Re: [Emc-users] Doc puzzle

2020-11-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 01 November 2020 20:28:00 Andy Pugh wrote: > > On 1 Nov 2020, at 22:53, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > So what does the L option do? > > It allows you to repeat the cycle. > > Described in the canned cycle intro. > > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/gcode/g-code.html#gcode:g80-g89 And

Re: [Emc-users] Doc puzzle

2020-11-01 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 1 Nov 2020, at 22:53, Gene Heskett wrote: > > So what does the L option do? It allows you to repeat the cycle. Described in the canned cycle intro. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/gcode/g-code.html#gcode:g80-g89 ___ Emc-users mailing

Re: [Emc-users] EPP

2020-11-01 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sun, 1 Nov 2020, dave engvall wrote: Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2020 15:16:06 -0800 From: dave engvall Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] EPP Middle of afternoon and I still need coffee. ;-) Let's try 7i43. Tnx. The 7I43

Re: [Emc-users] EPP

2020-11-01 Thread dave engvall
Middle of afternoon and I still need coffee. ;-) Let's try 7i43. Tnx. On 11/1/20 12:16 PM, Eric Keller wrote: 7i37 is a daughter card and can't be flashed. On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 3:03 PM dave engvall wrote: On 11/1/20 8:18 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 16:02, dave engvall

[Emc-users] Doc puzzle

2020-11-01 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all doc writers; Needing to use the G83 peck drilling cycle today since I was drilling a 4.3mm hole clear thru a 1" thick slab of alu, I looked it up but found a puzzle, and it worked without using the L option, which I could not find even in the prior pages that were referenced. So

Re: [Emc-users] EPP

2020-11-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 01 November 2020 11:00:23 dave engvall wrote: > Hi, > I have a application for a 7i37/ 7i33. In face a couple of them. > First try has been a D525 with a SIIG single pport. > First off I have no idea if the SIIG board works and indeed no idea of > how to test it. > > With Jon's ppmc

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-01 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/01/2020 12:46 PM, Ed wrote: On 11/1/20 10:30 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 04:43, andrew beck wrote: On a 7i76 the 0_10v is isolated from the Mesa card I think. Is a 7i77 similar? I just a bit cagy about connecting up electrically to the VFD inputs. As I don't want

Re: [Emc-users] EPP

2020-11-01 Thread Eric Keller
7i37 is a daughter card and can't be flashed. On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 3:03 PM dave engvall wrote: > > > On 11/1/20 8:18 AM, andy pugh wrote: > > On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 16:02, dave engvall wrote: > > > >> I have a application for a 7i37/ 7i33. In face a couple of them. > >> First try has been a

Re: [Emc-users] EPP

2020-11-01 Thread dave engvall
On 11/1/20 8:18 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 16:02, dave engvall wrote: I have a application for a 7i37/ 7i33. In face a couple of them. First try has been a D525 with a SIIG single pport. Do you really mean 7i37? Or maybe 7i43? First off I have no idea if the SIIG board

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-01 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 19:12, Ed wrote: > Where would a Mesa SpinX1 or a Pico Spindle DAC fit in here? The Spin1X is (as I understand it) basically the PWM-to-Analog stage from a Mesa card as a standalone board. (The 7i76 spindle out does _not_ use PWM, that's a smart-serial digital signal. --

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-01 Thread Ed
On 11/1/20 10:30 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 04:43, andrew beck wrote: On a 7i76 the 0_10v is isolated from the Mesa card I think. Is a 7i77 similar? I just a bit cagy about connecting up electrically to the VFD inputs. As I don't want to blow anything. I don't know. PCW

Re: [Emc-users] EPP

2020-11-01 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/01/2020 10:18 AM, andy pugh wrote: First off I have no idea if the SIIG board works and indeed no idea of how to test it. If it shows up in lspci as a parallel port card that's a good start. Does it have a Moschip chip? Those generally work. SIIG parallel ports used to be my universal

Re: [Emc-users] how to control lathe spindle with a mesa 7i77 card

2020-11-01 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 04:43, andrew beck wrote: > On a 7i76 the 0_10v is isolated from the Mesa card I think. Is a 7i77 > similar? I just a bit cagy about connecting up electrically to the VFD > inputs. As I don't want to blow anything. I don't know. PCW would know. > I'm still struggling

Re: [Emc-users] EPP

2020-11-01 Thread andy pugh
On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 16:02, dave engvall wrote: > I have a application for a 7i37/ 7i33. In face a couple of them. > First try has been a D525 with a SIIG single pport. Do you really mean 7i37? Or maybe 7i43? > First off I have no idea if the SIIG board works and indeed no idea of > how to

[Emc-users] EPP

2020-11-01 Thread dave engvall
Hi, I have a application for a 7i37/ 7i33. In face a couple of them. First try has been a D525 with a SIIG single pport. First off I have no idea if the SIIG board works and indeed no idea of how to test it. With Jon's ppmc there was a comm program that told one right away if the link was

Re: [Emc-users] I am STILL not getting G2/G3

2020-11-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 01 November 2020 05:59:13 andy pugh wrote: > On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 at 20:48, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Yes Jon, r1 does not equal r2. Gawd I wish that error window was > > copy/pastable. The code straight out of counterbore.py has exactly > > the same error. > > G90 / G91 and G90.1 /

Re: [Emc-users] I am STILL not getting G2/G3

2020-11-01 Thread andy pugh
On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 at 20:48, Gene Heskett wrote: > Yes Jon, r1 does not equal r2. Gawd I wish that error window was > copy/pastable. The code straight out of counterbore.py has exactly the > same error. G90 / G91 and G90.1 / G91.1 need to match the assumptions of the G-code. -- atp "A