Re: [Emc-users] fail2ban default setup gotcha

2011-12-24 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 12/23/2011 08:08 PM, gene heskett wrote: On Friday, December 23, 2011 10:18:29 PM Jon Elson did opine: gene heskett wrote: That has been done long ago Mark. The problem is that on pclos (this box) gene is the first user, with a userid of 500. On ubuntu, gene is also the first user 1000,

Re: [Emc-users] Live CD

2011-12-28 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 12/28/2011 09:06 AM, Tim James wrote: I have downloaded and burnt the Live CD 10.04. It has worked on one desktop I tried but not on another or my laptop. I only have the laptop with me at the moment so I would like to install Ubuntu and EMC to find out more in conjunction with reading

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC: The new name of the Enhanced Machine Controller

2012-01-17 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 01/17/2012 08:12 PM, Erik Christiansen wrote: On 17.01.12 21:31, Jack Coats wrote: IMHO, we need to keep references to EMC and EMC2 on the web site as 'historical artifacts', and also reference the NIST project that started the initial 'Enhanced Machine Controller' project and named it.

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC: The new name of the Enhanced Machine Controller

2012-01-18 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 01/18/2012 07:30 AM, Matt Shaver wrote: On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:50:41 +1100 Erik Christiansendva...@internode.on.net wrote: I'm only having trouble pretending that their case has any legitimacy. It's not legitimate. Unfortunately, many recent activities originating in the U.S. are

Re: [Emc-users] [OT]Moveing pcb-gcode generated files to the milling machine=huge PIMA

2012-01-22 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hi Gene, On 01/22/2012 03:18 PM, gene heskett wrote: Greets everybody; I am going slowly berzakers here with this bs of having different gid's on these two machines. Didn't we discuss this some time back? I am at that stage where I have files ready to rename and load into emc (linuxcnc)

Re: [Emc-users] [OT]Moveing pcb-gcode generated files to the milling machine=huge PIMA

2012-01-23 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 01/23/2012 06:31 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Monday, January 23, 2012 08:49:08 AM Rafael Skodlar did opine: There is security, and there is Pain in the Ass obnoxiousness, this is the latter. I'd be much appreciative of an idiot-proof (and I'm apparently the idiot) Don't do that too

Re: [Emc-users] [OT]Moveing pcb-gcode generated files to the milling machine=huge PIMA

2012-01-24 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 01/24/2012 11:21 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 01:46:15 PM Rafael Skodlar did opine: [...] Chuckle, I need that this morning (morning? Duh, it's past 2pm), the 2nd cup hasn't kicked in yet. :( I've now been searching the package repo looking for a sed-like util

Re: [Emc-users] [OT]Moveing pcb-gcode generated files to the milling machine=huge PIMA

2012-01-25 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 01/25/2012 02:44 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 05:29:19 AM Rafael Skodlar did opine: On 01/24/2012 11:21 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 01:46:15 PM Rafael Skodlar did opine: [...] Why not try (g)awk? You can search, match strings

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-25 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 01/25/2012 01:43 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/1/25 andy pughbodge...@gmail.com: On 25 January 2012 21:07, Viesturs Lācisviesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Kirk, I am getting totally confused... What is the difference in schematics between both images in Your last email? I cannot see

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-27 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 01/27/2012 11:07 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/1/27 gene heskettghesk...@wdtv.com: That depends. Can, if you just short your device, burn wood? If not, or only very much slower than you expected, then the wire is too small. I could. Now it seems that my diy stopped working again -

Re: [Emc-users] DIY output driver

2012-01-28 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 01/27/2012 10:23 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/1/28 Rafael Skodlarra...@linwin.com: Of course that won't work with most if not all the suggestions I've seen so far. If I understand it correctly, your laser already has a circuit to drive it at reasonable current to do it's magic. Circuit

[Emc-users] Power and data cables for CNC

2012-05-20 Thread Rafael Skodlar
I wonder what kind of power and data cables would you recommend for use in X-Y-Z CNC about 1.2mx1m size? Besides power, it's not clear to me how many data lines for sensors, encoders, motor control, etc. are needed in general. Is it preferable to carry power and handful of control signals to

Re: [Emc-users] Power and data cables for CNC

2012-05-20 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 05/20/2012 12:12 PM, Dave wrote: On 5/20/2012 12:40 PM, Rafael Skodlar wrote: I wonder what kind of power and data cables would you recommend for use in X-Y-Z CNC about 1.2mx1m size? Besides power, it's not clear to me how many data lines for sensors, encoders, motor control, etc

Re: [Emc-users] Power and data cables for CNC

2012-05-22 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 05/21/2012 09:15 AM, Jon Elson wrote: Rafael Skodlar wrote: On 05/20/2012 12:12 PM, Dave wrote: On 5/20/2012 12:40 PM, Rafael Skodlar wrote: I wonder what kind of power and data cables would you recommend for use in X-Y-Z CNC about 1.2mx1m size? Besides power, it's not clear to me how

Re: [Emc-users] Power and data cables for CNC

2012-05-23 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 05/22/2012 02:21 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 22 May 2012 07:53, Rafael Skodlarra...@linwin.com wrote: Using Cat-5 was a surprise to me as it's a bit stiff unless each wire is made of even smaller wires, not common in general use. There is solid stranded for fixed installation and stranded

Re: [Emc-users] Ubuntu disks

2007-01-01 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hi Hugh, Hugh Currin wrote: EMCers: I've moved a couple of computers around. I switched the shop/EMC computer for the proxy server. The result is that I now have a 1GHz Pentium machine to use in the shop. So, I want to put Ubuntu/EMC on this machine. This was a real pain the last time,

Re: [Emc-users] dual boot DOS/Ubuntu

2007-01-02 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hugh, Hugh Currin wrote: Dave, Rafael, Chris, Kyle Ray: Thank you. I've made some progress. Great. I couldn't get cdrecord -scanbus to work. I think this is due to the ATAPI (not SCSI) drive but am not sure. I finally fired up X cd-roast and found I was not sure what kind of

Re: [Emc-users] gcode output for xfig

2007-06-13 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hi Till, Till Harbaum / Lists wrote: Hi, since i couldn't find any simple gcode editor and since i wanted to do some simple tests i started to add some gcode output for xfig/fig2dev. I use xfig for making drawings in general for years but it's an outdated X tool and it shows. Vector

Re: [Emc-users] Install to a USB Key

2007-09-16 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Jon Elson wrote: AKSYS Tech Pty Ltd wrote: Hi Guys Thanks very much for all the info. I must confess that this is my first time playing with Linux so it is all a bit new to me. I am trying to make a solid “Industrial” controller, because as a day job I retrofit and repair CNC

Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet I/O

2007-10-28 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: Jon Elson wrote: Kenneth Lerman wrote: For me, the issue of RTnet is irrelevant. I would, instead, just want to use the Linux driver. If we can get that to generate and receive ethernet frames in real time, we are in business. Well,

Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet I/O

2007-10-30 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Jon Elson wrote: Jarl Stefansson wrote: I would like to point out that ARM processors aren't the only way to go embedded, there are very decent x86 embedded systems available with AMD (Geode LX/NX) and VIA (CN/CX/C7/Eden) CPUs. As others have pointed out, miniITX and such do not

Re: [Emc-users] WINE EMC

2007-11-21 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Andrew Ayre wrote: Duh - sorry, ignore. You can't set up a VM on a live CD because you would be redistributing Windows. Gah... That's correct, but a bit confusing, I mean the way you suggest using VM. EMC is installed on the hard disk when in practical use. You should be able to run

Re: [Emc-users] (Off Topic) KBIC Mystery Components

2008-01-09 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Kirk Wallace wrote: Because I knew very little about SCR DC motor controllers, I bought a KBIC controller to play with. Well I managed to break it on the second day of playing. My problem now, is to replace the broken bits. I am pretty sure, that what I blew out are a pair of rectifier diodes.

Re: [Emc-users] Dual Linux EMC Installation on Dual HDDs

2008-01-21 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hi Peter, pmark wrote: Good Day - Have been working on the trying to install Fresh Dual Installation w/2HDD's one for Ubuntu EMC2 one for Linux BDI EMC and the being able to choose the OS on BOOT. Would like to have both EMC's available in order to compliment each other. This Senior CZ

Re: [Emc-users] Getting Started with the Latest EMC2

2008-06-15 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hi John, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed the latest EMC2 with Ubuntu 8.01. To get an Internet connection I need to install a Win XP driver for my Wireless NIC using *ndisgtk*. The instructions say to first install this using the Synaptic Package Manager and then to run it

Re: [Emc-users] bicycle wheel, to machine

2008-06-29 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hi Aram, Warning: I'm not a machinist by trade or CNC expert, so you better check other sources before you decide what you want to do. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi that shop makes bicycle wheel out off carbon fiber and all machining is in trimming Extra stock of fibers, gives some shape to

Re: [Emc-users] bootup problem - kernel panic

2008-07-19 Thread Rafael Skodlar
John, I usually don't pay attention to messages without a subject line because they don't tell anything... John Lichter wrote: I know this isn't an emc problem but has anyone seen it and were you able to do something about it? Often but not always when I start my computer I get a screen

Re: [Emc-users] G-code file problem

2008-07-22 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Chris Radek said: On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 07:20:53PM -0700, Terry wrote: I rewrote the program using the text editor with small case letters and the one from the text editor ran perfectly. Is there something on a windows based text file that I cant see and is causing the

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Basic Setup Tutorial - draft

2008-08-03 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hi Greg, You asked for it :-) Greg Michalski wrote: If anyone would like to review and critique this Stepconf tutorial webpage before it goes live I'd love to have some input from those more knowledgeable and experienced than I. Be *brutal* - I can take it. (Unless it's layout related -

Re: [Emc-users] Dedicated hardware for Real Time OS

2008-11-22 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Jon Elson wrote: Jack Coats wrote: For a different approach... Open source controller hardware with attached display. snip Another option might be to get one of the 'single board' Linux machines, use it to run EMC, and do AXIS on a 'display computer'. This might make it easier to do

Re: [Emc-users] Control of AC motor in antenna rotor

2008-11-29 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Roland Jollivet wrote: Not quite. Most UPS's around 2KVA and below are 'off-line', ie straight feed-through. Far far cheaper to make. You pay through your ears for an on-line UPS as it requires a full power down and up converter. Every UPS has a full power down and up converter. How else

Re: [Emc-users] Control of AC motor in antenna rotor

2008-11-29 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Roland Jollivet wrote: There is the wiki on it, but even that does not explain it properly. If you have a look at this; http://www.pcrite.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=24products_id=360 You don't put serious servers on such a UPS. I was thinking about smart UPS that power one or more

Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet, rtai, and rtnet

2008-12-05 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Ray Henry wrote: http://www.ce.utwente.nl/rtweb/publications/MSc2004/pdf-files/011CE2004_Buit.pdf An interesting study of RTnet. In it they say; RTnet communication times are mostly determined by the hardware. Not only processor speed but also architecture and

Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet runs to barns and such

2008-12-27 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Kent, sorry but ... Kent A. Reed wrote: Gentle persons: There was a flurry of messages earlier that touched on running ethernet to barns and such using either cat-5 cable or wi-fi. Sorry I was in no position to respond at the time. I was surprised no one mentioned powerline ethernet

Re: [Emc-users] Telnet Interface Questions

2009-01-11 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Eric H. Johnson wrote: Les, The passwords are passed as plain text, so a determined hacker would not have much difficulty sniffing out the passwords. One option for increasing security over the Internet is to run the telnet session over an ssh connection. That way all transactions will be

Re: [Emc-users] Telnet Interface Questions

2009-01-11 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Eric, Eric H. Johnson wrote: Rafael, As the author of that particular interface, my main objectives were: 1 As simple a network interface as possible. 2 An interface that does not change with each version of EMC. I don't see how it could be much simpler than this. All one has to do

Re: [Emc-users] Telnet Interface Questions

2009-01-11 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hi Leslie, Leslie Newell wrote: Let's be realistic about this. What are the chances of a hacker randomly scanning IP addresses and ports on the web and finding a running emcrsh Realistic? Chances are exactly 100%. Looking at my linux firewall I see tons of scans on all kinds of ports every

Re: [Emc-users] Root access

2009-02-09 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Wes S wrote: I managed to install EMC on my computer that already has W2k and Fedora on it. Had to use a gparted live disk to make space on a couple drives. After the install, grub only know about the Windows install and the EMC install. Bummer. Should have looked for grub files prior

Re: [Emc-users] Need help compiling the simulator on Ubuntu 14.4

2014-05-18 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Erik, On 05/18/2014 12:42 AM, erik wrote: Hello everyone, Following these instructions http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Build_A_Simulator_Manually worked for my last setup with Ubuntu 12.4 (32Bit) quite well. Now I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.4 (64Bit) running and have

Re: [Emc-users] New toy (4'X8' Router) for conversion

2014-06-11 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 06/10/2014 12:30 PM, Dave Cole wrote: Is buying a machine like that really worthwhile? Socialist design never impressed me; delivered in bad crate even less. My experience with Chinese made lathe was so bad I would never buy from them again. When you see it from close and start using it

Re: [Emc-users] mach3

2014-07-05 Thread Rafael Skodlar
I have no horse in his race but found this thread amusing until now. On 07/05/2014 05:23 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: Not sure what Aram is looking for but why is there so many catty remarks and so much sarcasm. I can think of more than one reason to explore a different system. When you are

Re: [Emc-users] Sign in issues

2014-11-22 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Allen, Still struggling with your login? On 11/21/2014 06:56 PM, Allen wrote: I hope this finds someone that can help. I have my user name and password written down, the system doesn’t like them anymore! you must have written it incorrectly. Make sure your Caps Lock is not on or numerical

Re: [Emc-users] Floating Oscilloscope

2011-03-15 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 03/15/2011 11:18 AM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: On Tue, 15 Mar 2011, Kirk Wallace wrote: Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:16:18 -0700 From: Kirk Wallacekwall...@wallacecompany.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller

Re: [Emc-users] OT -- hacking a remote controlled tank

2011-03-27 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 03/27/2011 09:55 AM, Igor Chudov wrote: My son wants some fancy remote controlled tank project. Here's what I thought about. 1. Buy a regular RC tank with a radio control. 2. Mount a camera on the tank 3. Connect the remote control to a PC, so that not a person, but a PC will be pushing

Re: [Emc-users] multiple instances of emc?

2011-03-30 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 03/30/2011 10:11 AM, Jon Elson wrote: Mark Wendt wrote: Which flavor of VMWare are you running? Desktop? Fusion? Server? I'm presuming you're running the open source? Or the commercial version? I'm running the commercial desktop version, because I needed a support question answered,

Re: [Emc-users] multiple instances of emc?

2011-03-31 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 03/31/2011 02:36 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: On 03/30/2011 05:02 PM, Rafael Skodlar wrote: ... snip Rafael, I'm afraid to ask, knowing how Oracle seems to be managing all the sun products - is the VirtualBox a freebie, or does it fall under the Oracle We have to charge way too much to keep up

Re: [Emc-users] multiple instances of emc?

2011-03-31 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 03/31/2011 11:05 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2011/3/31 Rafael Skodlarra...@linwin.com: However, we still haven't addressed the original question about running multiple instances of EMC2 on the same hardware. Two options are possible here IMO: - expand EMC2 in such a way to present itself as

Re: [Emc-users] multiple instances of emc?

2011-03-31 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 03/31/2011 02:39 PM, Eric Keller wrote: On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Rafael Skodlarra...@linwin.com wrote: However, we still haven't addressed the original question about running multiple instances of EMC2 on the same hardware. Two options are possible here IMO: third option: reject

Re: [Emc-users] PSU

2011-04-06 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 04/06/2011 07:32 AM, Dave wrote: On 4/6/2011 9:18 AM, andy pugh wrote: I have 400V servo drives, 350V motors and 240V single-phase mains power. Is there any reason that my servo power supplies need to be anything more than a rectifier and caps? I will probably add a PTC and an input fuse

Re: [Emc-users] A possible new gotcha for emc users.

2011-04-14 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 04/13/2011 07:52 PM, Przemek Klosowski wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rafael Skodlarra...@linwin.com wrote: /boot was added because of crappy BIOS that was not able to handle cylinders beyond 1024 years ago. That's not needed anymore and makes no sense either. What good is it

Re: [Emc-users] A possible new gotcha for emc users.

2011-04-14 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 04/14/2011 09:43 AM, Przemek Klosowski wrote: On 4/14/11, Rafael Skodlarra...@linwin.com wrote: On 04/13/2011 07:52 PM, Przemek Klosowski wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Rafael Skodlarra...@linwin.com wrote: /boot was added because of crappy BIOS that was not able to handle

Re: [Emc-users] D510 EPP problem

2011-08-27 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 08/27/2011 09:15 AM, Jon Elson wrote: Viesturs Lācis wrote: So what can I do now? Peter mentioned some low level poking. How can I do that and what tools do I need for that? The following page might be of some help to troubleshoot parallel port issues:

Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port card that just works?

2011-09-13 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 09/13/2011 11:00 AM, Jon Elson wrote: On Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:04:09 PM doug metzler did opine: I'll ship the machine to WV with a $50 bill taped to the top for beer acquisition :-) How do you know the card doesn't work? You mentioned Ubuntu, did you try printing with it?

Re: [Emc-users] hello people NEED your help

2011-09-23 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 09/22/2011 01:47 PM, dave wrote: AFIK Linux/Unix does not accept spaces in a filename. All Unix systems accept spaces and other (strange) characters in file names with few exceptions. Here's one way to take care of it: rename 's/ /_/g' file\ name\ with\ spaces.xxx Use Tab to expand the file

Re: [Emc-users] Dust-proof case?

2011-11-04 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 11/04/2011 08:32 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2011/11/4 Les Newellles.new...@fastmail.co.uk: In general wood dust does not affect computers that much. I have seen machines with piles of dust inside, still working fine day in day out. Heat is an issue so do as much as possible to keep it cool.

Re: [Emc-users] Dust-proof case?

2011-11-06 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 11/06/2011 10:37 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2011/11/6 Slavko Kocjancicesla...@gmail.com: I agree that filtering is good thing to do. But in this case (running near 1 hour without problem) the EMI isnt the source of trouble. Thanks, guys, for suggestions! I will try to figure out, how to

Re: [Emc-users] Next distribution after Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is no longer supported?

2011-11-23 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 11/23/2011 07:52 PM, Jack Coats wrote: I'm not saying that the 10.04 is bloated, but some of the folks that have moved to 11.04 or 11.10 locally have noted several 'broke as designed' items and have complained about bloat in the newer versions as well as the new Ubiquity user interface. I

Re: [Emc-users] Root access

2009-02-12 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Wes S wrote: On 10 Feb 2009 at 18:25, Rafael Skodlar wrote: that's the magic of Linux distributions. It's OS genetics at work. Makes writing Linux virus more difficult :-) So far I've dabbled with Caldera Open Linux, Slackware (back around 96), Fedora, Ubuntu, SCO, and AIX

Re: [Emc-users] newbie questions related to drives and tool selection

2009-02-27 Thread Rafael Skodlar
forget color wrote: Hi, I'm in the process of building my first CNC using the 'jgro' design on cnczone. While I'll use it for normal CNC router stuff, I also intend to use it as the base for a robotic art painting machine. This is what led me to emc2, so that I can modify it as needed for

Re: [Emc-users] 24 Position Absolute Encoder

2009-03-09 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Kirk Wallace wrote: I am planning to make an encoder for my tool changer: http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/00030-1a.jpg http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/Tool_Changer_Encoder-1a.png I was going to drill holes into a disk with a binary bit pattern and

Re: [Emc-users] How can I get emc to automatically run g-code without an operator?

2009-03-11 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Eric H. Johnson wrote: Michael, The path is relative to the home folder of the account from which EMC was run. Typically this should be: emc2/nc_files/file name or emc2/nc_files/examples/file name Regards, Eric Thanks for the quick response. I configured emcrsh and it is working

Re: [Emc-users] install on AMD - fails

2009-03-15 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hi Ben, Ben Hoffmann wrote: Alex, The error appears in monocolor text full screen right after the Ubuntu Splash Screen: At first there are some text lines that pass by too fast for me to write down. Then there are three lines that keep repeating until I power down the PC. The

Re: [Emc-users] NAMES and Flash Drive devices

2009-03-15 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Kent A. Reed wrote: Gentle persons: Copying to user-provided flash drives instead of handing out CDs is a great idea, especially because it makes the user participate actively rather than just grab reflexively. Just remember that 1) it is incredibly easy to propagate viruses and

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Tape to ASCII

2009-03-20 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Kirk Wallace wrote: On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 09:07 -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: Please let me know if this is too far off topic. I have a friend with a couple of 80's vintage Mori Seiki's and a Matsuura, all with Yasnac controls. He wants to move g-code files through the serial ports with a

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Tape to ASCII

2009-03-21 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Kirk Wallace wrote: On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 11:09 -0700, Rafael Skodlar wrote: ... snip putty schmucky, Hyperterminal=hype. My suggestion is to try minicom that's available for most Unix systems. With minicom you may transfer files, create your own configuration files for use with different

Re: [Emc-users] EMC in South West UK

2009-04-03 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Eric H. Johnson wrote: Peter, Er, you mean like this? http://www.frappr.com/emc2/ that was pointed to me earlier on IRC but the map part was broken unfortunately. I too am interested to get in touch with local users to exchange experience and possibly mutual support. SF (south) bay area

Re: [Emc-users] Users Locations

2009-04-03 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Jon Elson wrote: Rob Jansen wrote: Alex, I think the webpage could be a better place than the wiki. If there are enough people out there who are ok with doing this, we can add a community-module to linuxcnc.org, so every registered user can set up a profile with pictures, links,

Re: [Emc-users] Home made spindle encoder question.

2009-04-04 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Jeff Epler wrote: Why is it important that the signals be close to 90 degrees out of phase? Here's why: imagine they're some smaller amount (e.g., 45 degrees). That means that there's a smaller time for at least one of the 4 states of the quadrature progression at any given speed. In the

Re: [Emc-users] A new pyVCP Widget

2009-04-19 Thread Rafael Skodlar
John, sorry, not picking on you, just having fun with the silliest disclaimer I've seen lately. John Pfleger wrote: I was hoping one of the guys who do AXIS stuff would pick this up. If you knew the source, I doubt it would take too long. If I get free time in the next couple of weeks, I

Re: [Emc-users] What's coming in manufacturing

2009-04-20 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Jim Fleig - CNC Services wrote: Hi Steve, Thank you for reading my long email. I didn't know how to convey the information with fewer words. It looks like you had the same challenge below. :-) .. Jim Fleig PS (My attempt to replace a previous version of Ubuntu with 8.04 has

Re: [Emc-users] Linux installation problem

2009-04-20 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Jim, this is way beyond EMC support ... You need seek help for BASIC PC setup elsewhere. However Jim Fleig - CNC Services wrote: Hi Ian, Thank you for the reply. The boot sequence was set to CDROM, A, C. I downloaded Ranish, unzipped and copied to a floppy. The boot sequence was

Re: [Emc-users] Linux installation problem

2009-04-21 Thread Rafael Skodlar
BRIAN GLACKIN wrote: To all, Jim, this is way beyond EMC support ... You need seek help for BASIC PC setup elsewhere. However While this is true, many of the people coming to EMC are from a different planet (windoze) and learning to walk in a new land takes time and patience. This

Re: [Emc-users] Linux installation problem

2009-04-21 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Ian W. Wright wrote: Jim, As you have probably worked out by now, your problems stem from the fact that DBan erases everything on the hard drive including the partition tables which are the index to the 'filing cabinet'. Your easiest way to get going again would be to start by creating

Re: [Emc-users] Linux installation problem

2009-04-21 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Jon Elson wrote: Rafael Skodlar wrote: computers DO NOT SEE drives because of the partition. BIOS code knows nothing about the partitions when it makes PC send low level commands to hard drive: reset, read disk configuration (heads, cyl, sec/track), seek, read raw sectors, transfer that data

Re: [Emc-users] Linux installation problem CD's are bootable Harddrive partitioned with hal91 fdisk -l and dmesg | grep hdc messages

2009-04-22 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Jim Fleig - CNC Services wrote: Hi Stuart, I don't mind the redundancy. Sometimes things are tried twice (or more) in order to get them right once. :-) Machine B will not boot from the CD at all. hal91 on floppy will boot every time from the floppy. hal91 files on a CD will not boot

Re: [Emc-users] EMC slowing down after large program

2009-06-04 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Michael, Michael Jones wrote: Rob, I've been noticing the same thing lately. Very similar hardware setup.. very similar symptoms after a gcode file of about 20,000 lines (fine line engraving). Has anyone seen anything like this? Is there a solution? - Michael I would run a

Re: [Emc-users] Metricks - Mill-Drill needs steppers and servos?

2009-06-11 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Douglas Pollard wrote: I can look at a cutter and tell you pretty close how many surface ft per minute it is running. How many mm is that a minute and if I knew , would I really know what that is? Thank God we don't have metric time I guess it would have to be based on how many

Re: [Emc-users] Metric?

2009-06-12 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Douglas Pollard wrote: .. But what difference does base 10 make to a guy running a cnc machine?? Let me answer with a question: what's easier to add, 3/8 + 11/32 or 0.375 + 0.34375? While this is CNC related mailing list, standards are critical for clear communications between interested

Re: [Emc-users] DIY encoder chipset

2009-06-14 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Frank Tkalcevic wrote: You can get the magnets here: https://www.hkcm.de/ Now I only need a supplier for one or two of those encoders. I thought the austria microsystems itself sold them by piece, but now they only list prices for 1000 pieces. I got a couple from

Re: [Emc-users] AXIS Path

2009-06-19 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: Kirk Wallace wrote: [snip] It was a bit of a surprise when I saw it. The more I think about it, I may have copied a version of the .ngc file that had the (gx)'s, but since this was a live CD session, I'll never know. I need to get better about my file versions.

Re: [Emc-users] Show Hidden Files and Directories????

2009-06-30 Thread Rafael Skodlar
a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote: i understand that, but my question is when I will get 10 000 files will they all be there with ~ mark?? Files that I used 5 -10 years ago still will be there Am i right? Is this classified as a LINUX problem? LINUX editor problem? Can someone fix LINUX

Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43

2009-07-04 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Richard Acosta wrote: Maybe if you try to pay more attention and take some time to understand what you read and realize noone asked for YOUR PREFERENCE (Quoted). You could find (if you read) that i have explained about the way i installed the system and than i did it the same way you did.

Re: [Emc-users] OT: how to interface a quadrature encoder w/o EMC2

2009-09-03 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Andrea Montefusco wrote: First of all I apologize for this off topic question. I have an quadrature encoder to use it as main tune control in a software defined radio. http://www.montefusco.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=knob to use it as main tune control in a software

Re: [Emc-users] [OT] BRL-CAD, Worth It?

2009-12-16 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Kirk Wallace wrote: I tried installing BRL-CAD a while back, but gave up trying to get it going when I got error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: I'm not on CNC version of 8.04 right now so I can't tell if C compiler is installed or not. 'gcc -v' would tell you that. You don't

Re: [Emc-users] Hardy won't mount my thumb drive

2010-02-07 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Belli Button wrote: Well if anybody has a similar difficulty this is what I did. Plug your thumb drive into the motherboard USB, I guess the port on the front runs through a USB hub on the motherboard and that this particular driver is not loaded. The mouse for some reson works great in any

Re: [Emc-users] Random Direction Changes

2010-03-29 Thread Rafael Skodlar
darcys...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am experiencing some odd direction changes on a home-brew CNC machine that I have on loan. The machine was apparently purchased off ebay, and all the settings I dug out from data sheets for the driver chips and motors. X and Y are working well,

Re: [Emc-users] Abruptly interrupting 7i40 motor current [Was: Estop strategy for Hostmot2 (7i40 x 2 + 7i37)]

2010-04-10 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Erik Christiansen wrote: On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 02:17:28PM +0200, Roland Jollivet wrote: A DPST will perform the function fine, unless you want DPDT for some other reason. Hmmm, maybe you meant to type SPDT? Even leaving one side of the motor connected to the H-bridge output, we have to

Re: [Emc-users] Question about execution of external program and about using of user commands M100..199

2010-04-22 Thread Rafael Skodlar
program -f '$1:' [$1] -p '$2:' [$2] now run the following line: sh /tmp/test.sh 4 5 program -f 1$ -p 2$ program -f 4 -p 5 = program -f $1: [4] -p $2: [5] Last four lines are the result of the script. You need to change 1$ to $1. 'exit 0' is not needed. -- Rafael Skodlar

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-14 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 06/14/2010 07:44 PM, Mark Thomas wrote: On Tuesday, June 15, 2010 04:07:49 am Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello! I see exe and zip files available for download from the provided link http://code.google.com/p/dxf2gcode/ These are files for windows. So that is why I wanted to ask - how do You

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-15 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 06/14/2010 11:17 PM, Mark Thomas wrote: snip This would work if you copied all the .py files of the program to Not necessarily. It's all about scripts architecture, library path, etc. It's always bad practice to jam a bunch of files under common bin directory for two reasons: clutter

Re: [Emc-users] Graycode driver board project.

2010-06-18 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 06/18/10 10:34, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 18 June 2010, dave wrote: On Fri, 2010-06-18 at 11:27 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: On Friday 18 June 2010, Speaker To-Dirt wrote: ... snip And that got the whole thing replaced by an industrial IBM on CBS television networks nickel. Life was

Re: [Emc-users] Graycode driver board project.

2010-06-19 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hi Gene, ... snip sorry you had so many troubles. One thing is certain, computers have their own mind. They behave very nicely if you treat them well but they can hear your cursing or prayers so keep that in mind. Naw, only scsi busses are like that, swear at one of them and it will take

Re: [Emc-users] off topic opinions

2013-04-26 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 04/26/2013 06:11 AM, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: Is anyone using http://www.grizzly.com/products/Combo-Lathe-Mill/G9729 or http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PMAKA=328-1310PMPXNO=25221739PARTPG=INLMK3 They appear to be the same machine except the enco is higher priced How is the quality and

Re: [Emc-users] Correct use of subroutines

2013-05-12 Thread Rafael Skodlar
? Because other operator on the line could use the same subroutine when Joe is not there or caches in on his last check from that company. -- Rafael Skodlar -- Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book Graph

Re: [Emc-users] Correct use of subroutines

2013-05-12 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 05/12/2013 10:34 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 12 May 2013 18:08, Rafael Skodlar ra...@linwin.com wrote: If the operator does not understand complex operation, that's precisely why a subroutine should be used IMO. Granted, I do not know much about G code and machining in general as my work

Re: [Emc-users] Correct use of subroutines

2013-05-13 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 05/12/2013 01:48 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote: On Sun, 12 May 2013 10:08:10 -0700, you wrote: code. On 05/12/2013 02:16 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote: These days unlimited code length is the norm and subs are frowned upon commercially in my experience. The operator can't easily alter the

Re: [Emc-users] Correct use of subroutines

2013-05-13 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 05/13/2013 03:56 PM, RogerN wrote: From: Steve Blackmore .Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 4:48 PM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Correct use of subroutines On Mon, 13 May 2013 22:50:51 +1000, you wrote: Given that it is now mainly a machine-to-machine data

Re: [Emc-users] gcmc - v1.1.1

2013-11-17 Thread Rafael Skodlar
Hi Bertho, On 11/17/2013 02:23 AM, Bertho Stultiens wrote: On 11/16/2013 11:37 PM, Tony Zampini wrote: The way I have been using GCMC is to not use any unit specifiers after numbers. This way, all I have to do is make sure I include G20 (program in inches) at the top, and everything is

Re: [Emc-users] gcmc - v1.1.1

2013-11-18 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 11/18/2013 02:45 AM, Bertho Stultiens wrote: On 11/18/2013 06:06 AM, Rafael Skodlar wrote: First, I'm not familiar with the program details. However, I wonder why unit of measure throughout the program matters at all? There is a simple reason why it matters. The output stage, where values

Re: [Emc-users] Hardware compatibility lists ?

2013-12-07 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 12/07/2013 07:07 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 12/07/2013 07:44 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Generally speaking, both pata and sata dvd-rw drives have been Just Works(TM) for 3 or more years. If it doesn't, I've found its a good chance the drive is funkity, and a fresh $25 drive from Wallies plugs in

  1   2   >