Re: [Emc-users] 5i23 or 7i71

2023-01-28 Thread Jeff Johnson
2.7.15 Is it worth upgrading to 2.8? I tend to use what "just works". Monday will be the real test when we put it back into production. Jeff Johnson john...@superiorroll.com Superior Roll & Turning 734-279-1831 -Original Message----- From: Jeff Johnson [mailto:john...@superiorr

[Emc-users] 5i23 or 7i71

2023-01-28 Thread Jeff Johnson
the NML_Main_Channel_List. (time=1674917589.857471,pid=1975): Deleting emcCommand NML channel from NML_Main_Channel_List. (time=1674917589.857480,pid=1975): deleting NML (1) (time=1674917589.857488,pid=1975): delete (CMS *) 0x95591e8; Jeff Johnson john...@superiorroll.com Superior Roll & Turning 734

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 201, Issue 48

2023-01-27 Thread Jeff Johnson
EL): ./12mogmoccapymaster.hal > ./12mogmoccapymaster.hal:3: Can't find module 'probe_parport' in > /usr/realtime-2.6.32-122-rtai/modules/linuxcnc > Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC... > > &g

[Emc-users] Not Starting

2023-01-27 Thread Jeff Johnson
(connection_socket = 3). iocontrol: machine: '12MO' version 'unknown' Found file(REL): ./12mogmoccapymaster.hal ./12mogmoccapymaster.hal:3: Can't find module 'probe_parport' in /usr/realtime-2.6.32-122-rtai/modules/linuxcnc Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC... Jeff Johnson john...@superiorroll.com Superior

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 170, Issue 168

2020-06-29 Thread Jeff Johnson
. Not free but effective. Jeff Johnson john...@superiorroll.com Superior Roll & Turning 734-279-1831 * ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

[Emc-users] Rotary Head

2020-02-20 Thread Jeff Johnson
Ok.Thanks guys I see there are simpler ways to go now. I'm a machinist forced into being a control guy at times. Jeff Johnson john...@superiorroll.com Superior Roll & Turning 734-279-1831 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-u

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary Head

2020-02-20 Thread Jeff Johnson
e sure links are safe. > On 20 Feb 2020, at 14:25, Jeff Johnson mailto:john...@superiorroll.com> > wrote: > > > Any thoughts or ideas on the best way to pull this off? PC? RPi4? Which Why not add a 4th axis configuration to each machine that might use it? Then you can properl

Re: [Emc-users] User Interface Addition

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

Re: [Emc-users] User Interface Addition

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

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

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

Re: [Emc-users] Fusion 360

2019-03-23 Thread Jeff Johnson
eld hostage? Maybe, but there is the possibility that I can migrate to one system over time. My real needs are the ability to make and open 2D drawings as well as solids and generate trouble free tool paths. Jeff Johnson john...@superiorroll.com Superior Roll & Turning 734-279-1831 One

[Emc-users] Fusion 360

2019-03-22 Thread Jeff Johnson
and updates do get cumbersome. I am worried about moving to the cloud based system but I guess it's the future. What are this groups thoughts if any? Jeff Johnson john...@superiorroll.com Superior Roll & Turning 734-279-1831 ___

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

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

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

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

[Emc-users] Recovery with pneumatic Z

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

[Emc-users] Mesa 7i43 TRAM error

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

[Emc-users] Black Tuesday

2017-11-21 Thread Jeff Johnson
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[Emc-users] Gene's Rotary

2017-11-16 Thread Jeff Johnson
if anyone has any interest. I sold the mill I was going to use it on so it just sits on a pallet collecting dust. Jeff Johnson john...@superiorroll.com Superior Roll & Turning 734-279-1831 I am half-heartedly looking for a rotary table, smallish but without any huge backlash, for use on the g

Re: [Emc-users] Odd encoder problem

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

Re: [Emc-users] Odd encoder problem

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

Re: [Emc-users] Odd encoder problem

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

[Emc-users] Odd encoder problem

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

[Emc-users] Subroutine path

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

Re: [Emc-users] More on XYAY configuration

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

Re: [Emc-users] More on XYAY configuration

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

Re: [Emc-users] More on XYAY configuration

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

Re: [Emc-users] More on XYAY configuration

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

Re: [Emc-users] More on XYAY configuration

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

[Emc-users] More on XYAY configuration

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

Re: [Emc-users] Homing XYAY configuration

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

[Emc-users] Homing XYAY configuration

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

Re: [Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

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

Re: [Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

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

Re: [Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

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

Re: [Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

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

Re: [Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

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

Re: [Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

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

[Emc-users] TRAM Write Error

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

Re: [Emc-users] Forcing analog motor reference

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

[Emc-users] Forcing analog motor reference

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Emc-users] Upgrade 2.8.0 pre to 2.8

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

Re: [Emc-users] milling a crankshaft?

2017-07-26 Thread Ken Johnson
going through that! Ken. On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:24 AM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27 July 2017 at 02:13, Ken Johnson <bats...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Specifically, machining the crankpins while having the blank turning >> on it's main journal a

[Emc-users] milling a crankshaft?

2017-07-26 Thread Ken Johnson
Whilst going through the slow process of cnc'ing my mill, I have been trying to work out how to cnc mill crankshafts on it using my rotary axis. Specifically, machining the crankpins while having the blank turning on it's main journal axis. I know the tool will have to move in both y and z axis

[Emc-users] milling a crankshaft?

2017-07-26 Thread Ken Johnson
Whilst going through the slow process of cnc'ing my mill, I have been trying to work out how to cnc mill crankshafts on it using my rotary axis. Specifically, machining the crankpins while having the blank turning on it's main journal axis. I know the tool will have to move in both y and z axis

Re: [Emc-users] Gui Feature Request

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

[Emc-users] Canonical killing Unity for Ubuntu Linux

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

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 131, Issue 103

2017-03-31 Thread Jeff Johnson
Did you let the job out? Jeff Johnson john...@superiorroll.com Superior Roll & Turning 734-279-1831 -Original Message- From: emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net] Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 1:31 PM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge

Re: [Emc-users] Custom home sequence

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

Re: [Emc-users] Custom home sequence

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

Re: [Emc-users] Custom home sequence

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

Re: [Emc-users] Custom home sequence

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

Re: [Emc-users] Custom home sequence

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

Re: [Emc-users] summing Z axes?

2016-09-02 Thread Ken Johnson
Thanks for your help Andy and Gene, I will investigate sum2 and see what I can figure out. Ken. On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On Friday 02 September 2016 00:56:13 Ken Johnson wrote: > >> Is it possible to sum 2 Z-axes in

Re: [Emc-users] summing Z axes?

2016-09-02 Thread Ken Johnson
Thanks for the reply Andy- initially they will be manual, but the long-term aim is to fit ball screws and motors and go fully cnc with linuxcnc. On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Andy Pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> On 2 Sep 2016, at 07:56, Ken Johnson <bat

[Emc-users] summing Z axes?

2016-09-01 Thread Ken Johnson
Is it possible to sum 2 Z-axes in linux-cnc? Reason for the question is my mill has both a knee and quill, and I would like to put a dro on both and have have linuxcnc sum them so the reading on-sceen represents the distance between tool and job no matter which of the 2 I (or later, the software)

Re: [Emc-users] Setting axis as homed

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

Re: [Emc-users] Setting axis as homed

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

[Emc-users] Setting axis as homed

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

Re: [Emc-users] Tool offset

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

Re: [Emc-users] Tool offset

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

Re: [Emc-users] Tool offset

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

Re: [Emc-users] Tool offset

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

Re: [Emc-users] Tool offset

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

[Emc-users] Tool offset

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

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

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

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

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

Re: [Emc-users] Affordable, used lathes

2016-04-23 Thread Jeff Johnson
I have found some incredible deals at HGR Surplus. hgrinc.com Jeff Johnson john...@superiorroll.com Superior Roll & Turning 734-279-1831 -- Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applicat

Re: [Emc-users] Tool Change M6

2016-04-16 Thread johnson
Danny wrote: We are setting up a manual tool change. We use M61 Q (tool Number) this allows us to manually load a tool in the spindle. Yes we have to have the tool table. Jeff JohnsonSuperior Roll & TurningĀ  Message: 1 Subject: [Emc-users] Toolchange M6 To: "'Enhanced Machine

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Emc-users] Following error on angular axis

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

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper, ideal pulses without feedback

2016-03-19 Thread Ken Johnson
Nicklas, when I built a pcb drilling machine some years ago, I found constant acceleration and deceleration to top speed worked best, as for the most part trying to go instantly to the maximum speed the motors are capable of results in lost steps. You will need a bit of experimentation to

Re: [Emc-users] Information for spindle and drive Kollmorgen Ind

2016-02-24 Thread Jeff Johnson
you away from Linux CNC (we run four machines with it) just pointing out I have very few issues with the Milacron controls. Jeff Johnson john...@superiorroll.com Superior Roll & Turning 734-279-1831 -- Site24x7

[Emc-users] Program prefix

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

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 drivers

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

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 drivers

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

[Emc-users] Hostmot2 drivers

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

Re: [Emc-users] Working Mill

2015-07-01 Thread Jeff Johnson
Sorry about that http://www.ebay.com/itm/121693122922?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984 .m1558.l2649 Jeff Johnson john...@superiorroll.com Superior Roll Turning 734-279-1831 http://my.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyEbayBetaCurrentPage=MyeBayNextSelling ssPageName=STRK:ME:LNLK:MESEX

[Emc-users] Working Mill

2015-07-01 Thread Jeff Johnson
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Re: [Emc-users] Increasing home speed

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

Re: [Emc-users] Increasing home speed

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

[Emc-users] Increasing home speed

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

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

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

[Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

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

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

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

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

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

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

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

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

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

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot drivers

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

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