Re: [Emc-users] [was]multiswitch Q's, now encoder

2017-02-27 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 28.02.17 00:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > Plus values in the 0 to 7 range behave as expected. updown counts of -1 > to -7 do not, but do give unique address outputs of 15 to 9 in nibble > values, so there is no conflict at any point in the -7 to 7 range. The values: 15 to 9 for -1 to -7 are as e

Re: [Emc-users] [was]multiswitch Q's, now encoder

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 28 February 2017 00:13:51 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I have one joint worth of the updown and bitslice coded up and tested. > > Plus values in the 0 to 7 range behave as expected. updown counts of > -1 to -7 do not, but do give unique address outputs of 15 to 9 in > nibbl

Re: [Emc-users] [was]multiswitch Q's, now encoder

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; I have one joint worth of the updown and bitslice coded up and tested. Plus values in the 0 to 7 range behave as expected. updown counts of -1 to -7 do not, but do give unique address outputs of 15 to 9 in nibble values, so there is no conflict at any point in the -7 to 7 range.

Re: [Emc-users] OT - Arduino development - Atmel ICE useful ?

2017-02-27 Thread Dave Cole
The software is free but the hardware debugger ICE unit is not. But it works nicely on the AVR boards. Dave On 2/27/2017 4:34 AM, Lester Caine wrote: > On 26/02/17 17:01, Dave Cole wrote: >> I tried to buy it from the Atmel store as well and I was told the same >> thing and I am in the US. >> S

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 15:24:34 Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 02/27/2017 01:14 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 27 February 2017 11:42:53 Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > >> On 02/27/2017 09:35 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> And, I just checked, formatted the .list file entry according to >

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 15:24:34 Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > wheezy master-sim That sounded like it should, but: W: Failed to fetch http://linuxcnc.org/dists/wheezy/Release Unable to find expected entry 'master-sim/binary-i386/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malform

Re: [Emc-users] Problem installing Linuxcnc-dev on 2.5.0

2017-02-27 Thread Jeff Epler
LinuxCNC's "master" branch, and versions of LinuxCNC after 2.7.xx, will not work with Ubuntu Lucid. You will need a fresh install of a newer OS if you want to experiment with compiling the LinuxCNC master branch, or when LinuxCNC 2.8 is released and you want to upgrade to it. http://wiki.linuxcnc

Re: [Emc-users] Problem installing Linuxcnc-dev on 2.5.0

2017-02-27 Thread Kurt Jacobson
So, I am not the only one that has trouble with nessessary and spell checkers. I think I'll add nessessary to my spell check dictionaries, that is how I normally try and spell it anyhow. IMHO it is better to be concictant and uses Ss throughout. And now that I think about it, same goes for Cs in co

Re: [Emc-users] Problem installing Linuxcnc-dev on 2.5.0

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 15:51:53 Kurt Jacobson wrote: > Gene, I just about fell over laughing and then I would have got hurt! > > You have no clue how much I rely on spell check, it really is a > blessing, but sometimes I'm not so sure. > > Have a great day! > > Kurt I am never sure. I have th

Re: [Emc-users] Problem installing Linuxcnc-dev on 2.5.0

2017-02-27 Thread Kurt Jacobson
Gene, I just about fell over laughing and then I would have got hurt! You have no clue how much I rely on spell check, it really is a blessing, but sometimes I'm not so sure. Have a great day! Kurt On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 27 February 2017 15:12:03 Ku

Re: [Emc-users] Problem installing Linuxcnc-dev on 2.5.0

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 15:12:03 Kurt Jacobson wrote: > OK, I got linuxcnc-dev installed on 2.5 and the hal comps compiled. > > All I needed to do was add the apt source "deb http://linuxcnc.org/ > lucid base linuxcnc2.5" > > For some reason the preexisting apt lines were for emc2.4, even thou

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 02/27/2017 01:14 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 27 February 2017 11:42:53 Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > >> On 02/27/2017 09:35 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> And, I just checked, formatted the .list file entry according to the >>> wheezy entries at http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ and there is not

Re: [Emc-users] encoder Q too

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 14:11:49 dragon wrote: > On 02/27/2017 12:28 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> You can set the increments that 'i/I' will toggle through in the > >> ini file. > > > > Example? Or is that the global setting it now displays as a > > multiselector when using the mouse to do fix

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 11:42:53 Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 02/27/2017 09:35 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > And, I just checked, formatted the .list file entry according to the > > wheezy entries at http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ and there is not an > > entry in the repos to match a wheezy i38

Re: [Emc-users] Problem installing Linuxcnc-dev on 2.5.0

2017-02-27 Thread Kurt Jacobson
OK, I got linuxcnc-dev installed on 2.5 and the hal comps compiled. All I needed to do was add the apt source "deb http://linuxcnc.org/ lucid base linuxcnc2.5" For some reason the preexisting apt lines were for emc2.4, even though I installed the 2.5 image. Odd... Thanks all, I am leaning very

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 11:05:23 andy pugh wrote: > On 27 February 2017 at 15:52, Gene Heskett wrote: > > How wide, in terms of inputs, can I make a single instance of this > > mux_generic? > > The manual page says: > "This component is a more general version of the other multiplexing > compo

Re: [Emc-users] encoder Q too

2017-02-27 Thread dragon
On 02/27/2017 12:28 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> You can set the increments that 'i/I' will toggle through in the ini >> file. > Example? Or is that the global setting it now displays as a > multiselector when using the mouse to do fixed incrementals? > I am only aware of the global setting. It i

[Emc-users] cell phone battery charge life

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; I can't find the thread where we were discussing my cell-phones short battery life. But here is an update. Based on the fact that I had pulled it off charge Friday past to take it along to a Sawbones appointment, and had dropped it in a cup holder in the toy, and forgot it was there

Re: [Emc-users] encoder Q too

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 10:43:32 dragon wrote: > Not to say that I don't like using a handwheel encoder for what you > are looking to do but after reading your mouse click comments I > wondered if you are aware of the following keyboard shortcuts... > Thanks, and no I was not 100% aware of thos

Re: [Emc-users] OT - R&P Drive AntiBacklash

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 10:26:31 bari wrote: > On 02/25/2017 05:53 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > How much gear mapping does it require to get the same accuracy the > > ball screw can deliver? > > 2 foot or 15 foot long ball screw? :) 1.45 meters in the present case, Bari, and backlash is curren

[Emc-users] Problem installing Linuxcnc-dev on 2.5.0

2017-02-27 Thread Kurt Jacobson
Hello all, I am trying to compile some HAL components for PathPilot. I though the best thing to do would be to compile them on LCNC 2.5.0 running on Ubuntu 10.04 with 2.6.32-122-rtai since that appears to match what PathPilot is running on, and them transfer them over to PathPilot. I have install

Re: [Emc-users] encoder Q too

2017-02-27 Thread dragon
I would like to add a physical button to issue an MDI to feed Z at the currently set feedrate and then of course a stop button. Also one for X to face off parts. I think that could be a handy replacement for the no longer present power feeds since I won't have a manual machine. On 02/27/2017 10:

Re: [Emc-users] encoder Q too

2017-02-27 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/27/2017 09:43 AM, dragon wrote: > Not to say that I don't like using a handwheel encoder for what you are > looking to do but after reading your mouse click comments I wondered if > you are aware of the following keyboard shortcuts... > > <, >decrement or increment axis speed > c/C

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 02/27/2017 09:35 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > And, I just checked, formatted the .list file entry according to the > wheezy entries at http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ and there is not an > entry in the repos to match a wheezy i386 install, which this is because > yonks ago, when I installed wheezy,

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 09:40:51 andy pugh wrote: > On 27 February 2017 at 14:08, Gene Heskett wrote: > > And on this machine running a sim; > > 2.7.8-49-g5ce3159 > > There you are, your sim config is running 2.7 And, I just checked, formatted the .list file entry according to the wheezy en

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread andy pugh
On 27 February 2017 at 15:52, Gene Heskett wrote: > How wide, in terms of inputs, can I make a single instance of this > mux_generic? The manual page says: "This component is a more general version of the other multiplexing components. It allows the creation of arbitrary-size multiplexers (up to

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 09:01:47 andy pugh wrote: > On 27 February 2017 at 13:49, Gene Heskett wrote: > > What I wanted was a binary counter, whose individual bitN outputs > > could drive the selN lines of a mux16, thereby selecting the gain to > > be applied to the jogwheel output. > > Mux-g

Re: [Emc-users] encoder Q too

2017-02-27 Thread dragon
Not to say that I don't like using a handwheel encoder for what you are looking to do but after reading your mouse click comments I wondered if you are aware of the following keyboard shortcuts... <, >decrement or increment axis speed c/C select continuous jogging i/I select increme

Re: [Emc-users] OT - R&P Drive AntiBacklash

2017-02-27 Thread Sven Wesley
2017-02-25 21:17 GMT+01:00 Tomaz T. : > I'm in doing a little research on replacing "low pitch" slow ballscrews > with faster R&P and found this anti backlash system: > > > https://www.damencnc.com/en/components/mechanical-parts/rack---pinion/320 > > > > Does anyone here use it, and is it worth of

Re: [Emc-users] OT - R&P Drive AntiBacklash

2017-02-27 Thread bari
On 02/25/2017 05:53 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > How much gear mapping does it require to get the same accuracy the ball > screw can deliver? 2 foot or 15 foot long ball screw? :) -- Check out the vibrant tech community

Re: [Emc-users] encoder Q too

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 08:54:11 John Kasunich wrote: > What do you want to use the direction for? > > If you are using the jogwheel as a jogwheel, you don't need direction > at all. LinuxCNC's motion module handles that. Needed to decrement the u32 for slower speeds per detent felt in the fi

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread andy pugh
On 27 February 2017 at 14:08, Gene Heskett wrote: > And on this machine running a sim; > 2.7.8-49-g5ce3159 There you are, your sim config is running 2.7 -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lu

Re: [Emc-users] OT - Arduino development - Atmel ICE useful ?

2017-02-27 Thread Ken Strauss
The software is free but the ICE hardware must be purchased. > -Original Message- > From: Lester Caine [mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 4:34 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT - Arduino development - Atmel ICE useful ? > > On

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 05:04:10 andy pugh wrote: > On 26 February 2017 at 20:22, Gene Heskett wrote: > > In the x86 version of man 9 motion, those are all there I believe. > > Yes. In my sim version on this base machine, only axis is listed, > > joint stuff hasn't jumped over the fence into

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread andy pugh
On 27 February 2017 at 13:49, Gene Heskett wrote: > What I wanted was a binary counter, whose individual bitN outputs could > drive the selN lines of a mux16, thereby selecting the gain to be > applied to the jogwheel output. Mux-generic can be driven by an integer (and, possibly usefully for you

Re: [Emc-users] encoder Q too

2017-02-27 Thread John Kasunich
What do you want to use the direction for? If you are using the jogwheel as a jogwheel, you don't need direction at all. LinuxCNC's motion module handles that. On Sat, Feb 25, 2017, at 04:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I note the encoder module does not specifically have a "dir

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 27 February 2017 05:02:29 andy pugh wrote: > On 27 February 2017 at 03:27, Gene Heskett wrote: > > So for this use, it resembles those appendages on the belly of a > > boar hog in usefulness. > > Maybe it would help if you explained what you are trying to use it > for. Humm, I thought

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread andy pugh
On 26 February 2017 at 20:22, Gene Heskett wrote: > > In the x86 version of man 9 motion, those are all there I believe. Yes. > In my sim version on this base machine, only axis is listed, joint stuff > hasn't jumped over the fence into the simulators, yet. In the arm > version, the whole sectio

Re: [Emc-users] multiswitch Q's

2017-02-27 Thread andy pugh
On 27 February 2017 at 03:27, Gene Heskett wrote: > So for this use, it resembles those appendages on the belly of a boar > hog in usefulness. Maybe it would help if you explained what you are trying to use it for. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed

Re: [Emc-users] OT - Arduino development - Atmel ICE useful ?

2017-02-27 Thread Lester Caine
On 26/02/17 17:01, Dave Cole wrote: > I tried to buy it from the Atmel store as well and I was told the same > thing and I am in the US. > So they aren't picking on Canadians yet. ;-) Am I missing something? Like the Microchip IDE, the Atmel one is available as a free download. You do not ne