Re: [Emc-users] USB to Ethernet

2021-11-16 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi all, I'd rather not share the same Ethernet connection for both the machine-internal network and general networking (browsing the internet, etc.). Just because this will expose components of the machine to the rest of the network, usually without authentication or similar protection measur

Re: [Emc-users] Variables for instantaneous transit vector from python? (long)

2022-04-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Ted, disclaimer first: I learned mechanics as my first education some 10+ years ago, but have since then moved more into electronics and software. So my experience with "real machining" is rather limited. If I understand correctly, your goal is that you can approach a surface with the sty

Re: [Emc-users] Do pnp prox switches need a pulldown load R?

2022-05-11 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi all! On 12.05.22 00:00, gene heskett wrote: On Wednesday, 11 May 2022 17:14:27 EDT Ralph Stirling wrote: Yes, european color code is brown=V+, blue=gnd, black=output. With NPN, load is referenced to V+, with PNP, load is referenced to gnd. -- Ralph I suppose in some circles that bleached

[Emc-users] Supplier for low-voltage (48V) servo motors?

2020-03-23 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi everyone, could anyone of you suggest where to look for reasonably-priced low-voltage servo motors? It should have a standard 40mm or 58/60mm flange, 0.3Nm (40mm) or 0.6Nm (60mm), something in the range of 3000rpm nominal speed at 48V and an integrated feedback system. Preferably a multiturn ab

Re: [Emc-users] Supplier for low-voltage (48V) servo motors?

2020-03-23 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Andy! On 23.03.20 15:00, andy pugh wrote: > On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 at 13:14, Philipp Burch wrote: > >> Any suggestions? > > If you are in .ch, have you tried Maxon? > Yes, they build cool motors, but nothing in some industry-standard form factor with standard encoders. A

Re: [Emc-users] Supplier for low-voltage (48V) servo motors?

2020-03-23 Thread Philipp Burch
Yup, tried that with no success. Regards, Philipp On 23.03.20 16:45, Andrew wrote: > Have you tried searching AliExpress for "48V bldc servo" etc? > > пн, 23 бер. 2020, 15:14 користувач Philipp Burch пише: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> could anyone of you sug

Re: [Emc-users] Supplier for low-voltage (48V) servo motors?

2020-03-23 Thread Philipp Burch
ccess. >> >> Regards, >> Philipp >> >> On 23.03.20 16:45, Andrew wrote: >>> Have you tried searching AliExpress for "48V bldc servo" etc? >>> >>> ??, 23 ???. 2020, 15:14 ?? Philipp Burch : >>> >>>>

Re: [Emc-users] Supplier for low-voltage (48V) servo motors?

2020-03-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Thanks, Tamagawa looks promising. I'm awaiting a quotation. They also have some semi-proprietary encoders built in, but at least it seems as if there is some information available about them. Bye, Philipp On 24.03.20 07:54, theman whosoldtheworld wrote: > tamgawa is the best one, quality, price a

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

2016-03-06 Thread Philipp Burch
hich IIT reg is activating E12 (which > can't be done with modbus disconnected, as it's causing the error somehow). > > Danny > > On 3/6/2016 2:13 AM, Philipp Burch wrote: >> Hi Danny, >> >> I used qModMaster (https://sourceforge.net/projects/qmodmaster/)

Re: [Emc-users] SSH Setup

2016-03-14 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Rick! On 14.03.2016 16:10, Rick Lair wrote: > Hello All, > > I have been trying to setup sbackup on my wheezy machine, and cannot get > the remote backup to my pc in the office to work properly, mainly due to > not getting ssh setup properly. Attached is a link to a screenshot of > the setu

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on arm

2016-03-18 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Erik, as far as I know, MachineKit is a fork of LinuxCNC designed to run on ARM platforms: http://www.machinekit.io/ Bye, Philipp On 16.03.2016 13:17, Erik Friesen wrote: > I have been doing some work with an i.mx6 of late, and wonder why the quad > couldn't do linuxcnc? It seems there is so

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper, ideal pulses without feedback

2016-03-18 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Nicklas, it should be fine to keep the step rate (velocity) constant between updates from the trajectory planner, assuming that it runs at something like 1kHz and the machine is not highly dynamic. Limiting velocity and acceleration in the step generator should generally not hurt and avoids sta

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper, ideal pulses without feedback

2016-03-19 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene! On 19.03.2016 19:24, Gene Heskett wrote: > [...] > > In 1978 I needed to generate an academy countdown leader, 9.9 to 1.9 > seconds until 1st video, on an RCA 1802 processor, which has built in > dma. This thing ran at the smoking clock speed of 1.79 Mhz, but a full > processor cycle

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper, ideal pulses without feedback

2016-03-19 Thread Philipp Burch
On 19.03.2016 20:20, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: >> Hi Gene! >> >> On 19.03.2016 19:24, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> [...] >>> >>> In 1978 I needed to generate an academy countdown leader, 9.9 to 1.9 >>> seconds until 1st video, on an RCA 1802 processor, which has built in >>> dma. This thing ran at the

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc on arm

2016-03-26 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi everyone, On 26.03.2016 17:40, Dave Cole wrote: > On 3/26/2016 3:59 AM, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: >> Electronics have improved but then it come to mechanics or servo drives are >> there any new innovations? > >>> Electronics have improved but then it come to mechanics or servo drives are >>> t

Re: [Emc-users] Controller/machine resolution

2016-04-03 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi all, I have to admit that I've not read the rest of the discussion, so please excuse if that has already been said. On 03.04.2016 19:09, Mark wrote: > On 04/03/2016 12:41 PM, Jon Elson wrote: >> On 04/03/2016 09:46 AM, Mark wrote: >>> That's why in this theoretical discussion I asked to >>> di

Re: [Emc-users] Time estimates

2016-04-23 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Dave! On 23.04.2016 17:50, Dave Cole wrote: > That is more usually a function of the Cam software that I am used to using. In my opinion, effects like limited acceleration should not be something the CAM has to care for. After all, we have G code as a (ideally) machine independent format, so i

Re: [Emc-users] Time estimates

2016-04-23 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Dave! On 23.04.2016 18:21, Dave Cole wrote: > [...] > > It would be interesting to see if a Linuxcnc simulator setup could be > done with increased velocities and accelerations to simulate a machining > session running at 10x or 100x speed. > > Dave > I'd rather try to do it the other way

Re: [Emc-users] Edge detection in HAL

2016-04-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Danny! On 24.04.2016 08:37, Danny Miller wrote: > [...] > > So I need like an edge detector that provides only a pulse for one cycle > when the button is pressed. That seems simple enough, but I don't see > any HAL construct which supports it. > > [...] There is an "edge" component, which

Re: [Emc-users] glade (HAL)spinbutton issue or accident?

2016-04-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Andy! On 24.04.2016 14:17, andy pugh wrote: > On 24 April 2016 at 13:05, John Thornton wrote: >> what a crazy step increment, where is that at? > > > These are what end up in the .ui file even though sensible numbers are > entered in the Glade editor. > However, many numbers have come out co

Re: [Emc-users] glade (HAL)spinbutton issue or accident?

2016-04-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi, On 24.04.2016 15:50, andy pugh wrote: > On 24 April 2016 at 13:47, Philipp Burch wrote: >> It's not actually strange, that's just the behaviour of floating point >> numbers. > > Well, yes and no. > > My entry in the Glade UI is an a textual form. The v

[Emc-users] More flexible handling for coordinate systems?

2013-11-17 Thread Philipp Burch
Hello everyone, for some time now, I'm using LinuxCNC to control a dispenser to treat PCB panels (applying glue or globtop to electronic dies). Because not all of these panels are exactly aligned in the machine, a webcam sits on the Z joint using which I can get the real positions of fiducial m

Re: [Emc-users] More flexible handling for coordinate systems?

2013-11-18 Thread Philipp Burch
e of the kins and partly because it's a bit problematic: When switching from one set of parameters to another, this results in a step in the position command for the controller. This can cause bad behaviour, especially if the step is large. On 11/17/2013 11:02 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On

Re: [Emc-users] More flexible handling for coordinate systems?

2013-11-18 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Andy! On 11/18/2013 04:24 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 18 November 2013 14:43, Philipp Burch wrote: >> In fact, this is what I've done already. I made a new kins module (named >> tfkins), to which I can pass the nine elements of the transform matrix >> at module load

Re: [Emc-users] More flexible handling for coordinate systems?

2013-11-18 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Bertho! On 11/18/2013 04:04 PM, Bertho Stultiens wrote: > On 11/18/2013 03:43 PM, Philipp Burch wrote: >>> Integrating this into the g-code backend may prove to be difficult and >>> it is probaby easier to create a feedback-loop in the generation of the >>> move

Re: [Emc-users] More flexible handling for coordinate systems?

2013-11-18 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Marius! On 11/18/2013 06:35 PM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > Why dont you consider doing what we do with the Z axis on plasma > machines. I am also looking at doing a PnP machine in the new year and > this will be my approach. > > When we get a M3 in the gcode of a plasma job, we store the curren

Re: [Emc-users] Update HAL values without stalling motion

2013-11-21 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi folks! - Original message - > Charles you might find that any M code will cause a slight stoppage of > the head as the M codes are not computed like gcodes with constant > velocity in mind but rather as a separate command. Also it is not a > motion command so there will be no motion

Re: [Emc-users] DIY Laser Engraver - can it be run from LinuxCNC?

2013-11-27 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi John! On 11/27/2013 06:26 PM, John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Hi all; > > Here's a neat little page: > > http://funofdiy.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/a-raspberry-pi-controlled-mini-laser.html > > Wonder how it would run from LinuxCNC? Same "issues" with path acceleration > values, and so forth? > > H

Re: [Emc-users] Coordinate Transform to Level Workbed

2013-12-08 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Charles! On 12/08/2013 06:21 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > ... > > Yes, that's how I'll do it if there's nothing in existing gcode to > support tilting, but I'd still rather run a 3D rotation in a user-space > thread vs. tying up cycles in a real-time thread. Also, the math only > needs t

Re: [Emc-users] Ramped feed rate.

2013-12-26 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Rob! On 12/26/2013 07:14 PM, Robert Ellenberg wrote: > Hi Greg, > > Sorry for taking so long to answer. I've been working on the trajectory > planner recently, so I can try to weigh in on your question. First of all, > I'm curious what the application for this would be. Do you use it as a > "o

Re: [Emc-users] maximum number of queued MDI commands exceeded

2013-12-29 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi all! I used the same approach as Kirk, but I've found some interesting behaviour when running this subroutine file: If no program file is loaded at the moment the MDI command is issued, it fails with the error message "Unable to open file " (or similar wording, can't test it right now). Do you

Re: [Emc-users] How do I see the #numbers

2013-12-30 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Marius! On 12/30/2013 09:43 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > I am trying to setup some subroutines to do tool length and touchoff > calculations. Where can I see the #parameters while the system is running. > I am storing a value in say #1000 and then I want to use it later in > another sub. I

[Emc-users] Python interface: program_open() does not show a preview in AXIS

2013-12-30 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi all! Maybe you remember my question of a few weeks ago about a more flexible way to transform the coordinates in a G-code file: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=528A6D98.7080208%40hb9etc.ch&forum_name=emc-users My decision was then, to do most of the transforms in Pytho

Re: [Emc-users] Python interface: program_open() does not show a preview in AXIS

2013-12-30 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Michael, hi Chris! On 12/30/2013 07:33 PM, Michael Haberler wrote: > Hi Philipp, > > a bit of guts first: > > Configs with a UI which sports preview actually have two interpreters > > there's one in the milltask process - this is the 'real one' which drives the > machine, and which you've b

Re: [Emc-users] glade cant find gladevcp

2014-01-08 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Owen, you should probably use the older glade-gtk2. Glade3 failed for me as well with this error message. Cheers, Philipp - Original message - > Everyone, > > my linuxcnc environment was installed on ubuntu 12.04 using the > instructions here: > > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/w

Re: [Emc-users] glade cant find gladevcp

2014-01-09 Thread Philipp Burch
ipp - would you mind providing the specific version number of > glade-gtk2 that you are using? > > thanks, >owen > > Philipp Burch writes: > >> >> Hi Owen, >> >> you should probably use the older glade-gtk2. Glade3 failed for me as > well

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC shows new, but runs old ngc program

2014-01-22 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Marius! On 01/22/2014 03:42 PM, Marius Alksnys wrote: > ... > > > BTW, I think I found another or related problem - LinuxCNC freezes for > some time (roughly 5-20 seconds) for example, when pressing Shift-Home > in axis (touch off). And the time required for the same operation > differs ab

Re: [Emc-users] Machinekit Gui

2014-01-26 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi John! On 01/26/2014 09:46 PM, John Prentice (FS) wrote: > [...] > With slow refresh on Gremlin my keyboard jog response is fine. I don't > however know if my GUI has jog problems with the default 50mS refresh as I > do all my actual jogging with the Contour Jog/Shuttle > > http://www.tormach.c

Re: [Emc-users] Printrboard and LinuxCNC

2014-03-01 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi all! - Original message - > On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:47:45 -0500, you wrote: > > > The original Smooth Stepper also suffered from USB issues which seemed > > to be related to grounding or isolation issues?? > > It had a design problem on the board with a built in ground loop. It > caus

Re: [Emc-users] Printrboard and LinuxCNC

2014-03-02 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Steve, hi everyone! On 03/02/2014 12:41 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote:> On Sat, 01 Mar 2014 18:15:29 +0100, you wrote: > > >> When I've learned something about hardware interfaces and reliability in the past two or three years then it is to stay as far away from USB as possible whenever something e

Re: [Emc-users] I&$@)^ another C41 gone to hell.

2014-03-15 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene! On 03/14/2014 09:23 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings again; > > After putting in a diode, that part seemed to work, but this C41 seems to > have gone south again. (and again (and again)), and its looking like a 4th > one has failed. Symptoms seem to be an output impedance in the 10

Re: [Emc-users] I&$@)^ another C41 gone to hell.

2014-03-15 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Peter! On 03/15/2014 09:34 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Sat, 15 Mar 2014, Philipp Burch wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:45:18 +0100 >> From: Philipp Burch >> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> >> To: emc-users@lists

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-03 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi everyone! On 04/03/2014 05:15 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 4/2/14 15:56 , Michał Geszkiewicz wrote: >> Hi Seb, > > Hi Michal, > > [... some flaming ...] > >> Additionally realtime ethernet is what could make linuxcnc project >> competitive with industrial cnc controllers. and it's onl

Re: [Emc-users] Jerky motion

2014-04-12 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Rod! On 04/12/2014 02:28 PM, Rod Fitzsimmons Frey wrote: > Turns out that when I actually CUT something other than air, using the > loose tolerances (even 0.02) gives me unacceptable faceting. I don't need > *accuracy* per se, but I do need smoothness. > > I don't think I'm trying to operate

Re: [Emc-users] center finder camera

2014-05-02 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi everyone, not that I knew about a good camera for this, but since it somehow fits the topic, let me just briefly say a few words to an alignment software I made some time ago. Under http://hb9etc.ch/hg/aligner you can find some code which allows a cheap camera to be used for automatic alignmen

Re: [Emc-users] Missing documentation

2014-05-10 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Erik! On 10.05.2014 23:30, Erik Friesen wrote: > Where is one supposed to find information about how to use hal components? > > The hal manual has nothing more than a teaser. I am looking for info on > comp, one of the arithmetic "functions" Most HAL components have associated manpages, so y

Re: [Emc-users] .pit file extension

2014-06-12 Thread Philipp Burch
On 12.06.2014 19:06, Rick Lair wrote: > Hello Guys, > > > > I have been trying to break into a file on one of my other machines control, > and I am not succeeding. The file has a .pit file extension, > > > > Any suggestions on what I should use to open it?? > > Hi Rick, I don't know th

[Emc-users] OT: Screenshots [Re: Message on forum sent to me, no reply mechanism]

2014-06-16 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene! On 16.06.2014 18:32, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 16 June 2014 12:24:29 Gene Heskett did opine > And Gene did reply: >> On Monday 16 June 2014 10:55:32 Jon Elson did opine >> >> And Gene did reply: >>> On 06/16/2014 01:29 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: So, whomever it is that is missing

Re: [Emc-users] INPUT_SCALE ?

2014-06-28 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene! On 28.06.2014 12:36, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings; > > My mill's old XY screws were 20 tpi acme's and have now been replaced with > 2.5mm pitch ball screws. > > The current scale is 64000 in those 2 axis's. Is there a quick and dirty > way to convert that 64000 to the new screws v

Re: [Emc-users] New driver

2014-06-29 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Nicklas! On 29.06.2014 09:02, Karlsson & Wang wrote: > I am rather new here and no nothing about haddock,tarter sauce or pickles .. > or have any heart problems. My experience is with electronic development and > programming of real time software. Most of my experience is related to power >

Re: [Emc-users] mach3

2014-07-03 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Aram! On 03.07.2014 21:54, a k wrote: > hi > i use google to fine who make mach3 and found a lot noise. > who actually make mach3 and is there web link to them ? You would also ask Apple about who develops MS Word, wouldn't you? Anyway, a quick web search yielded this promising link: http://

Re: [Emc-users] mach3

2014-07-05 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene, I think that Alex meant to send back the broken Google, not Mach3 ;) Cheers, Philipp On 05.07.2014 13:09, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 05 July 2014 05:51:58 Alex Joni did opine > And Gene did reply: >> Send it back, get a refund >> >> Alex > > My thoughts exactly, Aram, Linuxcnc c

Re: [Emc-users] Where to get latest PncConf?

2014-07-11 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene! On 12.07.2014 04:12, Gene Heskett wrote: > ... > And they stop (no errors reported) for what should be a continuous jog > after 3 or 5 seconds, needing a release and fresh push on the arrow keys. > ... I know this effect, it happens when the machine is not homed. When you jog in the

Re: [Emc-users] edge module problem

2014-07-15 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene! On 15.07.2014 18:47, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings everybody; > > In this new configuration to use a 5i25 in place of the parport, I have > now set the edge.N.out-width-ns to 5000 in hopes I could see the pulse > with a halmeter. > [...] 5000ns are 50ms, depending on the upd

Re: [Emc-users] integrator manual

2014-07-15 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Aram! On 15.07.2014 21:38, a k wrote: > about code > from hal > > > net home-switch <= hm2_[HOSTMOT2](BOARD).0.gpio.025.in_not > net home-switch => axis.0.home-sw-in > net home-switch => axis.1.home-sw-in > net home-switch => axis.2.home-sw-in > / > interes

Re: [Emc-users] integrator manual

2014-07-16 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Aram! On 16.07.2014 20:32, a k wrote: > my machine wired --x home (m5i20.0.in-02) pin 02 > y home pin 06 > z home pin 10 > > should i physically rewire all to pin 25 > or i can redirect pins 02 06 and 10 to pin 25? > If those pins are all inputs, then you don't need to rewire anything. Pin 2

Re: [Emc-users] integrator manual

2014-07-16 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Aram! On 16.07.2014 21:30, a k wrote: > Hi Philipp > About > > -- -- -- > # Read home switch inputs from I/O card. > net x-home-sw <= m5i20.0.in-02 > net y-home-sw <= m5i20.0.in-06 > net z-home-sw <= m5i20.0.in-10 > > # Connect home switch nets to motion. > net

Re: [Emc-users] integrator manual

2014-07-17 Thread Philipp Burch
Strange. Please try the following: 1. Uncomment the code in HAL, so that you can start LinuxCNC. 2. While it is running (you don't need to load a file or move the axes or anything) fire up a terminal (usually Ctrl+Shift+T) and paste the following command (without the $ at the beginning): $ halcmd

Re: [Emc-users] integrator manual

2014-07-17 Thread Philipp Burch
Thanks. But I guess I don't need to look at it any further, as your problems should be sorted out by now. Congratulations ;) Cheers, Philipp On 17.07.2014 22:28, a k wrote: > http://pastebin.com/V29PaJrC > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Philipp Burch wrote: > &g

Re: [Emc-users] Slip ring - experiences

2014-07-19 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi all! On 19.07.2014 16:36, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 19 July 2014 08:28:09 andy pugh did opine > ... > > Power thru the rings seems easy enough to do, but shipping the encoder > back thru adjacent slip rings would seem to be to subject to a huge amount > of interference from the servo

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Mill Vise Advise

2014-07-21 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Stuart, true, but it's much easier to just verify that the alignment is correct than to align it without a key ;) Cheers, Philipp On 21.07.2014 18:44, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > Gentlemen, > my experience dictates > "DO NOT TRUST KEYS TO ALIGN VISES AND HOLDING FIXTURES!!!" > always verify

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hey Aram! On 24.07.2014 20:58, a k wrote: > this is pin --- hm2_5i20.0.encoder.03.velocity > > this is also pin - scale.0.in > is it possible to connect pin to pin? > manual say -- connecting signal to pin > In fact, you can only connect pins to pins, signals/nets are just aliases to

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene! On 24.07.2014 21:56, Gene Heskett wrote: > ... > = > Now, a posting tutorial: > > You confuse this old fart by persisting in using the > [HOSTMOT2](BOARD) strings in your posted examples. To the hal interpretor > those are completely bogus strings that you will never be

Re: [Emc-users] joint

2014-07-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi On 24.07.2014 22:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 24 July 2014 15:08:54 Philipp Burch did opine > And Gene did reply: >> Hey Aram! >> >> On 24.07.2014 20:58, a k wrote: >>> this is pin --- hm2_5i20.0.encoder.03.velocity >>> >>> this

[Emc-users] Step&Dir [G540, 5i25, missing steps, once again.]

2014-08-10 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi everyone, a bit off-topic, but let me ask something: Why does just about everyone use this step&dir interface to connect the controller to the driver? Is it just because most drivers don't support anything else or "because everyone does it that way"? I mean, driving logic this way has at least

Re: [Emc-users] Step&Dir [G540, 5i25, missing steps, once again.]

2014-08-10 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi andy! On 10.08.2014 20:17, andy pugh wrote: > On 10 August 2014 18:49, Philipp Burch wrote: >> If you generate steps in software, that means that your maximum >> step rate will be far below the thread frequency. > > This problem is worse with quadrature (which is

Re: [Emc-users] No output from abs component

2014-08-12 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Marius! On 12.08.2014 17:04, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > I connected my spindle cmd signal to an abs component. When I set the > speed for any output positive or negative, I get absolutely no output. > Nor does any of the polarity indicators function. > The setup uses a 5i25 with a 7i76 so I h

Re: [Emc-users] losing hair rapidly here, lcnc is not working as advertised in man pages

2014-08-15 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene! I just tried the lut5 component from the git repo (master) in the core_sim.hal of the PyVCP demo: -- 8< - 8< -- # More loadrts... loadrt lut5 names=inv-1,inv-2,nand-1,nand-2 addf inv-1 servo-thread addf inv-2 servo-thread addf nand-1 servo-thread addf nand-2 servo-

Re: [Emc-users] losing hair rapidly here, lcnc is not working as advertised in man pages

2014-08-16 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene! Replying on a tiny note you made: On 16.08.2014 16:55, Gene Heskett wrote: > ... > This causes the Mesa SpinX1 controlled fwd/reverse relays to switch, > throwing the full power of the controller into the motor trying to reverse > it. The controller, a $185 Gemini, survived only 3 suc

[Emc-users] Dwell time (G4) override

2014-08-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hello everyone, we use LinuxCNC to control a dispenser. Since the fluids in use (epoxys for example) can change their viscosity over time, we should be able to control the dispensed volume while the machine is running. This is no problem when dispensing a line, as the feed of this line can be adju

Re: [Emc-users] Dwell time (G4) override

2014-08-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Andy! On 24.08.2014 20:04, andy pugh wrote: > On 24 August 2014 18:22, Philipp Burch wrote: >> So my question is: Is it possible to adjust dwell times while the >> interpreter is executing a program? > > Yes, there are many ways to do it, in fact. > > What G

Re: [Emc-users] CNC Sewing/Embroidery/Quilting Machine

2014-08-27 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Alex! Sounds like an interesting thing to do :) Do you need full control over the needle (i.e. coordinated moves), or do you want to let the needle be driven by a single motor in continuous motion and synchronize the X/Y movements to it? In the latter case, you would only need position feedback

Re: [Emc-users] CNC Sewing/Embroidery/Quilting Machine

2014-08-27 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi all! I've just crafted a simple config in the simulator for this application. You can find the INI and HAL files in the attachment. The Z position (our needle) is driven by a siggen component to follow a sine wave. This may or may not be appropriate, but it's easy enough to test. Some logic in

[Emc-users] Serial FPGA buses/interconnections [Was: Sandy box]

2015-06-06 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi everyone, when we're talking about buses and interfaces, I'd like to bring up another topic concerning me recently: We're building some kind of PLC and motion controller mainly for internal uses, which is built around FPGAs. Our FPGA configs are crafted specifically for what the devices need to

Re: [Emc-users] Serial FPGA buses/interconnections [Was: Sandy box]

2015-06-07 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Dave! On 06.06.2015 22:52, Dave Cole wrote: > I've been around for a while and worked with current loop serial > interfaces, rs232, rs422/485, Ethernet (back when thicknet was > standard) etc. > > Why in world would you not use Ethernet??It leaves you with so many > options that are no

Re: [Emc-users] Serial FPGA buses/interconnections [Was: Sandy box]

2015-06-07 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Alexander! On 07.06.2015 12:47, Alexander Rössler wrote: > CANopen might be what you are searching for. Thanks for the hint, I'll have a look. From what I've seen so far, CAN(open) has a bus topology (parallel connections of all devices), which is not exactly what I'm looking for, but maybe th

Re: [Emc-users] Serial FPGA buses/interconnections [Was: Sandy box]

2015-06-08 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Flo! On 08.06.2015 15:50, Florian Rist wrote: > Hi, > right now I don't have the time to follow the thread, and maybe it's > been mentioned already, but you might want to look at Powerlink as well: > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_Powerlink > > A few years back I looked for a rea

Re: [Emc-users] Serial FPGA buses/interconnections [Was: Sandy box]

2015-06-08 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Dave! On 08.06.2015 15:43, Dave Cole wrote: > > ___ > From the Ethercat Technology Group membership application page: > > The membership cost is pretty low... !!! :-) > > And there are some sample Ethercat master and slave source code

Re: [Emc-users] Serial FPGA buses/interconnections [Was: Sandy box]

2015-06-09 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Andy! On 08.06.2015 20:45, andy pugh wrote: > On 8 June 2015 at 18:46, Dave Cole wrote: >> make up your own basic protocols to move data between >> devices, but that can >> quickly turn into a wheel reinvention project on its own. > > I wonder if the Mesa "Smart Serial" protocol would work?

Re: [Emc-users] Serial FPGA buses/interconnections [Was: Sandy box]

2015-06-09 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Rafael, hi everyone! On 09.06.2015 03:23, Rafael wrote: > While waiting for experts to respond I did some research on this > interesting topics ... > > ... > > Nothing wrong with being proprietary if nothing else out there suits > your needs. However, when it comes to communications between

Re: [Emc-users] angular units

2015-06-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi folks! On 24.06.2015 20:24, Len Shelton wrote: > On a machine with a rotary A axis, if I run > > G91 A360 X10 F100 > > the machine moves 100IPM on the X and the A axis completes a 360 > degree rotation at the same time. If I then run > > G91 A360 F100 > > the machines takes almost 2.5 mi

Re: [Emc-users] Here's Gene's new pocket O'scope

2015-10-05 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Jon! On 06.10.2015 04:44, Jon Elson wrote: > On 10/05/2015 10:16 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: >> >> Well, it does say the "analogue bandwidth" is 2 MHz. It could be >> using sub-sampling to acheive that bandwidth. >> >> > Even if the analog BW is 2 MHz, if you feed in a 2 MHz > signal with a 2.5 MSa

Re: [Emc-users] could Linux cnc control of unconventional mill design like this and general thoughts and comments.

2015-11-07 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Linden! On 07.11.2015 00:55, linden wrote: > Hello All, > > I have progressed a little with the design and modeling of the machine I > asked for help simulating. It has evolved a little over the last few > weeks. have a look at the pdf attached for pictures Another month and I > will be back t

Re: [Emc-users] A thank you, and an unrelated question thats been asked lots of times.

2015-11-24 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi! On 24.11.2015 09:52, Marcus Bowman wrote: > > ... >> > > This might be too simple, but... I have been caught out before by ending the > last line (preferably the M02 or M30) and not pressing the Return key. The > file is then seen as unclosed. > Going back and adding a blank line and press

Re: [Emc-users] Eagle mill retro fit

2016-02-07 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Dan! On 07.02.2016 18:06, Dan Bloomquist wrote: > [...] > > > What is different is that it their mill positions with motor encoders. > My mill has tachs on the motors and glass scales. I haven't put a scope > on the glass but judging from the wires, they are quadrature. I can't > imagine h

Re: [Emc-users] Software that can mirror image G-code?

2016-02-13 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene! On 13.02.2016 19:41, Gene Heskett wrote: > [...] > > Might be nice, but not accessable to see it without creating an account. The dialog box may give this impression, but in fact you can just click the link "No thanks, continue to view" at the bottom, which will give you the option to d

Re: [Emc-users] Linear / glass Scales

2016-02-17 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Dave! On 17.02.2016 22:52, Dave Cole wrote: > > I'm shopping for some linear/glass scales for a custom industrial machine. > > I only need to read 8" of travel. > > Does anyone know of an economical solution.I'd like full quad > outputs - ttl would be ideal. > I don't need super resolut

Re: [Emc-users] Clone a HD

2016-02-20 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi John! On 20.02.2016 12:34, John Thornton wrote: > I see two ways to clone a HD on the web one using dd and one using tar. > > Boot from the live cd. Mount your destination media to (say) /mnt. > > dd if=/dev/sd whatever of=/mnt/mybackup.ddimg > > In this case what do they mean by mount? It

Re: [Emc-users] Clone a HD

2016-02-20 Thread Philipp Burch
/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb > bs=1M looks like the ticket for me. Is there a fast way to tell which > harddrive has no data on it? Do I need to format the new drive or will > dd copy that info as well? > > Thanks for the great reply. > > JT > > On 2/20/2016 6:01 AM, Philipp

Re: [Emc-users] Trying to do anything with glade, can't, apparently missing resources

2016-02-21 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Gene, I remember that there was something with Glade 2 and Glade 3 being entirely different tools. Could it be that you actually need to start like glade2 instead of plain glade? This is just a guess, though, I'm currently on the road only with my mobile. Good luck, Philipp Gene Heske

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

2016-02-29 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Danny! On 29.02.2016 08:15, Danny Miller wrote: > [...] > > loadusr -W wj200_vfd baud 19200 > #default slave address is 1 > setp wj200-vfd.0.mbslaveaddr 1 > setp wj200-vfd.0.commanded-frequency 60 > # connect to wj200-vfd pins > net spindle-on wj200-vfd.0.run > net spindle-cw wj200-vfd.0.rever

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

2016-02-29 Thread Philipp Burch
try this ASAP. > > Do you know how to handle a "watchdog" that continuously checks whether the > VFD is running? > > Danny > > Philipp Burch wrote: >> Hi Danny! >> >> On 29.02.2016 08:15, Danny Miller wrote: >>> [...] >>>

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

2016-03-06 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Danny, I used qModMaster (https://sourceforge.net/projects/qmodmaster/) for low-level Modbus access while I was developing some Modbus hardware. Maybe you can use it to figure out under which circumstances the error occurs. Another option would be to log the traffic (I suppose you are using the

Re: [Emc-users] CNC Sewing/Embroidery/Quilting Machine

2014-08-27 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Alex! On 27.08.2014 21:13, alex chiosso wrote: > Hi Andy. > You are always a good advisor . > I'm not so trained on LCNC as you are. > I never use the lincurve component so can you explain me what it is and how > it works ? > Also Philipp mention the adaptive pin but I didn't understand that he

Re: [Emc-users] CNC Sewing/Embroidery/Quilting Machine

2014-08-28 Thread Philipp Burch
up. Please see the attached screenshot. The white line is the programmed path, the red one is the backplot of the simulated machine movement. I hope this helps. Cheers, Philipp > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Philipp Burch wrote: > >> Hi Alex! >> >> On 27.08.2014 21:13,

Re: [Emc-users] PC STRANGE BEHAVIOR DURING NC PROGRAM EXECUTION.

2014-09-12 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Alex! On 12.09.2014 19:03, alex chiosso wrote: > Hi Jon. > Thank you for the replay . > The part program is not so big (120 lines code , it is parametric style > with Named Parameters) so it is strange . > It is clear now the cpu hogg. I don't know if it's really that easy. When you talk about

Re: [Emc-users] building a linuxcnc computer

2014-10-26 Thread Philipp Burch
On 26.10.2014 15:39, schoone...@btinternet.com wrote: > >> 1 of: ADATA Premier Series DDR3 1333Mhz 8 GB Laptop Memory Kit 2 x 4 GB CL9 >> Dual Channel SO-DIMM AD3S1333C4G9-2 > Bearing in mind however that if you are running an x86 distro of > linuxcnc, 4.75MB ish of that memory will not be able

Re: [Emc-users] Driver for Contour Shuttle Pro v2?

2014-11-29 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Marcus! On 29.11.2014 09:29, Marcus Bowman wrote: > Good Morning All, > > I have a Contour Shuttle Pro v2 and I use it with XP and Mach3 on one of my > machines. Works jolly well too. Extremely good as a flat-lying pendant., and > has, as far as I'm concerned, a very intuitive feel. > But I

Re: [Emc-users] Not able to use comp (command not found) .

2014-12-04 Thread Philipp Burch
Hi Alex! On 04.12.2014 17:43, alex chiosso wrote: > Hi to all. > I'm running LCNC on a pc with the Debian Wheezy installation package . > I'm getting the updates from Master using the repositories selected into > the Synaptic Package Manager. > I've already checked the linuxcnc-dev installation an

Re: [Emc-users] Advanced bipod question

2015-01-01 Thread Philipp Burch
On 01.01.2015 03:16, poormansairforce H wrote: > Hi all > I have been trying to join the forum but can't get past the registration > page, says there are errors:( > I have a question about setting up a bipod hot wire cutter. Simply, in CAD > I have figured out that on my dream machine setup, at a 4

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