[Emc-users] remora spi wiring Mks-Sbase V1.3

2024-06-14 Thread TJoseph Powderly
hello, I have a Mks-Sbase V1.3 Where does the wire labeled 'px.x' go? (refer to remora-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/har...e/SPI/Mks-Sbase.html figure 1 ) It comes from rpi gpio 25 thx tjtr33 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] Drilling holes in the back of a stepper motor

2023-06-25 Thread TJoseph Powderly
drill hole in and tap or glue screws on exterior, thread side out ? ;=} i read the force would be snall outside the box literally tomp On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 10:31 AM John Dammeyer wrote: > > I want to add an encoder onto the back of this stepper motor. I can install > either a US Digital o

Re: [Emc-users] Bed isn't flat on my 6040.

2021-01-06 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Hi Gene you can buy Prussian Blue oil paint tube from an art store or internet you can get a pretty good surface plate from a cutout of a kitchen sink granite top you can measure the flatness with this old trick takes 2 123 blocks a mag indicator stand and an indicator mount indicator to stand and

Re: [Emc-users] SPAM: Re: freecad, latest, starter tut?

2020-09-22 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Stop labelling messages as SPAM HTH can we have topics labelled SPAM this and SPAM that? Stop replying to threads SPAM* ! Who is playing Judge or God here fingering witches? STOP The topics and labels on this list are already _barely_ connected to OP. tomp On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 11:10 PM Chris Al

Re: [Emc-users] Interesting GUI

2020-09-03 Thread TJoseph Powderly
If You are thinking of conversational, you might look at Fanuc Macro B for ideas. Its a tool they had for conversational programming. Pretty old school appearance but the idea of a macro dialog interpreter inside the control was very leading edge in the 80's/ I wrote dialogs for fanuc 8 9 11 in th

Re: [Emc-users] Health update

2020-06-10 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Gene please take care you are always full of surprises and remember to take care of yourself so you can take care of the missus! TomP btw my old man got a 4way bypass and a handful of stints 20+ years before he passed .they used his legs as a plumbing supply! On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 5:32 AM Gene

Re: [Emc-users] Working on Pendant and debouncer PCBs, comments welcome.

2020-06-07 Thread TJoseph Powderly
sorry that pic is not an hr33, this is On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 11:02 AM Chris Albertson wrote: > > I am going to have JLPCB make some PCBs for me. They cost only $2 each but > DHL shipping from China is $25 so it makes sense to wait until I have > several projects ready and give then a batch of d

Re: [Emc-users] Working on Pendant and debouncer PCBs, comments welcome.

2020-06-07 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Re pendant. The heidenhain controls use a box with strong magnets on rear. Between the magnets is a deadman switch (suitably runner dome covered for industrial use ) You can slap it onto any flat surface and the deaman is satisfied. You can hold it in your hand,,, left hand... thumb on left side, l

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc openlung ventilators

2020-03-23 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Stirling wrote: > > I think this is required reading before jumping on the diy medical device > bandwagon. > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-71FJTmI1Q1kjSDLP0EegMERjg_0kk_7UfaRE4r66Mg/edit?usp=drivesdk > > -- Ralph > > On Mar 23, 2020 6:08 AM, TJoseph Powderly w

[Emc-users] linuxcnc openlung ventilators

2020-03-23 Thread TJoseph Powderly
How can Linuxcnc people help with OpenLung? https://gitlab.com/open-source-ventilator/OpenLung tomp ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Open source CNC architecture

2020-03-16 Thread TJoseph Powderly
niggley bits, "To avoid this problem, either drive loads that are ground referred, Use 3.3V as the VCC for VCC referred loads, or use open drain mode." Please change that capital U to u, Also, beef up the a || b || c logic with 'or use'. "To avoid this problem, either drive loads

[Emc-users] Fwd: [Emc-developers] hal_pi_gpio.c rpi4 revision c03112

2020-02-16 Thread TJoseph Powderly
fwd to emc-user, sorry i only posted to emc-devs last night this will allow purchasers of new rpi4 (c01112 rev) to use gpio wirh software stepping. -- Forwarded message - From: Thomas J Powderly Date: Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 11:06 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-developers] hal_pi_gpio.c rpi4 re

[Emc-users] 2020

2019-12-31 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Chok di pi mail! Happy New Year to all. TomP On Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 11:59 PM Dave Matthews wrote: > For some reason I didn't get that to work. Looking at what did work > it should have. I may not have hit save or something. > > I found this link on the LinuxCNC > forumshttps:// > forum.linuxcnc

Re: [Emc-users] Wedding rings vs R8 or ER42 collets.

2019-11-17 Thread TJoseph Powderly
I say Hello Mrs. Gene. Fan DI, Chok di ( sweet dreams and best luck ). tomp On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 10:52 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > My wife, whose is slowly losing weight, down to the low 70 lbs, meaning > shes a bag of fragile bones. > > And her wedding band has got so loose

Re: [Emc-users] should I be laughing or crying?

2019-10-17 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Gene I cant find units comp either, nor can google so far, So write one List all the pins connected to it ( by browsing .hal) then look ar http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/config/python-interface.html#_linuxcnc_stat_attributes especially program_units (returns integer) - one of CANON_UNITS_INCHES

Re: [Emc-users] looking for help on the best way to implement a Latching E stop circuit

2019-08-09 Thread TJoseph Powderly
hello i got too many hits with google "linuxcnc classicladder" try ti out, theres docs, beginner tutorial, demos videos discussions hth tomp ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] EDM forms?

2019-07-30 Thread TJoseph Powderly
you ask for long lasting that would be tungsten carbide but i suggest using easy to manufacture, easy to find, low cost because it will wear anyway so copper, with little lead ( often copper sold will be 'machineable' which means lead which means higher wear ) for a key way you should be able to

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc-application

2019-07-29 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Aram additive machining using MIG is very interesting I've seen laser welding used to repair expensive blisks for turbines. I dont know about welding though, but I see many people trying to achieve this. these maybe of use: Design And Development Of A Low-Cost 3D Metal Printer https://jmerd.org

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC did this too.

2019-07-09 Thread TJoseph Powderly
> scritto: > >Hello Davide, > > > >On 7/9/19 9:21 PM, Davide wrote: > >> > >> Il 8 luglio 2019 05:46:51 CEST, TJoseph Powderly > >ha scritto: > >>> cool, thank you. > >>> was this Linuxcnc ( gcode) or Hal ? > >>> I thin

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC did this too.

2019-07-07 Thread TJoseph Powderly
cool, thank you. was this Linuxcnc ( gcode) or Hal ? I think Hal can do a lot for animatronics and multimedia. TomP On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 9:10 PM Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > Bravissimo! > > El 7 jul. 2019 08:46, "Gene Heskett" escribió: > > > On Sunday 07 July 2019 06:19:22 77...@tiscali.it wr

Re: [Emc-users] Dual boot for WIN-XP and LinuxCNC

2019-05-28 Thread TJoseph Powderly
John hello I am sorry I did not specify which iso to use. see https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/ for scheduled expiration dates of Debians see http://www.linuxcnc.org/downloads/ for recommendations and caveats I understand that any search you may have tried likely sent you to the Wheezy version The pa

Re: [Emc-users] web site error

2019-05-02 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On Thu, May 2, 2019, 4:32 PM andy pugh wrote: > On Thu, 2 May 2019 at 06:49, Valerio Bellizzomi > wrote: > > > > at http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/ > > > Can't locate object method "startform" via package "CGI" at wiki.pl line > > 1501. > > Where does the Wiki live? > > Much of it is so outdated and w

Re: [Emc-users] debian 9 ext4 wont mount on debian 7

2019-04-28 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Hello reinstalling with ext3 'fixes' it Forwarded Message Subject:debian 9 ext4 wont mount on debian 7 Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 23:24:58 +0700 From: TJoseph Powderly To: emc-users Hello I just installed http://www.linuxcnc.org/testing-stretch

[Emc-users] debian 9 ext4 wont mount on debian 7

2019-04-28 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Hello I just installed http://www.linuxcnc.org/testing-stretch-rtpreempt/linuxcnc-stretch-uspace-amd64-r13.iso I reformatted a partition as ext4 to hold this installation. Then I made a screenshot of latency-histogram and rebooted to my workhorse debian 7 to compare latencies. I found I could n

[Emc-users] bluing scraping

2019-04-27 Thread TJoseph Powderly
I'm in the boonies and need to scrape somethings flat. Permatex prussian blue is hard to get. But when googling,I always hit upon Winsor Newton Winton Oil 1414538 Prussian Blue 37ml It's an oil paint in a tube (think Van Gogh's Starry Night ) I found some at a local book store that has art sup

Re: [Emc-users] Rockpro64 arrived

2019-04-26 Thread TJoseph Powderly
> > I just started it again with the -h option to produce a histogram, now the > max is 62 and the average is 4. > > Alan > > > > > From: TJoseph Powderly > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Rockpro64 arrived > > Date: April 25, 2019 at 9:07:16 PM PDT &g

Re: [Emc-users] Rockpro64 arrived

2019-04-25 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Hello Alan On 04/26/2019 11:02 AM, Alan Condit wrote: I downloaded the Arabian Stretch nightly image Armbian_5.83.190424_Rockpro64_Debian_stretch_dev_5.0.0.7z . It is running the 5.0.0 kernel (a

Re: [Emc-users] [Off topic] Might interest Gene, radio pirates.

2019-04-24 Thread TJoseph Powderly
and the movie was great https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boat_That_Rocked On 04/25/2019 12:28 AM, andy pugh wrote: https://hackaday.com/2019/04/24/radio-piracy-on-the-high-seas/ tomp ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https:

Re: [Emc-users] possibly good news for LinuxCNC

2019-04-24 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Thanks Bari Thanks Alec On 04/24/2019 10:07 PM, bari wrote: The dev that spent years cleaning up and fixing the rtai.org to make it work with LCNC and hosting it at https://github.com/NTULINUX/RTAI just got tired of things. rtai.org would not give him credit and treated him like a pest even

Re: [Emc-users] Looking fro some input from the community

2019-04-23 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Joe its PCI tomp On 04/23/2019 11:18 PM, Joe Hildreth wrote: Tomp, Perfect, the chipset is MCS9865IV and looking at the specification sheet looks like it can be configured in a number of formats. Since yours has a header available for the second PP and no UART populated I just listed it as 2

Re: [Emc-users] Looking fro some input from the community

2019-04-23 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Joe On 04/23/2019 10:27 PM, Joe Hildreth wrote: Tomp, Can you give me the chipset ID and what IO the card has? (# Parallel Ports and # serial Ports) Joe lspci -vknn reports snip... 04:00.0 Parallel controller [0701]: NetMos Technology PCI 9865 Multi-I/O Controller [9710:9865] (prog-if 03 [I

Re: [Emc-users] Looking fro some input from the community

2019-04-22 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On 04/23/2019 10:07 AM, bari wrote: LSPCI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lspci http://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix_commands/lspci.htm On 4/22/19 9:03 PM, Jon Elson wrote: Is there a way to show this P&P info on a running system? lspci -nn gets text and numbers ...snip... 04:00.0 Parallel

[Emc-users] Fwd: Re: ER ATC tool idea

2019-04-19 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Forwarded Message Subject:Re: [Emc-users] ER ATC tool idea Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:15:50 +0700 From: TJoseph Powderly To: Andy Pugh Gene, On 04/19/2019 06:52 AM, Andy Pugh wrote: On 19 Apr 2019, at 00:47, Ken Strauss wrote: there is no obvious way

Re: [Emc-users] ER ATC tool idea

2019-04-18 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Greg thanks On 04/19/2019 08:36 AM, Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users wrote: The Weldon style has a set screw flat that's angled toward the cutting end. Tighten the set screw on it and the tool is forced upwards until the deeper end of the flat contacts the side of the set screw. That makes

Re: [Emc-users] ER ATC tool idea

2019-04-18 Thread TJoseph Powderly
about weldon shank https://tinyurl.com/yyxlreku On 04/19/2019 06:52 AM, Andy Pugh wrote: On 19 Apr 2019, at 00:47, Ken Strauss wrote: there is no obvious way that the threads would achieve that level of concentricity. You can still register on the taper. Solid “collets” and off-the-shelf nut

Re: [Emc-users] Something to think about re the hack-a-day tool changer

2019-04-18 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Forwarded Message Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Something to think about re the hack-a-day tool changer Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 23:22:19 +0700 From: TJoseph Powderly To: Gene Heskett Hi Gene On 04/18/2019 10:57 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Thursday 18 April 2019 11

Re: [Emc-users] Something to think about re the hack-a-day tool changer

2019-04-18 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Hi Roland On Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 3:23 PM Roland Jollivet wrote: > On Thu, 18 Apr 2019 at 01:22, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Wednesday 17 April 2019 15:06:02 Chris Albertson wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > > But if maybe you lock the spindle and turn the nut. > > > > This is the case, except you

[Emc-users] Orange Pi Linuxcnc fun with Google Translate in Russian

2019-04-11 Thread TJoseph Powderly
I haven't translated this, nor tried the code but maybe its of interest to the group. Theres a lot of non-english speaking linuxcnc developers, and the language barriers often hide their efforts, due to browser and search engine preferences. https://github.com/orange-cnc http://orange-cnc.ru/ t

[Emc-users] upgrading jessie

2019-04-11 Thread TJoseph Powderly
John Thornton, Hello, I have a problem upgrading from Debian 8 to Debian 9 ( Jessie to Stretch i think they are named ). I followed these notes https://gnipsel.com/linuxcnc/uspace/debian9-emc.html I had no errors or warnings until near the end I got this message (while installing linuxcnc-uspace)

Re: [Emc-users] G540 timing

2019-04-08 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Chris Morley Hello On 04/09/2019 05:55 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 at 19:12, TJoseph Powderly wrote: So for users who have used the PNCconf default G540 settings (1000 step 2000 pause 200 dirsetup 200 dirchange ) On the forum we typically suggest that everyone uses 5000 for step

[Emc-users] G540 timing

2019-04-08 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Hi, this may be of use to some users of the Gecko G540, who see lost steps. I made a config using PNCCONF and selected the standard timings for G540 with a 5i20. I used a simple bob to connect the G540 to P4 of the 5i20. Then I made many tests for repeatability ( machine coordinate position a

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Rafael On 04/01/2019 12:46 AM, Rafael Skodlar wrote: On 3/31/19 8:07 AM, TJoseph Powderly wrote: hi gene maybe redesign to drive past the switch like you can brush a wall mounted light switch by swiping your hand over the wall surface rather than punching it :-) ( try mounting so the direction

Re: [Emc-users] Home-limit switch measuring

2019-03-31 Thread TJoseph Powderly
hi gene maybe redesign to drive past the switch like you can brush a wall mounted light switch by swiping your hand over the wall surface rather than punching it :-) ( try mounting so the direction of switch activation is 90 degress to the joint motion ) tomp On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 9:03 PM Gene

Re: [Emc-users] SPI comms for linuxcnc (was Re: Rock64 pre-orders on Banggood.)

2019-03-30 Thread TJoseph Powderly
playing it safe until the parts are inside the cabinet and nailed down .Thanks! I can return to RPi/PICnc later ( brand new old PIC32mx150f128s arrived from Texas with a 4 day turn around :-) tomp On 03/31/2019 02:41 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 at 01:38, TJoseph Powderly wrote: T

Re: [Emc-users] SPI comms for linuxcnc (was Re: Rock64 pre-orders on Banggood.)

2019-03-27 Thread TJoseph Powderly
selects the other has 3 SPI1. tomp On 03/28/2019 02:49 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 27 March 2019 14:03:33 Nicklas Karlsson wrote: On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:12:48 +0700 TJoseph Powderly wrote: ( list apology, I seem to have replied to posters rather than to the list, and seve

Re: [Emc-users] SPI comms for linuxcnc (was Re: Rock64 pre-orders on Banggood.)

2019-03-27 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Gene hello On 03/27/2019 08:13 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 27 March 2019 08:12:48 TJoseph Powderly wrote: ( list apology, I seem to have replied to posters rather than to the list, and several times :-( re SPI comms Linuxcnc SBC microcontrollers ... it has been said on this mail

[Emc-users] SPI comms for linuxcnc (was Re: Rock64 pre-orders on Banggood.)

2019-03-27 Thread TJoseph Powderly
( list apology, I seem to have replied to posters rather than to the list, and several times :-( re SPI comms Linuxcnc SBC microcontrollers ... it has been said on this mail list, that SPI is a good candidate for a bus technology to work _with_ realtime. heres some work in that vein (maybe ove

Re: [Emc-users] Rock64 pre-orders on Banggood.

2019-03-27 Thread TJoseph Powderly
for those interested because of 2nd ethernet this maybe useful: a pinout of the header used and small discussion of the needed isolation trafo 'magjack' https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=4898 also, re rt-preempt 64 bit on it...  i see dev 'schooner' has done this " |root@pine64:~# u

[Emc-users] pololu breakout

2019-03-23 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Gregg Eshelman hello Do you imagine the breakout to use the long legged dip raft ? with added screw terminals ( maybe phoenix pluggable connectors ) ? I imagine similar for the PICnc project but i think i will remove the dip sockets on main board and add the phoenix style green sockets to the mai

Re: [Emc-users] mister nozzle shape

2019-03-21 Thread TJoseph Powderly
ntains and that flat exit was great for the hot dog of water effect ) if you want the fluid stream broken into tiny droplets , the web page lists a lot of geometries to try tomp On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 10:50 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 20 March 2019 21:29:19 TJoseph Powderly wrote: &

[Emc-users] mister nozzle shape

2019-03-20 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Hello Gene iirc the end of the nozzle should be 'dead square' meaning to taper, no burr, no fillet cannot find a reference url now but remember some test that surprised me a small burr was the culprit tomp haha just re-read it "Hello Mr Nozzle shape" reminisent of Tom Waits in Legend of Buster Scr

[Emc-users] linuxcnc brain surgery

2019-03-10 Thread TJoseph Powderly
https://ciis.lcsr.jhu.edu/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=courses:446:2016:446-2016-18:project_18_main_page but where does the LinuxCNC Rocket Science class meet? pretty cool kins too tomp ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.

Re: [Emc-users] Conversational Mode

2019-03-04 Thread TJoseph Powderly
in general http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Simple_LinuxCNC_G-Code_Generators#Other_G_Code_Generators specific conversational http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Cp1 thanks Ray! thanks Matt, and thanks Lawrence I remember using it to create code for a Heidenhain TNC, sort of

[Emc-users] mechanical animation resources Disney

2019-03-04 Thread TJoseph Powderly
i've come across links to this and had not reported it i think it may be of interest ( or at least entertaining) Disney has software to generate gear linkage systems for ~arbitrary paths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfznnKUwywQ and to put icing on top of this cake read Corey Doctorow's s

[Emc-users] parameters passed to hal comps

2018-12-28 Thread TJoseph Powderly
I read in several comp.c sources that functions in the comps get passed (void *arg, long period). I have not found docs explaining this, but guess *arg is the 'config string', and that period is the period of the thread the comp is attached to. is this correct? Thanks TomP examples: boss_p

Re: [Emc-users] sim still broken

2018-12-23 Thread TJoseph Powderly
and you can get all the parts for Little Giant Pumps. ( rotors, seals, brushes, motors.) That makes any investment easier to swallow. tomp tjtr33 Merry Merry! Happy Happy! On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 1:28 AM Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 23 December 2018 09:10:50 Bruce Layne wrote: > > > On Sat, 2

[Emc-users] Fwd: [Machinekit] Re: RPI gipo help

2018-08-28 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Seb hello, 1) sorry to hear Jeff's change of plans, best of luck to him, he's been enormous in the linuxcnc development. 2) i been working on the hal_gpio for linuxcnc and i got this email this morning (thailand 28 aug 2018) i can loadrt already it and will test asap. ( i dont have the chang

[Emc-users] adding linuxcnc repos to rpi

2018-08-20 Thread TJoseph Powderly
how to add linuxcnc repos to my raspian jessie rpi3B+ ? i installed raspbian jessie from http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/images/raspbian-2017-07-05/2017-07-05-raspbian-jessie.zip then built rt kernel from https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux -b rpi-4.14.y-rt I rebooted and checked t

Re: [Emc-users] buildbot web page

2018-07-24 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Well the first attempts to use had lots of hangs, so i put the rpi in the 'ton yen' ( ice box) to see if it would run longer than 10 minutes. But,when I brought it out, it beaded up with so much, that I didnt try using it untill it was really dry again. I found a big floor fan works well. The unit

Re: [Emc-users] buildbot web page

2018-07-23 Thread TJoseph Powderly
wow thanks seb, looking at it now. "Index of /~buildmaster/dists/jessie/scratch-sim/binary-armhf" (I'm glad I didnt mangle the web page :-) ) tomp On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 10:54 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky < seb.kuzmin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 11:10 PM T

[Emc-users] buildbot web page

2018-07-22 Thread TJoseph Powderly
the page at http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ lists an armhf build available for jessie scratch Jessie (uspace: realtime with RT-Preempt, and simulation) architectures: amd64, armhf, i386 deb http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ jessie scratch-rtpreempt deb-src http://buildbot.linuxcnc.org/ jessie scrat

[Emc-users] frank hermann xatc exteremely simple automatic tool changer

2018-07-16 Thread TJoseph Powderly
I have not seen this mentioned on the list. Its interesting enough, esp after i tried opening and closing my collets with quarter turn. "people is so clever" https://hackaday.com/2016/06/20/hackaday-prize-entry-diy-automatic-tool-changer/ i dont think i'll use the wifi web socket esp/arduino con

[Emc-users] interesting power transmission

2018-07-14 Thread TJoseph Powderly
I've seen roller racks before but this is circular. something says to me "Bridgeport belt replacer" other voices says "hmm, weak force transfer" but a beautiful disk and interesting programming problem TomP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9gQ1KRhesM --

Re: [Emc-users] no news any more?

2018-07-07 Thread TJoseph Powderly
OK here in Penang, My. I check almost everyday. Must be local problem On Sun, Jul 8, 2018, 12:06 Peter Blodow wrote: > How come I have not read any news for 5 days now? Is there something > wrong with servers etc., or are there really no problems around?? > Peter > > > --

Re: [Emc-users] Raspberry Pi PREEMPT-RT --> Scheduling and message passing in general

2018-06-25 Thread TJoseph Powderly
re "The programming software has a mode where yu can call up a library of old 74LSxxx parts and drop them on a canvas and draw lies between pins " You talkin bout Cypress's PSoC Creator, Willis? ;-) It doesnt sound like Xilinx or Altera's tools. tomp On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:43 AM, Chris Alberts

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Modern workplaces and machines are not for craftsmen. They are for operators who get a big start and a big stop button. Design and checking is outside the machine. The idea is that the process designer and supervisor hands the operator blanks and gets parts. This is not what the hobbyist needs b

Re: [Emc-users] Looking for examples of conversational machine interface

2017-11-19 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Modern workplaces and machines are not for craftsmen. They are for operators who get a big start and a big stop button. Design and checking is outside the machine. The idea is that the process designer and supervisor hands the operator blanks and gets parts. This is not what the hobbyist needs b

Re: [Emc-users] Pine64 / Rpi3

2017-10-17 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Hi Andy, this chip? http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/GTL2000.pdf Thx Tomp tjtr33 On Oct 17, 2017 6:29 PM, "andy pugh" wrote: On 17 October 2017 at 07:47, Greg Bentzinger via Emc-users wrote: > Ideally it would be great if someone could design a cape/hat/shield/ whatever that mates to th

Re: [Emc-users] FPGA arty

2017-10-14 Thread TJoseph Powderly
itrary number of communication ports, UART, SPI, CAN would probably be > the ideal device for a linuxcnc server. > > I read fast and can't figure out the CPU on this chip. > > On Sat, 14 Oct 2017 18:05:52 +0700 > TJoseph Powderly wrote: > > > Has an

[Emc-users] FPGA arty

2017-10-14 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Has anyone looked at 'arty' for linuxcnc/hal? http://rdepablos.merlitec.com/arty-and-linux-1-fpga . its nice to get the whole toolset with it inside 100$US. Regards Tomp tjtr33 -- Check out the vibrant tech community on on

[Emc-users] hal include

2017-07-22 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Gene My googlefoo is failing to find anything about hal files using includes, and my fuzzy mem thinks you were doing this. Have you used hal files with included sub-files? thx tomp tjtr33 -- Check out the vibrant tech

Re: [Emc-users] configuration via Gschem

2017-07-14 Thread TJoseph Powderly
wow nicklas i poked at scheme many years ago out came crawling, some lamdas, cdrs and cars i ran away you're brave i wont wade into those waters, but if you want some geda symbols or testing, I will help tomp tjtr33 --

Re: [Emc-users] configuration via Gschem

2017-07-14 Thread TJoseph Powderly
(sorry, looks like i made a private reply to andy and not to the list, so here's the msg) I wrote that stuff for geda i havent looked at it for years I was dissapointed in the zoom and pan, and how to graphically handle the threads so i wandered off looking at other connected box frameworks th

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC TED Talk style

2017-06-16 Thread TJoseph Powderly
i replied direct to dave, so the user list didnt see this it maybe of use for the talk """ hi dave maybe it was viestartss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSQO3IkQ0Lo while we're at it rudy de prez's paper may be interesting and the a

Re: [Emc-users] new thread inspired by Christophers question about 3d printer sliceing SW. (Gene Heskett)

2017-05-17 Thread TJoseph Powderly
recursion, stack full , hahaha even in russian it was good joke tomp tjtr33 -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot_

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 133, Issue 31

2017-05-13 Thread TJoseph Powderly
gene could you try not changing anything and just boot it if the basic simple way to initially check it out , doesnt work, then stop and look at whats going on, dont change stuff in the beginning i think you'd like to see something just work i'd really like you to have success with this The UDO

Re: [Emc-users] RPi alternatives (for detectives)

2017-05-11 Thread TJoseph Powderly
gene i was just reading about armbian preempt-rt sources look at https://github.com/armbian/build look at https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/master/config/boards for boards look at rt patch at https://github.com/armbian/build/tree/master/patch/kernel/sun8i-default/30-real-time143-full-plus-rt-

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 133, Issue 18

2017-05-11 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On 05/09/17 02:41, Tim wrote: > > Tom just download everything from links I gave they are direct > download links that do work > Here are the directions again I added a step that I forgot about > deleting Emlid reoository > it is not needed and just gives a error during update. This is a > headl

Re: [Emc-users] RPi alternatives (for detectives)

2017-05-11 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Erik hello On 05/11/17 14:01, Erik Christiansen wrote: > Gene, what I bought is a Udoo X86, and on their forum there's talk of > this and that not working too, at least until someone tells them how to > do it. My only issue so far is that I'm a bit down the delivery list, > and it may yet be a wee

Re: [Emc-users] Emc-users Digest, Vol 133, Issue 18

2017-05-07 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On 05/07/17 21:33, Tim wrote: > I have been playing with RPI for some time now trying to get > Hal2Arduino working for a multi-task hobby cnc that I have built. Have > software working for xyza axis still need to hook up drivers and > steppers. I know that linuxcnc is not going to work as well a

Re: [Emc-users] Google Docs Scam

2017-05-05 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On 05/05/17 15:10, Lester Caine wrote: > I KNEW your problem sounded familiar but could not think why ... I'd had > the same problem after 'approving a new device' but not on the main > thunderbird install. 'insecure application' fixed the problem as what it > does is switches off the two stage aut

Re: [Emc-users] about to give up on the pi's

2017-05-04 Thread TJoseph Powderly
hi gene On 05/05/17 08:16, Gene Heskett wrote: > Charles; > Its actually running the 2.8pre x86 code, for master-sim, straight out of > the buildbot at . ? raspberry pi runs x86 code? also the url might be better as

Re: [Emc-users] Google Docs Scam

2017-05-04 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On 05/05/17 01:56, Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > Yes I got your E-mail. > Hello Nicklas, sorry if it was the scam email about a document ( not just these emails from linuxcnc list ) i finally got it to work history--- i changed may password and could not log in thru thunderbird to my gamil acco

Re: [Emc-users] Google Docs Scam

2017-05-04 Thread TJoseph Powderly
ange pswd. > Dont uninstall tbird. > wait for some better news from google, > some succesful news. > tomp tjtr33 > > On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 5:27 PM, TJoseph Powderly wrote: > >> still cant log in under thunderbird. dialog did change to >> """ >> &g

Re: [Emc-users] Google Docs Scam

2017-05-04 Thread TJoseph Powderly
ome better news from google, some succesful news. tomp tjtr33 On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 5:27 PM, TJoseph Powderly wrote: > still cant log in under thunderbird. dialog did change to > """ > > You've reached this page because we have detected that cookies are > d

Re: [Emc-users] Google Docs Scam

2017-05-04 Thread TJoseph Powderly
still cant log in under thunderbird. dialog did change to """ You've reached this page because we have detected that cookies are disabled in your browser. The page you attempted to load cannot display properly if cookies are disabled. Please enable cookies

Re: [Emc-users] Google Docs Scam

2017-05-03 Thread TJoseph Powderly
, spinny red circle et al ) On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > I received a share invite today from one of my customers via my Gmail > account, but before I could open it, Gmail deleted it. > So it appears that Google is actively trying to kill it. > > Dave > &

Re: [Emc-users] Google Docs Scam

2017-05-03 Thread TJoseph Powderly
one here this am from a known person ...google docs 'shared a file with you' thx tomp tjtr33 On 05/04/17 02:11, andy pugh wrote: > I am getting a flurry of invitations to view Google docs. They lead to > a google server, so look genuine, but I am pretty sure they aren't. I > think they are just Go

Re: [Emc-users] Slide covers

2017-04-20 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Johann hello maybe the material like used in bluejeans coated in polyurethane ( a marine finish ) http://www.cnczone.com/forums/general-metalwork-discussion/58425-cnc.html HTH tomp tjtr33 On 04/20/17 14:22, Johann Beukes wrote: > Hi Guys > Can someone help me please? I need tonmake my own telesco

[Emc-users] usb sniffer

2017-04-05 Thread TJoseph Powderly
like this? https://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/USB intended for net traffci, but it doesnt know what being transferred tomp On 04/06/17 08:06, Gene Heskett wrote: > snip > > Now to get this sorta back on an lcnc track, do we have a wireshark > like utility for usb stuff? I am missing

Re: [Emc-users] 3D Printers

2017-03-28 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On Tuesday 28 March 2017 10:48:18 andy pugh wrote: >> I find myself astonished that I don't have a 3D printer. >> I am thinking of buying one. >> Longer-term I think I will end up making a large-format delta pritner, >> so the one I buy will be more ot a toe-dipping exercise, and I am >> looking at

Re: [Emc-users] damn radio shack

2017-03-08 Thread TJoseph Powderly
try knipex pliers wrench On 03/08/17 18:55, Mark wrote: > On 03/07/2017 11:35 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Tuesday 07 March 2017 23:00:32 Todd Zuercher wrote: >> >>> Ahhh, ye old "booger" wrench, the perfect tool for rounding off "any" >>> sized bolt. >>> >> Shhh now, Todd, you might let the cat

[Emc-users] OT: good tiny edm infos

2017-03-06 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Nicklas Sarah Bari et al, I stumbled on a few _very_ good sites for tiny edms (many) using real on/off time fet edm power supplies ( spark generators). some french some german, but easy to understand the schematics and builds and movies. most homebuilts use r/c capacitive discharge, which trigge

Re: [Emc-users] Durable Paint [Was: gee, is list in anechoic chamber]

2017-03-04 Thread TJoseph Powderly
andy it may be of use for readers to know RAL is a standard for colors used by many machine manufacturers I know from matching customers desired machine color to manufacturer's resources. and readers can buy a RAL color swatch pretty cheap on eBay. Europe & Asia use it, UK also but good ol USA st

Re: [Emc-users] Need pyvcp-xml expert

2017-03-02 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On 03/02/17 21:06, John Thornton wrote: > Not for me. I assume Gene just commented them both out when the first > one tossed an error at him. > > JT > ah, thanks JT i thought Gene actually had 2 errors, sometime i debug in a similar fashion ( overkill, like comment out all the occurances of '.'

Re: [Emc-users] Need pyvcp-xml expert

2017-03-02 Thread TJoseph Powderly
is there still an error on 2nd commented line? tomp -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot __

Re: [Emc-users] MPG detents

2017-03-01 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On 03/02/17 10:31, Jon Elson wrote: > ---snip--- > I use a 100 "pulse" MPG, and the encoder counter counts all > transitions, and have no problem with jitter, and can count > off the detent clicks by feel. There isn't much jitter on a > 100 pulse/rev encoder, especially with the detent. > I als

[Emc-users] more wacky machines using Linuxcnc

2017-03-01 Thread TJoseph Powderly
heres some wild kins for ya http://en.sv-jme.eu/data/upload/2015/01/03_2013_1619_Zivanovic_04.pdf i was looking at how NX and Catia required the machine's kins to output gcode and stumbled on this paper i laughed out loud when i saw the AXIS screen tomp tjtr33 ---

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with genserkins

2017-03-01 Thread TJoseph Powderly
i think... On 03/01/17 09:16, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > On 2/28/2017 5:52 PM, andy pugh wrote: >> On 26 February 2017 at 22:46, Charles Steinkuehler >> wrote: >>> The A and B Axis has no >>> dependency on the rotation of the base of the robot arm (joint-0). >>> >>> Is this the expected behavi

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc on raspberry pi 3

2017-02-21 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Abdul hello we do not think the image you talk of is linuxcnc it it different control system that we do not use it is 'grbl' please read the documents on the protroneer websites like here http://wiki.protoneer.co.nz/Raspberry_Pi_CNC_-_Quick_Start_Guide where it states """ * Raspberry Pi systems

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