Re: [Emc-users] joint 2 exceeded errors

2016-03-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 March 2016 23:28:20 Jon Elson wrote: > On 03/08/2016 09:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > From the .ini file: > > > > MIN_LIMIT = -10.2500 > > MAX_LIMIT = 0.3690 > > OK, these are the distance from the home position, wherever > you have it defined. You ARE homing the machi

Re: [Emc-users] joint 2 exceeded errors

2016-03-08 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/08/2016 09:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > From the .ini file: > > MIN_LIMIT = -10.2500 > MAX_LIMIT = 0.3690 > > OK, these are the distance from the home position, wherever you have it defined. You ARE homing the machine to a fixed position, like a home or limit switch, right? I

Re: [Emc-users] joint 2 exceeded errors

2016-03-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 March 2016 19:24:33 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings; > > I have gone thru this machine, starting with nuking linuxcnc.var, > homed it and zeroed it until the DRO display, even when asked to show > offsets, is reporting a whole screen full of 0. for all axis's. > > Then I used a p

[Emc-users] joint 2 exceeded errors

2016-03-08 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; I have gone thru this machine, starting with nuking linuxcnc.var, homed it and zeroed it until the DRO display, even when asked to show offsets, is reporting a whole screen full of 0. for all axis's. Then I used a pad of pcb to measure, and put into the tool table, all the Z axi

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa Reseller in America

2016-03-08 Thread John Thornton
I don't have 7i29's yet, they are on the list I just need to build some sales then keep expanding. JT On 3/8/2016 11:49 AM, Belli Button wrote: > 7i29's? > > > > -Original Message- > From: John Thornton [mailto:j...@gnipsel.com] > Sent: 08 March 2016 14:31 > To: Enhanced Machine Controll

Re: [Emc-users] Need help with X200 VFD modbus

2016-03-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 March 2016 12:56:41 Mark wrote: > On 03/08/2016 12:42 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Gene, > >> > >> Check out the Blue ESR meter. Does the same as the Cap Wizard, and > >> is only $84. It is a kit, but I built mine a few years ago, and > >> anyone that knows which end of a soldering

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Tourque and VFD Settings

2016-03-08 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
> Since you still have some of the old drives, check the limit > current on them, and compare to the new one. > Some drives have fancy stuff, such as reducing frequency > when at limit current, thereby slowing the motor. If current limit is hit torque which is proportional to current will be li

Re: [Emc-users] P parameter display

2016-03-08 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 03/08/2016 01:02 PM, Len Shelton wrote: > Well that sucks. Any ideas on how to write a module that would make it > available? The easiest way is probably to add a ".tolerance" hal pin to Motion, and have Motion copy the data there. Look in src/emc/motion/mot_priv.h for the emcmot_hal_data_t s

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Tourque and VFD Settings

2016-03-08 Thread Todd Zuercher
I agree I thought it also seemed like the problem was with the drive. And I think I've solved it. We bought the machine new and never considered that the manufacturer would have improperly configured the drives, actually not bothered to configure them at all. Upon further inspection I found t

Re: [Emc-users] P parameter display

2016-03-08 Thread Len Shelton
Well that sucks. Any ideas on how to write a module that would make it available? >Len On 3/8/2016 10:39 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > because that his how it has always been done? ;) > > sam > > On 3/8/2016 10:32 AM, andy pugh wrote: >> On 7 March 2016 at 23:10, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >>> T

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa Reseller in America

2016-03-08 Thread Belli Button
7i29's? -Original Message- From: John Thornton [mailto:j...@gnipsel.com] Sent: 08 March 2016 14:31 To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Mesa Reseller in America I have another stocking order due in Friday that will add THCAD-10's, THCAD-300's and 7i80HD-16's t

Re: [Emc-users] Need help with X200 VFD modbus

2016-03-08 Thread Mark
On 03/08/2016 12:42 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> Gene, >> >> Check out the Blue ESR meter. Does the same as the Cap Wizard, and is >> only $84. It is a kit, but I built mine a few years ago, and anyone >> that knows which end of a soldering iron to hold can assemble this >> guy. This meter has g

Re: [Emc-users] Need help with X200 VFD modbus

2016-03-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 08 March 2016 07:39:25 Mark wrote: > On 03/07/2016 12:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The best of that type of device is (google for it) the "Capacitor > > Wizard", a single function device that costs about $200, which can > > do it incircuit because its signal is too low to turn on any

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Tourque and VFD Settings

2016-03-08 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/07/2016 04:11 PM, Todd Zuercher wrote: > I'm having a little trouble understanding some things and how they should be > configured. > > I recently purchased a cheapo Chinese spindle to replace another spindle that > failed (small HP high speed for wood carving). > > The old spindle was a 3h

Re: [Emc-users] P parameter display

2016-03-08 Thread sam sokolik
because that his how it has always been done? ;) sam On 3/8/2016 10:32 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 7 March 2016 at 23:10, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> Task passes the G64 P value to Motion using emcTrajSetTermCond(), and >> Motion records the tolerance in its emcmotDebug structure. > That doesn'

Re: [Emc-users] P parameter display

2016-03-08 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 03/08/2016 09:32 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 7 March 2016 at 23:10, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> Task passes the G64 P value to Motion using emcTrajSetTermCond(), and >> Motion records the tolerance in its emcmotDebug structure. > > That doesn't seem the most logical place for it to live. Agree

Re: [Emc-users] P parameter display

2016-03-08 Thread andy pugh
On 7 March 2016 at 23:10, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > Task passes the G64 P value to Motion using emcTrajSetTermCond(), and > Motion records the tolerance in its emcmotDebug structure. That doesn't seem the most logical place for it to live. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http:/

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Tourque and VFD Settings

2016-03-08 Thread andy pugh
On 7 March 2016 at 22:11, Todd Zuercher wrote: > Is there any hope for this drive motor combination. Or is this Chinese piece > of crap not up to what it's sticker says. (Considering it cost about 1/7th > what the original spindle does it wouldn't be surprising.) Is it poss

Re: [Emc-users] Need help with X200 VFD modbus

2016-03-08 Thread Mark
On 03/07/2016 12:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The best of that type of device is (google for it) the "Capacitor > Wizard", a single function device that costs about $200, which can do it > incircuit because its signal is too low to turn on any surrounding > semiconductors even if they are Schotke

[Emc-users] Spindle Tourque and VFD Settings

2016-03-08 Thread Todd Zuercher
I'm having a little trouble understanding some things and how they should be configured. I recently purchased a cheapo Chinese spindle to replace another spindle that failed (small HP high speed for wood carving). The old spindle was a 3hp 220v 8.5A 18000 RPM motor. The new one is 18000RPM 8

[Emc-users] 2.65 -2.7 issues.

2016-03-08 Thread Marshland Engineering
I had 2.6.5 setup and working on the test bed. It was last used about 6 months ago. By "mistake" I did a general update and now LinuxCNC crashes. I tried to update to 2.7 and that came up with many errors. I though I would start from scratch. I downloaded 2.7 and made a bootable USB disk. I canno

[Emc-users] Tool table, probably for the 10,000th time

2016-03-08 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; This code to carve the clearances for the lid stay hinge when its installed on a 1.5" wide strip of Mahogany that must so wide so it can hang out on the inside edge, with a 11/32 wide groove 1/4" deep to retain the top end of the cedar plank lining, is a 3 stage & 3 tool routine, an

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa Reseller in America

2016-03-08 Thread John Thornton
I have another stocking order due in Friday that will add THCAD-10's, THCAD-300's and 7i80HD-16's to the cards already in stock. In stock now. 5i24-16 5i25 6i25 7i37TA 7i76 7i76E 7i77 7i77ISOL 7i90HD 7i92 I also have 5vdc and 24vdc power supplies in stock. JT On 2/1/2016 4:14 PM, John Thornton

[Emc-users] Tool table, probably for the 10,000th time

2016-03-08 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; This is a repeat, because the original was sent at 20:32 my time yesterday, and at 02:22 my time this morning, nearly 6 hours elapsed time, the message has not come back. I am on several other lists that sourceforge hosts and none of them are apparently of any priority to sourcefor

[Emc-users] Tool table, probably for the 10,000th time

2016-03-08 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; 3rd send, 03:21 AM & still no return from sourceforge. Gr. Seriously, we need a mail list server that works. However, to simplicate the issue, I just now found John Thorntons truely excellent description under the wiki entry starting with "Tool Touch Off", which extends to 2 w

Re: [Emc-users] P parameter display

2016-03-08 Thread Dave Cole
On 3/7/2016 4:25 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 7 March 2016 at 19:59, Len Shelton wrote: >> I >> can't figure out where the P parameters are stored. > I had a look (tracking the command sequence from G64 in > inter_convert.cc) and got lost after about 3 layers of abstraction. > > It gets converted to

Re: [Emc-users] P parameter display

2016-03-08 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 03/07/2016 02:25 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 7 March 2016 at 19:59, Len Shelton wrote: >> I >> can't figure out where the P parameters are stored. > > I had a look (tracking the command sequence from G64 in > inter_convert.cc) and got lost after about 3 layers of abstraction. > > It gets converte