[Emc-users] Does EMC support Multi-Core?

2010-10-01 Thread Caner
I will chose computer configuration for EMC2 and Mesa cards but I dont have any idea that EMC2 supports Intel's i3 or i5 processors. If i will chose i5 except than i3, would be difference in performance while running realtime EMC2? --- Caner

Re: [Emc-users] Does EMC support Multi-Core?

2010-10-01 Thread Andy Pugh
On 1 October 2010 07:43, Caner cnr...@gmail.com wrote: I will chose computer configuration for EMC2 and Mesa cards but I dont have any idea that EMC2 supports Intel's i3 or i5 processors. If i will chose i5 except than i3, would be difference in performance while running realtime EMC2? The

Re: [Emc-users] semi-OT: detents on an MPG

2010-10-01 Thread Erik Christiansen
On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 12:09:27AM +0100, Andy Pugh wrote: On 30 September 2010 23:42, dave dengv...@charter.net wrote: I suspect that is is going to take a pretty good magnet to be able to feel it but then again I've not tried it. I just did. Using a 3mm square rare-earth magnet stuck

Re: [Emc-users] semi-OT: detents on an MPG

2010-10-01 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 10/1/2010 4:20 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: On 30 September 2010 23:42, davedengv...@charter.net wrote: I suspect that is is going to take a pretty good magnet to be able to feel it but then again I've not tried it. I just did. Using a 3mm square rare-earth

[Emc-users] Documentation on using beckhoff EtherCAT with emc2

2010-10-01 Thread dambacher-retrofit.de
Hi everybody I just tossed a first version of the documentation on HOW TO USE BECKHOFF EtherCAT with EMC2 into the linuxcnc wiki. Get a first glance at http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Etherlab Comments and suggestions welcome. /ulf

Re: [Emc-users] Documentation on using beckhoff EtherCAT with emc2

2010-10-01 Thread Viesturs Lācis
I think that You have managed to describe the process very well. I feel like I understood it although I have never had any experience with trying to use ethernet for this purpose. I would appreciate, if You could continue, because I find this topic to be extremely useful for me and I think that

Re: [Emc-users] Encoder as MPG over serial?

2010-10-01 Thread Edward Bernard
Thanks Colin. Your suggestions on how to proceed will be a useful roadmap for me. You might be interested in this to save pins on the Arduino: http://www.web4robot.com/SerialLCD.html. . I haven't seen a better price for such a unit and the others don't support the additional inputs. Best

[Emc-users] D519MO Boot Problems.

2010-10-01 Thread Don Stanley
Hi All; To support the Mill upgrades to EMC2 I purchased two D510MO with 2GB RAM each and the MI-100 chassis. (If anyone is interested, the extra $12 and got a) (temporature speed controlled fan cooled chassis) (with two 4 inch wide slots and one 5.625 inch wide) (slot and room for the extra

Re: [Emc-users] D519MO Boot Problems.

2010-10-01 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Don Stanley wrote: Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:26:17 -0400 From: Don Stanley dstanley1...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] D519MO Boot Problems.

2010-10-01 Thread Igor Chudov
I vote for bad disk. Try to check the disk using one of the menu choices. i On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Don Stanley dstanley1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All; To support the Mill upgrades to EMC2 I purchased two D510MO with 2GB RAM each and the MI-100 chassis. (If anyone is interested, the

Re: [Emc-users] D519MO Boot Problems.

2010-10-01 Thread Lawrence Glaister
Hi Don, I really sounds like you have a bad burn of the 10.04 live CD or your cdrom drive is having issues. I am not sure on the 8.04 messages, perhaps using the dmesg command will provide more information ( or look at /var/log/messages file to see what complaints you are getting on booting)

Re: [Emc-users] D519MO Boot Problems.

2010-10-01 Thread Spiderdab
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Re: [Emc-users] Documentation for spindle-rpm-filtered?

2010-10-01 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:53:52 +0100, you wrote: On 29 September 2010 09:32, Andy Pugh wrote: Just put the various lines in your HAL file. Put the loadrt and addf lines with the similar lines in the file, then put the rest anywhere you want. Thanks Andy - sorted now, works a treat. Only other

Re: [Emc-users] Does EMC support Multi-Core?

2010-10-01 Thread Youda He
EMC2 is not very demanding of CPU, what it does demand is low latency. It doesn't matter how fast the code runs, just that it runs exactly when scheduled. The higher-end motherboards seem more likely to feature advanced features that have unfortunate consequences for realtime performance.

Re: [Emc-users] handwheel tapping

2010-10-01 Thread Kenneth Lerman
Hi Stuart, If you are going to do some computer assisted hand tapping, you might want to add some haptic feedback. If you measure the spindle current and use that as a measure of load, you could drive a small servo connected to the mpg and use it as a brake. If you make the braking force

Re: [Emc-users] D510MO boot problems.

2010-10-01 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 10/1/2010 4:26 PM, Don Stanley wrote: Hi All; To support the Mill upgrades to EMC2 I purchased two D510MO with 2GB RAM each and the MI-100 chassis. (If anyone is interested, the extra $12 and got a) (temporature speed controlled fan cooled chassis) (with two 4 inch wide slots and one

Re: [Emc-users] handwheel tapping

2010-10-01 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Hi Ken, That is a good idea!!! Isn't it possible to use a stepper motor as a pulse generator? If so, wouldn't it be possible to variably bias that same stepper to achieve the haptic feedback? thanks for the idea Stuart On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Kenneth Lerman

Re: [Emc-users] Does EMC support Multi-Core?

2010-10-01 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 10/1/2010, Youda He wrote: EMC2 is not very demanding of CPU, what it does demand is low latency. It doesn't matter how fast the code runs, just that it runs exactly when scheduled. The higher-end motherboards seem more likely to feature advanced features that have

Re: [Emc-users] Does EMC support Multi-Core?

2010-10-01 Thread Igor Chudov
I am very happy with my Intel MJG4110H. Not once I got the dreaded message that the machine cannot keep up the cycle rate. I have a full blown PC that can play music, videos, display a browser and operate the mill AT THE SAME TIME. I have a solid state disk in it too. It is networked also. i On

Re: [Emc-users] Does EMC support Multi-Core?

2010-10-01 Thread Youda He
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Igor Chudov ichu...@gmail.com wrote: I am very happy with my Intel MJG4110H. Not once I got the dreaded message that the machine cannot keep up the cycle rate. I have a full blown PC that can play music, videos, display a browser and operate the mill AT THE SAME

Re: [Emc-users] Does EMC support Multi-Core?

2010-10-01 Thread Jon Elson
Kent A. Reed wrote: Or you could read Jon Elson's past emails and go dumpster-diving* for older PCs like the Dells he's had such good luck with. They might cost you nothing. The Dell Optiplex line is their industrial grade line as opposed to their home grade line. I can't tell the

[Emc-users] mouse arrow

2010-10-01 Thread tom sheehy
Emc2 loaded fine and I set up my machine but when I got to the screen to start running the machine around there was a blob instead of a mouse arrow and it wouldn't select anything.  What am I doing wrong? tom

Re: [Emc-users] D519MO Boot Problems.

2010-10-01 Thread Don Stanley
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote: On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Don Stanley wrote: Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 16:26:17 -0400 From: Don Stanley dstanley1...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced