That's still beeing discussed. The issue is a bit deeper than simply
renaming the mailin lists.
The same is true about the sourceforge unix project name (we're not yet 100%
clear of the implications).
As of the lists, maybe it would be worth taking the opportunity to move them
to linuxcnc.org
The only downside is the confusion factor, there are thousands of people
who
have heard of our EMC2 as another CNC control program, and now will not
know what happened to it. For instance, there is an EMC forum on CNCZone.
I suppose that needs to be renamed, too.
Since we're not
I join this opinion based on the facts that this (EMC2) project has a
long history under its current name. It's ridiculous to see a not
exceptionally successful company (http://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=EMC)
terrorize nonprofit organization especially when the product has
absolutely nothing to
On 17.01.12 21:31, Jack Coats wrote:
IMHO, we need to keep references to EMC and EMC2 on the web site as
'historical artifacts', and also reference the NIST project that
started the initial 'Enhanced Machine Controller' project and named
it. Like in
On 18.01.12 00:59, gene heskett wrote:
Well, the only marks on the package show on top of it and they are
confusing. On about a 20x blowup of the pdf'd brochures page showing the
pin names, it looks like this for a bottom view.
led end sensor end
Chris Radek wrote:
As a result, it was necessary to choose a new name for the software.
Of the options the board considered, there was consensus that
LinuxCNC is the best option, as this has been our website's name for
years.
This does seem to be something of a mouthful ...
Did nobody
I would have expected some public discussion about new names etc
before a final decision
From when I went to get a trade mark it only covers an area this
allows multiple entities to own the same letters.
Dave Caroline
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote:
On 18.01.12 16:39, Geoff wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:16:13 pm Chris Radek wrote:
In the spring of 2011, the LinuxCNC Board of Directors was contacted
by a law firm representing EMC Corporation (www.emc.com) about the use
of EMC and EMC2 to identify the software offered on linuxcnc.org.
On 18.01.12 09:06, Dave Caroline wrote:
I would have expected some public discussion about new names etc
before a final decision
Yes, but it was probably frustrating enough to haggle with the
litigious lot, without becoming the meat in a sandwich. After we've all
blown off steam, I kinda figure
Do you think the other mob are in danger of being lawyered by a company
that
makes razors?
Heh, might be ;)
Otoh, their domains are not very close to still allow valid grounds for the
lawyers..
Regards,
Alex
--
On 01/17/2012 09:16 PM, Chris Radek wrote:
In the spring of 2011, the LinuxCNC Board of Directors was contacted
by a law firm representing EMC Corporation (www.emc.com) about the use
of EMC and EMC2 to identify the software offered on linuxcnc.org.
EMC Corporation has registered various
On 01/17/2012 09:46 PM, Erik Christiansen wrote:
On 17.01.12 20:30, gene heskett wrote:
On Tuesday, January 17, 2012 07:15:33 PM Fox Mulder did opine:
Am 17.01.2012 21:47, schrieb gene heskett:
Checking requirements, I see that libpng14.so.14 is required so
you helped me
On 01/18/2012 03:15 AM, Alex Joni wrote:
That's still beeing discussed. The issue is a bit deeper than simply
renaming the mailin lists.
The same is true about the sourceforge unix project name (we're not yet 100%
clear of the implications).
As of the lists, maybe it would be worth taking the
I have a D510 + PicoPSU system.
The PC shuts down as expected, but I would rather like it to power-off
the power supplies and monitor too.
Has anyone set up such a system?
I am thinking in terms of a relay controlled by the PicoPSU 5V or 12v
output to switch the 240Vac with a momentary switch in
Dang, I just googled PicoPSU and them things are tiny... If I replace my
power supply with one of those I could mount all kinds of stuff in the case.
John
On 1/18/2012 6:12 AM, andy pugh wrote:
I have a D510 + PicoPSU system.
The PC shuts down as expected, but I would rather like it to
On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 00:03 -0500, gene heskett wrote:
Alright, how about this one?
That'll work! [grin]
And who knows? My Larval Engineer may remember how to poke around inside
the safety covers without dying, in some future day when they
desperately need a fix right *now*...
--
Ed
On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 13:46 +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote:
Nope, to update the library info used in an open schematic editor, hit
Library-Update and select the modified library, or just use
Library-Update_All.
That's exactly what I expected to work, but it didn't:
I think the 12V relay is a good idea.
or as an alternative you may use this kind of device, with a
master/slave function :
http://www.priceminister.com/offer/buy/6668553/Bloc-Multiprise-Parafoudre-Parasurtenseur-Fonction-Master-Slave-Onduleur-Peripherique-d-alimentation.html
Le 18/01/2012
Andy,
My Servomill also runs on a D510MO and it is plugged into the master outlet of
a power strip called an Eco-strip (careful when googling!). It uses a USB
port to switch all the other outlets ON/OFF when the D510MO turns ON/OFF. It's
simple and works well.
Jim
- Original Message
On 18 January 2012 13:28, James Louis james.lo...@gastechnology.org wrote:
My Servomill also runs on a D510MO and it is plugged into the master outlet
of a power strip called an Eco-strip
I don't think that will work for me, as the main thing I want to do is
turn of the 12V PSU which powers
They work well too.I have used a lot of them with zero failures over
the last several years.
Watch out as there is a chinese import clone that is being sold on Ebay
for not much less than the original.
Dave
On 1/18/2012 7:22 AM, John Thornton wrote:
Dang, I just googled PicoPSU and them
On 1/18/2012 9:00 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 18 January 2012 13:28, James Louisjames.lo...@gastechnology.org wrote:
My Servomill also runs on a D510MO and it is plugged into the master outlet
of a power strip called an Eco-strip
I don't think that will work for me, as the main
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 3:47 PM, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
Greets all;
Going thru the docs for eagle, in this case following the tutorial_en.pdf,
This has been bothering me for a while, and I doubt I'm the only one. You
ask a lot of non-emc specific questions on the emc list.
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:02:01 AM Lester Caine did opine:
Chris Radek wrote:
As a result, it was necessary to choose a new name for the software.
Of the options the board considered, there was consensus that
LinuxCNC is the best option, as this has been our website's name for
I really enjoy Gene's war stories!! I, too am a (relatively) old
codger, but still young at heart.
At the risk of being too far off topic, I'd like to add one more war
story to Gene's list.
Back in the early 60's, I had a 2-way radio repair and maintenance
business. Remember, you
I just wanted to say that I agree with this decision! EMC was always
too short, and such a common letter combination to make an effective
search term on the internet. LinuxCNC is also much more descriptive of
the software's purpose as Chris' message said.
It's sort of a milestone for this project
On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:15:32 +0200
Alex Joni alex.j...@robcon.ro wrote:
As of the lists, maybe it would be worth taking the opportunity to
move them to linuxcnc.org (and get rid of these pesky ads).
If nothing else, this. See? Yet another improvement to our collective
condition!
One other
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:54:36 AM Ed Nisley did opine:
On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 13:46 +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote:
Nope, to update the library info used in an open schematic editor, hit
Library-Update and select the modified library, or just use
Library-Update_All.
That's
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:07:49 AM Eric Keller did opine:
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 3:47 PM, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
Greets all;
Going thru the docs for eagle, in this case following the
tutorial_en.pdf,
This has been bothering me for a while, and I doubt I'm the
On Jan 18, 2012, at 08:02 , gene heskett wrote:
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:02:01 AM Lester Caine did opine:
Did nobody consider simply 'LMC' Linux Machine Controller ...
Humm, that does have a certain poetic sound to it.
It's no good, we'd just get sued by the Large Magellanic Cloud…
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:29:47 AM Dennis J. Murray did opine:
I really enjoy Gene's war stories!! I, too am a (relatively) old
codger, but still young at heart.
[...]
Good story!
IN 1964, I took my first job in computer programming and stuck to it for
the rest of my 36 year
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:38:39 AM Sebastian Kuzminsky did opine:
On Jan 18, 2012, at 08:02 , gene heskett wrote:
On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:02:01 AM Lester Caine did opine:
Did nobody consider simply 'LMC' Linux Machine Controller ...
Humm, that does have a certain
In all seriousness, I'm perfectly happy with the Board's decision to rename the
project to LinuxCNC. It's a good name, and we've already been using it in our
web presence, which is perhaps the most important moniker.
Is there a shorter version of our new name that we can use in parallel with
On 18 January 2012 18:55, Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com wrote:
In all seriousness, I'm perfectly happy with the Board's decision to
rename the project to LinuxCNC. It's a good name, and we've already been
using it in our web presence, which is perhaps the most important moniker.
Is
There is an 'LNC' CNC controller, probably just EMC in a box.
- Original Message -
From: Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC: The new name
On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:20:28 +0200
Belli Button be...@iafrica.com wrote:
emc unique? ha!
http://www.acronymgeek.com/EMC
http://www.acronymgeek.com/EMC2
There is an 'LNC' CNC controller, probably just EMC in a box.
- Original Message -
From: Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com
Sourceforge has a process for renaming projects that apply to
circumstances like ours. When this is done, we expect most information
presently on sourceforge to appear but at new URLs that reflect our
project's new official name.
The mailing lists will have also have new names (linuxcnc-users
What about EMCNC?
Alan
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andy pugh wrote:
I have a D510 + PicoPSU system.
The PC shuts down as expected, but I would rather like it to power-off
the power supplies and monitor too.
Has anyone set up such a system?
I am thinking in terms of a relay controlled by the PicoPSU 5V or 12v
output to switch the 240Vac with
On 18 January 2012 02:16, Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com wrote:
LinuxCNC is the best option, as this has been our website's name for
years.
Ah well, I was probably never going to get it to compile on MacOS anyway….
--
atp
The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite
Matt Shaver wrote:
I just wanted to say that I agree with this decision! EMC was always
too short, and such a common letter combination to make an effective
search term on the internet.
Well, I don't fully agree, but ElectroMagnetic Compatibility is another
EMC that
causes confusion in the
Open Machine Controller or OpenCNC would have been better name. Still
holding out hope that the software could be supported on different
platforms.
For now, LinuxCNC is the monniker.
At least it isn't GNUCNC
--
Keep
On 1/18/2012 2:39 PM, Jack Coats wrote:
Open Machine Controller or OpenCNC would have been better name. Still
holding out hope that the software could be supported on different
platforms.
For now, LinuxCNC is the monniker.
At least it isn't GNUCNC
Or, in classic Unix fashion, YACNC.
But
OpenCNC already exists.
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Jack Coats j...@coats.org wrote:
Open Machine Controller or OpenCNC would have been better name. Still
holding out hope that the software could be supported on different
platforms.
For now, LinuxCNC
Can anyone recommend some stepper motor driver that one could send serial
coordinate commands? I'm
thinking that something like that exists?
Karl Schmidt EMail k...@xtronics.com
Plenty---most commercial 'stepper motor contollers' are designed to be
driven by serial commands, because that's easier to integrate in the
industrial world. Galil, Oregon Micro are two that we used, but Google has
over 7 million hits for stepper motor controller serial port.
Such controllers
On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:46:01 -0500
Kent A. Reed knbr...@erols.com wrote:
On 1/18/2012 2:39 PM, Jack Coats wrote:
Open Machine Controller or OpenCNC would have been better name.
Still holding out hope that the software could be supported on
different platforms.
For now, LinuxCNC is the
I would like to dynamically change the flow rate of material feed of my
plastic rapid prototyper. The material is dispensed by a step motor on the
A-axis. A is running proportional to the combined speed of X and Y (always
counting up) . The scale factor for A is set at the G-code generation, it is
2012/1/18 Alex Joni alex.j...@robcon.ro:
OpenCNC already exists.
Yes, here is something about it:
http://www.mdsi2.com/solutions/cnc_controls/
BTW do I understand correctly that emc.com guys do not have a problem
with the official name - Enhanced Machine Controller?
If that is true then I
2012/1/18 Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.com:
net flowrate stepgen.3.position-scale = input.0.abs-rx-position
This is not allowed, stepgen.3.position-scale is a parameter, not a pin
Then You can solve the cause of the problem - change it from parameter to pin.
In simple HAL module it
I think as long as you're modeling your extruder as an axis, you can't change
it's speed without also changing the speed of all the other axes (by using the
feed override knob on the motion controller).
Also, as long as your extruder's position is controlled by the motion
controller, you won't
Lars,
Take a look at the THC comp to see how I hijacked the position commanded
for Z and lied about the position feedback.
John
On 1/18/2012 2:53 PM, Ben Jackson wrote:
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 09:41:12PM +0100, Lars Andersson wrote:
I try manually while running:
setp
On 18 January 2012 20:41, Lars Andersson l...@larsandersson.com wrote:
This is not allowed, stepgen.3.position-scale is a parameter, not a pin
You could put a scale component between the axis and the stepgen.
I think, though, that you might have more luck putting the A stepgen
into velocity
I am currently working on a project using such a product from J.R. Kerr:
http://jrkerr.com/boards.html
I didn't buy the complete board, instead opting to build my own using the chip
he also sells. (I did this partly to save a few bucks but mostly because his
stock board only does
Lin Engineering sell a driver RS325, that takes serial commands using
RS485 as opposed to RS232. This has the advantage of being able to
connect multiple drivers to the same PC port. RS232 to RS485 adapters
are available from several places, as well as USB to RS485 adapters
Seeing that EMC2 has been stung by the EMC Corporation for trademark
infringment, why isn't Gillette pursuing Mach3 CNC ???
Or is it only a matter of time?
On 1/18/2012 3:05 PM, dave wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:46:01 -0500
Kent A. Reedknbr...@erols.com wrote:
On 1/18/2012 2:39
Hello to everybody on this list.
I've been working for almost two years with LinuxCNC software (the old EMC
hehe) and steppers driving an old Schaudt cam/lobe grinding machine. Now
it's time to improve the system and change the steppers for something with
more speed, specially for the Z axis.
I know it's tongue-in-cheek, but since several people have mentioned this I
thought I'd reply.
EMC corp has a trademark in a very related field. I don't recall the specific
area, but it had to do with computer hardware and a particular area of computer
software (backup most likely). Though
FWIW, Mach3 is relatively safe from attack. Trademarks apply to a
particular domain only, and razor blades and software are quite different
domain. In addition, there must be reasonable reason to believe that the
consumer would be confused by the use of the term, and it is highly
unlikely that
i have tryed this also u can get close u will not get Servo
performance/position resolutions but u can get close.. hence why they
say servo like on VFDs spec sheets
and it does make a big diff what level of VFD you use also some are alot
better at this than others..
Yaskawa do some very
Thanks Robert for your answer. I'll be chechink the Yaskawa models and see
if I can find a good dealer around here to request quotation.
So you tell that you tried this combination with EMC?. And how did it work?
It was good for positioning?. I don't need fast interpolations, only
individual
What exactly did they copyright? EMC? or /Enhanced Machine Controller/?
EMC is just an acronym - can they actually claim an acronym?
As someone else said - their lawyers are trying to justify their jobs.
What about all of the - Electric Membership Corporations - EMC?
I belong to and get my power
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Dave Panetta(The Spam Catcher)
thespamcatc...@bellsouth.net wrote:
What exactly did they copyright? EMC? or /Enhanced Machine Controller/?
EMC is just an acronym - can they actually claim an acronym?
As someone else said - their lawyers are trying to justify
On 18.01.12 10:01, gene heskett wrote:
I was under the impression that there was a hidden linkage
between the schematic and the footprint.
The hidden linkage is the pin mapping in the package. The package
automatically appears in the board view when the symbol is placed in the
schematic.
On 01/18/2012 12:41 PM, Lars Andersson wrote:
This immediately gives a joint 3 following error even for a very small
change.
Can I work around this?
The problem appears to be, as someone pointed out, that changing the
scale factor also causes a step in the output due to a multiplying the
Interestingly, if you google emc opensource, buried among all the
excellent enhanced machine controller articles, there is reference to the
other emc and their foray into open source. Maybe this is how they get
their google search rating up.
-Original Message-
From: Stephen Wille
On 01/18/2012 07:30 AM, Matt Shaver wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:50:41 +1100
Erik Christiansendva...@internode.on.net wrote:
I'm only having trouble pretending that their case has any
legitimacy.
It's not legitimate. Unfortunately, many recent activities originating
in the U.S. are
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