Re: [Emc-users] Help with Kinematics

2009-12-17 Thread Yi-Shin Li
Sorry to emc2-list-users, I should made previous mail off-list. I apologize again for sending irreverent messages to this list. Sincerely, Yishin Li On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Yi-Shin Li y...@araisrobo.com wrote: Hello Dave, I've successfully helped 2 of my customers to control their

Re: [Emc-users] Help with custom GS2_vfd module

2009-11-21 Thread Peter Homann
Hi, The problem is that the protocol used by the Huanyang HY02D223B is not Modbus compliant. As I believe it, the implementers of the Modbus software in the VFD have not understood the Modbus spec, and incorrectly implemented. it. From a post on the Machsupport forum I wrote;

Re: [Emc-users] Help with custom GS2_vfd module

2009-11-21 Thread Michael Haberler
I've built a gs2-based VFD driver for the Toshiba VF-S11 which is not as broken as the Huanyang but clearly qualifies for the stupid Modbus implementations bingo (for instance all single-register reads writes) it's at http://git.mah.priv.at/gitweb/vfs11-vfd.git sounds you'll have to do some

Re: [Emc-users] Help

2009-08-26 Thread Jon Elson
Lie Seng-Thok wrote: Dear Sir, Why I do not receive Emc-Users Digest any longer??? I am a registered member of EMC2 for a few years already. Please tell me where went wrong. I am not in charge of anything with the EMC groups. I am not sure who is responsible for that. Do you know how to

Re: [Emc-users] Help

2009-08-26 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:04:20PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: Lie Seng-Thok wrote: Dear Sir, Why I do not receive Emc-Users Digest any longer??? I am a registered member of EMC2 for a few years already. Please tell me where went wrong. I am not in charge of anything with the EMC

Re: [Emc-users] Help

2009-08-26 Thread Jon Elson
Jon Elson wrote: Lie Seng-Thok wrote: Dear Sir, Why I do not receive Emc-Users Digest any longer??? I am a registered member of EMC2 for a few years already. Please tell me where went wrong. I am not in charge of anything with the EMC groups. I am not sure who is responsible

Re: [Emc-users] [HELP - PERIPHERALS] A real jogging Joypad example that works ?

2009-07-06 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
sani.broy...@free.fr wrote: Hi all. Beeing fully conscious of my ignorance of internals of EMC2, I'm now seeking a mercyfull hand :-) Please forgive also my awfull english, I do my best :-) Pas de probleme. I tried several hours to use tutorials showing the use a Joypad to jog an XYZ

Re: [Emc-users] Help with probing on a surface with rotational symmetry - Comment on Wiki documentation

2009-07-05 Thread Luc Claeys
Hi Alan, Remark that you can choose in which directory the probe file is created by specifying the full directory path. e.g. (PROBEOPEN /home/alan/probefile) Luc Jeff Epler wrote: Works as documented here. (PROBEOPEN filename.txt) immediately created filename.txt in the same directory

Re: [Emc-users] Help with probing on a surface with rotational symmetry - Comment on Wiki documentation

2009-07-04 Thread Alan Battersby
Jeff Epler wrote: Works as documented here. (PROBEOPEN filename.txt) immediately created filename.txt in the same directory as my inifile. Jeff -- My apologies Jeff, when I looked the file was in the same

Re: [Emc-users] Help with probing on a surface with rotational symmetry - Comment on Wiki documentation

2009-07-02 Thread Alan Battersby
Just a small comment on the wiki documentation for G38.x, Add that when using (PROBEOPEN filename.txt) the file is not automatically created by emc (at least it seems not to on my system) so it must be created manually beforehand. A very minor point but will save a wasted probe. Alan

Re: [Emc-users] Help with probing on a surface with rotational symmetry - Comment on Wiki documentation

2009-07-02 Thread Jeff Epler
Works as documented here. (PROBEOPEN filename.txt) immediately created filename.txt in the same directory as my inifile. Jeff -- ___ Emc-users mailing list

Re: [Emc-users] Help with probing surfaces with rotational symmetry around z axis

2009-06-30 Thread Alan Battersby
Andy Pugh wrote: 2009/6/27 alan battersby alan.battersby-XZoyATsUNX5Wk0Htik3J/w...@public.gmane.org: Finally to the question. I have nearly finished building a simple probe and wish to use it to perform radial scans of a pre-turned wooden surface and produce a file I can import into my

Re: [Emc-users] Help with probing on a surface with rotational symmetry around z axis

2009-06-29 Thread alan battersby
Mark wrote: Have you looked at nc_files/gridprobe.ngc? This does probing in an X-Y grid. Probing is documented at http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode_main.html#sub:G38.2:-Straight-Probe Thanks for the information Mark. I have not been as diligent as I should be in looking at the examples

Re: [Emc-users] Help with probing on a surface with rotational symmetry around z axis

2009-06-28 Thread Mark
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Alan Battersby alan.batter...@ntlworld.com wrote: Hello everyone, I have written some software to generate gcode to cut patterns on flat surfaces. Now I want to extend this to curved surfaces. I restrict myself to surfaces with rotational symmetry around the

Re: [Emc-users] Help with probing surfaces with rotational symmetry around z axis

2009-06-27 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/6/27 alan battersby alan.batter...@ntlworld.com: Finally to the question. I have nearly finished building a simple probe and wish to use it to perform radial scans of a pre-turned wooden surface and produce a file I can import into my software. Unfortunately I haven't the faintest clue

Re: [Emc-users] Help about comp

2009-06-24 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 16:42 -0300, Pablo Pais wrote: Hello, I have installed the Live CD based on Ubuntu 8.04 with emc. When y try to compile a .comp file bash do not find de comp comand. Whear can y find help with this. Thanks. Pablo. I think you need to install emc-dev, which contains the

Re: [Emc-users] Help about comp

2009-06-24 Thread James Reed
You need to install emc2-dev and build-essential. Just use the synaptic package manager to install them. http://www.linuxcnc.org/irc/irc.freenode.net:6667/emc/2009-06-23.txt has a conversation about loading the packages on a computer without net access. Look at about 5:51. If you can

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Gcode problem

2009-05-27 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:50:12PM +0100, alan battersby wrote: #_current_depth = [#_loop_count + 1] * [#_max_cut] Instead, write #_current_depth = [[#_loop_count + 1] * #_max_cut] that is, put [] around the entire expression. Jeff

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Gcode problem

2009-05-27 Thread samco
Try #_current_depth = [[#_loop_count + 1] * [#_max_cut]] n Wed, 27 May 2009 23:50:12 +0100 alan battersby alan.batter...@ntlworld.com wrote: Hi , I am trying to generate gcode automatically but seem to have a problem. Can anyone tell me why I get the error message near line 27 bad

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Gcode problem

2009-05-27 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 23:50 +0100, alan battersby wrote: Hi , I am trying to generate gcode automatically but seem to have a problem. Can anyone tell me why I get the error message near line 27 bad character '*' used in this code running on axis on emc 2.4.0 simulator thanks Alan ...

Re: [Emc-users] Help with custom GS2_vfd module

2009-05-02 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 09:57 +, Jayson Wallis wrote: Hi All, I am currently at wits end and need some help from some people more knowledgeable than I. For the past 2 weeks I have been trying to customize GS2_vfd.c (as well as modbus.c/.h) to work with my VFD which is a Huanyang

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-23 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Matt Shaver wrote: On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 22:10 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: In the awesome future, the hm2 stepgen will have a mode where it blindly follows the trajectory planner's command, trusting it to accelerate in a reasonable way. I eagerly await the awesome future! I did

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-23 Thread Rob Jansen
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: Matt Shaver wrote: ... Are you running with the hm2 stepgen's maxvel and maxaccel 5% higher than the TP's [AXIS_?]MAX*, and still getting following errors? I changed the hm2 stepgen and maxvel to values that are a bit higher than the AXIS_ values - this

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-23 Thread Rob Jansen
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: I'm glad that worked :-) I'm hoping that i'll get stepgen maxaccel=0 working soonish, then we'll make that the default and the user will just set [AXIS] stuff correctly and things'll work. Just let me know when it's done. I'd be happy to cvs the new sources and

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-23 Thread Matt Shaver
On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 08:38 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: Are you running with the hm2 stepgen's maxvel and maxaccel 5% higher than the TP's [AXIS_?]MAX*, and still getting following errors? I just looked at the particular .ini and .hal files, and, I am sad to report, no. I was in a big

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-23 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Matt Shaver wrote: On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 08:38 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: Are you running with the hm2 stepgen's maxvel and maxaccel 5% higher than the TP's [AXIS_?]MAX*, and still getting following errors? I just looked at the particular .ini and .hal files, and, I am sad to

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-23 Thread Matt Shaver
: Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:50 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 08:38 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: Are you running with the hm2 stepgen's maxvel and maxaccel 5% higher than the TP's [AXIS_?]MAX

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-23 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Matt Shaver wrote: Not that I know of, although I'm not in charge of the compile farm, nor am I a release manager. There are scripts to run specific HAL related tests (emc2/scripts/tests). If GUI functional tests were to be added, there is a list of open source winrunner type systems here:

Re: [Emc-users] Help with second parallel port for pendant

2009-04-22 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 06:02:49AM -0700, George Reeder wrote: I am copying lines from CHAPTER 22 MPG PENDANT   22.2 Hook it up in HAL to my Servo_Sim .hal file and running the Servo_Sim program after I install each line in the .hal file. Most lines go in and the program still runs however

Re: [Emc-users] Help with second parallel port for pendant

2009-04-22 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:06:22AM -0700, George Reeder wrote: Hi, Thanks for the help. I sure appreciate it. I have every line working now except the two: net scale1 mux4.0.se10 = parport.1.pin-09-in net scale2 mux4.0.se11 = parport.1.pin-10-in Any ideas what else could be the problem?

Re: [Emc-users] Help with second parallel port for pendant

2009-04-22 Thread Alex Joni
snip net scale1 mux4.0.se10 = parport.1.pin-09-in (This and all the other lines with pin numbers get errors saying servo_sim.hal :124: pin 'mux4.0.0se10' does not exist) Also, you have a typo here, it should be sel0 instead of se10 (lowercase L, not number 1) Regards, Alex

Re: [Emc-users] Help installing simulator on opensuse 11.0

2009-04-22 Thread alan battersby
Jeff Epler wrote: My first guess is that configure did not detect the necessary packages to build the parts of emc2 that require Python -- hal_manualtoolchange is one such part. If configs/sim/tkemc.ini works, that would tend to indicate that this is the cause. If it also doesn't work, then

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-22 Thread Alex Joni
You didn't say what emc2 version you're using. hm2-stepper has been reworked for 2.3.0, so you might have better success with that. (basicly it's using a similar code to the software step generator). Try it out, but remember there are a couple of things that you can still do to 2.3.0: * you can

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-22 Thread Alex Joni
Having such a large FERROR is bogus imo. Basicly you're telling the machine it can deviate 100 units from path, and you don't mind... It's probably less bad in mm, but still worlds away from a precise part. Regards, Alex Rob, Have you tried adjusting FError and Min_FError? You can increase

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-22 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Alex, Well yea, then start backing it back down. But I got fooled on that because I did not increase FError enough to see a difference, and hence started looking at other parameters. Sort of like he is doing now. This is just proving that FError is the parameter you want to look at adjusting.

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-22 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:32:33PM +0200, Rob Jansen wrote: whatever I try I keep having joint following errors. what emc version? -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM)

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-22 Thread Rob Jansen
Alex Joni wrote: You didn't say what emc2 version you're using. hm2-stepper has been reworked for 2.3.0, so you might have better success with that. Yes, I am using 2.3.0. The version I compiled from CVS end of last week so the one without the humming and dithering in the motors. * you

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-22 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Rob Jansen wrote: So next thing to do is to set the m5i20.00.stepgen.0.maxaccel/maxvel a bit bigger and see what happens. I think the above configuration change should fix the problem you're seeing. Take a look at the stepper/stepper_mm.ini config, it specifies both an

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-22 Thread Matt Shaver
On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 22:10 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: In the awesome future, the hm2 stepgen will have a mode where it blindly follows the trajectory planner's command, trusting it to accelerate in a reasonable way. I eagerly await the awesome future! I did get a chance to test the

Re: [Emc-users] Help configuring hostmot2 stepper system

2009-04-22 Thread Rob Jansen
Sebastian, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: Some other thoughts on the hm2-stepper config you linked in an earlier email: You dont need a BASE_PERIOD for hostmot2 - the base thread is in the FPGA. Your SERVO and TRAJ periods are both 100,000 ns, which is pretty aggressive, 1,000,000 ns is more

Re: [Emc-users] Help

2008-08-30 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
ellery stonemetz wrote: I am trying to get a system up is their anyone who is familiar with the 5I20 and 7i33t,7i37 we are using the Mesa products. I have the boards installed and emc it gives me the screen and we are trying to get the encoder inputs up I believe we should be able to see

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Machine Building

2008-01-26 Thread Chris Barker
Aram, Since you are only talking about cutting wood and plastic a standard ball bearing would probably work. Angular thrust bearings are hard to find in sizes smaller than 10mm Id. The best way would be to support the leadscrew with 2 bearings, 1 on each end and not a floating leadscrew with 1

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Machine Building

2008-01-26 Thread amtb
Hi Hi I found something close First end of lead screw= need have http://www.nookindustries.com/endmount/EndMountsFlange.cfm#Capacity To hold against trust load from the lead screw. Flange-Mount double is OK. Second end of lead screw need to have simple flat to connect it with coupling to the

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Machine Building

2008-01-26 Thread Chris Barker
Aram, Those flange mount bearings coupled with a good anti-backlash nut will give you a tight axis. I still think that the flex in a long 3/8" leadscrew is something to consider. Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Hi I found something close First end of lead screw= need have

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Machine Building

2008-01-26 Thread Chris Barker
Aram, Looking closer at that link those are only the flange mounts. The bearings are not included. For a .311 shaft end they are also recommending 2 deep groove ball bearings and not angular contact bearings. Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Hi I found something close First end of lead

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Machine Building

2008-01-26 Thread Chris Morley
Interesting read about using cheaper brgs: www.cnccookbook.com/CCMillBeltDrive.html halfway down the page or so just after talking about belt drive. talks about the load ratings of deep groove, angular and taper brgs and suggesting stacking cheaper brgs to get load rating. also talks about

Re: [Emc-users] help

2007-08-23 Thread Christopher Purcell
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:28:19 -0400 From: Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Emc-users] help To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To all, I have downloaded the live cd successfully..according to the mdsum

Re: [Emc-users] help

2007-08-22 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 04:28:19PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote: To all, I have downloaded the live cd successfully..according to the mdsum check and everything I've seen on the help pages. The cd will not boot, it only gives me a blank screen. If I load the cd while the pc is running I get

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-08-01 Thread paul_c
On Wednesday 01 August 2007 02:01, Jon Elson wrote: The key you send to cradek to gain access to the CVS server is your PUBLIC key! Why Paul Corner is claiming this is such a hideous vulnerablility is just totally beyond me! Jon - Get the attribution correct before posting. I NEVER

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-31 Thread Matthew Glenn Shaver
On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 06:33 +0100, Lester Caine wrote: If someone decided that linuxcnc.org was ripe for a sustained attack then it would not be able to cope, and would become unusable and something would then have to be done about it. Whois tells me that the site is hosted at dreamhost.com.

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-31 Thread Matthew Glenn Shaver
On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 14:02 +0300, Alex Joni wrote: the viewcvs is way nicer Really, really, really way nicer!!! Matt - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems?

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-31 Thread Jon Elson
Lester Caine wrote: Due to the sheer volume of activity on SF, there WAS a problem for a while, which SF was actively working to fix and currently there is no problem that I know of with CVS or SVN hosting on SF and it's distribution service *IS* the best available. A large number of people

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-31 Thread paul_c
On Tuesday 31 July 2007 02:19, Ray Henry wrote:  The move was made without consultation or due process. IRC meeting, April, 2006         The Sourceforge CVS system has experienced troubles on         2006-03-30, and after a few days it still wasn't looking bright         for a fast fix. We

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-31 Thread Lester Caine
Jon Elson wrote: Why do you feel these keys are such a vulnerability? My only problem is HAVING to create and manage one for just ONE project as I have indicated in several replies. And I still can't see how to get Eclipse to use it even if I could create it - although we HAVE now established

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-31 Thread Alex Joni
My only problem is HAVING to create and manage one for just ONE project as I have indicated in several replies. You will only have to do that once you want to contribute to emc directly. Until then you can still contribute (if you wish): - change the wiki - send patches - send

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-31 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Lester Caine wrote: Jon Elson wrote: Why do you feel these keys are such a vulnerability? My only problem is HAVING to create and manage one for just ONE project as I have indicated in several replies. And I still can't see how to get Eclipse to use it even if I could create it -

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-31 Thread Alex Joni
The change to an ssh-based login also affected my ability to do checkouts. I normally work on a Windows PC (I know I know - don't say anything) where I use TortoiseCVS. This can be set up to work with ssh, but I just haven't had the time to do it yet. (I know you can use puTTY and friends

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 05:38:08PM +0100, paul_c wrote: Stephen - If/when you get elected to the board and succeed in restoring the CVS repository at Sourceforge where we ALL can have access, I'll show you how to handle firmware. FUD FUD FUD Here's what the board had to say the first time

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Mark Pictor
For the record, Paul was given the opportunity to get access to the new repository -- the same way anyone else gets access. Sure likes his FUD, doesn't he? Message from Chris Radek, April 2006: On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:42:46AM +0100, paul_c wrote: If it is the intention of the board

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread paul_c
On Monday 30 July 2007 17:59, Mark Pictor wrote: For the record, Paul was given the opportunity to get access to the new repository -- the same way anyone else gets access. No Mark - You miss the point entirely. The move was made without consultation or due process. As a result, the project

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Alex Joni
On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 20:20 +0100, paul_c wrote: directions have been lost. Elsewhere, others have been making noises about an emc3 fork.. would that be tuxcnc? Sourceforge provide a web interface to manage my own ssh keys along with a number of other services should I wish to use them. So

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Ray Henry
On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 20:20 +0100, paul_c wrote: s The move was made without consultation or due process. IRC meeting, April, 2006 The Sourceforge CVS system has experienced troubles on 2006-03-30, and after a few days it still wasn't looking bright for a fast fix. We

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 30 July 2007, paul_c wrote: On Wednesday 02 May 2007 17:07, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: Paul - do you know of any way to use the kernel firmware infrastructure to load different firmware sets into multiple cards? Stephen - If/when you get elected to the board and succeed in restoring

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-07-30 Thread Lester Caine
Gene Heskett wrote: Sourceforge provide a web interface to manage my own ssh keys along with a number of other services should I wish to use them. So why the hell should I submit keys to an untrusted third party when I can use the SF web interface. Bottom line - I do NOT trust the system that

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Mesa encoders

2007-05-30 Thread Seb James
-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Help with Mesa encoders Would it work to plug my 7i33 board into one of the other 2 simple I/O connectors on the 5i20 board? I'm not sure of the configuration used on the 5i20, it's the one that loads with the MESA configuration

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Mesa encoders

2007-05-29 Thread RogerN
to display on HalScope? Thanks! Roger Neal [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Peter C. Wallace [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Help with Mesa encoders (SNIP

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Mesa encoders

2007-05-29 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 29 May 2007, RogerN wrote: Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 09:34:21 -0500 From: RogerN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Help

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Mesa encoders

2007-05-28 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Mon, 28 May 2007, RogerN wrote: Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 18:25:08 -0500 From: RogerN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Help with Mesa encoders I connected a spare

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-05-02 Thread paul_c
Hi Seb On Wednesday 02 May 2007 11:39, Seb James wrote: Mesa 5i20 board which provides 2 axes of servo/encoder control, 31 channels of logic input and 29 channels of logic output. Nothing too dificult there - IO is currently defined as 24 bits in at most, half a dozen places. Mapping the

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-05-02 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
paul_c wrote: Hi Seb On Wednesday 02 May 2007 11:39, Seb James wrote: Mesa 5i20 board which provides 2 axes of servo/encoder control, 31 channels of logic input and 29 channels of logic output. Nothing too dificult there - IO is currently defined as 24 bits in at most, half a dozen

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-05-02 Thread Ray Henry
On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 12:07 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: snipped to allow a user with multiple cards in the PC to use different personalities for each card. (at least, that's a goal of mine) Oh yea, meto. Rayh

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-05-02 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 2 May 2007, Ray Henry wrote: Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 11:30:55 -0500 From: Ray Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 12:07 -0400, Stephen Wille

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-05-02 Thread John Kasunich
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: paul_c wrote: Hi Seb On Wednesday 02 May 2007 11:39, Seb James wrote: Mesa 5i20 board which provides 2 axes of servo/encoder control, 31 channels of logic input and 29 channels of logic output. Nothing too dificult there - IO is currently defined as

Re: [Emc-users] Help sought to modify hostmotXX.vhd

2007-05-02 Thread paul_c
On Wednesday 02 May 2007 17:07, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: Paul - do you know of any way to use the kernel firmware infrastructure to load different firmware sets into multiple cards?  I know the current method of embedding the firmware in the HAL driver doesn't support that either, but

Re: [Emc-users] help

2007-04-14 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 07:26:13AM -0400, Jim Wilkin wrote: Hello. Have upgraded to the latest emc2. 1.4 Have everything I need working except holecircle.py. When holecircle.py is selected from axis gul I receive a exit code 1. Could someone direct me to where I could find information on

Re: [Emc-users] help on fisrt installation of EMC2

2007-02-19 Thread Manfredi Leto
Hello, The CD can be used as a LIVE CD...this means that you can try Ubuntu and EMC2 in a Live mode without modifiying your system. Just boot your PC with the CD in the drive (and set your bios to boot from CD). I don't know if you can easily install EMC2 on Suse (I don't think so...at least

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Mesa 5i20 Card (Configuration Issues)

2006-12-15 Thread ali sayed
Hi - Thanks for the response ... What I meant was that the power is conncted to the 7i30 motor power connector and it is turned on. The +5V for the encoders comes from the 50 pin connector and that is why the encoders will always have power. So yes the power to the motors is on but the PWM

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Mesa 5i20 Card (Configuration Issues)

2006-12-15 Thread ali sayed
Hi all- OK, so I think I might have found the answer in the HAL Docs ...but I welcome further input from the list members. Eric: All of this is already configured correctly in the m5i20 configuration that is included in 2.0.5, but I checked it anyway to make sure, thanks for the response.

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Mesa 5i20 Card (Configuration Issues)

2006-12-15 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, ali sayed wrote: Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:51:31 -0800 (PST) From: ali sayed [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Help with Mesa 5i20 Card (Configuration Issues)

2006-12-15 Thread ali sayed
Hello - Its me again, still having problems ... So I got Y and Z to jog, seems like the values for FERROR for the X axis are not the same as those for Y and Z in the /etc/emc2/sample-configs/m5i20/m5i20.ini maybe that is not a big deal but I made them all the same and still no jog on X-axis,

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