Re: [Emc-users] quick boot

Sorry - disregard.. ;) (glad it wasn't too embarrassing) On 6/12/2012 1:39 PM, sam sokolik wrote: I liked whatever you got when my parents where up (the connies supreme or something..) does that mean we cannot get scheduled until the first week of july - or that he won't even be able

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle hooked to dc servo amp

out of curiosity are you using? ENCODER *encoder.*/N/*.position-interpolated* float out Position in scaled units, interpolated between encoder counts. Only valid when velocity is approximately constant and above *min-velocity-estimate*. Do not use for position control. That is supposed to

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle hooked to dc servo amp

copy paste fail.. encoder.N.position-interpolated sam On 7/16/2012 2:53 PM, sam sokolik wrote: out of curiosity are you using? ENCODER *encoder.*/N/*.position-interpolated* float out Position in scaled units, interpolated between encoder counts. Only valid when velocity is approximately

[Emc-users] Linuxcnc 5 axis coolness

Don't know much about this - but half way through the video they show vismach and axis. The cooler part is the virtual machine model and the tool path preview actually makes sense. Linuxcnc + kins - awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikzUnPMNDnc sam

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle hooked to dc servo amp

Get well soon! If you feel like experimenting - I think you would just change net spindle-position encoder.0.position = motion.spindle-revs to net spindle-position encoder.0.position-interpolated = motion.spindle-revs sam On 7/20/2012 4:06 AM, Steve Blackmore wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2012

Re: [Emc-users] usb hi devices

if you're not having latency problems.. I would not worry about it :) I only had 1 computer that would cause latency issues only when a usb memory stick was plugged in. This was an old compaq 800ishMHZ pentium II iirc sam On 07/31/2012 05:49 PM, jeremy youngs wrote: So ive been thinking

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle hooked to dc servo amp

Steve - Could we see your whole hal file? I am wondering maybe the functions are not in correct the order. they should be setup so that in nists words - the machine 'sense model act' (but linuxcnc being flexable - you can put the functions in any order) sam On 8/2/2012 4:45 AM, andy pugh

Re: [Emc-users] usb hi devices

We have something similar on the KT. You do need to get used to the 'feel' of the keys. It reminds me of typing on a mechanical typewriter. (strait down with some force) It is working well and it get a bit of swarf on it from time to time. sam On 8/2/2012 9:01 AM, John Kasunich wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle hooked to dc servo amp

unless others have an opinion... addf parport.0.read base-thread addf encoder.update-counters base-thread addf stepgen.make-pulses base-thread addf pwmgen.make-pulses base-thread addf parport.0.write base-thread addf parport.0.reset base-thread addf stepgen.capture-position servo-thread addf

Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...

Bob is a mach guy (seems like a nice guy otherwise..) ;) . He cannot understand why you would need or want true closed loop control, realtime os - non buffered system. Peter tried to convince him :) http://www.cnczone.com/forums/1040843-post61.html sam On 8/3/2012 12:55 PM, Steve Stallings

Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...

Some people like reality tv shows I like reading post on mach issues. (sorry I could not help my self) random quotes from the mach forum BR549 - he seems to be actively helping on the fourm but is using Linuxcnc now.. Nested subs have problems Toolcomp and subs have problems There is

Re: [Emc-users] re irc

I have been using xchat on the windows side and so far I like it... http://xchat.org/ sam On 8/10/2012 11:24 AM, jeremy youngs wrote: andy I updated java and tried pidgin, all of the above still give the time out error, im wondering if anti virus is giving concerns but I can readily get on

Re: [Emc-users] re irc

I just looked through xchat and didn't find any port config.. maybe I just don't know where to look. (but I never was asked or changed the port) sam On 8/10/2012 12:50 PM, jeremy youngs wrote: sam do you have a config for this ive loaded it and set to 6667 and it will not connect??? I

Re: [Emc-users] Classicladder standalone - not working

as matt asked above - what is your hardware? Sounds like an issue with your hardware not liking the realtime kernel patches... On 08/12/2012 12:14 PM, Klemen Ozebek wrote: Hi, I also tried to run latency test from liveCD but did not run. Br. Klemen On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Gene

Re: [Emc-users] How to unlock a linear axis

Someone may have to correct me.. But I think you could use Locking rotory.. A couple of thing to think about.. The axis can only be moved by itself. The axis moves at rapid (G0) •LOCKING_INDEXER = 1 - When this is set to 1 a G0 move for this axis will initiate an unlock with axis.N.unlock pin

Re: [Emc-users] CNC Grinder

we have not played with them yet - But plan to when we get some time.. http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/accpinset1.jpg Top is the head and bottom is the pins. They are 10 inch sections that get pinned to the machine. Here is how they drove it.

Re: [Emc-users] How to unlock a linear axis

To add - It doesn't seem like it cares if it is linear or not... (I use it on our table indexer and it works great (delays set for up/down in ladder that control the hal loopback.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLE4lzPcEo8feature=plcp sam On 8/14/2012 12:12 PM, sam sokolik wrote: Someone

Re: [Emc-users] How to unlock a linear axis

somewhere that only the new 2.6 will have this feature. Why I get this error? How you have made your code? Thanks. 2012/8/14 sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com To add - It doesn't seem like it cares if it is linear or not... (I use it on our table indexer and it works great (delays set for up

Re: [Emc-users] How to unlock a linear axis

/8/14 sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com Was it axis 0 that you added the LOCKING_INDEXER = 1 to*? sam * On 8/14/2012 3:31 PM, Andrea Buono wrote: Hi, thanks to all, well I have made a test, I have add LOCKING_INDEXER = 1 in the linear axis and then I had run linuxcnc, no error

Re: [Emc-users] Bar code error

I would guess that the open dialog box is not opening quick enough so you loose some of the characters... My thought would be to have to O as a separate barcode on the machine. Scan O then scan the part name. (still quicker than typing) On 9/19/2012 7:40 AM, Dave wrote: I have created bar

Re: [Emc-users] Mach on Linux

This issue with mach on linux is (the way I understand it) is it is going to be just a fancy gui that controls an external motion device. (no realtime at all) So - you have to pick the external motion device that has all the features you want. While the interface hardware for linuxcnc is

Re: [Emc-users] Mach on Linux

The kflop looks interesting... But again - you are stuck with what bells and whistles are programed into it. Plus for the mach people that say you need to be a programmer to run linuxcnc - How about this quote from kflop... http://www.dynomotion.com/faq.html -Do I need to be a C Programmer

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Week in Wichita

don't you have access to one and a crew? ;) I went to one of the previous linuxcnc get-togethers at mpm. Very cool! Lots of eye candy. Stuart is awesome! sam On 10/19/2012 9:02 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 19 October 2012 13:16, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote: MPM www.mpm1.com

Re: [Emc-users] ClassicLadder error

I have not had that happen that I know of... Some things to check on is if you have enough objects allocated in your hal file.. (ie loadrt classicladder_rt numRungs=12 numBits=100 numWords=10 numTimers=10 numMonostables=10 numCounters=10 numPhysInputs?=10 numPhysOutputs?=10

Re: [Emc-users] I crashed my machine, now I need a new drill chuck

we just made our own... http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/wrench.JPG http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/wrenchscale.JPG sam On 10/31/2012 10:47 AM, dave wrote: On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 11:18 +, andy pugh wrote: On 31 October 2012 10:59, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I

Re: [Emc-users] Mach 4

Rigid Tapping *** *** requires appropriate hardware (e.g. a tapping head) I don't think we know what rigid tapping actually is sam On 11/8/2012 10:14 AM, Belli Button wrote: I know this isn't the right place but given a recent discussion http://www.machsupport.com/comparison.php

Re: [Emc-users] ubject: Re: Fanuc tool changes - was Ideal Tool Table To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39q6kvrSBSk On 11/9/2012 3:05 PM, kliegelmach...@gmail.com wrote: On VMC's with a tool carrousel, usually the T call positions the carrousel to the correct tool number, then M6 executes the sub programs to position the Z axis, and the proper ladder sequence to

Re: [Emc-users] Differential signal from encoders

I have been using http://www.digikey.com/scripts/dksearch/dksus.dll?vendor=0keywords=102-1787-ND on more than just cui encoders. sam On 11/13/2012 06:51 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: On Tue, 13 Nov 2012, Gene Heskett wrote: Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:42:59 -0500 From: Gene Heskett

Re: [Emc-users] Laser Intensity from Z Value?

You might want to look at http://www.buildlog.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16t=557start=60 it is based on graster http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Rastering_With_A_Laser sam On 11/16/2012 07:59 AM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: Jeshua, There are advantages to using the Z axis for controlling

Re: [Emc-users] Single Pulse Output?

why can't we use some simple charge pump.. (I think the 555 could be used as a charge pump detector.. iirc) that then maybe powers the interface logic when linuxcnc is started. sam On 12/03/2012 04:56 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 3 December 2012 22:52, N. Christopher Perry

Re: [Emc-users] concrete table

http://www.elektronikforumet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18483postdays=0postorder=ascstart=0 Took me a while to find it again sam On 12/11/2012 07:43 PM, Ralph Stirling wrote: I think cheap Chinese granite surface plates would be even better, since they are a lot thicker and flatter than

Re: [Emc-users] Realtime feedrate variation based on analog sensor?

If you can get the analog signal into linuxcnc - look at 'motion.adaptive-feed ' from here. http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html/man/man9/motion.9.html would allow you to adjust the feed on the fly - atleast 1000 times a second :) sam (I know of atleast one person that has used this for

Re: [Emc-users] 5i23 and 7i39 mystery

what does the rs422--rs232 convert do exactly? sam On 12/14/2012 2:46 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/12/14 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 14 December 2012 20:19, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: For example, today I started the system up, all 4 motors had set bldc.value =

Re: [Emc-users] DMM Tech Servos

0-10v? normal machine control is +/-10v... If it is 5v for 0 output it may be a bit tricky to setup. Not saying you can't but others here may want to chime in... sam On 12/17/2012 7:50 AM, Pete Matos wrote: Todd, I am glad you asked this question, I am in the beginning stages of

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC for DIY 3D Printing

there seems to be quite a few people using linuxcnc for rep-raps.. Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Q0mGSz4ag maybe contact some of these users and see what gotchas there are... sam On 01/11/2013 08:25 PM, Ed Nisley wrote: TL;DR summary: advice needed on a LinuxCNC-based 3D printer

Re: [Emc-users] Adjusting Work Coordinates and Offsets?

I have used this to offset my z axis in proportion to spindle growth from heat. I did also put a limit3 before it the offset hal component so that it limited the distance, acceleration and velocity. sam On 01/20/2013 03:25 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 20 January 2013 20:46, Todd

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 and pncconf and g540

You are going to have to be more specific.. What exactly is the issue? http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/39-pncconf Could it be you don't have the xml files for the 5i25? I have not used either of the configuration wizards. (I am a control freak and setting the machine up

Re: [Emc-users] Another 5i25-g540 question.

The easiest way is to negate the SCALE. sam On 01/27/2013 06:40 PM, John Stewart wrote: I'm having pretty good success with the 5i25/g540 setup - thanks to emails and pointers on this list earlier. (I will send along my hal/ini files once it is running - it has been an interesting time

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Arrow 500 retrofit...

. So I appreciate all the ideas here but can we kinda keep the ideas pointing in that direction so my already befuddled mind does not get any more befuddled than it has to be. LOL thanks guyspeace Pete On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com wrote: We have

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Arrow 500 retrofit...

are done really. I am right now talking with Machmotion about my servo drives and amps and should be draining my paypal account momentarily LOL... we shall see how that goes. Peace Pete On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:31 AM, sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.comwrote: Ok - I will say a couple more

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Arrow 500 retrofit...

are done really. I am right now talking with Machmotion about my servo drives and amps and should be draining my paypal account momentarily LOL... we shall see how that goes. Peace Pete On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:31 AM, sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.comwrote: Ok - I will say a couple more

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Arrow 500 retrofit...

our big machine has 1 limit and 1 home machine for each axis - but a cam on each end of travel. (so 1 switch is used for both ends of travel) (actually what I am using for the home switch was actually the tool change location switches) sam On 2/12/2013 1:45 PM, Chris Radek wrote: On Tue,

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Arrow 500 retrofit...

I used 2 5i20 boards and that gave me 96i/o. (sans axis interface daughter boards) Last I looked - we used them all. sam On 2/13/2013 12:18 PM, Dave wrote: On 2/13/2013 1:02 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 13 February 2013 17:31, Pete Matospetefro...@gmail.com wrote: Not being too familiar

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Arrow 500 retrofit...

Plus - I would do home switch - encoder index... http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html/config/ini_homing.html#_configuration very very accurate. On 2/13/2013 12:02 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 13 February 2013 17:31, Pete Matos petefro...@gmail.com wrote: Not being too familiar with LinuxCNC

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Arrow 500 retrofit...

we made one... (saw blade.) it has been working well - Seems to handle 40ftlbs.. :) http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/yaxis/adaptfinal1.JPG http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/yaxis/adaptfinal.JPG

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Arrow 500 retrofit...

toolchanger and those big toolholders. That looked like a seriously competent machine and some real heavy iron. Nice job man. I bow to your prodigious retrofit skillsLOL Peace Pete On Friday, February 15, 2013, sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com wrote: we made one... (saw blade

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Arrow 500 retrofit...

that is what we did - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vvP4L_hr90feature=sharelist=UUHk52YjGT8HryRYmJKSl-lg it works well.. It was about the only place we could fit the encoder without major hacking.. http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/conversion/spindle/spindletiminggear.JPG sam On

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Arrow 500 retrofit...

or you'd have r and r'd it by now I am guessing. Perhaps this is my answer as wellpeace Pete On Monday, February 18, 2013, sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com wrote: that is what we did - KT spindle encoder with collet unclamp/clamp it works well.. It was about the only place we could

[Emc-users] Another happy customer :)

I had a little CNC get-together Saturday mainly to help Pete G setup his 5i25. Pete G had been mentioned recently on the list about his diy edm setup. He is using rutex step/dir drives and the rutex break out board. I sent peter from mesa the pinout of the rutex BOB and he sent a new

Re: [Emc-users] Another happy customer :)

oops - here are the pictures of his edm work http://electronicsam.com/images/Pete_G/edm.jpg http://electronicsam.com/images/Pete_G/edm_xc.jpg sam On 3/4/2013 8:30 AM, sam sokolik wrote: I had a little CNC get-together Saturday mainly to help Pete G setup his 5i25. Pete G had been

Re: [Emc-users] Shizuoka Four Axis on eBay

The mazak at galesburg fest did spindle orient using the vfd and encoder. It was a bit 'loose' because of the gear box play. It worked ok as far as I could tell. (maybe a bit slow) You can see it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNn-Yr7it5s Here is a bit better implementation of vfd

Re: [Emc-users] How to get the A axis to display properly

I think the reason the video is working properly is because they are using kinematics... (you could too..) (with a bit of elbow grease..) sam On 03/18/2013 04:37 PM, Dave Pape wrote: I would like to get the A axis to lock on to my rotary table center line. I have upgraded to LinuxCNC/Axis

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC week at MPM/SFI

My father and I will be there.. I don't know if for the whole week or at least the end of the week/weekend. I can't wait to see every one again. It has been a few years for sure. I have to agree with cradeks assessment of the Wichita fests. No classses - but lots of people to talk to and

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC week at MPM/SFI

Sure!! sam On 04/03/2013 08:05 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 3 April 2013 22:47, sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com wrote: I don't know if I will have any thing to really work on this time. Bring Accupins? -- Minimize

Re: [Emc-users] Inductive Coupling

I looked at our renishaw knock off for about 15 minutes then decided to pull the Glue mystery out and use the contacts.. http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/probe/DSCF1507%5B1%5D.jpg http://electronicsam.com/images/KandT/probe/DSCF1508.jpg I do have to plug it in - but I got working a lot

Re: [Emc-users] How about the core[X,Y] drive?

Thanks :) love you sam On 4/15/2013 1:28 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 15 April 2013 13:22:31 Viesturs Lācis did opine: 2013/4/15 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com On 15 April 2013 11:00, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: The crossover counters any offset push at one end of the

Re: [Emc-users] How about the core[X,Y] drive?

heh - Sorry. replied to wrong email.. oops (Boy that could have been really embarrassing...) sam On 4/15/2013 1:28 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Monday 15 April 2013 13:22:31 Viesturs Lācis did opine: 2013/4/15 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com On 15 April 2013 11:00, Gregg Eshelman

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Measuring Mitsubishi resolvers

Hmm - that looks like the Quick Turn 20 universal we just got. Has the T2 control (1985).We are in the process of starting the conversion. I had just assumed they where 'normal' resolvers.but had decided to swap them out for encoders. We plan on using some AMC drives for the axis and try

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Measuring Mitsubishi resolvers

5000 line differential thru-hole would only require a small adapter.. sam On 12/4/2014 8:27 AM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: 2014-12-04 10:39 GMT-03:00 sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com: Hmm - that looks like the Quick Turn 20 universal we just got. Has the T2 control (1985).We

Re: [Emc-users] opencv for shape recognition

the circle is .25 diameter http://youtu.be/Pe2RACwiEbg I will post the hal file and gcode program when I get back to it. sam On 10/07/2014 01:06 PM, sam sokolik wrote: in the future one of my projects is shape recognition. I have been wanting to play with it for a while now. bari on irc mentioned

Re: [Emc-users] G95 machinekit/linuxcnc not working

I don't have 2.7 here.. But in 2.8(master) lathe sim works as expected. This short program G95 s100m3 g1z4f.001 g0z0 m30 Z moves to 4 at .1ipm (which seems right 100*.001=.1) Changing the spindle speed changes the feed. Looking at hal in the lathe sim - the motion.spindle-speed-in is hooked

Re: [Emc-users] G95 machinekit/linuxcnc not working

encoder velocity on spindle-speed-in. I'll try to find the difference between the 2.7 and 2.8 code then (or the difference to the machinekit branch). Karl Am 09.12.2014 um 14:36 schrieb sam sokolik: I don't have 2.7 here.. But in 2.8(master) lathe sim works as expected. This short program

Re: [Emc-users] G95 machinekit/linuxcnc not working

not really discussing the quality of threading (which might be better using a higher resolution encoder). My question was rather why G76 and G33 work fine and G95 not at all. Karl Am 09.12.2014 um 15:43 schrieb sam sokolik: You are using the hal encoder counter? On the beagle bone - are you

Re: [Emc-users] G95 machinekit/linuxcnc not working

as expected. I am not really discussing the quality of threading (which might be better using a higher resolution encoder). My question was rather why G76 and G33 work fine and G95 not at all. Karl Am 09.12.2014 um 15:43 schrieb sam sokolik: You are using the hal encoder counter? On the beagle bone

Re: [Emc-users] Question re crooked headstock

On 02/04/2015 05:27 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 4 February 2015 at 11:19, Marcus Bowman marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote: Still a gap in the small to mid range CNC lathes, though. I find the industrial ones too big and heavy for my workshop (I need to be able to get more than just the

Re: [Emc-users] PathPilot (what hardware?)

I had/have been doing a lot of testing of the new trajectory planner of Robs. (I didn't know or was told that he was working for Tormach - I was upset for about 2 seconds.. :) ) I don't know how they found Rob but wow - they sure picked the right guy to do it. The TP re-write was huge and

Re: [Emc-users] new 2.7 prerelease: 2.7.0~pre5

Awesome! Great work everyone! Sam On 03/11/2015 09:38 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: Another pre-release with several bugfixes: * fix vel/acc in non-G17 arcs * fix some TP bugs in rigid tapping/threading * add hal-histogram (shows histogram of hal pin values) * bugfix in stepconf,

Re: [Emc-users] Google Summer of Code students wanted!

someone had started this... http://www.bpuk.org/linuxcnc/ sam On 3/6/2015 7:45 AM, Ed wrote: On 03/05/2015 10:21 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: The LinuxCNC project has been approved for Google Summer of Code, under the BRL-CAD umbrella organization. If you are an eligible student, and

Re: [Emc-users] Missing/incorrect steps

I have seen this less than 5us... sam On 03/10/2015 12:01 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 10 March 2015 at 16:55, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: The IM483 is much faster than software stepping so you will be limited to the base period. Not with Reset active. Step rate is limited to

[Emc-users] Ethernet!

I still cannot believe that it is possible. I have been testing 2.7+ uspace for a while now. It defiantly opens up options. Building the latest rt-preemt using peters instructions and .config made the latency on this laptop much much better. I am running a 2khz servo thread for a day now.

Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet! - and uspace

jitters affect. You can really see how it lowers the following error.. sam On 3/13/2015 10:51 AM, Jon Elson wrote On 03/13/2015 09:52 AM, sam sokolik wrote: I still cannot believe that it is possible. I have been testing 2.7+ uspace for a while now. It defiantly opens up options. I just did

Re: [Emc-users] Ethernet!

I am pretty sure I started with the wheezy linuxcnc iso. sam On 3/13/2015 10:52 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: Hi Sam What distro are you running on? -- Original Message -- From: sam sokolik sa...@empirescreen.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] Gmoccapy on Debian

Gmoccapy loads here. (RIP master..) sam On 3/13/2015 11:20 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: Can I expect all lcnc features to run on Debian? Has anyone tested Gmoccapy on Debian? - Regards / Groete Marius D. Liebenberg +27 82 698 3251 +27 12 746 6064

Re: [Emc-users] New TP

is this wat you are looking for? http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/config/ini_config.html#sub:TRAJ-section are you running the splash screen at a high feed? you won't notice any speed increase at its default speed... It helps keep the feed up when doing high speed machining.. sam On

Re: [Emc-users] hm2_eth driver missing

You also want to read up on the configuration of the interface\ http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/man/man9/hm2_eth.9.html some more info.. http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Uspace sam On 2/26/2015 8:26 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: Thanks Peter, the shebang does it nicely :) I was

Re: [Emc-users] hm2_eth driver missing

the 7i80 is similar to the 5i25 cards in that the firmware isn't loaded each time - you have to load the using the mesa-flash utility. (although it comes with a firmware installed - so you should be able to test) As far as the driver not being there - are you running rt-preemt kernel? My

Re: [Emc-users] Possible New Lathe

If you're planning to convert it to cnc - The only thing you really have to worry about for parts are the spindle bearings/gearbox.. (if you can live with the chuck mounting design) I have seen what you can fabricate in your shop... I really don't think you have to worry about anything.. sam

Re: [Emc-users] 7i80 Setup ( Was PNCConf setup)

running he latest version of master on my machine. Rick On 4/8/2015 11:01 AM, sam sokolik wrote: THis has some really good info on setting up the nic.. Don't use the manager gui. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/man/man9/hm2_eth.9.html Also - you need to be using 2.7+ of linuxcnc

Re: [Emc-users] 7i80 Setup ( Was PNCConf setup)

qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 1000 link/ether 54:27:1e:61:b9:6f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff greenmill@greenmill:~$ On 4/8/2015 11:29 AM, sam sokolik wrote: The directions are assuming you are connecting to eth1 - Are you? Do a ip link and see what physical connnections you have

Re: [Emc-users] 7i80 Setup ( Was PNCConf setup)

--with-realtime=uspace make sudo make setuid Shouldn't that of built the rt-preempt kernel? On 4/8/2015 11:40 AM, sam sokolik wrote: 2 things. You need to run rt_preempt and build linuxcnc using uspace. You can get the rt_preempt kernel from the debian repository. I think it is 3.2.0-4-rt-686-pae

Re: [Emc-users] 7i80 Setup ( Was PNCConf setup)

when you boot the -rt kernel - does it see the nic then? ip show sam On 4/8/2015 12:10 PM, Rick Lair wrote: And I looked in my bios settings, I don't even see where to turn off the ethernet port. On 4/8/2015 12:18 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: On Wed, 8 Apr 2015, sam sokolik wrote: Date

Re: [Emc-users] 7i80 Setup ( Was PNCConf setup)

THis has some really good info on setting up the nic.. Don't use the manager gui. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/man/man9/hm2_eth.9.html Also - you need to be using 2.7+ of linuxcnc for Ethernet support. sam On 4/8/2015 9:56 AM, Rick Lair wrote: A few questions, on setting up a network

[Emc-users] fun with logging - mach4 edition

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mach1mach2cnc/conversations/topics/148006 sam -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] fun with logging - mach4 edition

:28 PM, sam sokolik wrote: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mach1mach2cnc/conversations/topics/148006 [1] sam -- ___ Emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Even smaller things are running G code now

it is a pretty cool project.. Might want to read some of the work I had done logging it.. http://www.cnczone.com/forums/opensource-software/271966-grbl-logging-linuxcnc.html sam On 06/15/2015 02:14 AM, Sven Wesley wrote: I replied on a forum about G Code and I had to check up what the heck he

Re: [Emc-users] Classic Ladder running motor x mm.

I usually just assume it can be done with linuxcnc - then you just have to figure out how... :) sam On 6/1/2015 2:47 PM, Sven Wesley wrote: 2015-06-01 16:49 GMT+02:00 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On 06/01/2015 04:50 AM, andy pugh wrote: Yes, this is fairly easy. The stepgen

[Emc-users] 2.7's new Trajectory planner.

As 2.7 gets closer to release I wanted to make some comments on where the new TP is at. I have been running it through its paces as others have. Thanks to all that have posted gcode that caused issues. Rob has been a genius at fixing issues as they come up. A huge thanks to Rob and Tormach

Re: [Emc-users] Before i go bonkers: M98, M99

Seconded!  Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: Sebastian Kuzminsky s...@highlab.com Date:07/29/2015 5:19 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Before i go bonkers:

Re: [Emc-users] Tornado co-founder, Greg Jackson, obituary

sounds like they are in good hands http://www.tormach.com/blog/greg-jackson-1952-2015/?utm_source=blogutm_medium=emailutm_campaign=postnotifyutm_id=6073utm_title=Greg+Jackson%2C+1952-2015 sam On 07/21/2015 09:35 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 21 July 2015 22:19:12 Tom Easterday wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa Ethernet products

setup has gotten exponentially easier since then On 10/21/2015 2:42 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 21 October 2015 at 20:29, Marius Liebenberg wrote: >>Obviously it was not you busy looking at the new stuff that has been >> around for a while :). > I have a Youtube

Re: [Emc-users] machine motion

or a failing disk... On 10/29/2015 2:07 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 29 October 2015 at 18:53, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > >> Shannon at MPM will change the ram on the machine. He said it has been >> acting SLOW and strange lately. > My recent experience with Linux is that it copes

Re: [Emc-users] Add another "servo_thread" to my config

Isn't that in clock cycles? (not ns) On 11/16/2015 10:18 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 16 November 2015 at 16:13, John Kasunich wrote: >>> hm2_7i80.0.read.time is running between .87ms-1.2ms. >> That's pretty horrible. > It sounds it, but I am not sure what is normal for an

Re: [Emc-users] Go back to 2.6.4

I don't know of any real differences between 2.6.4 and 2.6.8 that should effect configs... sam On 7/9/2015 10:48 AM, Rick Lair wrote: Thanks Seb, I do want to and will update to 2.6.8, I just need to get it back running, of course it took a crap in the middle of a decent size job. I just

Re: [Emc-users] No stepgens in 5i25

did you physically power cycle the machine? on-off-on? sam On 8/27/2015 1:13 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello! I have a spare 5i25 board that finally has found a project to be used in. I downloaded 5i25.zip file from Mesa webpage, extracted the file and found that 5i25_g540x2 has the

Re: [Emc-users] 2.7.0 is out!

Just a bit dated.. Update/upgrade should fix it. On Sep 6, 2015 5:52 PM, "jrmitchellj ." wrote: > > I just downloaded the 2.7.0 iso, & made a live usb stick. > I booted from it, and noticed that LCNC is indicating "PRE2". > > Is this the official 2.7.0 release (with a

Re: [Emc-users] G code error in 2.7.0 Debian Wheezy

it looks like <_feed> is now a system parameter... http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/gcode/overview.html#sub:system-parameters Looks like it was in 2.6 also. sam On 9/8/2015 8:34 AM, Martin Smith wrote: > Trying to run ngc files in 2.7.0 and get G code error Cannot assign to > read-only

Re: [Emc-users] G33 and motion-spindle-speed-in, motion-spindle-revs (2.7.0-pre7)

could we see the gcode you are running? On 9/10/2015 11:07 AM, Tom Easterday wrote: > I also wonder if all the noise in the commanded velocity using G33 could be a > result of the new trajectory planner (being better at lots of little moves) > send lots of commands in response to the changes of

[Emc-users] K upgraded

The hard drive was starting to fail on the 10.04 install. Downloaded the latest 2.7 wheezy iso and installed it on a new SSD 3 small hurdles. -removed probe-paraport from the hal file -removed mesa pet watchdog function -figure out how to get the arduino working Took about 20 minutes after the

Re: [Emc-users] Knurling with a threading tool using spindle coordinated motion (G33) on EMCOTurn 120P CNC lathe

Great work! I wondered how well that would work. (files that video away under 'linuxcnc is awesome') sam On 09/11/2015 06:52 PM, Tom Easterday wrote: > Here is a video of our G33 knurling routine running. Pretty cool. I’m sure > we aren’t the first to do this, but since I haven’t seen it

Re: [Emc-users] RTL

I don't see any downside. It went from almost folding to part of the foundation. awesome! On 10/6/2015 6:02 AM, andy pugh wrote: > I wonder if this means anything for us? > http://finance.yahoo.com/news/linux-foundation-announces-project-advance-080100330.html > > One of the other Linux

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