On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:07:32PM -0600, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> Gentlemen,
> I am getting touchy ready for the G&L. I copied the files touchy.ini and
> touchy.hal to a different directory and renamed them touchy_GL. Starting
> EMC2 gave me an error looking for touchy.hal. I renamed the touchy
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 02:59:26PM -0800, Bryan Mumford wrote:
>
> Can't do a latency test on a mail order Dell. How likely am I to have
> this problem, and is there no work-around?
Very likely.
There is no work-around because it's a hardware/BIOS issue, not
software.
Buying a new laptop mail-
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:42:39AM +0200, Alex Joni wrote:
> For linear encoders there is usually a reference signal every few mm.
> It's in the specs how many mm/inches it's apart, but you can probably
> measure it.
> It serves the same purpose as the reference signal on a rotary encoder (that
>
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 09:17:07PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> Assuming I keep the area wet with cutting oil at a high enough flow that I
> don't wind up with a muddy slurry, but do have enough chips to act as a wick
> and keep the mill wet from the cutting oil they absorb (or the oil level i
On Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 10:44:09PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> But not at other times. I have it running quite a bit slower in the ini than
> it can run. Changing the F number in the command doesn't seem to help, is is
> not enough, it can run 30 ipm and I'm limited to half that in steady stat
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 11:53:07AM -0600, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> I think the control should show X20. Y20. Z20..
I followed your instructions and it did in fact give me X20 Y20 Z20.
I am using git master, version 6decec1b49
Is the var file in your configuration writable?
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On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 11:34:25PM +, Steve Blackmore wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:06:48 +0100, you wrote:
>
> >
> >Am 27.10.2009 um 23:35 schrieb Michael Haberler:
> >
> >I tried with a build from latest master, and a second build from just
> >before Chris' fix
> >http://git.linuxcnc.or
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 04:28:34AM +, kestreltom wrote:
> I checked out that photo again and noticed that the machine is positioned
> directly under a skylight. It looks as if you turned the problem of height
> clearance into a natural lighting "feature". Very elegant solution!
That "skyli
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:11:49PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote:
>
> One thing that has been common in the Fanuc systems is they use servo
> amps that need velocity
> feedback from the motors, but they don't have tachs on them. The
> controller synthesizes an analog
> velocity signal from the encoder
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 03:29:43AM +, kestreltom wrote:
> >
> > http://timeguy.com/cradek-files/emc/jr.jpg
>
> Wow - a Mori Seiki w/ EMC2 controller, vey nice!
Good eye - I did not mean to hide the logo - paint job isn't going
to be done this year. It is an MV Jr.
> Do the older Mori v
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 05:45:49PM -0400, Gary Corlew wrote:
> Nice looking machine Chris! Do you have any other pics of it?. The Haas
> machine with side tool changers work exactly like you describe, you look at
> what pocket# the tool is in that you want and then go to a settings screen
> to find
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:11:49PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote:
> The EMC crew did a Mazak
> Micro-Center V at Roland
> Freistad's shop in Galesburg, IL some years ago. It had an insanely
> complex toolchanger system,
I don't want to minimize the great work done in the early days of EMC2
on that ma
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 07:11:12PM +, kestreltom wrote:
>
> I have been eyeing these machines with the thought of converting one
> someday. Has
> anyone ever done an EMC conversion on a machine like this? Are the Fanuc
> controllers completely inscrutable?
That looks like a "simple" 3 axi
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 02:54:53PM -0500, Mark Cason wrote:
>OK, here come stupid question of the day...
>
>Why does it matter if the encoder tells the computer which direction
> the spindle is turning?? Or is this just a side effect of quadrature.
For lathe threading you don't need to
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 08:41:06PM +0100, Michael Haberler wrote:
>
> http://mah.priv.at/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/emc-syncmove-without-hardware.tar.gz?root=CVS&view=tar
>
Thanks for sending this config.
Running this config on git master (14b8248a) gives me
http://timeguy.com/cradek-files/emc/14b8248
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 02:49:03PM +, Chris Epicier wrote:
>
> I ran 2.2.8 and upgrded just a couple of hours ago to 2.3.3. It is
> now running fine and I am happy. But how was I to figure this out from
> the manual or the release notes?
Glad you have it working. I can't decide if your que
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 01:26:53PM -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
>
> ... and that x1 quadrature mode the same as
> what the manpage calls "step/dir" mode.
No, it's not (or if it is, it doesn't work right) - see my reply to
Peter a few minutes ago.
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On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11:33:15AM -0700, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
> Its still is a quadrature decoder but it only counts on one edge (rising edge
> of A in this case, state of B on rising edge of A determines direction)
If this is true, it is not a correct decoding.
Imagine B is high, and A goe
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 02:37:47AM +0200, Haberler Michael wrote:
>
> I'm a CNC retard, so here's my question: where is the benefit in
> incrementally controlling the feed depending on continuous spindle
> position updates as opposed to just assuming the spindle angular speed
> stays constan
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:11:20AM +0100, Andy Pugh wrote:
>
> patch:
> http://timeguy.com/cradek-files/emc/0001-Improve-initial-threading-synchronization.patch
>
> Before : http://imagebin.ca/view/XLxWqSm.html
> After : http://imagebin.ca/view/RYa7Qqpm.html
I put a similar change in git; it w
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 08:34:23AM -0700, Alan Condit wrote:
> The Max_Velocity slider should allow me to set the 120ipm but it
> won't.
I think you need to set [TRAJ]MAX_LINEAR_VELOCITY to whatever you
want the top of the max velocity slider to be.
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On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 09:21:43PM +0100, Steve Blackmore wrote:
>
> Ahh - it's a second one being added not a replacement for the existing,
> even though it's an obsolete Fanuc foible?
I thought that was clear from the start.
> If you're up to adding second commands, there should be no objecti
On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 11:11:35AM -0400, Eric H. Johnson wrote:
>
> 1> When I try to run Setting | Calibration from tkemc, or the equivalent
> under axis I get an error of the form:
...
> If it matters, I am still running 2.3.0 as I am using the smp packages, and
> have not updated them to the
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 04:05:54PM +0100, Steve Blackmore wrote:
> Ehh?
Ehh?
> It's sane for any rotary, particularly those that CAN rotate forever.
OK, matter of opinion. Let me explain and justify my opinion further
down. Simply restating it is silly.
> Also as Andy pointed out, you can do
On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 03:53:02PM -0500, Chris Radek wrote:
>
> G53 still does the full unwind.
Not anymore - now it uses the sign to determine which way to turn,
and goes to the specified coordinate in that direction while
disregarding g5x and g92 o
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 03:31:51PM +0200, 5150 wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I'm using a cutter cadius compensation with gcode G41 and I follow the
> Material Edge Contour simply letting EMC to work and adjusting the trajectory
> based on my absolute coordinates. The trajectory I can see is only that of
>
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 12:37:05PM +0100, Steve Blackmore wrote:
> On page 6 I changed the sampling rate to base thread.
>
> http://filebin.ca/wacbfm/screenshots.pdf
Excellent, page 7 shows the problem very clearly. You have really
awful spindle feedback. I'm surprised this works at all.
You
On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 12:18:50PM +0100, Steve Blackmore wrote:
> " One occurrence that is interesting - when the rotation in the same
> direction reaches 360.0 (a full circle), it continues to increase. It
> does not become zero degrees again."
I think your book is describing the same behavior
On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 01:56:32PM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
>
> exactly 1 full turn requires using g91
> more than one full turn requires using g91
> g91 move the axis in the direction and magnitude of the command ie.
> g91g00c-720 is two revolutions in the negative direction
> g91c-10 set t
On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 05:23:00PM +0100, Andy Pugh wrote:
> Not the tool offsets, I don't think?
Hmm I think you are right.
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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 05:09:40PM +0100, Andy Pugh wrote:
>
> Actually, if G28.1 could "accidentally" store the relative positions
> as well as the absolute positons somewhere (for example in #5041
> onwards, that would be great.
You have the offsets all available in variables already. You coul
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:56:43PM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>I have previously requested the rotary axis usage as follows:
>
> 1: the rotary position stays within 0 and 359.999
> you never see 360 (or more) in the program nor on the position screen
> 2: the sign (+ and -
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 01:06:32PM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>I need feed hold to work in MDI. Is that a lot of work? Is it something I
> can try to do (with help and guidance)?
Do you mean feed hold a.k.a. "pause" in the GUI and/or halui, or do you
mean the realtime feed ho
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 08:59:39PM -0500, Hubert Bahr wrote:
> I just noticed on another thread a reference SMP with EMC2. This has
> me wondering if it is feasible to have two machines controlled by one
> computer. Only one operator is planned.
There is currently no way to run two EMCs simu
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:43:30PM +0200, Sven Wesley wrote:
> BTW, I'm running servo's... :)
Ah servos!
Could be encoder noise, but if it's always one direction I bet it's
a loose coupling, either screw to motor, or motor to encoder.
Either that or a bogus encoder. If the phases are off I th
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 10:36:46PM +0200, Sven Wesley wrote:
> Took a picture to show what happens. Really weird, when I cut straight
> through the piece it's exactly the same depth all way.
> http://www.primenta.se/pub/engrave.jpg
>
> In the picture I jogged the mill end back to the surface which
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 02:36:26PM +0200, Sven Wesley wrote:
> I downloaded engrave-11.py from
> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Simple_EMC_G-Code_Generators and
> made a text engrave file. For every cut it gets deeper and deeper, if I set
> the depth to 0.1 mm it will cut more than 5 m
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:41:25AM -0400, Dave wrote:
> Is it possible to change the Axis display so the cutter arrow shows on
> the top of the Z axis instead of below on the toolpath display??
>
> I asked on the IRC channel and CRadek said he didn't see the setting.
> It would be a lot more ob
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 03:42:41PM -0600, David Braley wrote:
>
> This means that at a modest 100ipm of table travel speed, the position
> pulse stream is 16,666.67 pulses per second. I just had trouble
> imagining a parallel port dealing with something like this. Even if the
> table encoder po
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 07:12:48PM -0400, Dave wrote:
> Will the
> EMC2 engine just wait on a threading cycle until the index pulse is
> seen, and once it is seen, start the cycle?
Yes
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On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 05:27:00PM +0200, Klemen Ozebek wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> i have a problem with analog output from 7I33 mesa analog interface. If i'm
> testing outputs with old mesa drivers i get desired signal from analog
> output, but if i use hostmot2 driver, i just get 0 and for an
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 08:12:05AM -0500, Chris Radek wrote:
>
> In EMC2, K specifies the motion distance per rev in any direction. So
> if you're turning a tapered thread you just specify the feed per rev
> along the hypotenuse. If it is a 5 degree taper and you want 10
>
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:20:07AM +0100, Andy Pugh wrote:
> "F" controls the speed of travel in the direction of tool movement,
> whereas "K" sets the speed explicitly in the Z direction.
In EMC2, K specifies the motion distance per rev in any direction. So
if you're turning a tapered thread yo
On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 01:54:28AM +0100, Steve Blackmore wrote:
>
> No, I am not mistaken - the actual line number error reported by emc was
> 127 or some such, but scrolling down the code window in axis clearly
> shows the actual line number (as reported by emc) , not the N* that
> counts i
On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 02:12:35PM +0100, Steve Blackmore wrote:
>
> N1220 G40
> N1230 G03 X7.046 Z-8.649 I-0.06 K-0.08 F200
> N1240 X11.595 Z-13.26 I-3.623 K-4.654
> N1250 X12.744 Z-14.093 I-0.316 K-0.833
> N1260 X12.06 Z-14.795 I-0.891 K0.0
> N1270 G01 X10.948 Z-15.229
I had to massage thi
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:35:43AM +0100, Steve Blackmore wrote:
>
> Hi Chris - thanks found inches/mm in view menu. As Les said it would be
> good if it changed with G20/G21 automatically.
I disagree.
I compare the numbers on the DRO to the numbers on my dial caliper,
and the numbers on my dia
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:25:23AM +0200, Thorsten Seefeldt wrote:
> G3 X 90.000 Y -10.000 I -10.000 (Arc out of cut path)
> G40 (Turn off Cutter Compensation)
Sorry, my earlier advice was bad because I didn't even look at this.
This arc is just wrong - try taking out the G41 and run without
co
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:25:23AM +0200, Thorsten Seefeldt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have got a problem concerning the exit move using cutter radius
> compensation (material edge contour). After the cutting is done I want
> to arc out of the cut path. Unfortunately the arc takes a long turn to
> the
>
> Additionally - difficult to tell what's going on, lathe is set up in mm,
> when running a G20 file, DRO's and feed still display in metric units :(
You can pick whichever display units you want in the menu.
With AXIS you can have any combination of units: inifile units,
gcode program units,
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:04:20PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote:
> Lie Seng-Thok wrote:
> > Dear Sir,
> > Why I do not receive Emc-Users Digest any longer???
> > I am a registered member of EMC2 for a few years already.
> > Please tell me where went wrong.
> >
> I am not in charge of anything with the
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 04:29:09PM -0400, Eric H. Johnson wrote:
>
> Thanks. That is basically what I thought. It has been reported to me that,
> in a servo / encoder system, if EMC is shut down, then one or more axes are
> moved and finally EMC is restarted, upon clearing the e-stop a runaway
> c
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:12:24AM -0500, Jon Elson wrote:
> So, fixing the index pulse to reliably sense that, and
> completely forgetting the quadrature counting is the only thing that
> would work. He would then only use the index pulse, once per rev.
I thought we were talking about dividin
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:11:19PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote:
> you could put in a one-shot chip to stretch the index pulse
I said it once already but I don't think everyone caught it: on a
spindle encoder used for threading and tapping, it doesn't matter
the slightest bit if you miss the index som
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:19:17AM -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
> Unfortunately, it doesn't help with index.
For threading/tapping, it doesn't matter if you sometimes miss the index.
Chris
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On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:07:30AM +0100, Leslie Newell wrote:
> I finally got around to testing threading on my lathe and I can't get
> G76 to work. I ran the G76 sample and it blows straight through the G76.
> Entering a G76 in MDI results in no movement and no error messages.
I ran sim/lathe
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 08:58:33PM -0300, Christopher Purcell wrote:
> I would like to see the part
> rotate about A, and translate along X and Y, and the cutter move along
> Z.
The problem is that AXIS doesn't show the part, so it cannot rotate.
It shows the tool and the tool path only. Can
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:24:29AM -0300, Richard Acosta wrote:
>
> I really don't want to keep this going and going
This does not appear to be true.
Chris
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On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:29:52PM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>I just did a 'git pull'. My install will not configure as there is
> no longer a configure file. What do I do now?
> thanks
> Stuart
Here is the announcement and instructions. It looks like jeff sent
this only to
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 11:01:07AM -0300, Christopher Purcell wrote:
> observed that now the full height of the StepConf window will not
> fit on my 1024 by 768 monitor.
Gnome lets you move a window up off the top of the screen by holding
down Alt and left-dragging it.
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On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 07:02:09PM +0100, Leslie Newell wrote:
>
> By the way, for some reason I have a following error problem when
> homing. Just after the home switch/index releases I can hear the machine
> thump and get a joint following error unless I turn the limits way high.
This is ano
On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 10:51:07AM -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
>
> GPIO 28 is the I/O pin used for Index for encoder #5 on the firmware Les
> is using. He's watching the raw value on the input pin, bypassing the
> encoder, to verify that his wiring is correct.
OK, so he may only see a si
On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 04:28:23PM +0100, Leslie Newell wrote:
> Watching GPIO 28 with halmeter I can see the index so the hardware is
> working correctly, going TRUE when the index is active.
> When I home, it appears to ignore the index completely. The machine hits
> the home switch, backs of
On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 11:02:28PM +0100, Leslie Newell wrote:
> Thanks Jon,
>
> I'll study your docs. What I can't understand though is why I is
> increasing the following error.
I'm imagining a very-wrong FF2 setting that causes a large error at
the acceleration portion of the move. During ac
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 02:28:12PM +0200, Maximilian H wrote:
>
> The attached small patch to Interp::read_items allows o-words with
> n-words without changing any other behaviour (methinks).
This tested OK so I committed it for you. Thanks for contributing!
Chris
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On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 12:45:28PM +0200, Rob Jansen wrote:
> would be good to have a historical overview of all the changes since
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Released
Maybe this is something like what you want - it is all (?) the
release notes from all (?) the EMC2 releases.
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:19:18AM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>Ubuntu 6.06
>EMC2-trunk (git pull this morning)
>Cinci 5axis machine
>the var %I7 shows on
>the section dislay %I7 is not on and the lube timer does not run
>screen shot is here http://imagebin.o
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 07:49:59AM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>It seems as if the halui.tool.length_offset doesn't update when
> using TLO_IS_ALONG_W
>Don't know if it is supposed to but I would think it would be.
> thanks
> Stuart
I changed halui so it now has a pin for e
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 05:00:13PM -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote:
> What is the standard AXIS behavior for the white and red paths? I've
> gotten used to AXIS not showing the cutter radius compensation. While
> trying to trouble shoot my mill a while back, I ran my .ngc program from
> a live CD (I thin
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 04:40:48PM -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
>
> Oh.
>
> That sounds a lot easier :)
And that sounds like a volunteer!
(I think it does sound easier than it is)
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On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 08:24:17PM -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote:
> >
> > I tried making the part tonight and ran into a problem. I did a dry run
> > in air which stopped at slot 19 of 25.
I know it's not a very useful data point, but I ran your program
three times and did not see any problem. I wil
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:30:01AM -0400, Rainer Schmidt wrote:
> As I understand the parsing
> G1z1x1y1
> is the same as
> g1z1
> x1y1
Certainly not. The first is one move. The second is two moves.
> I am sure that a end of line or cr/lf or any combination is not part
> of the parser rules reg
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 03:06:56PM -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote:
> I'm not sure how handy it would be, but can EMC2 be "drip fed" (DNC)
> from a physical port, a file, spreadsheet or other? This may be obvious,
> but I'm drawing a blank.
Nope.
Drip feeding was done on controls with limited program m
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:37:22AM -0400, Eric H. Johnson wrote:
>
> my real question is, should one be able to trust that one
> G0 command will complete before a subsequent G0 command starts?
EMC has always blended G0 moves. Program a square path of four
rapids, run it, and look at the backplot
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:42:40AM -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote:
> I just tried to single step through a g-code program, and found that my
> while loop counts as one step. Is there a plan to have each run of the
> loop count as one step, so there is less danger of a crash if the loop
> doesn't travel
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 01:26:35PM -0700, Shabbir Hussain wrote:
>
> 2. Will it be safe to provide them with photocopies of credit card?
Mesa are some of the good guys.
I have bought stuff from them and will again. They work closely
with the EMC community and many, many EMC users use their p
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 08:14:00PM +0100, Andy Pugh wrote:
>
> I have done some testing and I was surprised to find that G43 (or
> touch-off into the tool table) changes the machine coordinates as well
> as the relative coordinates.
It is a bug that the tool offsets affect the machine coordinate
On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 04:13:04PM +0100, Leslie Newell wrote:
> Now that begs the question - can Axis be made to work like that? Being
> able to mix MDI and manual would be very handy for me.
It already does to some extent. If you are typing an MDI and get to
the end and realize you forgot to t
On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 01:06:39PM +0100, Leslie Newell wrote:
> Thanks Chris,
>
> That looks ideal. It also exports the tool number so I can use a demux
> to route the number to the leds.
>
> Just a thought - will it work in both manual and MDI mode? The docs say
> it will work in manual mode
On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 10:55:34AM +0100, Leslie Newell wrote:
> I use my lathe quite a lot as a semi-manual machine using two large
> MPGs. The lathe has a quick change tool post. I would like to have a row
> of 8 buttons with LEDs for my most commonly used tools. Each button
> selects the tool
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 11:08:41AM -0600, Len Shelton wrote:
> I want to put a home all button on my gamepad.
I edited your question because you were on the wrong track (in the
motion controller instead of in halui)
Currently halui doesn't know how to send the "home all" message.
You would need
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 08:36:34PM -0400, Doug Goff wrote:
> I have upgraded two of my four machines with EMC 2.3.0, the others are
> 2.2.x. I've noticed that sometimes a machine that has been sitting idle
> for some time will actually be powered off. I go to start and EMC
> throws a fault bec
On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 05:31:43PM -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote:
> At slow mpg rates each, you get a fast stop - start
> which can shake the whole machine. Has anyone else had this problem?
This is why the ilowpass component was made - it works great.
> I am planning on having the mpg and two butto
On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 09:27:39PM +0800, ygdan1001 wrote:
> Dear sir :
> I compile software as described in the emc wiki:
>
> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Installing_EMC2#On_Ubuntu_with_EMC2_package_already_installed
You did not follow the instructions at this link. If you had,
On Sat, May 02, 2009 at 11:21:42AM +0800, ygdan1001 wrote:
> There are always errors when I build emc2 realtime and simulator for
> many days. HOW can I compile emc correctly ?
By following the instructions:
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Installing_EMC2#On_Ubuntu_with_EMC2_package
On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 11:42:14AM -0400, Rainer Schmidt wrote:
> So... the question is... shall I be afraid of pending doom or can I
> ignore that message as no steps are lost and it's "only" an indicator
> for a sporadic timing problem.
After you get it, you can check your dmesg and see details
On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 09:39:07AM +0200, Rob Jansen wrote:
> Tom,
>
> The G53 command results in the following error:
>
> interp_error: Can use only G5.2 or G5.3 after G5.2
This was a bug in TRUNK but I fixed it a while back. What version
are you running?
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 01:50:53PM -0400, John Guenther wrote:
> Is it possible to resize the axis window to something under 800 x 600?
> The reason I am asking is my shop display by necessity is a 10.4 inch
> LCD touch screen. I can display resolutions higher that its native
> 800x600 resolution
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 07:46:14PM -0700, robert melville wrote:
> Suppose I am running my XY-table in the positive
> X direction and I hit the X axis limit switch. I would like EMC2
> to remember that I hit the limit while slewing positive in X and
> *only* disable further travel in the positive X
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 02:04:55PM -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote:
>
> I tend to think my threading problem is due to the "relay runner"
> effect
I think so too - sure looks nasty though. I bet you will have much
better luck with 2.3 (this effect is why I rewrote the threading
sync.)
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On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:32:33PM +0200, Rob Jansen wrote:
>
> whatever I try I keep having joint
> following errors.
what emc version?
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On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:13:12PM -0600, Len Shelton wrote:
>
> After taking the time to actually study the HAL manual, I have to say that
> HAL ROCKS!
>
> It's really neat to see it in action with an intentionally skewed gantry.
Can you make a video of this somehow? I would love to see it!
>
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 08:57:36PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote:
> My real concern is Mr. Harris' problem with the encoder counter
> sometimes missing the reset on index, while it sets the bit saying that
> it has done so. An earlier version of the firmware/driver had this
> problem, but I made the
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:28:41AM +0200, Arnoldritercnc wrote:
> Hello,
> I' trying mastercam, and I have problems with emc2(lathe)
> Emc2(lathe) reads x as a "radius", and mastercam send me files as a
> "diameter", I remember I had to change something in mastecam folders but
> I can remenber wh
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 09:48:40PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote:
> richard harris wrote:
> > Jon,
> >
> > i got a chance to run halscope today and on coarse threads <13 tpi it
> > will occasionally not reset the encoder count, count is numerically
> > low when it does reset 25k. I do not see this when
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 03:31:18PM +0200, Lars Andersson wrote:
> Trying to make my EPP communication work today, works OK on builtin 0x378
> but not on an EPP/ECP PCI card.
If your card is NETMOS based, they are known not to work in EPP mode.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 07:40:32PM +0200, Lars Andersson wrote:
> Great!
> I am running 2.3.0 beta2 and now I found it in the Machine dropdown.
> Can I make a button under "Manual Control" ?
Nope, it's not configurable in this way. Everything has a keyboard
shortcut, though.
Chris
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On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 01:03:08PM +0300, Alex Joni wrote:
> In the upcoming 2.3, I think there is an "unhome" ability.
Yes it was added for exactly this reason! Just unhome Z, move where
you want it, home Z.
Chris
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On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 02:05:15AM +, William Baden wrote:
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> Peter,
>
> Thanks for the idea, I have tried it and still come up with "device
> or resource busy" of one address and no output on the other three
> addresses. Will have to wait til after this weekend, taking a
> vacation with th
On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 06:11:51PM +0200, Peter blodow wrote:
> When you go through the pages to configure X, Y, Z etc., clicking on
> Continue has no effect unless you at least touched one (clicked into one)
> of the fill-in-boxes of that page. This behaviour is useless, and you can't
> make m
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 08:34:56PM -0700, Michael Jones wrote:
> May need clarification.
>
> When I hit the play button to start executing the gcode.. the spindle
> turns off..
>
> - Michael
There are several answers to your question, but I think the best one
is you're just missing the M code
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