Re: [Emc-users] G76 inifinite loop

2009-07-06 Thread Alex Joni
Hi Frank, thanks for the report. The _best_ thing you can do, is report this issue as a new bug at: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=6744atid=106744 That way it would surely not be forgotten. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Frank Tkalcevic fr...@franksworkshop.com.au

Re: [Emc-users] G76 inifinite loop

2009-07-06 Thread Michał Geszkiewicz
This is surely bug and will be fixed in emc 2.3.3 Thanks for bug report, Michael Frank Tkalcevic pisze: If I put in an invalid G76 threading command in some gcode, such as... G76 P1.6 Z0 I-1.6 J0 K1.6 R2 H0 E0 L0 Where J, the initial depth of cut, is 0, axis gets stuck in an infinite

[Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-06 Thread Leslie Newell
I have finally got to the point on my lathe where I can start tuning. The setup is: Mesa 5i20 driving a 7i29 with 1024CPR encoders on the screws. The PWM gain is set so the velocity is roughly equal to the commanded input. For example a PID output of 60 will give about 60mm/sec movement. I

Re: [Emc-users] Gcode program error checking

2009-07-06 Thread Kenneth Lerman
Hi Frank, I know that MSG doesn't expand parameters. When I implemented DEBUG, which works just like MSG but expands parameters, I could have made MSG work the same way. I made a conscious decision to NOT do that. If I had done that, there was a possibility of breaking existing programs in

Re: [Emc-users] Weird EMC2 tuning issue (direction reverses intermittently)

2009-07-06 Thread Damian Slavek
I would suggest checking this page: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Stepper_Drive_Timing It only has the HCNC pro listed but I believe they use the same driver chips. I have the HCNC Pro and have not seen the issues you mention, although like Terry already mentioned, stepconf uses

Re: [Emc-users] Weird EMC2 tuning issue (direction reverses intermittently)

2009-07-06 Thread Damian Slavek
One other thing, I would also suggest you disable Idle current reduction on your controller board if that is an option. I was on the HCNC list for quite some time and many people had strange issues when idle current reduction was enabled, apparently the driver chips also have that feature built in

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-06 Thread Leslie Newell
Sorry, I should have said. Hostmot2. Les robert wrote: which driver are you using Hostmot 2 or Hostmot 4 -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

[Emc-users] Joypad ?

2009-07-06 Thread sani.broy...@free.fr
Hi all. Anybody using a USB joypad that works ? Regards. -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?

2009-07-06 Thread Rainer Schmidt
I use the one from the picture on the wiki... I followed the installation procedure and it worked of the bat. I got mine from ebay for $7... I edited the wrong hal file and it got overridden again with a reconfig lol I was to lazy to set it up again... As I recall it was not a big deal to get

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] Joypad ?

2009-07-06 Thread sani.broy...@free.fr
It doesn't work at all, despite I followed the procedure line by line. Pins are not named the same, hal_joystick or hal input doesn't work despite this joypad is the same as pictured and is perfectely used by all probe progs using /dev/input/js0. I can't believe you when you say It worked out

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?

2009-07-06 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
sani.broy...@free.fr wrote: It doesn't work at all, despite I followed the procedure line by line. What does not work? You need to tell us step by step what you are doing, what you expect to see, and what you actually see. Pins are not named the same, Then change the names of the pins on

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?

2009-07-06 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sani, I used the instructions below to get both a Logitech and Sony gamepad to work. The only real trick as far as I remember was making sure to use a recognizable portion of the name (i.e. replacing SAITEK from the instructions).

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?

2009-07-06 Thread Rainer Schmidt
Then I am a happy liar who jogs his machine with his JoyPad When I get to the shop later I'll post my hal file edits and the message from Linux when it finds my pad. I might shoot a quick movie how it jogs so you have to stop calling me a liar and I can start calling you dumbass! Why should I

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-06 Thread Jon Elson
Leslie Newell wrote: I have finally got to the point on my lathe where I can start tuning. The setup is: Mesa 5i20 driving a 7i29 with 1024CPR encoders on the screws. The PWM gain is set so the velocity is roughly equal to the commanded input. For example a PID output of 60 will give about

Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 with AXIS as pure simulator on Ubuntu 9.04

2009-07-06 Thread Martin Schöneck
Jeff, Thanks for your help! With Tk8.5-dev instead of Tk8.4-dev I was able to build and run emc with axis as simulator on Ubuntu 9.04. Martin On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 10:39:25PM +0200, c...@martinschoeneck.de wrote: Hi, If I got it right, I can use the emc2-sim without the

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?

2009-07-06 Thread sani.broy...@free.fr
I wasn't saying that, sorry Rainer. I copied/pasted the file, got a ton of errors :-) So the example given in the wiki was not, for sure, usable as is :-) Dumbass is not in my translator. Could you explain ? ;-) Regards, Chris. Le lundi 6 juillet 2009 19:19:51, Rainer Schmidt a écrit : Then

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?

2009-07-06 Thread Rainer Schmidt
No, cut and paste does not work But following the steps works. I did not attempt cut and paste. Dumbass: Si je suis un menteur, alors vous êtes un con haha 8) I'll send the files later Have to deal with many 'Con' today on the phone On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:06 PM,

[Emc-users] Modbus command line utility Toshiba VF-S11 VFD results

2009-07-06 Thread Haberler Michael
ok, along my quest towards VFD control via Modbus I didnt find an appropriate command line utility to talk to Modbus, so I wrote one. It helped me de-mystifying how to work with the Toshiba VF-S11; results, VFD setup instructions and sample control files are included. I think now I'll

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?

2009-07-06 Thread John Thornton
Mine works flawlessly... John On 6 Jul 2009 at 18:34, sani.broy...@free.fr wrote: Hi all. Anybody using a USB joypad that works ? Regards. -- ___ Emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43

2009-07-06 Thread Richard Acosta
I can only agree with you, and i completely understand what you say, but you are not fully aware of my situation. El 05/07/2009 06:59 a.m., Sven Wesley escribió: I honestly believe that EMC is not the way to go all the time if you're not willing to pay someone to set things up or give

Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43

2009-07-06 Thread Richard Acosta
That's the kind of answer i have found the most here. I'm the customer asking for support and i am very dissapointed with your support. I have read all your message, i intended to make a short answer but i kept too much time answering your message and some others. I was really tired, but i

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-06 Thread Leslie Newell
Thanks Jon, I'll study your docs. What I can't understand though is why I is increasing the following error. Les Jon Elson wrote: Because of discontinuities is the programmed path, the I term is of limited usefulness. I usually just put a tiny amount in and leave it there. I can't give a

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-06 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Leslie Newell wrote: Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:02:28 +0100 From: Leslie Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?

2009-07-06 Thread sani.broy...@free.fr
Lucky you :-) Regards, Chris. Le mardi 7 juillet 2009 00:17:16, John Thornton a écrit : Mine works flawlessly... John On 6 Jul 2009 at 18:34, sani.broy...@free.fr wrote: Hi all. Anybody using a USB joypad that works ? Regards.

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?

2009-07-06 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
Everything was neat and clear until I tried the proposed .hal file to integrate the Joypad in axis. Nothing appends, or tombstone sometimes. I found that out the hard way too. It only takes a small change in your .ini file or .hal file and you can no longer use shared hal files. It's an

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?

2009-07-06 Thread sani.broy...@free.fr
I'm trying hard :-) Thanks for your advices. Too late (1.28 AM) to go on tonight, I'll experience debug modes tomorrow. Regards, Chris Le mardi 7 juillet 2009 01:12:00, Frank Tkalcevic a écrit : Everything was neat and clear until I tried the proposed .hal file to integrate the Joypad in

[Emc-users] Slightly OT: Turning

2009-07-06 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
I'm writing some gcode programs for my lathe and I have a couple of questions. I'm doing a basic shoulder, turning along the length of the work piece in the -Z direction to a point, then moving in the +X direction to make the square shoulder. 1) Should I be using one of the exact modes, G61 or

[Emc-users] EMC: Lathe Users CAM preferences?

2009-07-06 Thread Ted Hyde
Hey guys - I started this thread on the forum, but since there's not much activity there at the moment, I thought I'd bring it here: Rather simple question: what are the EMC-lathe users out there using as their preferred method of developing GCode? The wiki lists a few - and in many cases -

Re: [Emc-users] EMC: Lathe Users CAM preferences?

2009-07-06 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
I'm a hobby lathe user. I've just converted my lathe and I'm looking into software too. I use Visual Mill for my mill, and I will have a closer look at Visual Turn when they release the new version that uses the new VisualCam engine. It was promised to be ready at the end of last year, but I'm

Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43

2009-07-06 Thread Jake Anderson
Richard Acosta wrote: That's the kind of answer i have found the most here. I'm the customer asking for support and i am very dissapointed with your support. Thats it right there. You aren't a customer, you are a peer. Did you pay for EMC? Did you pay or offer to pay any of the devs for

Re: [Emc-users] Weird EMC2 tuning issue (direction reverses intermittently)

2009-07-06 Thread Jeffrey Pease
Thanks for everyone's responses. I get a digest version of the mail list responses, so I'll go ahead and reply to everybody's at one time. Robert: I haven't spent much time messing with halscope, but I'm not sure how to best use it here given the intermittent nature of the problem.

[Emc-users] Beginner question

2009-07-06 Thread Peter Cauchy
Hello all, I have just now gotten my mill up and running, and am trying to optimize the motion and speed of the motors. Has anyone used a CMD-50 driver from API? I have the manual, but the only timing info it has is: DRIVE TYPE .. 2 phase, bipolar, constant

Re: [Emc-users] Slightly OT: Turning

2009-07-06 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Frank, I G04 dwell would do the same thing as what you do manually. How critical is the squareness of the shoulder at the diameter of the turned shaft? Do you need a very accurate corner radius? If you need a VERY accurate corner radius you should use a smaller corner radius on the turning tool

Re: [Emc-users] Weird EMC2 tuning issue ( direction reverses intermittently)

2009-07-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 05 July 2009, Jeffrey Pease wrote: Thanks for everyone's responses. I get a digest version of the mail list responses, so I'll go ahead and reply to everybody's at one time. Robert: I haven't spent much time messing with halscope, but I'm not sure how to best use it here given the

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-06 Thread Jon Elson
Leslie Newell wrote: Thanks Jon, I'll study your docs. What I can't understand though is why I is increasing the following error. Yes, this confuses me, too. It may be that some other parameter is actually causing it, and the I term either helps or doesn't help to suppress the error.

Re: [Emc-users] Slightly OT: Turning

2009-07-06 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
Thanks for the reply. It was just a general question. I've got stuck in my mind, the image of the lathe turning as turning a super fine thread, and was wondering if it stopped when it got to the shoulder and retracted, would it leave that part of the thread that it didn't get around to

Re: [Emc-users] Beginner question

2009-07-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 06 July 2009, Peter Cauchy wrote: Hello all, I have just now gotten my mill up and running, and am trying to optimize the motion and speed of the motors. Has anyone used a CMD-50 driver from API? I have the manual, but the only timing info it has is: DRIVE TYPE

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-06 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:02:28PM +0100, Leslie Newell wrote: Thanks Jon, I'll study your docs. What I can't understand though is why I is increasing the following error. I'm imagining a very-wrong FF2 setting that causes a large error at the acceleration portion of the move. During

Re: [Emc-users] Slightly OT: Turning

2009-07-06 Thread Stuart Stevenson
you are correct when you understand turning as super fine threads and you are correct when you understand the fillet in the corner of the shoulder will not be a perfect fillet as the accel/decel will cause the tool to round the motion slightly and not form the tool nose radius in the corner of the

Re: [Emc-users] Weird EMC2 tuning issue ( direction reverses intermittently)

2009-07-06 Thread Luc Claeys
Hi, I don't see value that specifically affects the direction valid time, but I definitely could be missing something... Someone will probably chime in here. See parameters stepgen.N.dirsetup and stepgen.N.dirhold in http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.3/html/man/man9/stepgen.9.html You can set

Re: [Emc-users] Weird EMC2 tuning issue ( direction reverses intermittently)

2009-07-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Luc Claeys wrote: Hi, I don't see value that specifically affects the direction valid time, but I definitely could be missing something... Someone will probably chime in here. See parameters stepgen.N.dirsetup and stepgen.N.dirhold in

Re: [Emc-users] Beginner question

2009-07-06 Thread Chris Morley
I have just now gotten my mill up and running, and am trying to optimize the motion and speed of the motors. Has anyone used a CMD-50 driver from API? I have the manual, but the only timing info it has is: Step ... Square wave - 10μS minimum

Re: [Emc-users] Weird EMC2 tuning issue ( direction reverses intermittently)

2009-07-06 Thread Luc Claeys
Hi, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Luc Claeys wrote: I don't see value that specifically affects the direction valid time, but I definitely could be missing something... Someone will probably chime in here. See parameters stepgen.N.dirsetup and stepgen.N.dirhold in