Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-07 Thread Leslie Newell
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. With everything at 0 but P and D I get fairly low error. As I increase 'I' the error during cruise rises. If I is fairly low you can

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

2009-07-07 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/7/6 Richard Acosta eyela...@gmail.com: I'm the customer asking for support and i am very dissapointed with your support. I think you are badly misunderstanding the whole Open Source ethos. EMC is Free Software. As the phrase goes Free as in speech, not free as in beer. It is written by

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

2009-07-07 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/7/5 Jeffrey Pease jpe...@peasej.com: One mysterious issue I've seen that I'm trying to figure out is that very, very rarely, a movement command to the milling machine will make an axis move the correct distance in the INCORRECT direction. Is there any possibility that this is a

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

2009-07-07 Thread John Thornton
I haven't seen a check yet from you... to be a customer you have to purchase something from a vendor. When you receive something for free you are not a customer... John On 6 Jul 2009 at 18:31, Richard Acosta wrote: That's the kind of answer i have found the most here. I'm the customer

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.3.2

2009-07-07 Thread Jeff Epler
On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 04:13:10PM -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: * configure: check that tk and Tkinter this should have read something like |* configure: check that tk and Tkinter versions match and is related to a compile issue on ubuntu 9.04 systems. Jeff

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

2009-07-07 Thread Jack Coats
I think we have gotten the message across to Richard. Folks that NEED a place to call for everything, and with less patience, and more money than time, NEED to have a vendor they can pay to fix things. Much of the economy in the USA (and I assume to some extent elsewhere) is based on this

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

2009-07-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Andy Pugh wrote: 2009/7/5 Jeffrey Pease jpe...@peasej.com: One mysterious issue I've seen that I'm trying to figure out is that very, very rarely, a movement command to the milling machine will make an axis move the correct distance in the INCORRECT direction. Is there

Re: [Emc-users] Joypad ?

2009-07-07 Thread Brian Mihulka
Chris, I followed the wiki at http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?A_New_Approach_For_Using_Joypads_With_EMC2 and I couldn't get the joystick to be found by any name I tried. Then I found that HALUI = halui must be before the HALFILE directive in the ini file and everything worked

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

2009-07-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Luc Claeys wrote: 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

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

2009-07-07 Thread Glenn R. Edwards
Yes, I had a stepper system run backwards when pushed too hard. I believe it was a combination of accel and start frequency being too aggressive. However, the backwards motion was NOT smooth or at commanded speed- slow and noisy is what I remember. Jeffrey did not report, though, that his

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

2009-07-07 Thread Jon Elson
Andy Pugh wrote: 2009/7/5 Jeffrey Pease jpe...@peasej.com: One mysterious issue I've seen that I'm trying to figure out is that very, very rarely, a movement command to the milling machine will make an axis move the correct distance in the INCORRECT direction. Is there any

Re: [Emc-users] GWiz Available for Alpha Testing

2009-07-07 Thread Kenneth Lerman
I saw that you have a new list and figured I had better get the previous ones fixed. #1 -- fixed. #2 -- fixed. #3 -- Now depends on mode. If editing (edit button depressed), the selected line will be replaced. If insert mode, the paste buffer will be inserted after the current line. #4 -- If it

Re: [Emc-users] emc 2.3.2 extra files

2009-07-07 Thread Jeff Epler
Open the package manager and remove each firmware package you don't need. Also remove the emc2-firmware package. After that, they'll no longer be shown as updates. Jeff -- Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge

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

2009-07-07 Thread Jeffrey Pease
Just wanted to thank everybody for all the excellent feedback. At the moment I'm leaning towards this being a cable shielding or grounding issue with my driver board (as suggested first by, I believe James Reed). I have had suspicions that I had some sort of grounding problem for a while,

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

2009-07-07 Thread James Reed
Well said, Jack. Onward! Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 10:18:36 -0500 From: j...@coats.org To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43 I think we have gotten the message across to Richard. Folks that NEED a place to call for everything, and with less

Re: [Emc-users] emc 2.3.2 extra files

2009-07-07 Thread Alex Joni
You can safely uninstall them. If they aren't installed, you won't get prompted for updates. By default we installed them together with emc2 on the LiveCD, so that' how you probably ended up with them ;) Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Cal Grandy cmg...@sover.net To: Enhanced

[Emc-users] Emc and Toolchange

2009-07-07 Thread Niels Jalling
Hi How do I configure EMC2 to use a toolsetup like this? Tool No 1 is at location 0,0 Tool No 2 is at location 0,10 Tool No 3 is at location 0,20 Tool No 4 is at location 0,30 /Niels -- Enter the BlackBerry

Re: [Emc-users] Emc and Toolchange

2009-07-07 Thread robert
Hi Niels what kind of changer is this? you will need to use PLC or maybe even a HAL component to track the tools etc just like you would for a normal tool changer. when EMC wants to change tool it output a signal to do so, and waits for a finish signal to come back from what ever controls the

Re: [Emc-users] Emc and Toolchange

2009-07-07 Thread Terry
On Tue Jul 7 17:19 , Terry tjm...@cableone.net sent: Are these tools in a rack and the 0,10 is the x,y location of each tool? Terry On Tue Jul 7 17:09 , robert rob...@innovative-rc.com sent: Hi Niels what kind of changer is this? you will need to use PLC or maybe even a HAL component to

Re: [Emc-users] Emc and Toolchange

2009-07-07 Thread Niels Jalling
Hi Robert It's for a small Proxxon MF-70 system with this toolchanger: http://www.usovo.de/shop/product_info.php?info=p316_full-automatic-tool-changer-system-for-MF70.html I think I have found out to write the toolchange sequence but have not found out to move to the right location of the tool.

Re: [Emc-users] Emc and Toolchange

2009-07-07 Thread Terry
On Tue Jul 7 18:39 , Terry tjm...@cableone.net sent: Hi Neils Looks like a nice tool changer There was some discussion on rack type changers awhile back.Maybe check the archives or someone with your type of changer will answer you soon. I am sure for now you can write a subroutine for each

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

2009-07-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Glenn R. Edwards wrote: Yes, I had a stepper system run backwards when pushed too hard. I believe it was a combination of accel and start frequency being too aggressive. However, the backwards motion was NOT smooth or at commanded speed- slow and noisy is what I remember.

Re: [Emc-users] Emc and Toolchange

2009-07-07 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/7/7 Niels Jalling ni...@jalling.dk: It's for a small Proxxon MF-70 system with this toolchanger: http://www.usovo.de/shop/product_info.php?info=p316_full-automatic-tool-changer-system-for-MF70.html http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?action=browsediff=1id=RackToolChanger Might

Re: [Emc-users] emc 2.3.2 extra files

2009-07-07 Thread Cal Grandy
That was easy! Yes, the live CD was my install method, and As a new guy, I opted for the do it all for me methods. Thanks So Regards Cal On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 23:47 +0300, Alex Joni wrote: You can safely uninstall them. If they aren't installed, you won't get prompted for updates. By

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

2009-07-07 Thread Richard Acosta
I bought directed by EMC people saying the board was fully supported. El 07/07/2009 06:44 a.m., Andy Pugh escribió: 2009/7/6 Richard Acosta eyela...@gmail.com: I'm the customer asking for support and i am very dissapointed with your support. I think you are badly