[Emc-users] Retrofittning with existing Bosch-system

2008-08-25 Thread Sven Wesley
Hi all. A guy contacted me with some questions about EMC as he has little knowledge about computers and such. His Storebro machine died this summer, and I think it's a machine similar to this one: http://www.industritorget.se/default.asp?visa_sida=kop/kop_annons.asp?MaskID=14754 It's fitted with

Re: [Emc-users] Puma560

2008-08-25 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 21:33 -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 09:01:27PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > > This is the parallel port (EPP) version. > > With at least a few systems, the problem goes deeper than this: the FPGA > firmware is programmed each time over the parallel-port in S

Re: [Emc-users] Puma560

2008-08-25 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Jeff Epler wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 09:01:27PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: >> This is the parallel port (EPP) version. > > With at least a few systems, the problem goes deeper than this: the FPGA > firmware is programmed each time over the parallel-port in SPP mode. > One machine we had at CNC

Re: [Emc-users] Puma560

2008-08-25 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 09:01:27PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: > This is the parallel port (EPP) version. With at least a few systems, the problem goes deeper than this: the FPGA firmware is programmed each time over the parallel-port in SPP mode. One machine we had at CNC Workshop wouldn't even compl

Re: [Emc-users] Puma560

2008-08-25 Thread Jon Elson
Jeff Epler wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 08:06:50PM +, Jonathan Hancock wrote: > >>Also, has anyone heard of a Pluto-P card? > > > I have. > > I wrote the FPGA firmware and emc2 drivers for this card. (The card is > designed, manufactured, and sold by knjn.com, with whom I am not > affi

Re: [Emc-users] Puma560

2008-08-25 Thread Jon Elson
Jonathan Hancock wrote: > Jon - do you think any of your boards would be suitable? Well, assuming the servo amps are not something we can get info on, then I have the Universal PWM controller and PWM servo amps that should work. 40 V is fine, and they can go up to 20 A. The controller is 4 axis,

Re: [Emc-users] new python gcode generator widgets for use with emc2

2008-08-25 Thread Jeff Epler
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[Emc-users] new python gcode generator widgets for use with emc2

2008-08-25 Thread Lawrence Glaister
Hi all emc2 users, In case you dont hang out on irc, I just wanted to let you know there are now 8 useful little python programs for generating gcode snippets for common operations. I recently added the last 3.. a grill drilling program, a bezel design widget, and a gui that is used to assist in e

Re: [Emc-users] Puma560

2008-08-25 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 08:06:50PM +, Jonathan Hancock wrote: > Also, has anyone heard of a Pluto-P card? I have. I wrote the FPGA firmware and emc2 drivers for this card. (The card is designed, manufactured, and sold by knjn.com, with whom I am not affiliated) While its price is appealing,

Re: [Emc-users] AXIS display/font rendering

2008-08-25 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 09:03:02AM -0400, Doug Goff wrote: > I'm running EMC 2.2.6 on 3 systems. I use Axis on all setups. The > character font in the Axis display is somewhat difficult to see. The > characters appear as though they were created on a dot matrix printer. > Is this configurab

Re: [Emc-users] Puma560

2008-08-25 Thread Sven Wesley
Sure we have. :) http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.1/html/hal/pluto_servo.html 2008/8/25 Jonathan Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Also, has anyone heard of a Pluto-P card? > > Thanks > Jonathan > > > - Original Message > > --

Re: [Emc-users] Puma560

2008-08-25 Thread Jonathan Hancock
Hi. I'm waiting for delivery of my new oscilloscope so will find out if the encoder o/p is sin/cos or square wave. Each one has 250 counts, which means 1000 edges right (assuming square wave o/p)? It appears there is +12v and -12v going to the arm. I wonder if that provides any clues? Also, I

Re: [Emc-users] changing emcmodule.cc and axis.py

2008-08-25 Thread Stuart Stevenson
> My guess is that you want to change the sign of the second argument to > rotate_y in emcmodule.cc: >rotate_y(p, pt[4]); > becomes >rotate_y(p, -pt[4]); > > and similarly in axis.py you want to change the sign of the first > argument: >glRotatef(ry, 0, 1, 0); > becomes >glRotatef(-

Re: [Emc-users] Puma560

2008-08-25 Thread Jon Elson
sam sokolik wrote: > I have the exact robot. I have been having problems finding the specs on > the servos - so thank you very much. - the small ones then are 2A and the > large ones are 4A. cool. I read references to the encoders being sin/cos > output. I figured I would believe it when I

Re: [Emc-users] Puma560

2008-08-25 Thread sam sokolik
I have the exact robot. I have been having problems finding the specs on the servos - so thank you very much. - the small ones then are 2A and the large ones are 4A. cool. I read references to the encoders being sin/cos output. I figured I would believe it when I got around to hooking them

Re: [Emc-users] changing emcmodule.cc and axis.py

2008-08-25 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 10:10:08PM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Gentlemen, >I have the preview showing the tool like I want to see. The A and B > axis tilt in the direction I want. The motion for the A axis is what I > want but the motion for the B axis is still tilted opposite what I > wan