Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-28 Thread Bari
The UV (300-410nm) resins are easily made clear in the visible spectrum. Mercury lamps in off the shelf DLP projectors output in this range but the color wheels and optical coatings on the lenses reduce it's efficiency. On 06/27/2013 09:50 PM, Jon Elson wrote: The problem with clear resin is

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-28 Thread Bari
How to make a rapid additive manufacturing process slow: http://www.3ders.org/articles/20130627-uv-resin-based-muve-1-3d-printer-source-files-released.html They actually move the laser around on a Cartesian system vs galvo's. On 06/27/2013 09:48 PM, Jon Elson wrote: Then Michael Joyce

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:06:39 -0400, you wrote: When the 3D folks discover that they need offsets or homing, or any of the other features of linuxcnc, we'll be there to help. Already done Matt see http://reprap.org/wiki/G-code for supported Reprap Gcode list. G10 can be used for offsets.

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Mark Wendt
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Charles Buckley rijrun...@gmail.comwrote: Bear in mind that if you separate the GUI from Linuxcnc, you can start to do things like: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/windows-8-1-offers-native-drivers-for-3d-printers/ What, run Windows?

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Mark Wendt
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Charles Buckley rijrun...@gmail.comwrote: Bear in mind that if you separate the GUI from Linuxcnc, you can start to do things like: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/windows-8-1-offers-native-drivers-for-3d-printers/ What, run Windows?

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Ed Nisley
On 06/27/2013 02:37 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote: so I don't see what advantage having the printer connected to LinuxCNC could be It should avoid little nasties like this (scope pix near the end): http://softsolder.com/2013/06/04/marlin-firmware-stepper-interrupt-timing/ Arduino-class

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Charles Buckley
Sure.. Windows, Android, iOS... whatever.. Charles On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Charles Buckley rijrun...@gmail.com wrote: Bear in mind that if you separate the GUI from Linuxcnc, you can start to do things

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Mark Wendt
It was just a snarky comment on my part about Windows. [?] Mark On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Charles Buckley rijrun...@gmail.comwrote: Sure.. Windows, Android, iOS... whatever.. Charles On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Mark Wendt wendt.m...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 26, 2013

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Dave
First off.. I don't have a 3d printer.But it seems to me that some interactivity with the printer might be a very good idea. How would you feel if you had to run your mill/router/lathe by inserting an SD card and hitting the run button! 8-O Even my el-cheaper printers interact with my PC

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Charles Buckley
I suspect that that is on their long-term roadmap. But, right now, they are trying to re-invent the wheel. After 6 years of development, they are now only about 30 years behind the industry standards. Rep-rap has been developed from the Maker movement. The one major knock I have against that is

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Ron Bean
Loading an SD card works because it is pretty bullet-proof and easy to manage as is just pressing a button. Also, most of them are running from laptops, so they don't have a parallel port or PCI slots. -- This SF.net

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Dave
I have been randomly watching the 3D printer efforts from the sidelines and for the most part I have not been impressed at all. I think you are right ... they are way, way behind. To many, it seems that reinventing the wheel is how they learn but at the expense of making any meaningful

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Bari
I agree with you. When the GGG (Glorified Glue Gun) fad started a few years ago many of the maker folk looked at Linuxcnc since it had been used to control multi-axis machines for over a decade. Some of them felt that it was too complicated and expensive to control their GGG made mostly of

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Charles Buckley
Well, on January 28th, 2014 the next generation of stereolithography patents expire. That will increase the resolution a ridiculous amount. Linuxcnc is a much more adaptable baseline for any of these machines. I would expect to see a lot of UI changes and movement with it. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 27 June 2013 14:59:37 Charles Buckley did opine: Well, on January 28th, 2014 the next generation of stereolithography patents expire. That will increase the resolution a ridiculous amount. Interesting, until some troll crawls out of the swamp. Are there any other gotchas that

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Charles Buckley
Well, yes, I would expect that to be the case. http://www.google.com/patents/US6722872 Disclosed is a three-dimensional modeling apparatus (*10*) that builds up three-dimensional objects in a heated build chamber (*24*) by dispensing modeling material from a dispensing head (*14*) onto a base

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Charles Buckley
And some further patents: https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts#tbm=ptstbm=ptsq=ininventor:%22Kornelis+Frits+Feenstra%22bav=on.2,or.r_qf.fp=5b260c5b98cf1da2biw=1527bih=840 On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Thursday 27 June 2013 14:59:37 Charles Buckley did

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 27 June 2013 16:08:14 Charles Buckley did opine: Well, yes, I would expect that to be the case. http://www.google.com/patents/US6722872 Disclosed is a three-dimensional modeling apparatus (*10*) that builds up three-dimensional objects in a heated build chamber (*24*) by

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 27 June 2013 16:15:48 Charles Buckley did opine: And some further patents: https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts#tbm=ptstbm=ptsq=ininventor:%22Kornelis +Frits+Feenstra%22bav=on.2,or.r_qf.fp=5b260c5b98cf1da2biw=1527bih=84 0 Busy fellow, that Feenstra was. I looked at the first one

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Bari
3D Systems filed a patent infringement suit against Form Labs for the Form1 earlier this year. The original patent had expired and the original patent holder has even sold off over half of his stock. http://www.wired.com/design/2012/11/3d-systems-formlabs-lawsuit/

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Kenneth Lerman
IANAL, But as far as I know, the only part of a patent that *really* matters is the claims. So even though the description seems obvious, the claims might say something like: where the insulator is made of pure unobtainium. That might be non-obvious. Ken On 6/27/2013 3:53 PM, Charles Buckley

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On Thu, 6/27/13, Charles Buckley rijrun...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface? To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 8:47 AM I suspect that that is on their long-term roadmap

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On Thu, 6/27/13, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface? To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 9:29 AM I have been randomly watching the 3D printer efforts from the sidelines

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Bari
IANAL as well but the courts seemed to have changed the definition of obvious. http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2013/01/the-federal-circuits-new-obviousness-jurisprudence-an-empirical-study.html If you look at these obvious patents you'll see that it doesn't even mean obvious to the layman or

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:31:46 -0400, you wrote: First off.. I don't have a 3d printer.But it seems to me that some interactivity with the printer might be a very good idea. How would you feel if you had to run your mill/router/lathe by inserting an SD card and hitting the run button! 8-O I

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Bari
If you use photopolymers with initiators into the visible spectrum (400-440nm) you can leave the filters in and still achieve 1 second cure times per 100um layer. Clear lenses are possible with features down to the few microns with inexpensive equipment. Sub-micron (100nm) features are

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Gregg Eshelman
-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface? To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 4:30 PM IANAL as well but the courts seemed to have changed the definition of obvious. http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2013/01/the-federal-circuits-new-obviousness-jurisprudence-an-empirical

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Charles Buckley
Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: On Thu, 6/27/13, Charles Buckley rijrun...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface? To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 8:47 AM I suspect

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Bari
My understanding is that it was done with a small profit motive. There are several shields for the Arduino's that targeted driving the steppers and extruders in repraps from several vendors. http://reprap.org/wiki/List_of_electronics The only other reason I heard about was the lack of desire

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Jon Elson
Gregg Eshelman wrote: Google this (no, not kidding about the name) lemon curry 3d printer The design uses a DLP projector with color and UV filters removed. 3D models are sliced into sections then those profiles are projected either onto the bottom of a clear tank or onto the top of the

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-27 Thread Jon Elson
Gregg Eshelman wrote: What I'd like to see for this type of printer is a clear resin to see if can print refractive lenses, as is possible with the newer Objet printers. The problem with clear resin is the light that cures the resin will penetrate too deeply, making it hard to have sharp

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-26 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/25/2013 11:06 PM, Matt Shaver wrote: On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:42:06 -0500 Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote: My first reaction is how could this be necessary? Are they not wanting/able to capture a file to feed to the control? I am

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-26 Thread Ed Nisley
On 06/26/2013 12:06 AM, Matt Shaver wrote: When the 3D folks discover that they need offsets or homing, or any of the other features of linuxcnc, we'll be there to help. That's what I plan to demonstrate: get the M2 running with LCNC as many folks have already done, then pile on improvements

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-26 Thread Charles Buckley
When the 3D folks discover that they need offsets or homing, or any of the other features of linuxcnc, we'll be there to help. Offsets would actually be a great way to handle multiple extruder heads. On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Matt Shaver m...@mattshaver.com wrote: On Mon, 24 Jun

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-26 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/26/2013 11:00 AM, Ed Nisley wrote: On 06/26/2013 12:06 AM, Matt Shaver wrote: When the 3D folks discover that they need offsets or homing, or any of the other features of linuxcnc, we'll be there to help. That's what I plan to demonstrate:

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-26 Thread Matt Shaver
On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:00:57 -0400 Ed Nisley ed.08.nis...@pobox.com wrote: On 06/26/2013 12:06 AM, Matt Shaver wrote: When the 3D folks discover that they need offsets or homing, or any of the other features of linuxcnc, we'll be there to help. That's what I plan to demonstrate: get the

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-26 Thread Charles Buckley
Bear in mind that if you separate the GUI from Linuxcnc, you can start to do things like: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/windows-8-1-offers-native-drivers-for-3d-printers/ On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Matt Shaver m...@mattshaver.com wrote: On Wed, 26 Jun 2013

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-25 Thread MC Cason
Gene, Since you just LOVE the PDP-11s, this should make your day: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/19/nuke_plants_to_keep_pdp11_until_2050/ On 06/24/2013 01:13 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 24 June 2013 13:59:47 Stuart Stevenson did opine: wonders never cease I just saw a link

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 25 June 2013 04:08:40 MC Cason did opine: Gene, Since you just LOVE the PDP-11s, this should make your day: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/19/nuke_plants_to_keep_pdp11_until_ 2050/ That is one of the articles that prompted my tirade. First off, its nowhere near rad

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-25 Thread Mark Wendt
-- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-25 Thread Dave
On 6/25/2013 3:23 AM, MC Cason wrote: Gene, Since you just LOVE the PDP-11s, this should make your day: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/19/nuke_plants_to_keep_pdp11_until_2050/ On 06/24/2013 01:13 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 24 June 2013 13:59:47 Stuart Stevenson did

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-25 Thread MC Cason
Mark, They have been on there for quite some time. Think of it as there way of sponsoring us to do what we like best :-) I was googling around yesterday, trying to fix a assertion error that glabels was throwing, and ran across a MS advert, that claimed it could FIX the assertion

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-25 Thread Mark Wendt
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:59 AM, MC Cason farmerboy1...@yahoo.com wrote: Mark, They have been on there for quite some time. Think of it as there way of sponsoring us to do what we like best :-) I was googling around yesterday, trying to fix a assertion error that glabels was

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 25 June 2013 12:33:29 Mark Wendt did opine: -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 25 June 2013 13:41:58 Dave did opine: On 6/25/2013 3:23 AM, MC Cason wrote: Gene, Since you just LOVE the PDP-11s, this should make your day: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/19/nuke_plants_to_keep_pdp11_unti l_2050/ On 06/24/2013 01:13 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-25 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:28 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Any control computer in a nuke facility really should be rad hard, so that it can continue to function right up to within a millisecond of being a glow in the dark crater in the ground. Those PDP-11's aren't. I don't know

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-25 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On Tue, 6/25/13, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: And some are surprised that Nuke plants have problems periodically! Dave Yes, and with all the NRC mandated paperwork, folks don't understand it costs them 10 grand in legal fees just to replace a faucet washer or flush valve

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-25 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 7:00 PM, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: Pointless, petty, regulatory BS like that, which has zero bearing on the safe operation of the facility is why the control rooms of nuclear power plants still look like they're 30 to 40 years old - because they are 30

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-25 Thread Matt Shaver
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:42:06 -0500 Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote: My first reaction is how could this be necessary? Are they not wanting/able to capture a file to feed to the control? I am having trouble imagining a computer so small or a program so large as to need drip feed.

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Eric Keller
This is usually called drip feed in the cnc world. I don't know if linuxcnc has ever been forced into this mode, but it seems doable. On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have some folks from

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread andy pugh
On 24 June 2013 15:50, Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote: I have some folks from the 3D printer world asking me if LinuxCNC can be used in a gcode mode similar to how the Arduino currently operates these machines (a serial terminal that accepts gcode and spits out the

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Eric Keller
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:58 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 24 June 2013 15:50, Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote: I have some folks from the 3D printer world asking me if LinuxCNC can be used in a gcode mode similar to how the Arduino currently operates these

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Stuart Stevenson
My first reaction is how could this be necessary? Are they not wanting/able to capture a file to feed to the control? I am having trouble imagining a computer so small or a program so large as to need drip feed. On Jun 24, 2013 10:32 AM, Eric Keller eekel...@psu.edu wrote: On Mon, Jun 24, 2013

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Ralph Stirling
Charles, What you are asking about actually has broader use than the drip feed that first comes to mind. If one is using LinuxCNC as a motion controller in a larger automation system, it could be very useful to make spontaneous commands for motion, perhaps generated by a vision system or other

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Eric Keller
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Ralph Stirling ralph.stirl...@wallawalla.edu wrote: Charles, What you are asking about actually has broader use than the drip feed that first comes to mind. If one is using LinuxCNC as a motion controller in a larger automation system, it could be very

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/24/2013 10:56 AM, Ralph Stirling wrote: Charles, What you are asking about actually has broader use than the drip feed that first comes to mind. If one is using LinuxCNC as a motion controller in a larger automation system, it could be

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 6/24/2013 10:42 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: My first reaction is how could this be necessary? Are they not wanting/able to capture a file to feed to the control? I am having trouble imagining a computer so small or a program so large as to need

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread andy pugh
On 24 June 2013 17:08, Eric Keller eekel...@psu.edu wrote: I agree, I have an application that does something similar, and I could have programmed it in gcode if I wanted. The application moves a microscope on a linear stage. So this use of linuxcnc has occurred to me in the past. It

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Florian Rist
Hi Yes, the best option if someone _really_ wanted to do this seems to be running the rsh interface and just sending gcodes one at a time as MDI commands. Well, I did something like that using rsh recently, but there is a big problem with it: As far as I can see a continuous motion (G64) is

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Jon Elson
andy pugh wrote: On 24 June 2013 15:50, Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote: I have some folks from the 3D printer world asking me if LinuxCNC can be used in a gcode mode similar to how the Arduino currently operates these machines (a serial terminal that accepts gcode and

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 24 June 2013 13:16:57 Stuart Stevenson did opine: [...] I am having trouble imagining a computer so small or a program so large as to need drip feed. [...] I have a friend on the CoCo mailing list that has written, in rsbasic, using data statements, code to drive a home made milling

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Stuart Stevenson
wonders never cease I just saw a link for a PDP-11 assembly programmer for a job to last until 2050 seems as if anything is possible On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Monday 24 June 2013 13:16:57 Stuart Stevenson did opine: [...] I am having

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 24 June 2013 13:59:47 Stuart Stevenson did opine: wonders never cease I just saw a link for a PDP-11 assembly programmer for a job to last until 2050 seems as if anything is possible Even including that insanity, because based on my experience with a PDP-11/723, that would have

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Charles Buckley
IIRC, the Arduino systems cache a series of incoming g-code lines, then runs them out to the printer. When you look at moving Linuxcnc onto Beaglebone and Raspberry Pi, the implementation of a modified drip-type system might work better. You take a pretty significant hit if you are trying to run

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread dave
I've had exactly the opposite experience. 10 years of solid on time. Never turned the machine off. :-) Dave On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 14:13 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 24 June 2013 13:59:47 Stuart Stevenson did opine: wonders never cease I just saw a link for a PDP-11 assembly

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Dave
On 6/24/2013 12:17 PM, Florian Rist wrote: Hi Yes, the best option if someone _really_ wanted to do this seems to be running the rsh interface and just sending gcodes one at a time as MDI commands. Well, I did something like that using rsh recently, but there is a big problem

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Stuart Stevenson
LinuxCNC is free. :) On Jun 24, 2013 5:34 PM, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote: On 6/24/2013 12:17 PM, Florian Rist wrote: Hi Yes, the best option if someone _really_ wanted to do this seems to be running the rsh interface and just sending gcodes one at a time as MDI commands. Well, I

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On Mon, 6/24/13, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface? To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Monday, June 24, 2013, 9:42 AM My first reaction

Re: [Emc-users] Brain-Dead LinuxCNC G-Code Interface?

2013-06-24 Thread Dave
Ok.. you got me... Dave On 6/24/2013 6:37 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: LinuxCNC is free. :) On Jun 24, 2013 5:34 PM, Davee...@dc9.tzo.com wrote: On 6/24/2013 12:17 PM, Florian Rist wrote: Hi Yes, the best option if someone _really_ wanted to do this seems to be