Re: [Emc-users] LCNC and 3d Printer

2016-06-01 Thread yann jautard
E values are not speed values but position as well like for other axes. It represent the length of filament needed during each X/Y move. You can just control the E motor like any other one on the machine. Le 30/05/2016 02:23, a k a écrit : > Hello > > i just run kissliser

Re: [Emc-users] look ahead---?

2015-06-16 Thread yann jautard
last time I had do to something similar, I splitted the last move and inserted my M code between the two moves. Worked well. Le 08/06/2015 08:59, a k a écrit : Hi i think that instead of look ahead for G0 it will be better to have/create new M code (M100 or M(n)) that will: after running

Re: [Emc-users] Inkscape ?? g code tool quick and dirty for Gene

2014-11-12 Thread yann jautard
Le 08/11/2014 18:55, Gene Heskett a écrit : (...) Except that this time I get a different error. Select one of the action tabs - Path to Gcode, Area, Engraving, DXF points, Orientation, Offset, Lathe or Tools library. Current active tab id is preferences So what am I missing? This

Re: [Emc-users] Inkscape ?? g code tool quick and dirty for Gene

2014-11-12 Thread yann jautard
time to find the right one, but at least you can select it alone Le 12/11/2014 15:21, Gene Heskett a écrit : On Wednesday 12 November 2014 06:35:04 yann jautard did opine And Gene did reply: Le 08/11/2014 18:55, Gene Heskett a écrit : (...) Except that this time I get a different error

Re: [Emc-users] Ball Screw Drive?

2014-06-12 Thread yann jautard
Le 11/06/2014 20:28, noel a écrit : Timing belt. Lots of ways to use 'em. 2 from 1 motor, or 1 continuous. Very reliable. Very robust. Size them properly and keep them tensioned and they are wonderful. NR Yes, I agree. Done that this way on my 2mx1,5m gantry, works very well.

Re: [Emc-users] Why do dangerous changes suddenly creep in to Linuxcnc and nobody mentions it?

2014-06-05 Thread yann jautard
Le 06/06/2014 00:25, Eric Keller a écrit : Obviously, during rapids the tool shouldn't be engaged with the work, but most controls just have one feed rate override knob. Now you have to have 2 knobs? Not sure how I feel about that. When I'm not sure of my program, I twiddle the feed rate

Re: [Emc-users] Feed control

2014-05-16 Thread yann jautard
so you want LCNC to output a 0-5v signal to control welding current according to feed rate, or you want feed to change according to welding current rate ? Le 14/05/2014 23:06, a k a écrit : Hi right now i want to solve problem to connect THCAD-10 to EMC2 and all HAL code. what is source of

Re: [Emc-users] Feed control

2014-05-12 Thread yann jautard
Or you can use an USB joypad and do some voltage conversion to feed the 0-5v signal to one of the axis analog input. i did that on my machine using an external potentiometer in place of the on on the joypad, it work very well. And I'm pretty sure you can replace the potentiometer with your 0-5V

Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-18 Thread yann jautard
Le 17/04/2014 09:08, Steve Blackmore a écrit : Modern panels are designed to work in daylight and don't need full Sunlight. Well not really. There two main technologies, cristalline and amorphous. Cristalline cells needs full sunlight to deliver some usable power. Their efficiency is

Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-18 Thread yann jautard
I have one of these chinese crimpers, I use it quite often when installing big batteries on solar systems. Very powerful, I also use it to crimp inox fittings on cables, or hydraulics, etc On metal like Al, copper or brass I'm sure it will work nicely to press coins :) Le 18/04/2014 11:27,

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing LinuxCNC 2.6.0-pre1

2014-04-18 Thread yann jautard
I can help for french translation if needed. Feel free to ask me. Le 18/04/2014 13:26, Peter Blodow a écrit : Gentlemen, congratulations to the announcement of 2.6! I was very pleased to find may name on the list of contributers although I must confess that, besides participating lively,

Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-16 Thread yann jautard
Le 15/04/2014 22:25, Gene Heskett a écrit : ISTR seeing inkscape can do the circular text bit, even OOw might be able to, but how to translate that into gcode? I don't recall seeing an inkscape to gcode utility. GcodeTools plugin for inkscape will do it. Works perfectly, I use it quite

Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-16 Thread yann jautard
Is that one OK ? J'ai lié 2 fichiers à ce message : round.svg http://www.hightail.com/download/elNLRGw2V3JiV3hwdmNUQw(469 Ko)YouSendIt https://www.yousendit.comhttp://www.hightail.com/download/elNLRGw2V3JiV3hwdmNUQw round_0001.ngc http://www.hightail.com/download/elNLRGw2V3JVbTlMWE5Vag(128

Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-16 Thread yann jautard
need sinusoidal text, you will get it :) And you can use whatever TTF font you want. Something I did for the local carpenter with the same toolchain : Le 16/04/2014 17:01, Gene Heskett a écrit : On Wednesday 16 April 2014 10:50:31 yann jautard did opine: Is that one OK ? J'ai lié 2

Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-16 Thread yann jautard
-ak-ash2/t1.0-9/p180x540/246617_10151045141197130_2043711212_n.jpg Le 16/04/2014 17:55, yann jautard a écrit : yeah there was some mistakes, and I kept the default font in inkscape. Not the nicer one, right. But it took me approx. 2 minutes to produce the NGC file using inkscape

Re: [Emc-users] A round toit generator

2014-04-16 Thread yann jautard
Le 16/04/2014 18:20, Gene Heskett a écrit : Great. And it sound like I might even be able to do it. Yes, sure you will. Incredibly easy to use once you get a little used to it. Documentation on the russian forum helps a lot, and if it's not enough, the forum is quite reactive and you get

Re: [Emc-users] Isel Davinci G-code

2013-12-19 Thread yann jautard
Or modifiy your machine hardware to drive the maching via parallel port or mesa card ;) If it is stepper-based that should not be so complicated. Le 19/12/2013 18:40, ad...@mmri.us a écrit : I have been using Linux since 1997, so you preach to the converted. Unfortunately EMC does not work

Re: [Emc-users] How about a 1Ghz PIII for 2 axis?

2013-05-02 Thread yann jautard
I use a PIII 700MHz with 1G ram for my 3 axis gluing machine, run smoothly the 3 stepper axes trough // port, and a bunch of ladder/sequential logic to control the glue nozzle. Powerfull enough to play streaming music from internet while running the machine :) Le 01/05/2013 00:49, Gregg

Re: [Emc-users] Shizuoka Four Axis on eBay

2013-03-04 Thread yann jautard
Is it a magnetic tape reader we can see on right side of the control cabinet ? Le 02/03/2013 00:10, Kirk Wallace a écrit : http://www.ebay.com/itm/251235604390 Also here too: http://sacramento.craigslist.org/tls/3640202006.html I already have one and there is no space left, shucks.

Re: [Emc-users] Seasons Greetings and Xmas gift

2012-12-26 Thread yann jautard
Hi everybody Merry Christmas and happy new year from France. And for the ones that have a router capable of doing 800x600mm work in 10mm wood panel , there is a bonus : Make a educational christmas present to your child or grand child : a birdhouse :) Nail and glue free design.

Re: [Emc-users] Gluing little balls

2012-10-10 Thread yann jautard
I can add if you need a free vacuum pump, a used fridge compressor will do the trick. Just add some vacuum tank like an old gaz bottle or something similar to get a reserve, as the fridge compressor is quite slow, and it works well. Le 09/10/2012 21:39, Jack Coats a écrit : Check out some

Re: [Emc-users] Gluing little balls

2012-10-10 Thread yann jautard
Le 10/10/2012 10:32, andy pugh a écrit : On 10 October 2012 03:53, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote: I'd look into glue that sets via ultraviolet light, so you don't have to deal with it setting up in the equipment. UV might not get to where it is needed through wood and coloured glass. I agree

Re: [Emc-users] Gluing little balls

2012-10-10 Thread yann jautard
Le 10/10/2012 13:35, Bruce Layne a écrit : There are many different UV curable adhesives. In most of the applications that I've seen, bright UV light is shone directly into the thin adhesive gap. We tested that. No luck. in fact it worked, it did initiates the curing process, but the

Re: [Emc-users] For anybody considering upgrading their motherboard in the next few months.

2012-09-21 Thread yann jautard
Le 18/09/2012 11:23, Mark Wendt a écrit : On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 12:07 PM, yann jautard brico...@free.fr wrote: In the linux world, when a switch like that happens (for a user interface or for a system library), the new version is always still something I personally consider as a beta

Re: [Emc-users] Curiosity, is gonna run this cat plumb out of lives yet.

2012-08-24 Thread yann jautard
I just did that three days ago, because at the office we where looking for a linux autocad alternative. just filled-in the dialox box that pops up at first start with the email, name and other 2 or 3 required things, and it was ok. Le 21/08/2012 21:28, Gene Heskett a écrit : Hi All; I'm

Re: [Emc-users] Right place for a question about gedit? Updating?

2012-08-21 Thread yann jautard
10.04 is a rather old version regarding the actual ubuntu distro (12.04) when a new version is out, they do not upgrade applications. They release only security updates when a bug is found out. To get a new version from apt repositories, you could try to activates the backports repository in

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread yann jautard
Le 03/04/2012 15:59, Alex Joni a écrit : (..) http://www.linuxcnc.org/iso/ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2-i386.iso (...) it includes: - Ubuntu 10.04 (incl. latest updates) - LinuxCNC 2.5.0 (note the linuxcnc2 in the name, the linuxcnc1 contains LinuxCNC 2.4.x). so why not writing it down

Re: [Emc-users] PC shutdown

2012-01-18 Thread yann jautard
I think the 12V relay is a good idea. or as an alternative you may use this kind of device, with a master/slave function : http://www.priceminister.com/offer/buy/6668553/Bloc-Multiprise-Parafoudre-Parasurtenseur-Fonction-Master-Slave-Onduleur-Peripherique-d-alimentation.html Le 18/01/2012

Re: [Emc-users] unexpected reset of the emc.var file

2012-01-13 Thread yann jautard
Le 12/01/2012 23:34, gene heskett a écrit : On Thursday, January 12, 2012 05:29:04 PM robert did opine: i have seen my work offset disapear also and its more todo with machine being shutdown/turned off with out it doing a full shutdown, iv not dug deep into it but it seems EMC does not

[Emc-users] unexpected reset of the emc.var file

2012-01-12 Thread yann jautard
wrong origine values... Well, I know I use an old and buggy version of emc2 I must update (2.4.0~pre), but I wanted to inform all concerned people this can happen. Maybe it can still happen in newer version ? yann

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-26 Thread yann jautard
Le 25/12/2011 23:28, Jon Elson a écrit : Linux distros. Ctrl/Alt/F7 goes back to the Xwindows screen if it is working. or ctrl/alt/F8 sometimes, e.g. if for some reason *dm crashed and respawned. Ctrl/Alt/backspace kills Xwindows. not anymore on *buntu distros. If you want it, you need

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-24 Thread yann jautard
Le 23/12/2011 23:35, Mark Cason a écrit : On 12/23/2011 01:47 PM, gene heskett wrote: Last login: Thu Dec 22 09:38:52 2011 from coyote.coyote.den gene@shop:~$ sudo useradd -u 500 gene to modify a user, you must use usermod: sudo usermod -u 500 gene I haven't used usermod in a lng

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-24 Thread yann jautard
Le 24/12/2011 15:04, gene heskett a écrit : On Saturday, December 24, 2011 09:00:31 AM Mark Wendt (Contractor) did opine: On 12/23/2011 2:47 PM, gene heskett wrote: I sounded like a good idea, but: [gene@coyote ~]$ ssh shop gene@shop's password: Linux shop 2.6.32-122-rtai #rtai SMP Tue

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-24 Thread yann jautard
Le 24/12/2011 19:04, gene heskett a écrit : On Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:56:52 PM Mark Wendt (Contractor) did opine: On 12/24/2011 12:22 PM, gene heskett wrote: On Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:14:41 PM yann jautard did opine: Le 24/12/2011 15:04, gene heskett a écrit : On Saturday

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-24 Thread yann jautard
well, I just see something a lot simpler : when using the users-admin GUI from gnome, you can change the UID... Le 24/12/2011 19:56, yann jautard a écrit : Le 24/12/2011 19:04, gene heskett a écrit : On Saturday, December 24, 2011 12:56:52 PM Mark Wendt (Contractor) did opine: On 12/24

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-24 Thread yann jautard
Le 24/12/2011 20:18, gene heskett a écrit : On Saturday, December 24, 2011 01:59:00 PM yann jautard did opine: [overdue chomp] I think here we are talking about another problem. The point is not to use root account to make all your admin stuff (even if it may be a better choice than

Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-23 Thread yann jautard
Le 22/12/2011 16:33, gene heskett a écrit : Greetings all; First, I guess we start a round of wishing everybody a merry Christmas. Second, the diffs in user number basing between normal systems with the first user at 500, and *buntu system with a first user at 1000 is killing me since all

Re: [Emc-users] compilation problem

2011-12-11 Thread yann jautard
Thanks kent ! I build emc manually without triing to make a package, as you suggested, and it works. This was nearly what I had done, but I didn't thought I can do the build without the dpkg help... Le 11/12/2011 06:31, Kent A. Reed a écrit : On 12/10/2011 9:18 AM, yann jautard wrote

Re: [Emc-users] compilation problem

2011-12-11 Thread yann jautard
Le 11/12/2011 06:34, Sebastian Kuzminsky a écrit : I'm working on a fix for the oneiric/precise doc build problem, i'll push it tonight. May be just separating the doc and program packages could help ? At least if we can't compile the doc, we could get a working emc package.

[Emc-users] compilation problem

2011-12-10 Thread yann jautard
hello all I try to build a sim package on my laptop, running oeniric, and this is what I get : yann@yann-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get source emc2-sim -b (lot of things) pdflatex -interaction=batchmode Getting_Started_fr.tex pdflatex failed Getting_Started_fr.tex:181: TeX capacity exceeded, sorry

Re: [Emc-users] compilation problem

2011-12-10 Thread yann jautard
Le 10/12/2011 23:38, s...@highlab.com a écrit : Yann, can you verify the version on dblatex you're using? I know dblatex 0.3.2 in Precise Pangolin Alpha 1 fails to build our docs with the same error as you report. (dblatex 0.2.12 in Hardy and Lucid obviously works fine. yann@yann

Re: [Emc-users] Not your usual robot arm

2011-11-17 Thread yann jautard
reminds me of the wild wild west movie with will Smith. :) Le 17/11/2011 13:49, andy pugh a écrit : http://www.crabfu.com/steamtoys/steam_armatron/ -- All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure

Re: [Emc-users] hola gente si pueden necesito ayuda

2011-09-16 Thread yann jautard
hola cristian Aqui habitualmente se habla ingles. Para tu problema, tienes que conocer el nombre de pasos de tus motores (si utilizas motores paso a paso), y el nombre de division de paso de la electronica de los motores. Pour ejemplo, con motores de 200 pasos, y una electronica que hace 1/4

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-27 Thread yann jautard
andy pugh wrote: On 26 July 2011 19:45, gene heskett ghesk...@wdv.com wrote: Would it be possible to locate a suitable computer, and have a helper do the more recent install by downloading and burning the 10.04 LTS image from linuxcnc.org? There is no need to change the Ubuntu

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread yann jautard
No one has any idea on this ? In my case, it's just boring : breaking a glue tip is dirty but not dangerous. But it can be really dangerous on a milling machine... yann jautard wrote: Hello folks I think I got a bug. I'm improving my gluing machine program, and I forgot to declare

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread yann jautard
andy pugh wrote: On 26 July 2011 11:27, yann jautard brico...@free.fr wrote: No one has any idea on this ? Not many. Is it a servo or stepper machine? Does the head move to a new position in a controlled way (like a programmed move) or shoot off to the end stop? It's

[Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-20 Thread yann jautard
, but... it works well now. As it was quite difficult to have it up and running well, I prefer not dive into upgrade problems... The code causing the but is attached. The parameter I forgot was #_rebord, the problem is when using the sub 0125 Good night Yann G21 (unité = mm) G59.3 (système de

Re: [Emc-users] D525MW EMC2 demo

2011-07-20 Thread yann jautard
Viesturs Lācis wrote: I like the way it is designed! For example, moving gantry with 2 timing belts that are driven by one motor with one shaft - IMHO very nice and cost-effective! similar system in my gluing machine : one stepper in the middle between the two ballscrews, and two timing

Re: [Emc-users] Preview on a robot arm

2011-05-12 Thread yann jautard
very nice work ! steppers or servos ? what will be the purpose of this arm ? Le 11/05/2011 13:20, Viesturs Lācis a écrit : Hello guys! I decided to share a small preview on a robotic arm that I am building: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9olpU79H0o8 It is still a work-in-progress, but the

Re: [Emc-users] Do _Not_ Clean Your Machines

2010-12-30 Thread Yann Jautard
that evaporates, leaving a thin layer of oil. I am not sure why one would want to pay for solvent, for rustproofing purposes, so I prefer buying straight sprayable oil. i On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:30 AM, yann jautard brico...@free.fr wrote: WD40 is said to be such a product. I buy

Re: [Emc-users] Do _Not_ Clean Your Machines

2010-12-29 Thread yann jautard
Le 27/12/2010 02:22, Kirk Wallace a écrit : The rain came and put a 1/8 of water across the whole shop, then sunny the next day and turned the shop into a sauna on freezing cold steel. Only the few cruddy parts of my machines escaped the rust. I'm _really_ pissed with mother nature right now,

Re: [Emc-users] Do _Not_ Clean Your Machines

2010-12-29 Thread yann jautard
sticky over time. Examples include LPS-2. I buy it by the gallon and put in spray bottles. i On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 7:00 AM, yann jautardbrico...@free.fr wrote: Le 27/12/2010 02:22, Kirk Wallace a écrit : The rain came and put a 1/8 of water across the whole shop, then sunny the next

Re: [Emc-users] Python based GCode preprocessor

2010-12-14 Thread yann jautard
Le 13/12/2010 18:26, Michael Büsch a écrit : Hi EMC users, I pulled out enough hair over those weird O-Code control structures used in RS274 GCode. So I thought it would be cool to program the machine in python and use sane for-, while-loops and if-branches. Axis is able to read

Re: [Emc-users] Laser control

2010-12-13 Thread yann jautard
Le 08/12/2010 18:07, Jon Elson a écrit : dambacher-retrofit.de wrote: Hi Neil Am 07.12.2010 19:00, schrieb Neil Baylis: What's the best strategy for controlling a laser? My machine uses 2 axes to move the laser optic to the right position. I've got this much working satisfactorily. Now I

Re: [Emc-users] Seeking ideas how to sync an AC generator to 60 HZ average.

2010-12-01 Thread yann jautard
Le 30/11/2010 13:37, Erik Christiansen a écrit : If we still lived out there the whole time, I'd do much of that. (And get new deep cycle batteries for the 24v [1] inverter.) But we lost between 600 and 700 large trees in the storms in 2006. That's several thousand tonnes of hardwood, which

Re: [Emc-users] Compile EMC2

2010-11-29 Thread Yann Jautard
I think I've read here some weeks ago python is interpreted, not compiled, so you sould have nothing special to do to see your changes in axis, just quit and relaunch it. - Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com a écrit : Hello, folks! I have a question about compiling EMC2. I have

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

2010-11-26 Thread yann jautard
On 23/11/2010 19:38, Andy Pugh wrote: On 23 November 2010 18:14, Lars Anderssonl...@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?

Re: [Emc-users] User Map

2010-11-17 Thread yann jautard
Le mercredi 17 novembre 2010 à 12:08 -0800, Kirk Wallace a écrit : I can't get the user map to show anything but the three red tack pins. Is it me, or is there another problem? Thanks. works for me with google-chrome browser on ubuntu but takes a long time before displaying the blue pins

Re: [Emc-users] Arduino as MPG and DRO for EMC

2010-10-14 Thread yann jautard
Le jeudi 14 octobre 2010 à 14:26 +0200, Sven Wesley a écrit : Not very CNC'ish, but I'm doing a controller for a VP37 Bosch diesel pump, Arduino of course. :) - hey, this souds VERY interresting to me. I planned long time ago to do my own VP pump controller, but never had time to...

Re: [Emc-users] Arduino as MPG and DRO for EMC

2010-10-14 Thread yann jautard
Le jeudi 14 octobre 2010 à 13:46 +0100, Andy Pugh a écrit : On 14 October 2010 13:26, Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com wrote: Not very CNC'ish, but I'm doing a controller for a VP37 Bosch diesel pump, Arduino of course. :) I think I would be looking at an EEC IV for that.

Re: [Emc-users] Please contribute to Wikipedia article about EMC2

2010-09-30 Thread yann jautard
Lester Caine wrote: OK it looks like other people have found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Enhanced_Machine_Controller ... god I hate the rigmarole that wikipedia has created to 'manage' things Discussion should be on the talk page for the article

Re: [Emc-users] Automatic Z-axis touchoff ?

2010-09-22 Thread yann jautard
Niels Jalling wrote: Now I would like to have automatic Z-axis touchoff using the last input pin on my lpt-port and a touch plate but this will give an active state with a closed circuit. you can use parport.0.pin-**-in-not to invert the touch plate input signal.

Re: [Emc-users] Additional Info: Which are the required files to enter code: Looping: do, while, endwhile, break, continue M100 M199

2010-09-21 Thread yann jautard
Howard Bruce wrote: Hi All, I need to advance the A Axis in a while loop and when a photo cell changes state, then advance to a predetermine position. Assuming you connect your photo cell to motion.digital-in0 input, you can do what you need with the following code. The while loop

[Emc-users] 2.4 french doc error and correction proposal

2010-09-15 Thread yann jautard
Hi all, For the 2.4 html doc, I spotted a mistake in the french version. This section must be deleted : http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.4/html/gcode_main_fr.html#r10_1_6 as M62 and M63 _are_ implemented. And about their utilisation, I suggest to modify this section, to make it as complete as the

Re: [Emc-users] 2.4 french doc error and correction proposal

2010-09-15 Thread yann jautard
yann jautard wrote: M64 et M65 sont effectives immédiatement à leur réception par le contrôleur de mouvement. Elles ne sont pas synchronisées avec le déplacement, and they will break blending. this is what I do not understand

Re: [Emc-users] 2.4 french doc error and correction proposal

2010-09-15 Thread yann jautard
John Thornton wrote: Hi Yann, Blending is done by the naive cam detector and implemented with G64Pnn. ok, so what is the behaviour of this with M64/65 ? Does the motion do a full stop when a M64/65 command is placed between two movement command instead of having it continued, like I have

Re: [Emc-users] 2.4 french doc error and correction proposal

2010-09-15 Thread yann jautard
Alex Joni wrote: Yes, you are right. M62/63 don't interrupt moves (the machine will move as if the M62/63 aren't there). M64/65 interrupt moves (the machine will stop in order to issue M64/65). Regards, Alex ok, so the good french version for the M62-65 doc is following. I will see

Re: [Emc-users] 2.4 french doc error and correction proposal

2010-09-15 Thread yann jautard
interrupt moves (the machine will move as if the M62/63 aren't there). M64/65 interrupt moves (the machine will stop in order to issue M64/65). Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: yann jautardbrico...@free.fr To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] Video Accuracy

2010-09-15 Thread yann jautard
Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 09:18:04AM -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: I have a project that requires being able to locate a scribed line very accurately(, worm gear cutting without a rotary table). One way to do this might be to use a microscope with a webcam, then center the

Re: [Emc-users] AXIS to close open Tool Change popup

2010-09-13 Thread yann jautard
Alex Tenenbaum wrote: I posting this question to the distribution list because I did not received any answer or comment in the forum (on web page). Could it be made that when Stopping program in AXIS it will automatically close Tool Change popup window? In such situation Tool Change popup

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

2010-09-13 Thread yann jautard
Andy Pugh wrote: You can't set world-mode acceleration because the assumption is that in a machine tool you want to get to programmed speed as fast as the slowest-accelerating axis can manage. I think you are likely to be the first person ever to want to vary acceleration in world-space in

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

2010-09-13 Thread yann jautard
Andy Pugh wrote: On 13 September 2010 16:41, yann jautard brico...@free.fr wrote: I take the exemple of my gluing machine : the gap I have to fill with the glue have a change in size in some places, so I have to lower the speed to achieve filling correctly, when the size increases. I do

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

2010-09-13 Thread yann jautard
Spiderdab wrote: I think it can be useful also for robot arms. if you think about an heavy arm or a robot moving heavy weights, modifing the acceleration and decelerations you can gain precision in motion, and stressing less the mechanics. Sure. This is exactly what I was thinking

Re: [Emc-users] Code interpretation in EMC

2010-08-20 Thread yann jautard
Thomas wrote : I think possibly for many EMC users, CAM is not an easy thing. Many plasma applications are using artistically oriented patterns and programs, such as clipart or truetype font cutouts and without a decent CAM, offset functionality can be a huge advantage. One could argue

Re: [Emc-users] Code interpretation in EMC

2010-08-20 Thread yann jautard
Chris Radek wrote: On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 06:06:58PM +0200, yann jautard wrote: Did you use G64 Ptolerance when using G41/42 to cut a corner ? This could explain why it did not produced an error. This is unrelated. ok, sorry, I must learn to shut my damn mouth when I do

Re: [Emc-users] Y-axis calibration problem

2010-08-20 Thread yann jautard
Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2010/8/20 Ian W. Wright watchma...@talktalk.net: I'm not too sure whether my problem is play in the bearings (they seem tight enough) or bending of the rods. I am sure that it is the bending of the rods. At least it was the cause for the similar case that I

Re: [Emc-users] Code interpretation in EMC

2010-08-19 Thread yann jautard
Viesturs Lācis wrote: (...) I am sorry, but I do not really understand, why it is ok for corner, where it is turn by 90 degrees, but error is produced, if the corner is sharper than 90 degrees. Are there some limitations on how the path of the tool is offset, when G41/G42 is

Re: [Emc-users] Is there a Numbered Parameters List?

2010-08-15 Thread yann
Good idea to write this list. May be it can be added in the doc ? -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev

Re: [Emc-users] Is there a Numbered Parameters List?

2010-08-14 Thread yann
There is also parameter #5399, witch contains the value of the motion.digital- input-x you read with M66 Px L0 Re: [Emc-users] Is there a Numbered Parameters List? De : Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com À : Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date : Aujourd'hui

Re: [Emc-users] Best way to configure machine buttons (EMC Logic)

2010-08-10 Thread yann jautard
Dave wrote: You should consider CL. For several reasons... You can see the logic on the screen as you run the machine. You can make changes on the fly (almost). Stop, edit, start. You can put various functions in different sections of CL logic. You can comment each line and use

Re: [Emc-users] USB hub random disconnection

2010-08-06 Thread yann jautard
Jon Elson wrote: I have no idea what sort of schlock the Chinese are pumping out, I can only imagine some of the consumer-grade stuff at Micro-Center is so awful it will barely work in the best environment. Losing control of a CNC system is potentially dangerous, so I'd just avoid

Re: [Emc-users] start from here - run from here - newby here

2010-08-06 Thread yann jautard
Make sure you have homed the machine and then touched off your work before. Then just right-click on the line you want to start from, you should get the run from here popup menu. you should get something like here : http://imagebin.ca/view/iXE3O4.html For Sale Sticker wrote: Hi - I am

[Emc-users] USB hub random disconnection

2010-08-05 Thread yann jautard
with another USB card (PCI), same thing... Sometimes, will work for hours, sometimes (like here), disconnects after 10 ou 20 minutes, sometimes sooner... Any idea ? Yann -- The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who

Re: [Emc-users] USB hub random disconnection

2010-08-05 Thread yann jautard
-05 at 17:15 +0200, yann jautard wrote: ... snip Aug 5 16:47:37 robot kernel: [24937.315306] hub 2-0:1.0: port 2 disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling... ... snip My wild guess is that the above EMI means electro-magnet interference which might suggest that you check for electrical

Re: [Emc-users] USB hub random disconnection

2010-08-05 Thread yann jautard
line ? 3HP 220V 50Hz 1ph motor. Well as we have 3ph line here, I will first plug the compressor on another phase than the EMC computer. yann jautard wrote: Wow, very fast answer, and probabely right. No VFD, but this could correspond to the moment the air compressor that powers the glue pump

Re: [Emc-users] USB hub random disconnection

2010-08-05 Thread yann jautard
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: You might be able to fix the problem by using USB2 hi-speed cables. USB2 cables are shielded, USB1 may not be. Also, check the cable on the actual device - it may have a bad (or no) shield connection inside the controller. I just looked inside my

Re: [Emc-users] USB hub random disconnection

2010-08-05 Thread yann jautard
Thanks for your proposition ! For the moment, I switched the compressor power line to another phase, and I glued 5 panels without losing my control panel :) I will see tomorow, but seems solved for now. Andy Pugh wrote: On 5 August 2010 18:08, yann jautard brico...@free.fr wrote: Any

Re: [Emc-users] Axis Disable in EMC2?

2010-07-27 Thread yann jautard
You would need to use AND2 components to combine the motion controller digital outputs with the step outputs of the stepgens (this assumes that you are using software stepgen, it won't work with hardware step generation or systems with real feedback). I don't remember the exact G-codes

Re: [Emc-users] Grecode

2010-07-22 Thread yann jautard
ho ! great ! this is just the tool I wanted to write sometimes... Bernhard Kubicek wrote: Dear List! grecode is a small command line tool, which you might or might not find useful. It should be able to scale gcode, mirror, rotate, align, and do some other nice things. It can be

Re: [Emc-users] schematics

2010-07-22 Thread yann jautard
take a look at qelectrotech it's a young project, but works well, and lib have a lot of useful things. can be used to make electrical or hydraulic schematics http://qelectrotech.org/ Ries van Twisk wrote: For electrical schematics there is eagle (www.cadsoft.de) For normal drawings there is

[Emc-users] Can I reed the Z tool pos from a parameter

2010-07-17 Thread yann jautard
pos before homing. So to make something more user friendly I must test if I'm already above safe pos or not. So I need the Z value. Yann (bricofoy on IRC) -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do

Re: [Emc-users] Can I reed the Z tool pos from a parameter

2010-07-17 Thread yann jautard
Andy Pugh wrote: On 17 July 2010 19:18, yann jautard brico...@free.fr wrote: Not that I know of. that sound a bit stupid to me. The trajectory planner knows the tool pos. Why not keeping some parameters with theses values ? At least, there should be somewhere in the doc a complete

Re: [Emc-users] ClassicLadder : sequential editor problem/bug

2010-07-12 Thread yann jautard
Dave wrote: Using a Grafcet chart or charts, along with some ladder logic files might be an improvement vs using strictly ladder logic. yeah, this is exactly my point of view. making a state machine with ladder is quite annoying, using some grafcet to do it make it very simpler. I

Re: [Emc-users] ClassicLadder : sequential editor problem/bug

2010-07-12 Thread yann jautard
the machine (and its working grafcet :P ) to make, then sell some PV panels before :) yann -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http

Re: [Emc-users] ClassicLadder : sequential editor problem/bug

2010-07-09 Thread yann jautard
/CNXk0nbd.html (not exactly the last one but looks the same.) Yann Chris Morley wrote: Dave wrote: (snip) -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit

[Emc-users] ClassicLadder : sequential editor problem/bug

2010-07-07 Thread yann jautard
to do... Thanks Yann -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first

Re: [Emc-users] ClassicLadder : sequential editor problem/bug

2010-07-07 Thread yann jautard
Kirk Wallace wrote: (snip) Different machine states or case are assigned, then the loop checks the current state, invokes a solution, then updates the state for the next loop cycle. (snip) Yeah this is exactly the purpose of grafcet : a language to easily describe state machines.

Re: [Emc-users] ClassicLadder : sequential editor problem/bug

2010-07-07 Thread yann jautard
Dave wrote: Yann, So you are saying that the sequential editor in Classic Ladder Grafcet freezes up? yeah it does strange things, crash when printing, freezes up sometimes, or don't save anything... I use the Classic Ladder - Ladder editor quite a bit and I don't have any

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling EMC2 on Lucid

2010-07-02 Thread yann jautard
mingjun xie wrote: In file included from emc/usr_intf/axis/extensions/_toglmodule.c:2: ./emc/usr_intf/axis/extensions/togl.c:66:4: error: #error Sorry Togl requires Tcl/Tk ver 8.0 or higher. update your tcl/tk version like this error message ask, then 'make clean' then re-run

Re: [Emc-users] How to create custom kinematics module?

2010-06-11 Thread yann jautard
Viesturs Lācis wrote: 1) What would correct syntax for line 18 and 19 look like? could be something like : 18 for (int i=1; i limit; i++){ 19 if (xy_tan == (90+(180*i)) || xy_tan == (90-(180*i))) 19 pos-a = asin(sin(joints[5]) / sin(xy_tan)); 20 }

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