12 Thread Lars Andersson
2013/5/12 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Could You, please, explain, how does it solve the problem? OUT pin cannot be connected to IO pin. That solution proposes inserting passthru component in the middle, so initial OUT is linked to passthru.in and initial IO is connected to

Re: [Emc-users] Take control of PID control

2013-05-12 Thread Lars Andersson
2013/5/12 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Could You, please, explain, how does it solve the problem? OUT pin cannot be connected to IO pin. That solution proposes inserting passthru component in the middle, so initial OUT is linked to passthru.in and initial IO is connected to

Re: [Emc-users] Take control of PID control

2013-05-12 Thread Lars Andersson
On 05/11/2013 02:19 PM, Lars Andersson wrote: Hi group, Trying to control servo P I and D at runtime with potentiometers to practise loop optimising. The statement net P0 input.0.abs-rx-position == pid.0.Pgain gives me servo2.hal:35: Signal 'P0' can not add I/O pin 'pid.0.Pgain

Re: [Emc-users] Take control of PID control

2013-05-12 Thread Lars Andersson
On 11 May 2013 20:19, Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.com wrote: Trying to control servo P I and D at runtime with potentiometers to practise loop optimising. As you have seen, an underlying problem is that the Gains are IO pins. They used to be parameters, but it was decided that pins

Re: [Emc-users] Take control of PID control

2013-05-12 Thread Lars Andersson
On 11 May 2013 20:19, Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.com wrote: Trying to control servo P I and D at runtime with potentiometers to practise loop optimising. As you have seen, an underlying problem is that the Gains are IO pins. They used to be parameters, but it was decided that pins

[Emc-users] Take control of PID control

2013-05-11 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi group, Trying to control servo P I and D at runtime with potentiometers to practise loop optimising. The statement net P0 input.0.abs-rx-position == pid.0.Pgain gives me servo2.hal:35: Signal 'P0' can not add I/O pin 'pid.0.Pgain', it already has OUT pin 'input.0.abs-rx-position' halcmd:

Re: [Emc-users] ABB Robots in Sweden

2013-04-29 Thread Lars Andersson
Oh yes, I would be interested in an old ABB robot for a reasonable price. I live within easy travel distace from ABB if the robots are there. A chap contacted me about my Arduino boards for resolvers. He has a pair of ABB robots he got for a steal. He is talking in terms of breaking for

Re: [Emc-users] Siig parallel port cards ?

2013-04-26 Thread Lars Andersson
Jon Elson wrote: except that the extended control reg. to set it to EPP mode was at a different address than the customary base address + 0x402. I would be interested in what actual address you found. // Lars --

Re: [Emc-users] Closed loop stepping system

2013-04-14 Thread Lars Andersson
On 13 April 2013 23:32, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Old but properly made: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Harrison-Milling-Machine-Vertical-attachment-and-clutch-/121092566051 Gentlemen, I recently bought a machine similar to that one, at scrap value. The rubber bellows for the knee

[Emc-users] linuxcncrsh error reporting

2013-03-22 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi list, got inspired by recent threads and decided to try a remote display app for LinuxCNC using linuxcncrsh. I started in C# as this is the windows thing that usually works for me, was promising to start with. One serious problem now. I can't get error reporting to work. If I issue a

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc-dev dependency problem

2013-03-05 Thread Lars Andersson
Some education is needed please. I have upgraded from 2.4 to 2.5 and I have no problems that I know of.(LinuxCNC that is) In sources.list I have deb http://www.linuxcnc.org/lucid base linuxcnc2.5 deb-src http://www.linuxcnc.org/lucid base linuxcnc2.5 but I do not have deb

Re: [Emc-users] Easy 50% Duty Cycle in HAL for way lube pump?

2013-02-15 Thread Lars Andersson
I once forgot the statement addf and2.0 servo-thread That makes the and function nonoperational. But there is no other warning or so. I've gone the hal route, as it seems the quickest solution for my meager need. I've cascaded two one shots, with an and gate to and the oneshot

Re: [Emc-users] Pluto-Servo adaption for L298 H-bridge

2013-02-10 Thread Lars Andersson
On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 09:38:46PM +0100, Lars Andersson wrote: LinuxCNC documentation says it would be possible to use the pluto-servo firmware to connect to a L298. I actually have a little sherline lathe retrofit that works this way. It has pittman motors run by L298. I haven't used

[Emc-users] Pluto-Servo adaption for L298 H-bridge

2013-02-09 Thread Lars Andersson
I have a couple of Pluto-P boards on my shelf that never got used. Now I thought I should give them a try and build a DC servo based machine. I have used steppers only so far. LinuxCNC documentation says it would be possible to use the pluto-servo firmware to connect to a L298. At a closer

Re: [Emc-users] EPP data transfers

2013-01-29 Thread Lars Andersson
In cases like this, is there a good, simple way to know if the parallel port is EPP capable or not? The HW documentation might sometimes be wrong. I did start the threads. From: andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com To: Klemen Dovrtel klemen_dovr...@yahoo.com;

Re: [Emc-users] Supporting RepRap G-Code Flavor?

2012-08-30 Thread Lars Andersson
I have fixed it in this way: When LinuxCNC opens a Gcode file all E statements are converted to A statements. This is done by LinuxCNC configuration settings. I can dig out how if you are interested. -Original Message- From: Charles Steinkuehler [mailto:char...@steinkuehler.net] Sent:

Re: [Emc-users] Supporting RepRap G-Code Flavor?

2012-08-30 Thread Lars Andersson
-users] Supporting RepRap G-Code Flavor? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yes, please (if it's not too much trouble)! I'm still learning about all the magic that can be done via LinuxCNC configuration! :) On 8/30/2012 2:03 AM, Lars Andersson wrote: I have fixed

Re: [Emc-users] Really weird noise problem

2012-07-03 Thread Lars Andersson
My 2c, one or more outputs from the PP have been accidentally turned into inputs. That would make them more sensitive to noise. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's

Re: [Emc-users] hal 'net' command puzzler

2012-05-05 Thread Lars Andersson
My 2c trying to clear the fog. For every signal in hal defined by one or more net statements: 1) each line affecting signal1 starts with net signal1 2) exactly one term has to be an output 3) all other terms has to be inputs 4) all terms must be of the same variable type Correct: net s1 out1

Re: [Emc-users] DIsable linuxcnc from minimizing or being closed

2012-04-07 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi Dewey, thanks for your your addition to .axisrc! I have picked up some gems before that went into that same file. Makes me wonder what secret language is this, where can I learn more? -Original Message- From: Dewey Garrett [mailto:dgarr...@panix.com] Sent: den 5 april 2012 01:35

Re: [Emc-users] PROGRAM_PREFIX

2012-02-29 Thread Lars Andersson
Thanks Erik, funny thing that the same question popped up from both me and Eric. Your answer is clear and educational, as always. // Lars Hopefully there's something new in the above, for Lars or Eric. At least it is a way to do what they want, for now. The $PROGRAM_PREFIX directory is now

[Emc-users] PROGRAM_PREFIX

2012-02-27 Thread Lars Andersson
In EMC.ini I have PROGRAM_PREFIX = /home/la/emc2/scripts. This seems to affect defaults for both script and gcode files. I would like to have different paths for script and gcode files. Can I have that? // Lars --

Re: [Emc-users] Outrunners

2012-02-25 Thread Lars Andersson
100K / 60 * 2(poles) = electrical rpms. You'll need to run the pwm well over 100Khz to do this. The lowly dspic33f mc motor series will struggle to do this, let alone any additional processing. My thought was to not run PWM but only direct switching at a base frequency of a few kHz and

Re: [Emc-users] Film Emulsion for Encoder Wheels?

2012-02-25 Thread Lars Andersson
Aah, wet process photography! What you might do is to get some gelatin emulsion lito film sheet at big enough size and put into warm water. The emulsion will slide off the film and you can transfer it to the glass where it will stick. Lito is good because you can work in pretty bright red LED

Re: [Emc-users] Outrunners

2012-02-24 Thread Lars Andersson
While 10 RPM is pretty impressive mechanicalvise, it is only 1700 Hz on a two-pole motor. A BLDC is similar to a syncronous three phase motor that was used much for really high power apps in ancient times, maybe even today. Typical example is a city water supply pump. They had to be brought up

Re: [Emc-users] Outrunners

2012-02-23 Thread Lars Andersson
It has been mentioned in this thread already, but I think it can be clarified. Outrunners when they appeared were a blessing for the R/C plane builder, since a propeller wants to run at speeds below 10 000 RPM for best efficency and earlier motors did maybe 20-30 000 RPM so they had to be geared.

Re: [Emc-users] AXIS default jog speed on A-axis

2012-02-08 Thread Lars Andersson
Thanks, the function exists, the documentations is there, I _have_ been looking, but I did not find it. I never thought of that name hypot -Original Message- From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] Sent: den 8 februari 2012 08:28 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject:

Re: [Emc-users] AXIS default jog speed on A-axis

2012-02-07 Thread Lars Andersson
-Original Message- From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] Sent: den 7 februari 2012 09:05 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] AXIS default jog speed on A-axis On 6 February 2012 23:23, Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.com wrote: [AXIS_3

Re: [Emc-users] AXIS default jog speed on A-axis

2012-02-07 Thread Lars Andersson
-Original Message- From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] Sent: den 7 februari 2012 05:51 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] AXIS default jog speed on A-axis Better yet, in HAL you can compute vector velocity of the X Y axes, and then multiply

Re: [Emc-users] AXIS default jog speed on A-axis

2012-02-06 Thread Lars Andersson
-Original Message- From: Viesturs Lācis [mailto:viesturs.la...@gmail.com] Sent: den 6 februari 2012 09:11 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] AXIS default jog speed on A-axis Not always [AXIS_3] joint is angular... And all the puma and scara robots have

Re: [Emc-users] AXIS default jog speed on A-axis

2012-02-06 Thread Lars Andersson
-Original Message- From: Viesturs Lācis [mailto:viesturs.la...@gmail.com] Sent: den 6 februari 2012 20:40 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] AXIS default jog speed on A-axis 2012. gada 6. februāris 21:15 Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.com rakstīja

[Emc-users] AXIS default jog speed on A-axis

2012-02-05 Thread Lars Andersson
I am using AXIS 2.4.7 (caption says 2.4.6) At startup jog speed on axis A is 2094 deg/min and maximum is 21600. More suitable in my case would be default 100 max 2000 or so. How do I change the jog speed defaults? I have also tried to change axis 3 in the .ini to TYPE = LINEAR. This

Re: [Emc-users] AXIS default jog speed on A-axis

2012-02-05 Thread Lars Andersson
Thanks Gene, change in [TRAJ] was the cure. From your post: [AXIS_3] TYPE = ANGULAR HOME = 0.0 MAX_VELOCITY = 30.0 MAX_ACCELERATION = 200.0 STEPGEN_MAXACCEL = 300.0 Not immediately obvious, why is MAX_VELOCITY used here, not MAX_ANGULAR_VELOCITY ? It is similar in my .ini // Lars

Re: [Emc-users] Mouse pointer hidden at startup

2012-01-26 Thread Lars Andersson
-Original Message- From: Kent A. Reed [mailto:knbr...@erols.com] Sent: den 25 januari 2012 21:11 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Mouse pointer hidden at startup On 1/25/2012 2:24 PM, Lars Andersson wrote: On an ASUS ATN5NM10-I mobo (selected

Re: [Emc-users] Mouse pointer hidden at startup

2012-01-26 Thread Lars Andersson
-Original Message- From: Lars Andersson [mailto:l...@larsandersson.com] Sent: den 26 januari 2012 20:51 To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Mouse pointer hidden at startup -Original Message- From: Kent A. Reed [mailto:knbr...@erols.com

Re: [Emc-users] AMD Hudson processor

2012-01-26 Thread Lars Andersson
-Original Message- From: Eric Keller [mailto:eekel...@psu.edu] Sent: den 26 januari 2012 21:07 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] AMD Hudson processor I was wondering if anyone had tried the AMD low power processors like the following:

[Emc-users] Mouse pointer hidden at startup

2012-01-25 Thread Lars Andersson
On an ASUS ATN5NM10-I mobo (selected on recommendation in this list) I have two partitions, one with a plain Ubuntu 10.04 and one with Ubuntu 10.04 2.6.32-122-rtai. This mobo works fine, max jitter like 9000, I have the base thread interval set at 25000. At startup of the rtai system there is

Re: [Emc-users] Changing the scale factor of an axis

2012-01-20 Thread Lars Andersson
step. I will try that. // Lars -Original Message- From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] Sent: den 19 januari 2012 22:04 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Changing the scale factor of an axis On 19 January 2012 20:43, Lars Andersson l

[Emc-users] Changing the scale factor of an axis

2012-01-18 Thread Lars Andersson
I would like to dynamically change the flow rate of material feed of my plastic rapid prototyper. The material is dispensed by a step motor on the A-axis. A is running proportional to the combined speed of X and Y (always counting up) . The scale factor for A is set at the G-code generation, it is

Re: [Emc-users] Analogue inputs into EMC2.

2012-01-14 Thread Lars Andersson
FWIW, I am using a small USB board from a guy named Leo Bodnar to read analog inputs like setpoint potentiometers, it's not used in the servo loop. These boards seems aimed at gaming and flight simulators but work with hal_input. -Original Message- From: Dave [mailto:e...@dc9.tzo.com]

Re: [Emc-users] erratic behaviour at low feed rates

2011-07-20 Thread Lars Andersson
I have a G540 that would not step slower than 150 Hz on the Y axis driver. 3 other drivers stepped as slowly as I cared to try. I originally had 2.6us step pulses obeying the data sheet requirement of 2us. Increasing pulse length to more than 5us fixed (or masked if you wish) this issue. The tool

Re: [Emc-users] Jog keys for axis A in AXIS

2011-07-08 Thread Lars Andersson
Most helpful, thanks to all. // Lars -Original Message- From: Schooner [mailto:schoone...@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: den 6 juli 2011 13:14 To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Jog keys for axis A in AXIS How do I assign keyboard keys to manually jog axis A?

[Emc-users] Jog keys for axis A in AXIS

2011-07-03 Thread Lars Andersson
How do I assign keyboard keys to manually jog axis A? The standard assignment seems to be [ and ] however on my non-us keyboard neither the keys generating [ ] nor the keys at the place where an us keyboard has [ ] gives the desired result.

[Emc-users] Axis naming X Y Z E, can I have that?

2011-06-22 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi Group, I would like to have three linear axes X Y Z and a rotary axis named E instead of A. G-code generated for me uses E for plastic extrusion feed. Up to now I edit axis E to axis A (almost automatically) before running, but I would like not to do this extra step. As I

[Emc-users] How to determine work load in base thread?

2011-05-03 Thread Lars Andersson
Hello, I added a fourth axis to my three axis gantry style router. This is to control a plastic extruder. After this addition I got strange errors. For instance jogging does not work sometimes on one axis or after homing correctly the position in AXIS counts up slowly but nothing is physically

Re: [Emc-users] CAM-related question

2011-03-13 Thread Lars Andersson
Suggest a search on the keyword lofting, this is similar (maybe) to your problem. -Original Message- From: Viesturs Lācis [mailto:viesturs.la...@gmail.com] Sent: den 12 mars 2011 23:30 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: [Emc-users] CAM-related question Hello,

Re: [Emc-users] DIY BLDC Motors - FCM8201,2 and IRAMS

2011-01-24 Thread Lars Andersson
My understanding is that these are _very_ inefficient as motors, let alone as alternators. Common stator laminations are fairly thick, the rotors don't have any laminations, so there are significant eddy losses. There is a reason these come fitted with a fan, which is another loss itself. I

Re: [Emc-users] DIY BLDC Motors - FCM8201,2 and IRAMS

2011-01-24 Thread Lars Andersson
FWIW the alternator on my bike is a permanent magnet outrunner. I am on the second one. http://www.bodgesoc.org/OhDear.jpg That is a more modern design than the car style alternator. Very similar to an R/C outrunner. The magnets in your alternator did not live up to their name: permanent.

Re: [Emc-users] DIY BLDC Motors - FCM8201,2 and IRAMS

2011-01-23 Thread Lars Andersson
I am just curious, in what application is it needed to know motor shaft position to fractions of a degree even with constant and variable loads when running at 2 rpm? -Original Message- From: Kirk Wallace [mailto:kwall...@wallacecompany.com] Sent: den 23 januari 2011 10:01 To:

Re: [Emc-users] Migrating from Heron to Lucid

2010-11-24 Thread Lars Andersson
...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk] Sent: den 23 november 2010 22:22 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Migrating from Heron to Lucid On 23 November 2010 21:07, Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.com wrote: Seems I'm in the wrong place (kern vs. user), this looks better (but not good

Re: [Emc-users] OT: leaving stepppers energized but not moving

2010-11-24 Thread Lars Andersson
If the temperature of the motors is acceptable there is nothing else to worry about when leaving them on for a long time. -Original Message- From: Andy Pugh [mailto:a...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk] Sent: den 24 november 2010 00:07 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Migrating from Heron to Lucid

2010-11-23 Thread Lars Andersson
-Original Message- From: Andy Pugh [mailto:a...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk] - - I think some people have found that switching to software-only openGL has improved things, though mainly in the sense of not-crashing rather than latency. - - Did a lot of googling on that, I am afraid I

Re: [Emc-users] Migrating from Heron to Lucid

2010-11-23 Thread Lars Andersson
2010 18:14, Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.com wrote: Did a lot of googling on that, I am afraid I don't understand what software-only openGL is but I would like to try it. Any pointers please? http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi- bin/emcinfo.pl?TroubleShooting

Re: [Emc-users] Migrating from Heron to Lucid

2010-11-23 Thread Lars Andersson
...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk] Sent: den 23 november 2010 19:39 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Migrating from Heron to Lucid On 23 November 2010 18:14, Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.com wrote: Did a lot of googling on that, I am afraid I don't understand what

[Emc-users] Migrating from Heron to Lucid

2010-11-21 Thread Lars Andersson
Hello list, I have been using EMC2 with 8.04 now for some time on an medium old PC with and having a consistent latency below 10 000, pretty happy with it. My HW is a 3 axis mill, stepper motors, Gecko 540, Motherboard says ASRock 775i65G, 865 chipset, Pentium4 3GHz and nvidia MX400

Re: [Emc-users] iocontrol user-enable-out

2010-10-05 Thread Lars Andersson
- From: Don Stanley [mailto:dstanley1...@gmail.com] Sent: den 3 oktober 2010 00:49 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] iocontrol user-enable-out On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.comwrote: Hi list, How is iocontrol

Re: [Emc-users] iocontrol user-enable-out

2010-10-03 Thread Lars Andersson
user-enable-out On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.comwrote: Hi list, How is iocontrol user-enable-out controlled? That is the pin that goes false when an Estop condition exists, as the Integrator Manual states. In the EMC Axis display, the button

[Emc-users] iocontrol user-enable-out

2010-10-02 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi list, How is iocontrol user-enable-out controlled? I remember using a tool that created a graphic pictore of HAL nets. I have lost it and cannot find it again. Any pointers please? cheers, Lars A --

Re: [Emc-users] unexpected output from emcrsh

2010-06-13 Thread Lars Andersson
Just a thought based on what happened to me in a similar context. Maybe due to buffering, the leading /r really belongs to the end of the preceeding response string? Only a thought. -Original Message- From: forget color [mailto:forgetco...@gmail.com] Sent: den 13 juni 2010 18:09 To:

[Emc-users] Which version do I have?

2010-03-14 Thread Lars Andersson
I am running an experiment on a small server without GUI or X installed. In sources.list I have changed to == deb http://www.linuxcnc.org/hardy hardy base emc2.3 == deb-src http://www.linuxcnc.org/hardy hardy base emc2.3 and then updated and upgraded to try to upgrade to the latest emc

[Emc-users] Setting Parallel port in EPP mode

2009-12-25 Thread Lars Andersson
I am trying to set up a pluto-servo system but have problems with the parallel port setting.. This will be my second EMC2 system, already have a Gecko G540 stepmotor based system up and running. The parallel port board is a LAVA board which is not NetMos based, it is stated asa proprietary ASIC

[Emc-users] latencytest without graphics?

2009-11-16 Thread Lars Andersson
Is there a way to do a latency test on a machine that does not have graphics. I can run halrun and such. Version is 2.6.24-16-rtai This is what latency-test returns, and rightfully so, I have no display. Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/pyvcp, line 88, in module

Re: [Emc-users] PC/104 Install

2009-07-22 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi, I have several Advantech PCM-9375 PC104 boards (project leftovers). These run plain Ubuntu 8.04 (LAMP) very well but freezes near the end of an attempted install of EMC2 from an USB stick. I could not find any diagnostic feedback, mostly because I don't know where to look in a noncomplete

Re: [Emc-users] almost for how helpful

2009-05-12 Thread Lars Andersson
For us not natives, what is riff raff? Tried to google it, maybe means plebeian or so? Anyway, I drive an old Volvo. -Original Message- From: Gene Heskett [mailto:gene.hesk...@gmail.com] Sent: den 12 maj 2009 19:41 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] almost

[Emc-users] Remote control via emcrsh

2009-05-10 Thread Lars Andersson
I suppose some client application can connect via emcrsh to run a remote mill controller. What client can do that? (Really I am asking how to remote control a mill/EMC2/RTAI system.) -- The NEW KODAK i700

Re: [Emc-users] Writeup on the CNC4PC MPG6 C22 pendant

2009-04-29 Thread Lars Andersson
I use a homemade USB connected hand controller box. (Jog, feed rate override, on/off and some spares) It is based on Leo Bodnar's BU0836 dongle. It can handle encoders, pots and switches. I use HAL_INPUT for it, works well, no noticeable delays, glitches or so. Only thing is hal_input consumes 14%

Re: [Emc-users] Switching to Vesa Driver

2009-04-26 Thread Lars Andersson
You can try to find in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf a line like Driver nv ..or.. Driver nvidia ..replace that with Driver vesa ..and see what happens -Original Message- From: Rainer Schmidt [mailto:lemonn...@gmail.com] Sent: den 26 april 2009 18:20 To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] Switching to Vesa Driver

2009-04-26 Thread Lars Andersson
One thing that gave me bad latency spikes was Legacy USB support in BIOS. -Original Message- From: Gene Heskett [mailto:gene.hesk...@gmail.com] Sent: den 26 april 2009 19:51 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Switching to Vesa Driver On Sunday 26 April

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

2009-04-17 Thread Lars Andersson
this method be interchanged? Does it make a difference? - Michael On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Lars Andersson wrote: Look up your device in the output of cat /proc/bus/input/devices Select any string you like from any of the properties Bus= Vendor= Product= Version= No quotes

[Emc-users] probe_parport; what does it do?

2009-04-13 Thread Lars Andersson
Trying to make my EPP communication work today, works OK on builtin 0x378 but not on an EPP/ECP PCI card. That PCI card is OK with hal_parport (using SPP only at 0xBC00) so I started educating myself. Looking at probe_parport and trying to find out what it does, I put in some rtapi_print( at

Re: [Emc-users] probe_parport; what does it do?

2009-04-13 Thread Lars Andersson
: Re: [Emc-users] probe_parport; what does it do? On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 03:31:18PM +0200, Lars Andersson wrote: Trying to make my EPP communication work today, works OK on builtin 0x378 but not on an EPP/ECP PCI card. If your card is NETMOS based, they are known not to work in EPP mode. http

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] AC Solid State Relay

2009-04-13 Thread Lars Andersson
Also when driving highly inductive loads you want to start triggering at voltage maximum and then inject a shower of pulses into the gate for maybe 45 degrees. Otherwise the SCR/Triac main current might not have risen enough at the end of the first trigger pulse to sustain conduction. If we try

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] AC Solid State Relay

2009-04-13 Thread Lars Andersson
-Original Message- From: John Kasunich [mailto:jmkasun...@fastmail.fm] Sent: den 13 april 2009 20:04 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] [OT] AC Solid State Relay Lars Andersson wrote: Also when driving highly inductive loads you want to start

[Emc-users] Undo manual home

2009-04-12 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi list, I am temporarily running my mill without a home switch on Z axis. Travel is set to -4 , 70 In AXIS, if I accidentaly press home in the wrong place, say 80, how can I jog past my incorrect home position towards the real home at 0? The only way I have found so far is to restart AXIS.

Re: [Emc-users] Setting up a bench mill CNC

2009-04-12 Thread Lars Andersson
The text on this site does not say optically isolated so probably this device isn't. It might be more like a digital buffer. The advantage of opto isolators is that they break the ground connection between PC and motor driver. This one looks interesting though:

Re: [Emc-users] Undo manual home

2009-04-12 Thread Lars Andersson
Great! I am running 2.3.0 beta2 and now I found it in the Machine dropdown. Can I make a button under Manual Control ? -Original Message- From: Chris Radek [mailto:ch...@timeguy.com] Sent: den 12 april 2009 15:56 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Undo manual

Re: [Emc-users] PCI Parallel port

2009-04-10 Thread Lars Andersson
Snip from thread: Serial controller: Titan Electronics Inc VScom 010L 1 port parallel adaptor (prog-if 02 [16550]) I tried short time ago the VSCOM-10 board with no success. IRC it was not IEEE 1284 compatible. --

Re: [Emc-users] PCI Parallel port

2009-04-06 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi William, wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?TroubleShooting#Parallel_port_no_longer _works_in_EMC_2_0_1_or_later_hal_parport_Device_or_resource_busy Paragraph 4 in this document describes soething similar to your debug output Debug file information: insmod: error inserting

Re: [Emc-users] Converting from Mach3, steppers won't move

2009-04-06 Thread Lars Andersson
Try to tick invert checkbox on X,Y and Z step output pins. -Original Message- From: Michael Jones [mailto:ma...@michaelandholly.com] Sent: den 6 april 2009 19:43 To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Converting from Mach3, steppers won't move Hi all, I'm currently

Re: [Emc-users] Converting from Mach3, steppers won't move

2009-04-06 Thread Lars Andersson
Try to tick invert checkbox on X,Y and Z step output pins. Maybe I should be a little clearer on this. Recent versions of stepconf uses double-frequency stepping. The default setting in Stepconf leaves the step pins for L297 in the wrong idle state. When a DIR change is issued the L297 will

[Emc-users] SPI.comp

2009-03-27 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi list, Would serial_dac.comp be a good starting point for making a SPI.comp or do you recommend anything else to start from? Maybe there is something written already? If reasonable I would like to send more than one half bit per BASE thread click. I am talking to a PIC18F4520 so 8 bits at a

Re: [Emc-users] BIG CNC machine for making small airplane?

2009-03-18 Thread Lars Andersson
Maybe you could convert a car washer? Might be washers of different style, but my friendly gas station scrapped their portal style washer some months ago. It traveled on floor rails and was big enough to cope with large vans. -Original Message- From: Noel Di [mailto:n...@igrin.co.nz]

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

2009-03-15 Thread Lars Andersson
Tried the CVS version 2.3.0 beta2pre. Could not find this double frequency stepping implementation there either. This was a bad idea or is it replaced with something else? -Original Message- From: Lars Andersson [mailto:l...@larsandersson.com] Sent: den 11 mars 2009 21:17 To: 'Enhanced

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

2009-03-15 Thread Lars Andersson
a while ago! Thanks, Lars -Original Message- From: Stephen Wille Padnos [mailto:spad...@sover.net] Sent: den 15 mars 2009 17:48 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Stepgen and double frequency. Lars Andersson wrote: Hi List, Seems my version of stepgen (2.2.8

[Emc-users] Stepconf and double frequency.

2009-03-15 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi list, In stepconf there is a preconfigured setup for L297 with parport hardware. I think it should out-invert all step pins, otherwise it will not work with parport-reset quick pulsing. L297 needs step to be high when dir changes. Regards, Lars

[Emc-users] Stepgen and double frequency.

2009-03-11 Thread Lars Andersson
Hi List, Seems my version of stepgen (2.2.8) does not have parameter stepgen.0.doublefreq. Can I fix that? Regards, Lars -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with

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