Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Geert De Pecker wrote: >Gene, > >The rewiring is indeed something of the past. I did just the same, had a >very simple breakout with rc filtering and switching the pins to comply >with the xylotex. But since the changed hal, there is no need anymore. > >Ha. Hope the guy me

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-08 Thread Geert De Pecker
Gene, The rewiring is indeed something of the past. I did just the same, had a very simple breakout with rc filtering and switching the pins to comply with the xylotex. But since the changed hal, there is no need anymore. Ha. Hope the guy measured before using this cable! I'm assuming there won'

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Gene Heskett wrote: >On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Geert De Pecker wrote: >>Jon, Gene, >> >>The Vref's is correct. I've checked these and for the new board version >>(the 4 axis) it is around 1.8V and for the old board approx 3V. >> >>What bothers me the most is that I have th

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Geert De Pecker wrote: >Jon, Gene, > >The Vref's is correct. I've checked these and for the new board version >(the 4 axis) it is around 1.8V and for the old board approx 3V. > >What bothers me the most is that I have the problem on both the old 3 >axis and the more recent

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-08 Thread Geert De Pecker
Jon, Gene, The Vref's is correct. I've checked these and for the new board version (the 4 axis) it is around 1.8V and for the old board approx 3V. What bothers me the most is that I have the problem on both the old 3 axis and the more recent 4 axis board which I guess would rule out the xylotex b

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 07 April 2008, John Kasunich wrote: >Geert De Pecker wrote: >> Guys, >> >> I'm getting lost here: >> >> - attached the old 3 axis xylotex: same problem >> >> - hooked up the scope to watch the step signal: step high approx 3 us. >> Should be ok as xylotex says 1000 ns minimal. 5 volts. >>

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-07 Thread John Kasunich
Geert De Pecker wrote: > Guys, > > I'm getting lost here: > > - attached the old 3 axis xylotex: same problem > > - hooked up the scope to watch the step signal: step high approx 3 us. > Should be ok as xylotex says 1000 ns minimal. 5 volts. > > - at approx 1000 Hz pulses seem ok. a little twit

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-07 Thread Geert De Pecker
Guys, I'm getting lost here: - attached the old 3 axis xylotex: same problem - hooked up the scope to watch the step signal: step high approx 3 us. Should be ok as xylotex says 1000 ns minimal. 5 volts. - at approx 1000 Hz pulses seem ok. a little twitchy on the scope screen. - attached older

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-06 Thread Geert De Pecker
Jon and others, Thanks for the replies. The configs were in the ~/emc2/configs folder (home directory). So I guess this is not the problem. Playing around with the steplen and stepspace parameters does make the pulses nicer, but steppers still behaving erratic. Although I'm quite convinced I had

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-06 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 01:02:19PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > > My guess is that you edited the default setup files for your > local configuration, instead of making a copy in your user > directory. When the EMC updates were installed, it loaded a > new default config file on top of your edited o

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-06 Thread John Kasunich
Geert De Pecker wrote: > Hi All, > > Due to some health problems, I didn't power up my emc box the last 2 > months and when I did last week, ubuntu wanted to install an update > which I accepted. Maybe stupid of me ... > > When I started emc, the X didn't respond anymore and the Y and Z behaved >

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-06 Thread Jon Elson
Geert De Pecker wrote: > Hi All, > > Due to some health problems, I didn't power up my emc box the last 2 > months and when I did last week, ubuntu wanted to install an update > which I accepted. Maybe stupid of me ... > > When I started emc, the X didn't respond anymore and the Y and Z behaved >

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu/emc upgrade problem

2008-04-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 06 April 2008, Geert De Pecker wrote: >Hi All, > >Due to some health problems, I didn't power up my emc box the last 2 >months and when I did last week, ubuntu wanted to install an update >which I accepted. Maybe stupid of me ... > >When I started emc, the X didn't respond anymore and the