Re: [Emc-users] question about tapered threading (etc)

2012-01-25 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:47:26 -0500, you wrote: And that is the reason EMC measures pitch along the hypotenuse. A fairly famous quote from Allan Kay goes: Simple things should be simple, complex things should be possible. Butt you've made a simple thing complex. Be MUCH better if along the

Re: [Emc-users] question about tapered threading (etc)

2012-01-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 January 2012 08:27, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote: Be MUCH better if along the hypotenuse was G33.1 and along the axis was G33 (or even better G32). At least then threading would be industry standard. It isn't even that clear-cut:

Re: [Emc-users] [OT]Moveing pcb-gcode generated files to the milling machine=huge PIMA

2012-01-25 Thread Mark Wendt
On 01/24/2012 02:21 PM, gene heskett wrote: I probably have 5 or 7 tabs open, su- at any one time. Biggest problem then is that x belongs to gene, and root collects megabytes of x errors when root forgets to use vim and tries to use gedit. Gene, is this on the pclos machine, or on the

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread Mark Wendt
On 01/24/2012 04:52 PM, Dave wrote: Thank You Guys for doing that and footing the bill..I know hosting is not free.. if you put a donate link someplace... I think that might help offset some costs. Dave Dave, I think that's a great idea. A number of different forums, groups, etc

Re: [Emc-users] [OT]Moveing pcb-gcode generated files to the milling machine=huge PIMA

2012-01-25 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 05:29:19 AM Rafael Skodlar did opine: On 01/24/2012 11:21 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 01:46:15 PM Rafael Skodlar did opine: [...] Chuckle, I need that this morning (morning? Duh, it's past 2pm), the 2nd cup hasn't kicked

Re: [Emc-users] [OT]Moveing pcb-gcode generated files to the milling machine=huge PIMA

2012-01-25 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 05:45:30 AM Mark Wendt did opine: On 01/24/2012 02:21 PM, gene heskett wrote: I probably have 5 or 7 tabs open, su- at any one time. Biggest problem then is that x belongs to gene, and root collects megabytes of x errors when root forgets to use vim and

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 05:49:24 AM Mark Wendt did opine: On 01/24/2012 04:52 PM, Dave wrote: Thank You Guys for doing that and footing the bill..I know hosting is not free.. if you put a donate link someplace... I think that might help offset some costs. Dave Dave, I

Re: [Emc-users] [OT]Moveing pcb-gcode generated files to the milling machine=huge PIMA

2012-01-25 Thread Mark Wendt
On 01/25/2012 05:48 AM, gene heskett wrote: The pclos box Mark. Its a little odd. OTOH so is ubuntu when your first experience with linux was redhat. You can sudo gedit, but not su - or sudo -i then run gedit, no biggie. I've used vim for 20 years, so its not like it was new to

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread Mark Wendt
On 01/25/2012 05:49 AM, gene heskett wrote: Dave, I think that's a great idea. A number of different forums, groups, etc that I belong to do just that, and it really helps with the cost of upkeep. What say ye fellow LinuxCNC'ers? Let's help out the folks that are keeping our web presence

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 January 2012 11:01, Mark Wendt mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote: Does our BOD have a treasurer position?  If not, perhaps it's time we added that position, create a single bank account, attach a Paypal account to it and use that to pay the web bills? There is some risk there of ending up

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread Mark Wendt
On 01/25/2012 06:06 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 25 January 2012 11:01, Mark Wendtmark.we...@nrl.navy.mil wrote: Does our BOD have a treasurer position? If not, perhaps it's time we added that position, create a single bank account, attach a Paypal account to it and use that to pay the web

Re: [Emc-users] question about tapered threading (etc)

2012-01-25 Thread John Thornton
IIRC Jeff Eppler cut a fusee for a mousetrap powered car... John On 1/24/2012 3:52 PM, John Prentice wrote: - Original Message - From: Kent A. Reedknbr...@erols.com Several items were called out recently as being show stoppers for LinuxCNC. I do not aspire to learn the inner

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread John Thornton
Chris, Is there any need to have a second backup of the whole works? John On 1/24/2012 1:48 PM, Chris Radek wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:31:11AM -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: Thank goodness for the servers that host our website, wiki and such. It looks like PMDX gets credit for this. Thank

Re: [Emc-users] question about tapered threading (etc)

2012-01-25 Thread sam sokolik
You can see it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACvRilmIKDQ (that was JohnK) I really like the flexibility over a standard. (I didn't know there was a 'standard' from research I have done) And with a little math - it will make a perfect tapered thread. With re-mapping now there are

Re: [Emc-users] question about tapered threading (etc)

2012-01-25 Thread John Thornton
well they both have a first name that starts with J LOL so I got one letter right. John On 1/25/2012 6:04 AM, sam sokolik wrote: You can see it here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACvRilmIKDQ (that was JohnK) I really like the flexibility over a standard. (I didn't know there was a

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread Sven Wesley
Andy, Understandable. The paypal link could be set up so that it could be turned on when funds are needed and turned off when the funding is met. The treasurer would have to stay on top of that though. Mark This must be the most wide spread discussion in ages at this mailing list,

Re: [Emc-users] OT Fusee (was question about tapered threading)

2012-01-25 Thread John Prentice
- Original Message - From: John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com IIRC Jeff Eppler cut a fusee for a mousetrap powered car... John Sadly a fusee for clock work needs a curved profile to match spring forces rather than straight line. I think they are hard to cut on a CNC lathe although

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread John Thornton
That's the beauty of having different methods of communication. You like the Zone and I hate it and never go there. Doesn't make one better than the other in any way, it just makes the LinuxCNC forum better for me and 5000 other users and the Zone better for you and the people who like to go

Re: [Emc-users] OT Fusee (was question about tapered threading)

2012-01-25 Thread Lester Caine
John Prentice wrote: From: John Thorntonbjt...@gmail.com IIRC Jeff Eppler cut a fusee for a mousetrap powered car... Sadly a fusee for clock work needs a curved profile to match spring forces rather than straight line. I think they are hard to cut on a CNC lathe although reasonably easy to

Re: [Emc-users] OT Fusee (was question about tapered threading)

2012-01-25 Thread Dave Caroline
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: John Prentice wrote: From: John Thorntonbjt...@gmail.com IIRC Jeff Eppler cut a fusee for a mousetrap powered car... Sadly a fusee for clock work needs a curved profile to match spring forces rather than straight line.

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 08:59:05 AM Sven Wesley did opine: Andy, Understandable. The paypal link could be set up so that it could be turned on when funds are needed and turned off when the funding is met. The treasurer would have to stay on top of that though. Mark This

Re: [Emc-users] [Emc-developers] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/23 Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at: What I do blame you for, and what I take issue with, is the style and attitude in which you have come to, and implemented your decision, which is symptomatic for how the EMC2 project is run, and what is wrong with it from a steering

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 January 2012 12:12, Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com wrote: If you guys think that the internal forum works well so be it. To me it's not better at all than (for example) cnczone or the mailing list. I agree. However, it is much easier to find, and so ends up being the first port of

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/20 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:39 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 10:42 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... snip Kirk, I repasted Your scheme here: http://picpaste.com/scheme-3V0w43QM.png ... snip Revised schematic attached.

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary homing.

2012-01-25 Thread Ed Nisley
On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 18:04 -0500, gene heskett wrote: if I can insert those few lines of code after the M6 T# command. If you add: [EMCIO] TOOL_CHANGE_AT_G30 = 1 Then M6 will move to the G30 position, which you've cleverly set right above the probe switch. Admittedly, you must then call the

[Emc-users] Methods of community information exchange for LinuxCNC

2012-01-25 Thread Dave
I'm not a big forum user in general. I think the forum model must be carried out very carefully for it to be effective. I think the LinuxCNC forum is very good.I think the CNCZone is not so good. I used to be a regular reader/contributor on the CNCZone but the hassle factor was too high.

[Emc-users] Money issues, and my regret of mentioning it

2012-01-25 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 06:17:22AM -0500, Mark Wendt wrote: Andy, Understandable. The paypal link could be set up so that it could be turned on when funds are needed and turned off when the funding is met. The treasurer would have to stay on top of that though. I now regret mentioning

Re: [Emc-users] OT Fusee (was question about tapered threading)

2012-01-25 Thread Lester Caine
Dave Caroline wrote: On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Lester Caineles...@lsces.co.uk wrote: John Prentice wrote: From: John Thorntonbjt...@gmail.com IIRC Jeff Eppler cut a fusee for a mousetrap powered car... Sadly a fusee for clock work needs a curved profile to match spring

Re: [Emc-users] OT Fusee (was question about tapered threading)

2012-01-25 Thread Ian W. Wright
As John said, in horology, the curve of a fusee has to exactly match the force of the mainspring if it is to do its job properly. The idea is that the force of a wound up spring is much greater than that of a spring which is mostly unwound and the fusee is there as a continually variable

Re: [Emc-users] OT Fusee (was question about tapered threading)

2012-01-25 Thread Dave Caroline
Found my pics of the few pages in The science of clocks and watches A. L. Rawlings British Horological Institute 1993 about the fusee http://www.collection.archivist.info/archive/DJCPD/PD/2007/2007_06_06_Rawlings/ Which has some maths for those wishing to put it in gcode Dave

Re: [Emc-users] OT Fusee (was question about tapered threading)

2012-01-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 January 2012 16:22, Ian W. Wright watchma...@talktalk.net wrote: It is a long, tedious but ultimately simple and low-tech process and, to get it right, this is the only way to do it. I would have thought that, in principle, a torque meter and encoder could accurately measure the

[Emc-users] MESA questions

2012-01-25 Thread Andrew
Hello, Some questions regarding MESA cards: 1. Please confirm the configuration 7i43+7i48 for 6 channel analog servo. Is there full firmware support? 2. The friend's machine has 7 servos (including 3 spindles) in step/dir mode, and RS422 is preferred for higher input frequency. Which RS422

Re: [Emc-users] Control a hot wire foam cutter using LinuxCNC?

2012-01-25 Thread Peter Georgi
Hi, Ben Jakson published the two links below. Since I have a four axis (XYUV) hot wire foam cutter I jumped into the tube at youtube. Mr. Sammel implemented exactly what I was looking for a while. I manly use the cutter for wing panels for model air planes. I downloaded the patch. But how to

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Roland Jollivet
On 25 January 2012 19:41, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 17:06 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... snip I tested by connecting/disconnecting 4N25 pin1 to GND and measured the voltage on laser power pins. Do you mean pin 2? Shorting pin 2 to ground

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012. gada 25. Jan. 18:55 Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com rakstīja: On 25 January 2012 19:41, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 17:06 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... snip I tested by connecting/disconnecting 4N25 pin1 to GND and measured the

Re: [Emc-users] MESA questions

2012-01-25 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012, Andrew wrote: Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:26:50 +0200 From: Andrew parallel.kinemat...@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] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 19:52 +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote: ... snip By the way, you are using a PNP package for a NPN device. Be sure to change it before doing a layout. Regards Roland Uugh, that's embarrassing. I got the part number from Viesturs' e-mail reply, just pasted it in and didn't

Re: [Emc-users] MESA questions

2012-01-25 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 19:26 +0200, Andrew wrote: ... snip 2. The friend's machine has 7 servos (including 3 spindles) in step/dir mode, and RS422 is preferred for higher input frequency. Which RS422 daughter cards for 5i20 (or other FPGA) are supported with hardware? ... snip What servo

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Ok, now I got it. Thank You, Kirk, for explanatory scheme! Thank You, Roland, for pointing it out. I will try in to resolder within next few hours and report back. Viesturs 2012. gada 25. Jan. 19:19 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com rakstīja: On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 19:52 +0200, Roland

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 10:17 -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: ... snip I suppose the BD139 could be made to work, but I would need to build the circuit to say anything with confidence. See attached. ... snip I suppose being able to use SPICE would help. Maybe I'll learn to use it in another life.

Re: [Emc-users] MESA questions

2012-01-25 Thread Andrew
2012/1/25 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com On Wed, 25 Jan 2012, Andrew wrote: Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:26:50 +0200 From: Andrew parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)

[Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Roland Jollivet
On 25 January 2012 20:17, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 19:52 +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote: ... snip By the way, you are using a PNP package for a NPN device. Be sure to change it before doing a layout. Regards Roland Uugh, that's

Re: [Emc-users] MESA questions

2012-01-25 Thread Andrew
2012/1/25 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com What servo drivers does he have? If the drivers have the option, it might be better to use a torque or velocity input. No analog option, unfortunately. RS422 is a standard that describes handling a signal through a pair of wires.

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012. gada 25. Jan. 19:39 Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com rakstīja: Haha. Sorry, it's funny. The BD139 is a NPN, so the position was right, but the symbol should have been changed from PNP to NPN. Otherwise, you can leave the new drawing as is, but label it as a BD138. The BD138

Re: [Emc-users] MESA questions

2012-01-25 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012, Andrew wrote: Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:36:21 +0200 From: Andrew parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

[Emc-users] About the board, the rebrand, and the future

2012-01-25 Thread Chris Radek
Michael, Thanks for your criticism. I have taken several days to think about it. I have not discussed my thoughts with the board and I am speaking only for myself and to my own relationship to the project. I agree with you that there are some technical problems with how the renaming was done;

[Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Roland Jollivet
2012/1/25 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com 2012. gada 25. Jan. 19:39 Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com rakstīja: Haha. Sorry, it's funny. The BD139 is a NPN, so the position was right, but the symbol should have been changed from PNP to NPN. Otherwise, you can leave

[Emc-users] Mouse pointer hidden at startup

2012-01-25 Thread Lars Andersson
On an ASUS ATN5NM10-I mobo (selected on recommendation in this list) I have two partitions, one with a plain Ubuntu 10.04 and one with Ubuntu 10.04 2.6.32-122-rtai. This mobo works fine, max jitter like 9000, I have the base thread interval set at 25000. At startup of the rtai system there is

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012. gada 25. Jan. 20:18 Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com rakstīja: 2012/1/25 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com 2012. gada 25. Jan. 19:39 Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com rakstīja: Haha. Sorry, it's funny. The BD139 is a NPN, so the position was right,

Re: [Emc-users] OT Fusee (was question about tapered threading)

2012-01-25 Thread Ian W. Wright
On 25/01/2012 16:39, andy pugh wrote: On 25 January 2012 16:22, Ian W. Wrightwatchma...@talktalk.net wrote: It is a long, tedious but ultimately simple and low-tech process and, to get it right, this is the only way to do it. I would have thought that, in principle, a torque meter and

Re: [Emc-users] Methods of community information exchange for LinuxCNC

2012-01-25 Thread Charles Buckley
I have generally found that old discussions - on forums or email - quite often provide a great resource for troubleshooting. Beyond that, the real issue is critical mass of participants. If there is very little signal, it is irrelevant what the signal to noise ratio is. C Buckley On Wed, Jan 25,

Re: [Emc-users] Methods of community information exchange for LinuxCNC

2012-01-25 Thread Jack Coats
IRC support is good too for 'immediate questions'. This isn't such a small group that we should have 'just one' channel of communications. 'Official announcements' should go out on the group web site, and that same information made available to 'freshmeat', sourceforge, git, and any other related

Re: [Emc-users] About the board, the rebrand, and the future

2012-01-25 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 1/25/2012 2:10 PM, Chris Radek wrote: Michael, Thanks for your criticism. I have taken several days to think about it. I have not discussed my thoughts with the board and I am speaking only for myself and to my own relationship to the project. I agree with you that there are some

Re: [Emc-users] Mouse pointer hidden at startup

2012-01-25 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 1/25/2012 2:24 PM, Lars Andersson wrote: On an ASUS ATN5NM10-I mobo (selected on recommendation in this list) I have two partitions, one with a plain Ubuntu 10.04 and one with Ubuntu 10.04 2.6.32-122-rtai. This mobo works fine, max jitter like 9000, I have the base thread interval set at

Re: [Emc-users] question on gcode parsing

2012-01-25 Thread Michael Haberler
[this should move to emc-developers, which is why I'm cc'ing there] it just occured to me that a decent parser would give us the opportunity for a significant language simplification while retaining backwards compatibility. An example for the current RS274NGC language with variable references,

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread s...@highlab.com
I am not a board member or anything official, I'm just some guy who hacks on linuxcnc sometimes. I speak for myself. I've been following this thread since the start, and there is a disconnect between what people are asking for and how i think this project works. People are saying thing like:

Re: [Emc-users] [Emc-developers] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 January 2012 20:53, s...@highlab.com s...@highlab.com wrote: People are saying thing like: What's the road map of features for future releases? What features should/shouldn't I work on? These kinds of questions make no sense in my mental model of the project. I see your point, but

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread Ben Jackson
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 01:53:51PM -0700, s...@highlab.com wrote: I have a list of things *I* want to do to the linuxcnc project, but I'd never dream of telling anyone to work on them. It's not my place to tell folks what to do. Although I am not a contributor to LinuxCNC I have contributed

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/25 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 21:16 +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote: ... snip All I'm saying is; BD138 is PNP BD139 is NPN Just make sure that the symbol used matches the description, otherwise if you automatically place the part, you'll have the

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 January 2012 21:07, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Kirk, I am getting totally confused... What is the difference in schematics between both images in Your last email? I cannot see any... The direction the arrow points in the transistor schematic symbol. -- atp The idea

Re: [Emc-users] MESA questions

2012-01-25 Thread Andrew
2012/1/25 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com Thanks! I probably stick to 7i43 as I already have it. Which firmware should I use here? SVST6_6 Which 5i23 firmware goes for both cases? Both would need a new firmware files (SVST12_12_7I52S, SVST12_12_7I47) Thanks, Peter! Just ordered

Re: [Emc-users] [Emc-developers] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 09:07:14PM +, andy pugh wrote: I see your point, but that does leave a bit of a problem. Currently I can have a great idea for a modification to LinuxCNC. I can spend months working on it to get it to the point where it can be demonstrated. Then somebody can say

Re: [Emc-users] About the board, the rebrand, and the future

2012-01-25 Thread Alex Joni
I mostly agree with Chris on this one, some comments added below. Michael, Thanks for your criticism. I have taken several days to think about it. I have not discussed my thoughts with the board and I am speaking only for myself and to my own relationship to the project. I agree with you

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/25 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 25 January 2012 21:07, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Kirk, I am getting totally confused... What is the difference in schematics between both images in Your last email? I cannot see any... The direction the arrow points in the

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary homing.

2012-01-25 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 04:49:03 PM Ed Nisley did opine: On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 18:04 -0500, gene heskett wrote: if I can insert those few lines of code after the M6 T# command. If you add: [EMCIO] TOOL_CHANGE_AT_G30 = 1 That is I believe, a new one to me, thanks Ed. I'm

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary homing.

2012-01-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 January 2012 22:09, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: I am down to adding the subroutine call after the M6 T# Even that is potentially optional: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/devel/html/remap/structure.html (but probably not worth the trouble unless you are going to want to _always_

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 23:07 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... snip Kirk, I am getting totally confused... Sorry about that. What is the difference in schematics between both images in Your last email? I cannot see any... NPN Not Pointing iN |/ Collector Base ---| |\

Re: [Emc-users] About the board, the rebrand, and the future

2012-01-25 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 05:26:08 PM Chris Radek did opine: Michael, Thanks for your criticism. I have taken several days to think about it. I have not discussed my thoughts with the board and I am speaking only for myself and to my own relationship to the project. I agree with

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 23:43 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/1/25 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 25 January 2012 21:07, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Kirk, I am getting totally confused... What is the difference in schematics between both images in Your last email? I

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary homing.

2012-01-25 Thread Ed Nisley
On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 22:20 +, andy pugh wrote: Even that is potentially optional: Oh, *wow*... Yet Another Way to confuse myself beyond recognition. I must put the tool probe switch somewhere more-or-less fixed before I start invoking that code, but I like what it can do! -- Ed

Re: [Emc-users] About the board, the rebrand, and the future

2012-01-25 Thread Sven Wesley
2012/1/25 Chris Radek ch...@timeguy.com Michael, Thanks for your criticism. I have taken several days to think about it. I have not discussed my thoughts with the board and I am speaking only for myself and to my own relationship to the project. ...snip Chris, I think too you made the

Re: [Emc-users] Communication Channels (Was: An Open Letter...)

2012-01-25 Thread Sven Wesley
2012/1/24 Eric Keller eekel...@psu.edu Seems to me that the CNCzone moderator is a EMC doubter at best, maybe I'm wrong. You mean like, have-been-using-EMC-the-last-nine-years doubter? -- Keep Your Developer Skills

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary homing.

2012-01-25 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 07:11:35PM -0500, Ed Nisley wrote: On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 22:20 +, andy pugh wrote: Even that is potentially optional: Oh, *wow*... Yet Another Way to confuse myself beyond recognition. I must put the tool probe switch somewhere more-or-less fixed before I

Re: [Emc-users] [OT]Moveing pcb-gcode generated files to the milling machine=huge PIMA

2012-01-25 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 01/25/2012 02:44 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 05:29:19 AM Rafael Skodlar did opine: On 01/24/2012 11:21 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 01:46:15 PM Rafael Skodlar did opine: [...] Why not try (g)awk? You can search, match strings,

Re: [Emc-users] [OT]Moveing pcb-gcode generated files to the milling machine=huge PIMA

2012-01-25 Thread Mark Cason
On 01/25/2012 04:44 AM, gene heskett wrote: Why not try (g)awk? You can search, match strings, and do some math with it. Of course you could always use a combination of sed, awk and bash, or simply perl. I looked at the gawk man page, didn't see any mention of floating point math so I kept on

Re: [Emc-users] [OT]Moveing pcb-gcode generated files to the milling machine=huge PIMA

2012-01-25 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:59:48 AM Mark Cason did opine: On 01/25/2012 04:44 AM, gene heskett wrote: Why not try (g)awk? You can search, match strings, and do some math with it. Of course you could always use a combination of sed, awk and bash, or simply perl. I looked at the gawk

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/26 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 23:43 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/1/25 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 25 January 2012 21:07, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Kirk, I am getting totally confused... What is the difference in

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 01/25/2012 01:43 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/1/25 andy pughbodge...@gmail.com: On 25 January 2012 21:07, Viesturs Lācisviesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Kirk, I am getting totally confused... What is the difference in schematics between both images in Your last email? I cannot see

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2012-01-26 at 08:40 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... snip Ground is shared on both sides, because 5V and 12V are supplied by PC's PSU. Is there a simple way I can drive that transistor without optoisolator? I think you could add a smaller transistor in place of the opto-isolator. See