Re: [Emc-users] spindle-at-speed being ignored

2017-06-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 June 2017 23:20:52 sa...@empirescreen.com wrote: > It is waiting for an index.. > Index signal from the encoder.00 right? Humm, shows in the board registration as encoder.00.Index, but its not mentioned in the hal file. Duh. OTOH, the encoder man page says thats Phase-Z:

Re: [Emc-users] spindle-at-speed being ignored

2017-06-22 Thread samco
It is waiting for an index.. On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 22:23:08 -0400 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 22 June 2017 20:59:22 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings everybody; > > > > This same file ran on TLM just fine about 8 months back as I was > > making x drive parts for

Re: [Emc-users] spindle-at-speed being ignored

2017-06-22 Thread Todd Zuercher
I think most "good" VFDs can do that automatically. - Original Message - From: "Gene Heskett" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 10:23:08 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] spindle-at-speed being ignored On Thursday 22 June 2017 20:59:22

Re: [Emc-users] spindle-at-speed being ignored

2017-06-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 June 2017 20:59:22 Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings everybody; > > This same file ran on TLM just fine about 8 months back as I was > making x drive parts for this Sheldon. > > But on the Sheldon, it pauses at the beginning of the g33.1 motion as > if its waiting on

[Emc-users] spindle-at-speed being ignored

2017-06-22 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings everybody; This same file ran on TLM just fine about 8 months back as I was making x drive parts for this Sheldon. But on the Sheldon, it pauses at the beginning of the g33.1 motion as if its waiting on motion.spindle-at-speed to go true, when in fact its been true all along. So my

Re: [Emc-users] following error only while homing

2017-06-22 Thread Nicklas Karlsson
On Thu, 22 Jun 2017 00:06:42 +0100 andy pugh wrote: > On 21 June 2017 at 19:36, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > > > The stepgen is not computing following error it just cant be driven by a > > position command with a stepwise discontinuity and move

Re: [Emc-users] following error only while homing

2017-06-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 June 2017 at 00:19, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > > Only because the step was small (because it was probably not the first > time homed) Well, yes, but then the question is _why_ it is triggering the f-error again. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium

Re: [Emc-users] 3 d metal printer

2017-06-22 Thread theman whosoldtheworld
welding 3d printing ...It seems more like a game ... when I was a teenager during the summer job I did the welder ... it was fun to do this kind of game ... obviously we never did a bridge ... otherwise the Boss would find out!! ... I see it hard to do any kind of control that is not damaged by

Re: [Emc-users] EMC traffic

2017-06-22 Thread theman whosoldtheworld
She looks a bit slow ... but she has many other qualities bkt 2017-06-21 14:16 GMT+02:00 andy pugh : > On 20 June 2017 at 08:50, Erik Christiansen > wrote: > > > Incidentally, I've found that the Postscript printer language is sorta > > almost like

Re: [Emc-users] OT - handling a 120v ac dip

2017-06-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 22 June 2017 05:42:13 Gene Heskett wrote: > Big SSR's are handy, so I keep at least 2 in the spare parts drawer. > And I should append that all of them I have used were born in China, and I have yet to destroy any of them. The 2 in the spare parts drawer are for my next wild idea.

Re: [Emc-users] OT - handling a 120v ac dip

2017-06-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 21 June 2017 22:37:28 Ralph Stirling wrote: > The AQY280EH is optically isolated, but can only switch a low current > load (130mA). If you are switching a 60w bulb, you would need a > several amp device to handle the in-rush current of a cold bulb. I > like to wire a "puck" type

Re: [Emc-users] OT - handling a 120v ac dip

2017-06-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 June 2017 at 03:37, Ralph Stirling wrote: > I like to wire a "puck" type solid state relay (ssr) There are lots of these on eBay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201370409744 for example Most of these are fake. For example one I bought rated 40A contained an 16A

Re: [Emc-users] OT - handling a 120v ac dip

2017-06-22 Thread Ralph Stirling
The AQY280EH is optically isolated, but can only switch a low current load (130mA). If you are switching a 60w bulb, you would need a several amp device to handle the in-rush current of a cold bulb. I like to wire a "puck" type solid state relay (ssr) into an old metal outlet strip (that can