Re: [Emc-users] Four cable CNC with LCNC. Someone finally did it.

2013-12-09 Thread Spiderdab
:) nice! I think it's only a matter of zeroing.. This is what I did with a four cable configuration and LCNC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22XJMw-28DU Davide. On dom, 2013-12-08 at 16:15 -0700, Gregg Eshelman wrote: Here's just the thing for adding CNC to things like old pattern torches.

Re: [Emc-users] joint_axes3 - info needed

2013-10-13 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno sab, 12/10/2013 alle 21.30 +0200, Michał Geszkiewicz ha scritto: Tomaz, - get current source code of joints_axes3 here: http://git.linuxcnc.org/gitweb?p=linuxcnc.git;a=snapshot;h=fda6359085a401fa7ff8af290a4c6a33715d10f3;sf=tgz - open file src/emc/motion/control.c - comment line

Re: [Emc-users] joint_axes3 - info needed

2013-10-12 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno ven, 11/10/2013 alle 10.36 +, Tomaz T. ha scritto: Next thing is why where is no effect of velocity settings for jog speeds, it always jogs with maximum velocity defined for that axis for example in continuous jog. Moving Jog Speed slider also has no effect... There is a way,

Re: [Emc-users] Joints_axes3 branch

2013-04-24 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno mer, 24/04/2013 alle 16.20 +0300, Andrew ha scritto: 2013/4/24 Andrew parallel.kinemat...@gmail.comhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?view=cmfs=1tf=1to=parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com 2013/4/23 Michał Geszkiewicz

Re: [Emc-users] A nice unusual LCNC video.

2013-02-08 Thread Spiderdab
: Youtube tells me that this video is not available in my country (germany). But it doesn't say why. :( Am 08.02.2013 11:00, schrieb Spiderdab: Hi all, it's a lot of time i'm not writing here (and too little time to put my hands on LCNC again..) but I have an unusual LCNC video for you. http

Re: [Emc-users] A nice unusual LCNC video.

2013-02-08 Thread Spiderdab
. But still need some improvement.. Thanks! Davide. p.s. it's not a bear, but a green ippo... :) Il giorno ven, 08/02/2013 alle 22.25 +1100, Erik Christiansen ha scritto: On 08.02.13 11:00, Spiderdab wrote: Some of you already know my inverted tetrapod. Here is a little demonstration I did some

Re: [Emc-users] How to unlock a linear axis

2012-08-15 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno mer, 15/08/2012 alle 07.15 -0500, Stuart Stevenson ha scritto: Guys let's look at this a little bit You want to keep the slide from attempting to move while the brake is engaged. Is that the desired machine action? If you do not physically mount a switch to the brake how

Re: [Emc-users] SCARA robot arm 3D printer

2012-06-20 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno mar, 19/06/2012 alle 09.46 -0500, transis...@transistor-man.com ha scritto: Hi o I just went through integrating EMC2 for a 3d ABS/PLA printer Its detailed here: transistor-man.com/3dprintbot.html The control boards have their source files and pcbs listed, i;m working on

Re: [Emc-users] jog-while-paused in auto: video

2012-04-26 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno gio, 26/04/2012 alle 10.10 +0200, Michael Haberler ha scritto: Here's Ken Lerman's idea worked in: jog in coordinated mode during pause http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wabcOH9YAA I'm entertaining feedback on the principle; this is not a patch yet; it's still shaky on abort and

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC modes, was: German-language documentation, was: Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-11 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno mer, 11/04/2012 alle 11.00 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky ha scritto: On Apr 11, 2012, at 10:13 , Stuart Stevenson wrote: It is my understanding the current release of LinuxCNC has only cartesian coordinate axis limits therefore any non cartesian joint machine will not be able to

Re: [Emc-users] Gene, here's your portable O'scope

2012-04-10 Thread Spiderdab
Hi all. I just want to tell you about a bad experience on a O-scope seller. I wanted to buy me a DSO Quad, and found it convenient to buy from www.diyertool.com/ ..I want to advise users NOT TO BUY ANYTHING from this seller. I've payed the DSO Quad in November, they first sent it with a wrong

[Emc-users] goes into joint-mode after MDI.

2012-03-24 Thread Spiderdab
I, i have a very annoying problem. say i'm into world mode and jogging.. (f3, manual mode) ok. then i write a movement into MDI. (f5, mdi mode) ok. then i press again f3 and go back to the manual mode, but... it become joint mode, instead of world mode! i find this very annoying, because if you

[Emc-users] Add New Thread

2012-02-08 Thread Spiderdab
Hi, finally i'm trying to get my new Keling motors and drivers work, together with a C35 BoB from cnc4pc. I wanted to use the charge-pump function (that, if i understood, act as a watchdog), so i need a signal coming from LinuxCNC every 12,5 kHz, as written in the manual. On our wiki i've found

Re: [Emc-users] Add New Thread

2012-02-08 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno mer, 08/02/2012 alle 09.01 -0800, Kirk Wallace ha scritto: On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 17:08 +0100, Spiderdab wrote: Hi, finally i'm trying to get my new Keling motors and drivers work, together with a C35 BoB from cnc4pc. I wanted to use the charge-pump function (that, if i

Re: [Emc-users] Add New Thread

2012-02-08 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno mer, 08/02/2012 alle 09.38 -0800, Kirk Wallace ha scritto: On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 18:09 +0100, Spiderdab wrote: ... snip Thanks for answering. The charge-pump works with the charge-pump rt component into hal, i just wanted to gain some suggestion on using a dedicated new thread

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-29 Thread Spiderdab
On dom, 2012-01-29 at 14:04 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: Peter, just as the name of threads says, I am trying to tune servo motors, not steppers :) I just checked - the supply voltage is 27,9 VDC, because 7i39 drives have 28 VDC limit. Ohh, and there is update: The motor that yesterday

Re: [Emc-users] Homing

2012-01-28 Thread Spiderdab
I have another problem: Z should home on its upper position and stay there. So in INI file I set: HOME = 180.000 HOME_OFFSET = 180.00 It homes, sets joint coordinates to 180 and goes to 0 ignoring HOME = 180. It's been a while, but I think HOME_OFFSET

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning - wtf?

2012-01-28 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno sab, 28/01/2012 alle 08.14 -0800, noel ha scritto: All interested in Servo Tuning. Have a look at: http://support.motioneng.com/Downloads-Notes/Tuning/default.htm Regards, Noel. Really much interesting! Thanks! Davide.

Re: [Emc-users] Communication Channels (Was: An Open Letter...)

2012-01-24 Thread Spiderdab
On mar, 2012-01-24 at 14:10 +, andy pugh wrote: On 24 January 2012 13:47, Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com wrote: 3. There are too many info channels! Close down the forum on the LinuxCNC website ASAP! It doesn't work, Google can't make correct forward links and some browsers fail to

Re: [Emc-users] gladevcp startup, import errors due to 'rebranding'

2012-01-23 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno lun, 23/01/2012 alle 12.54 +0100, Michael Haberler ha scritto: ok, for those who have gladevcp Python handlers which import emc and currently fail due to the rebranding stampede in progress - the fastest fix is: search for import emc replace by: try: import emc

[Emc-users] OT - memcache

2012-01-22 Thread Spiderdab
Hi I just thiscovered python-memcache, and maybe it can be interesting to you, too. I wrote something on the forum: http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/component/kunena/?func=viewcatid=10id=17029#17029 Ciao, Davide.

Re: [Emc-users] Help with a GladeVCP startup error message

2012-01-21 Thread Spiderdab
maybe it is early, but could it be already cnc.so or something, in place of emc.so? -- Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just

Re: [Emc-users] source code link request

2012-01-14 Thread Spiderdab
On ven, 2012-01-13 at 11:15 -0700, s...@highlab.com wrote: Oh! Try git checkout filename. Did this way (thanks for suggestion). I have the same problem, indentation is wrong. If you open that you can see that in the new part of file, indentation is correct, but is not in the most of the file.

Re: [Emc-users] SOLVED - source code link request

2012-01-14 Thread Spiderdab
On sab, 2012-01-14 at 13:51 +0100, Spiderdab wrote: On ven, 2012-01-13 at 11:15 -0700, s...@highlab.com wrote: Oh! Try git checkout filename. Did this way (thanks for suggestion). I have the same problem, indentation is wrong. If you open that you can see that in the new part of file

[Emc-users] source code link request

2012-01-13 Thread Spiderdab
Sorry for the stupid question, but really i can't find where emc2 source code is! i'm looking for master code. Need to take vismach.py, cause i've messed it.. thanks! -- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by

Re: [Emc-users] source code link request

2012-01-13 Thread Spiderdab
On ven, 2012-01-13 at 07:39 -0800, Peter C. Wallace wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, Spiderdab wrote: Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:34:45 +0100 From: Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] source code link request

2012-01-13 Thread Spiderdab
Sorry for the stupid question, but really i can't find where emc2 source code is! i'm looking for master code. Need to take vismach.py, cause i've messed it.. thanks! git.linuxcnc.org? Peter Wallace uhu.. ok. i asked 'cause i needed to download only a file, and i

Re: [Emc-users] source code link request

2012-01-13 Thread Spiderdab
On ven, 2012-01-13 at 10:29 -0700, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 01/13/2012 10:20 AM, Spiderdab wrote: Some suggestions? ..maybe i'm doing something really stupid.. Thanks, Davide. I think you'll be much happier if you use git, like Peter originally suggested. There's instructions

Re: [Emc-users] Compile - install new kinematic

2012-01-10 Thread Spiderdab
Spiderdab wrote: Ciao, anch'io lavoro con cinematiche strane, quindi faccio spesso quest'operazione. Il tuo file armkins.c lo puoi mettere dove ti è comodo, poi lo compili come hai fatto tu e poi ne fai una copia nella cartella $/emc2-dev/rtlib. Questo perchè comp di base installa per

Re: [Emc-users] Compile - install new kinematic

2012-01-10 Thread Spiderdab
On mar, 2012-01-10 at 14:42 +, Francesca Sca wrote: I ask the list to excuse me for the italian also. Perdonami, non sono stato chiaro. Tu metti il file .c in qualsiasi directory (conviene quella della tua config, così hai tutto in una directory) e da li dai: sudo comp --install

Re: [Emc-users] Compile - install new kinematic

2012-01-10 Thread Spiderdab
Avevo intuito che dovevo copiare il file armkins.ko che era stato creato. Comunque ho fatto come mi hai detto e ora quando cerco di far partire emc2 ho questo errore: insmod: error inserting '/home/cnc/emc2-dev/rtlib/armkins.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module arm_inversa.hal:5: exit

Re: [Emc-users] Compile - install new kinematic

2012-01-10 Thread Spiderdab
On mar, 2012-01-10 at 15:25 +, Francesca Sca wrote: Ah, ok, mi sembrava! in questo caso si, c'è un errore nella cinematica, probabilmente una stupidaggine. Però siccome non ho mai fatto cinematiche diverse da tetrapodi,tripodi e bipodi, ti consiglio di postare il file .c e chiedere ai

Re: [Emc-users] Compile - install new kinematic

2012-01-09 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno lun, 09/01/2012 alle 18.34 +, Francesca Sca ha scritto: Hallo, I have also some problem with compile and install new kinematic. I have modificated a kinematics file, renamed it in armkins.c and copied it into /usr/realtime-2.6.32-122-rtai/modules/emc. Then I run compile and

Re: [Emc-users] problems with USB inside my sim (was: .so components?)

2012-01-06 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno sab, 07/01/2012 alle 09.25 +1100, Frank Tkalcevic ha scritto: in my setup i use a joystick, and i load that using hidconfig/hidcomp. if i run hidconfig it can see the joystick, so i think permissions are right. but when i run my machine i have this error: ..2012/01/06

Re: [Emc-users] problems with USB inside my sim (was: .so components?)

2012-01-06 Thread Spiderdab
...tgvcp.hal:141: Pin 'hidcomp.0.Slider.fvalue' does not exist The pin is not created but i don't know if it's .hal fault or hidcomp's. ... if i try to run my setup with hidcomp, but without gladevcp i have two cases: -it's ok if it's the first thing i do after turning on the machine.

Re: [Emc-users] problems with USB inside my sim (was: .so components?)

2012-01-06 Thread Spiderdab
ehm... it must be something stupid with Virtualbox memory i think.. I just started again Vbox without 3Dsupport, neither VT-x or any kind of acceleration. Then first time run the full machine and it runs ok!! closed the window, then re-run the same machine and it gives me error... i'm starting

[Emc-users] .so components?

2012-01-03 Thread Spiderdab
Hi, i'm trying to setup emc2 as a simulator inside a virtualbox machine, so i can work on my gladevcp panel on my laptop. i installed 10.04 emc2 iso, then git from repos and installed JA3 branch as --enable-simulator. OK. then i tryed to compile my kins module, and copied the file .ko in the rtlib

[Emc-users] hal_button as confirm data

2012-01-01 Thread Spiderdab
mmm the object is not so clear, but my first question of 2012 is: Using gladevcp I want to write a value on a hal_spinbutton, and assign to an hal pin (in my case a value for my kins) only when i push a button. As there isn't an if statement as an hal rt component, how can i write this logic? I

Re: [Emc-users] hal_button as confirm data

2012-01-01 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno dom, 01/01/2012 alle 16.38 +0100, Spiderdab ha scritto: mmm the object is not so clear, but my first question of 2012 is: Using gladevcp I want to write a value on a hal_spinbutton, and assign to an hal pin (in my case a value for my kins) only when i push a button. As there isn't

Re: [Emc-users] hal_button as confirm data

2012-01-01 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno dom, 01/01/2012 alle 16.13 +, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 1 Jan 2012, at 15:38, Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it wrote: As there isn't an if statement as an hal rt component, how can i write this logic? I really can't realize.. maybe using sample_hold? (but i tried and it doesn't

Re: [Emc-users] hal_button as confirm data

2012-01-01 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno dom, 01/01/2012 alle 17.26 +0100, Spiderdab ha scritto: Il giorno dom, 01/01/2012 alle 16.13 +, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 1 Jan 2012, at 15:38, Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it wrote: As there isn't an if statement as an hal rt component, how can i write this logic? I really

Re: [Emc-users] hal_button as confirm data

2012-01-01 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno dom, 01/01/2012 alle 19.25 +, andy pugh ha scritto: On 1 January 2012 16:47, Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it wrote: Possibly 'cause my-kins-pin is a I/O pin? Yes, that will be a problem. I suggest you set it as an input pin, and insert code to trap and over-ride a zero value

[Emc-users] or4 ?

2011-12-29 Thread Spiderdab
Hi all, i need to compare 4 inputs into hal (a limit value on each of 4 motors) and if one of them is true the output will be true. (it is a tetrapod, so only one motor-limit at a time can be true, fisically.) The fastest way in my mind is to use 3 or2 components, so i compare two or2 outputs as

Re: [Emc-users] or4 ?

2011-12-29 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno gio, 29/12/2011 alle 23.25 +, andy pugh ha scritto: On 29 December 2011 23:04, Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it wrote: Hi all, i need to compare 4 inputs into hal This might help, configured as an OR. http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/man/man9/logic.9.html mmm, seems perfectly

Re: [Emc-users] or4 ?

2011-12-29 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno gio, 29/12/2011 alle 23.41 +, andy pugh ha scritto: On 29 December 2011 23:33, Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it wrote: mmm, seems perfectly what i need. but i don't understand well how to write. is it right? loadrt logic count=1 personality=4,512 to have an or with 4

[Emc-users] Hal comp.

2011-12-28 Thread Spiderdab
Hi all, I need to compare if a value is or of another, i think i may use the comp realtime component, but i can't find how to use that. is there an example you know about? thanks, Davide. -- Ridiculously easy VDI.

Re: [Emc-users] Hal comp.

2011-12-28 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno gio, 29/12/2011 alle 00.35 +0100, Spiderdab ha scritto: Hi all, I need to compare if a value is or of another, i think i may use the comp realtime component, but i can't find how to use that. is there an example you know about? thanks, Davide. Sorry, i 've found the solution

[Emc-users] [OT]elettromagnetic brakes

2011-12-13 Thread Spiderdab
Hi, and sorry for the ot question, but maybe your knowledge can help me. Do you know of someone selling cheap safety brakes, to be mounted on the back shaft of a stepper motor, with a torque of 570oz/in (about 4N/mt). I mean those when if current goes off they brake. Thank for any suggestion,

Re: [Emc-users] [OT]elettromagnetic brakes

2011-12-13 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno mar, 13/12/2011 alle 13.13 -0500, Dave ha scritto: On 12/13/2011 8:41 AM, Spiderdab wrote: Hi, and sorry for the ot question, but maybe your knowledge can help me. Do you know of someone selling cheap safety brakes, to be mounted on the back shaft of a stepper motor

[Emc-users] Hal question

2011-12-12 Thread Spiderdab
Hi. What i need to do is to enable joystick jog only when button1 is pressed,to avoid accidental movements. I think to do it with an if statement, but don't know how to implement into hal commands. I think i cannot use and2, because button is a bit, while value from the stick is a float. The only

Re: [Emc-users] Hal question

2011-12-12 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno lun, 12/12/2011 alle 12.28 +, andy pugh ha scritto: On 12 December 2011 12:19, Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it wrote: What i need to do is to enable joystick jog only when button1 is pressed,to avoid accidental movements. Have a look at section 5 here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org

Re: [Emc-users] Hal question

2011-12-12 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno lun, 12/12/2011 alle 13.09 +, andy pugh ha scritto: On 12 December 2011 12:55, Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it wrote: Yes i know this config, but i don't think it will work for me, since in my config halui.jog-speed is linked to joystick-slider. Link the output of the joystick

Re: [Emc-users] Hal question

2011-12-12 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno lun, 12/12/2011 alle 14.38 +0100, Spiderdab ha scritto: Il giorno lun, 12/12/2011 alle 13.09 +, andy pugh ha scritto: On 12 December 2011 12:55, Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it wrote: Yes i know this config, but i don't think it will work for me, since in my config halui.jog

Re: [Emc-users] EMC a digital pantograph milling machine?

2011-11-30 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno mer, 30/11/2011 alle 18.18 +0100, Florian Rist ha scritto: Hi, thanks for you comments on my project idea. I played with emcrsh a litle today and would like to show you the result: A copy of a tee spoon milled: http://128.130.120.105/_DSC5204.lowres.jpg emcrsh is not the

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-21 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno lun, 19/09/2011 alle 23.02 +0300, Andrew ha scritto: Thinking about decreasing stepper (and servo, to some extent) torque at higher speeds, I just thought that having variable axis acceleration would be perfect. I.e., the highest at lower speeds and lower at higher speeds. Is that

Re: [Emc-users] Jogging non-trivial kins with joypad

2011-07-18 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno lun, 18/07/2011 alle 11.28 +0300, Viesturs Lācis ha scritto: Hello, gentlemen! The client wants me to set up the welding robot so that they can use a remote pendant to jog it. The 10K $ question is: how can I talk EMC2 in doing something like that? _Any_ feasible workaround will

Re: [Emc-users] Jogging non-trivial kins with joypad

2011-07-18 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno lun, 18/07/2011 alle 12.34 +0100, andy pugh ha scritto: On 18 July 2011 12:24, Spiderdab 77...@tiscali.it wrote: ..and simply into joint mode i had the 4 singular axis (tetrapod) working together, than when switching to world mode my 3 joystick axis would move X,Y and Z

Re: [Emc-users] AXIS and other questions

2011-05-06 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno ven, 06/05/2011 alle 12.36 +0300, Andrew ha scritto: Hello, As you may remember I run hexapod with EMC2. I used to use tkemc UI, but recently tried switching to AXIS. 1. AXIS manual mode is joint-only, I can not switch to world coordinates and touch off by manual jogging. I have

Re: [Emc-users] RC Servo's

2011-04-11 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno dom, 10/04/2011 alle 22.38 -0700, Kirk Wallace ha scritto: I needed to test an RC servo, so I used pwmgen and a parallel port buffer card to drive the servo, which worked well, except the pulse width range is from .65ms to 2.4ms and normal base periods don't allow for a lot of

Re: [Emc-users] EMC magnets control?

2011-02-11 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno mar, 08/02/2011 alle 02.45 -0700, a...@conceptmachinery.com ha scritto: Hi i want to ask about EMC and controlling magnets. Can EMC control 5, 6, 8 magnets that will move metal part in 3d space? Can something similar that on this video

Re: [Emc-users] Non EMC: Advice from Cold Climates [OT]

2010-12-25 Thread Spiderdab
andy, maybe it's a blind shot, but you could try to boil some water and, after having opened all the pipes, try to spray some with a painting compressor, or with a hand spray (those for gardening..) here i had a big problem, in country side some days ago, but that's because the main pipe line is

Re: [Emc-users] Merry Christmas

2010-12-24 Thread Spiderdab
Nice words!! let's celebrate this winter solstice! have a wonderful new year! and also, more globally.. marry christmas to everyone! Il giorno ven, 24/12/2010 alle 10.28 +0200, Alex Joni ha scritto: Please accept with no obligation, implied or explicit, my best wishes for an environmentally

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.

2010-12-16 Thread Spiderdab
Il 16/12/2010 08:26, Alex Joni ha scritto: You can prevent the joystick links to reach halui when you are not in world mode. (with some simple and2 components). I'm not sure if you can do anything about keyboard jogging though - what kind of GUI are you using? Regards, Alex - Original

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.

2010-12-16 Thread Spiderdab
Il 16/12/2010 13:07, andy pugh ha scritto: On 16 December 2010 11:42, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: something like a logical expression which read if the state of world mode is false or true? is there a pin for that? http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.4/html/man/man1/halui.1.html (Look at

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.

2010-12-16 Thread Spiderdab
Il 16/12/2010 14:35, andy pugh ha scritto: On 16 December 2010 13:00, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: the on e wich should interest me is _teleop? right? than i'm not sure if the joint mode is _joint or _manual. what's the difference? It might be easiest to watch them in Show HAL Config

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.

2010-12-16 Thread Spiderdab
Alex, i've a question for you, since, if i'm not wrong, you wrote down the tripodkins.c . have you ever tried to jog into world mode the tripod with a joystick? did it work? i'm asking about this thing everywhere, but nobody can tell me if it work or not with a non-trivial kinematics. thanks

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad question.

2010-12-16 Thread Spiderdab
Il 16/12/2010 16:21, Alex Joni ha scritto: Hi Davide, that's a question that's a bit hard to answer. I remember doing it, but that was around emc2 - 2.1 or even older. In the current versions (due to some bugfixes), I think this is prevented. Can't remember the reason though. I know it

Re: [Emc-users] OT - Joypad question.

2010-12-16 Thread Spiderdab
for those who are interested I recieved a nice video of the 'famous' volleyball flying with EMC2. i would like to share that with you all. in the video one of the 4 motor is visible, but it was the prototype. (v 0.1..) now it's with a inox cage (not wooden like in the video..) and it has two

[Emc-users] Joypad question.

2010-12-15 Thread Spiderdab
Hallo list. Is there a way to jog the axis in joint mode only with keyboard, while jog in world mode with the joystick? -- Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your

Re: [Emc-users] Expansion of EMC

2010-12-09 Thread Spiderdab
+1 Il 09/12/2010 14:49, Igor Chudov ha scritto: I feel the same way. i On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Kent A. Reedknbr...@erols.com wrote: On 12/9/2010 12:50 AM, Edward Bernard wrote: I'm surprised there were no comments on this. I'm wondering how such a venture could

[Emc-users] Question on joypad jog.

2010-11-26 Thread Spiderdab
hallo, i just setup one Logitech dual pad to jog my inverted tetrapod, and it plays not bad into joint mode. i'va a problem in world mode, since i can jog only one direction each time. for example, if i'm jogging in x direction, as soon as i push the analog joystick toward the y direction it

[Emc-users] more powerful nema23 need.

2010-11-22 Thread Spiderdab
Ciao a tutti. i've built steel structures for nema23 stepper motor reelers (don't know if the word is exact, intended a drum to roll a wire on..). i've 4 of these motors, to setup an inverted tetrapod. (for those who followed me, i used this to make a volleyball fly in the air...just artistic

Re: [Emc-users] more powerful nema23 need.

2010-11-22 Thread Spiderdab
Il 22/11/2010 12:26, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 22 November 2010 10:50, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: i would like to know if you know about nema23 motors (either stepper or servo) with more (kind of double..) torque. They do exist but might not give you the advantage you

Re: [Emc-users] more powerful nema23 need.

2010-11-22 Thread Spiderdab
Il 22/11/2010 15:40, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 22 November 2010 14:23, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: my stepper motors are these: http://www.goodluckbuy.com/nema-23-stepper-motor-12-6kgcm-1-8degre-4leads-56mm-57bygh56-401a.html Those are quite short steppers, there are some

Re: [Emc-users] more powerful nema23 need.

2010-11-22 Thread Spiderdab
Il 22/11/2010 15:40, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 22 November 2010 14:23, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: my stepper motors are these: http://www.goodluckbuy.com/nema-23-stepper-motor-12-6kgcm-1-8degre-4leads-56mm-57bygh56-401a.html Those are quite short steppers, there are some

Re: [Emc-users] EMC controlled sniper robot

2010-10-07 Thread Spiderdab
Il 07/10/2010 11:26, Mark Wendt ha scritto: 'Tis the beginnings of Skynet. Or maybe Cylons... ;-) mark :) and the password i guess it will be 'Joshua' ! -- Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer

Re: [Emc-users] D519MO Boot Problems.

2010-10-01 Thread Spiderdab
Why don't you throw away your CDRom and use an USB key instead? everything will go faster, and you don't have to wish that your laser won't do any mistake! -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances

Re: [Emc-users] 3D Flying volleyball - finally done

2010-09-30 Thread Spiderdab
Il 29/09/2010 05:02, Edward Bernard ha scritto: Great work. I followed your progress as you worked this out and I'm quite impressed by the result. ... do you have a writeup on how you did this? Thank you! no, i didn't, but since my changes in emc2 are only a very few line added in

[Emc-users] 3D Flying volleyball - finally done

2010-09-28 Thread Spiderdab
Hi everyone! Finally the show has been on air. it was for the opening show of world volleyball championship 2010 in italy. in TV it couldn't be seen very well. these is a video from my point of view of the general rearsal. http://www.youtube.com/user/77dab77#p/a/u/0/4vd_S6mgyXk wish you'll like

Re: [Emc-users] 3D Flying volleyball - finally done

2010-09-28 Thread Spiderdab
Il 28/09/2010 17:06, Alex Joni ha scritto: Congratulations to you and to opensource and to endless possibilities :) Regards, Alex Alex, i've started with emc2 for this project only after having seen your toy with 3 little stepper motors and a ring in the middle.. so thanks expecially

Re: [Emc-users] 3D Flying volleyball - finally done

2010-09-28 Thread Spiderdab
Il 28/09/2010 17:06, Alex Joni ha scritto: Congratulations to you and to opensource and to endless possibilities :) Regards, Alex Alex, i've started with emc2 for this project only after having seen your toy with 3 little stepper motors and a ring in the middle.. so thanks expecially

Re: [Emc-users] Inv-Tetrapod-Volley. (it was: Free Form Motion)

2010-09-17 Thread Spiderdab
Il 17/09/2010 01:29, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 15 September 2010 18:24, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: hallo, in my inverted tetrapod i've set the 4 axis as: X Y Z A, in this way: At the moment that seems to be the only way to get 4 working joints, even on a 3-axis machine like

Re: [Emc-users] Inv-Tetrapod-Volley. (it was: Free Form Motion)

2010-09-17 Thread Spiderdab
Il 17/09/2010 01:29, Andy Pugh ha scritto: another question: i can jog directly the first three axis, using arrows and pgup/down. how can i jog the fourth axis? You should be able to press the axis letter and use the + and - keyboard keys or onscreen buttons. yes this way it

Re: [Emc-users] Inv-Tetrapod-Volley. (it was: Free Form Motion)

2010-09-17 Thread Spiderdab
Il 17/09/2010 03:16, BRIAN GLACKIN ha scritto: Can you describe the motion of your fourth axis? Linear or radial? If linear, what axis is it parallel to? Ir radial, what axis is its center of rotation parallel to? Brian Brian, any axis is parallel to nothing. they are four linear

Re: [Emc-users] Inv-Tetrapod-Volley. (it was: Free Form Motion)

2010-09-16 Thread Spiderdab
Il 15/09/2010 20:09, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 15 September 2010 18:24, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: [AXIS_0] to [AXIS_3] These are Joints 0 to 3, and in your case don't necessarily correspond to cartesian axes. You should be able to jog in XYZ in World mode and 0,1,2,3 in

Re: [Emc-users] Inv-Tetrapod-Volley. (it was: Free Form Motion)

2010-09-16 Thread Spiderdab
Il 16/09/2010 11:23, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 16 September 2010 09:39, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: about jogging i'm allright. i can jog in both mode. only, when i jog the joint 3, it is governed by the spindle speed instead of jog speed. (with XYZA) That seems rather odd,

Re: [Emc-users] Inv-Tetrapod-Volley. (it was: Free Form Motion)

2010-09-15 Thread Spiderdab
hallo, in my inverted tetrapod i've set the 4 axis as: X Y Z A, in this way: [TRAJ] AXES = 4 COORDINATES = X Y Z A LINEAR_UNITS = mm ANGULAR_UNITS = degree CYCLE_TIME = 0.010 DEFAULT_VELOCITY = 300.00 MAX_LINEAR_VELOCITY = 3000.00 [AXIS_0] to [AXIS_3] **they are

Re: [Emc-users] Free Form Motion - G-code question

2010-09-14 Thread Spiderdab
Il 13/09/2010 20:46, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 13 September 2010 11:55, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: I was about to start on a spreadsheet to generate ballistic trajectories as G-code, then remembered that I am at work and paid to do other stuff. When do you need this project

Re: [Emc-users] Free Form Motion - G-code question

2010-09-14 Thread Spiderdab
..and another stupid question... when i run that on my pc (Openoffice) i do not have the grafic box drawing the curve. how can i turn it on? -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using

Re: [Emc-users] USB to PARALLEL cable.

2010-09-13 Thread Spiderdab
Il 12/09/2010 11:22, Slavko Kocjancic ha scritto: Na 11.9.2010 17:00, Spiderdab je pisal: Il 11/09/2010 15:08, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 11 September 2010 13:44, Ries van Twiske...@rvt.dds.nlwrote: It doesn't work, a USB can't be driven realtime. Also

Re: [Emc-users] Free Form Motion - G-code question

2010-09-13 Thread Spiderdab
Il 12/09/2010 20:44, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 12 September 2010 18:09, Kirk Wallacekwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: I'm wondering, for this application, if it might be better to build the axis machine, then by hand, push the ball through the desired path Pushing strings onto

Re: [Emc-users] USB to PARALLEL cable.

2010-09-13 Thread Spiderdab
..cut.. So you have aprox 310W power consumption. (1.4A @ 220V) and this is aprox 26A @ 12V. At your 100Ah battery this is little les than 4 hour operation time to deflat battery 100% and reduce live of battery close to nill. If you keep safe margin at aprox 50% deflating battery you have 2h

Re: [Emc-users] Free Form Motion - G-code question

2010-09-13 Thread Spiderdab
Il 13/09/2010 12:27, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 13 September 2010 10:51, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: than, as Brian suggest is interesting, but i really cannot know the formulas of the arcs i'm drawing. also writing by hand the acceleration like g1 f100, g1 f150, g1 f220, g1

Re: [Emc-users] Free Form Motion - G-code question

2010-09-13 Thread Spiderdab
Il 13/09/2010 13:58, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 13 September 2010 11:55, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: [AXIS_0] to [AXIS_3] **they are equal** MAX_VELOCITY = 3000.0 FERROR = 2.0 MIN_FERROR = 1.0 That is asking quite a lot, I would have

Re: [Emc-users] Free Form Motion - G-code question

2010-09-13 Thread Spiderdab
Il 13/09/2010 15:00, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 13 September 2010 13:27, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: ooops.. maybe i've forgot to try to increase that value. so you think that with a ferror of something like 20, i can reach lower accelerations without errors? I would expect

Re: [Emc-users] G-code question

2010-09-11 Thread Spiderdab
I was thinking something similar, and today i'm going to try. in fact, working with 3dsmax, when i increase the density of points, the resulting speed decrease. so maybe it's simple to modify the density of the end of lines smoothly to achieve what i need. Il 11/09/2010 10:19, Ian W. Wright ha

[Emc-users] USB to PARALLEL cable.

2010-09-11 Thread Spiderdab
did anyone try this solution to drive a stepper driver? i would like to use that on a eeepc 1000h, in special situations when i can't use a normal pc. -- Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and

Re: [Emc-users] USB to PARALLEL cable.

2010-09-11 Thread Spiderdab
Il 11/09/2010 15:08, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 11 September 2010 13:44, Ries van Twiske...@rvt.dds.nl wrote: It doesn't work, a USB can't be driven realtime. Also, I think that they only generally work for printing, (so pins may not be individually addressable, and not all pins

Re: [Emc-users] G-code question

2010-09-11 Thread Spiderdab
Il 11/09/2010 14:21, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 11 September 2010 09:38, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: I was thinking something similar, and today i'm going to try. in fact, working with 3dsmax, when i increase the density of points, the resulting speed decrease. You will need

Re: [Emc-users] G-code question

2010-09-10 Thread Spiderdab
Il 10/09/2010 10:25, Andy Pugh ha scritto: On 10 September 2010 01:39, Spiderdab77...@tiscali.it wrote: Hi, is there a g-code to change the value of acceleration and deceleration? No. I guess if you wanted to badly enough you might be able to do it with analogue out (M68) linked

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