On Wed, 2012-05-09 at 06:55 +0100, Mike Bennett wrote:
After four months of weekends I've taken my first cuts on my DIY gantry
router.
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Nice work Mike, Congratulations.
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On May 8, 2012, at 11:48 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote:
On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 23:33 -0600, Jeshua Lacock wrote:
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Alas, I still get a fault:
univstepdiags c030 bus
io addr = c030
parport addr 0xc030
Segmentation fault
LinuxCNC fails to start with the same message as before.
Did
On 05/08/2012 11:34 PM, Mark Cason wrote:
On 05/08/2012 09:17 PM, Dave wrote:
On 5/8/2012 10:08 PM, Mark Cason wrote:
Is this motor worth trying to get working?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46689581@N03/7161870700/in/photostream
On 9 May 2012, at 06:51, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
pattern of narrow and wide threads in the final
product. Watching the encoder on my scope, it looks very consistent, but
the encoder.0.velocity output has wibbles of +-50% in its speed
G76 doesn't use the velocity, it just
On 9 May 2012 05:34, Mark Cason farmerboy1...@yahoo.com wrote:
So there's no chance of using it for controlling an axis. Oh well,
No, I think you probably could control an axis with it.
First thing to work out is what the little connector has on it. I
would expect to see a red and a black for
On 9 May 2012 06:36, Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com wrote:
For now just linking a button to perform touch off zero would be good, but I
need a way to control which axis. I have several buttons spare so I could
use one for each axis.
Touch-off is equivalent to G10, so you could link a
On 9 May 2012 06:55, Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com wrote:
https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/59884319/1/CNC%20Machine?h=c48cbb
Good work. I note the presence of BS1363 mains plugs, so presume you
are in the UK too?
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On 9 May 2012 07:37, Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com wrote:
OK! Now I will start testing it. Anyone have an idea what to look for? In
other words what would cause LinuxCNC to crash from the USC?
It isn't crashing, I suspect, so muchas gracefully giving up.
(segmentation fault is a crash,
I put in the pyvcp button yesterday for touch off Z to material and love
it! No more fumbling for me...
John
On 5/8/2012 11:37 AM, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote:
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John
There is an echo in here. Maybe John and I are alone, but I think far fewer
homing and touch off mistakes, where a previously
I have a Bridgeport Discovery 308 VMC with a Siemens Simodrive 611
drive. I've been troubleshooting this beast since the day I plugged it
in. From what I can figure out the commutating reactor is on the futz.
My phase converter is balanced well, the voltage coming out of the
transformer going
Good work. I note the presence of BS1363 mains plugs, so presume you
are in the UK too?
I certainly am. I'm based near Guildford in Surrey.
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John,
I think you are actually looking at the DC power supply module - often
called the infeed module.
500 volts DC is pretty common for Siemens DC bus voltage.
Is there a yellow and red light on the front of it? Any numerical display?
What is the part number?
Dave
On 5/9/2012 7:16 AM,
Andy
That's great
Looking at the syntax of G10, I think I would need to add
[HALUI]
# mdi-command-00 Touch off X
MDI_COMMAND = G10 L20 P0 X0
# mdi-command-01 Touch off Y
MDI_COMMAND = G10 L20 P0 Y0
# mdi-command-02 Touch off Z
MDI_COMMAND = G10 L20 P0 X0
to my INI file
I should then be able
The buss voltage on the infeed module is perfect at 600vdc and rock
steady. The UVW connections at the infeed module are where I'm seeing
wildly varying voltages. My circuit is 245vac at the fuses to a three
phase transformer to 385vac to the commutating reactor and coming out
of it the
I use a 0.375 dowel to touch off Z so I used
MDI_COMMAND = G10 L20 P0 X0.375
John
On 5/9/2012 7:04 AM, Mike Bennett wrote:
Andy
That's great
Looking at the syntax of G10, I think I would need to add
[HALUI]
# mdi-command-00 Touch off X
MDI_COMMAND = G10 L20 P0 X0
# mdi-command-01
your automated router should make the next one much easier to construct.
--- On Wed, 5/9/12, Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] First cut
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Date: Wednesday,
On 9 May 2012 13:12, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote:
I have jacked
with the caps on the phase converter and with it wildly out of balance
been able to go from 0 - 6k rpm for a bit.
That sounds like you can narrow it down to one leg of the reactor
then, which is the weak leg in the
Are you on a real 3 phase or are you creating 3 from 1
Dave Caroline
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hi
we have two leadwells 1985 specs, id def buy a newer one if one came up
right money. they are good reliable machines never had aproblem with
ours, getting alittle old so that one might need some TLC like ours did,
but new balls in screw.. new bearing set on the screw too ,
so just be ready
The reactor is a Siemens 4EP4003-8DS
The infeed module is Siemens 6SN1145-1BA00-0BA0 bottom option box is SL
.00 XA
Thanks
John
On 5/9/2012 6:43 AM, Dave wrote:
John,
I think you are actually looking at the DC power supply module - often
called the infeed module.
500 volts DC is pretty
I'm on a phase converter that I built.
John
On 5/9/2012 7:30 AM, Dave Caroline wrote:
Are you on a real 3 phase or are you creating 3 from 1
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I don't understand what you mean by weak leg?
John
On 5/9/2012 7:22 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 9 May 2012 13:12, John Thorntonbjt...@gmail.com wrote:
I have jacked
with the caps on the phase converter and with it wildly out of balance
been able to go from 0 - 6k rpm for a bit.
That sounds
On 9 May 2012 13:51, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't understand what you mean by weak leg?
You said you had it wildly out of balance ?
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The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply, wrong.
How does your phase converter work (which method)
any inbalance in phase or waveform will effect stuff downstream
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On Wednesday, May 09, 2012 09:54:44 AM Mike Bennett did opine:
After four months of weekends I've taken my first cuts on my DIY gantry
router.
https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/59884319/1/CNC%20Machine?h=c48cbb
Drawn in iPocket Draw on the iPad, made using the router on the machine,
a
Yeah, i saw your build log on the forum, looks like a nice capable machine at
the end. I didnt realize you had two!
Are either of yors a Westlake model? Do you have the manuals and/or wiring
diagrams? This seller has lost his...
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From: robert
What I was referring to was the phase to phase voltage measured at the
phase converter. I'll run out and get the paper sack that we wrote the
voltages on and be right back.
John
On 5/9/2012 7:59 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 9 May 2012 13:51, John Thorntonbjt...@gmail.com wrote:
I don't
On Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:00:13 AM Kim Kirwan did opine:
On 05/08/2012 11:34 PM, Mark Cason wrote:
On 05/08/2012 09:17 PM, Dave wrote:
On 5/8/2012 10:08 PM, Mark Cason wrote:
Is this motor worth trying to get working?
It's a self starting 15hp 3 phase motor with a heavy iron frame that I
built using a potential relay and some start caps to get it running and
I have 120uf (two 60's) run caps between phase 1 and 2, and 60uf between
phase 2 and 3. The incoming single phase legs are connected to phase 1
and 3.
On 9 May 2012 15:33, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
However, for a bare motor, $115 shipping is a decent price. I could
eventually be interested in using one to replace the 300 watter on my mini-
lathes spindle, but one project at a time.
I am not sure that that motor is brushless,
On Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:34:14 AM Andy Pugh did opine:
On 9 May 2012, at 06:51, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
pattern of narrow and wide threads in the final
product. Watching the encoder on my scope, it looks very consistent,
but the encoder.0.velocity output has wibbles of
Ok, what I had been running was 4x60uf caps between 1 and 3 and 1x60uf
cap between 2 and 3 (generated leg on 3 then) and that seemed to work
the best.
at the phase converter
to ground 1 = 120v, 2 = 120v, 3 = 226v
phase to phase 1 + 2 = 244v, 2 + 3 = 248v, 1 + 3 = 262v
at the 380v taps on the
On Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:55:23 AM John Thornton did opine:
I put in the pyvcp button yesterday for touch off Z to material and love
it! No more fumbling for me...
John
link to Recipe? Please?
Thanks John.
Cheers, Gene
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On 05/09/2012 09:43 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 9 May 2012 15:33, gene heskettghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
However, for a bare motor, $115 shipping is a decent price. I could
eventually be interested in using one to replace the 300 watter on my mini-
lathes spindle, but one project at a time.
I
On 05/09/2012 09:33 AM, gene heskett wrote:
On Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:00:13 AM Kim Kirwan did opine:
On 05/08/2012 11:34 PM, Mark Cason wrote:
On 05/08/2012 09:17 PM, Dave wrote:
On 5/8/2012 10:08 PM, Mark Cason wrote:
Is this motor worth trying to get working?
On 05/09/2012 03:27 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 9 May 2012 05:34, Mark Casonfarmerboy1...@yahoo.com wrote:
So there's no chance of using it for controlling an axis. Oh well,
No, I think you probably could control an axis with it.
First thing to work out is what the little connector has on it. I
On 9 May 2012 16:19, Mark Cason farmerboy1...@yahoo.com wrote:
The place I got this one just sent ~50 of them to the scrap yard last
week...
Did they say which scrap yard?
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The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply, wrong.
The gantry is driven with just one motor, but I have a wire and pully
system to keep the other side running parrallel. There is a pully at each
corner of the table and the wire goes diagonally throught the table to the
other side, all through some nice slots in the torsion box.
Mike
On 9 May
On Wed, 2012-05-09 at 09:55 -0500, John Thornton wrote:
Ok, what I had been running was 4x60uf caps between 1 and 3 and 1x60uf
cap between 2 and 3 (generated leg on 3 then) and that seemed to work
the best.
at the phase converter
to ground 1 = 120v, 2 = 120v, 3 = 226v
phase to phase 1 +
On 05/09/2012 09:33 AM, gene heskett wrote:
How big is this speedway mill-drill? At 28 lbs for one of these, I don't
know as it would be all that great hanging on the end of the x table. OTOH
it looks like several lbs of stuff could be removed too. That mount looks
like 5 lbs, and the
On 9 May 2012 15:52, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
G76 doesn't use the velocity, it just looks at position. There is no way
that that can be varying enough to cause your issue. Have you linked
encoder.position or encoder.position-interpolated?
I used velocity.
Where? If you have
On 9 May 2012 16:16, Mark Cason farmerboy1...@yahoo.com wrote:
I've been messing around with steppers for a few years now, so I know
next to nothing about servos. What all is needed to run one?
If it is brushless, then you need some way to tell the drive where the
rotor is, so that it can
On 05/09/2012 10:24 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 9 May 2012 16:19, Mark Casonfarmerboy1...@yahoo.com wrote:
The place I got this one just sent ~50 of them to the scrap yard last
week...
Did they say which scrap yard?
Yes, I called this morning, but they are now bound for China via a
slow
I'm wired out there but I don't get the mail feed there...
John
On 5/9/2012 10:05 AM, gene heskett wrote:
On Wednesday, May 09, 2012 11:03:50 AM John Thornton did opine:
What I was referring to was the phase to phase voltage measured at the
phase converter. I'll run out and get the paper
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Mark Cason farmerboy1...@yahoo.com wrote:
My Dad stopped by, and gave me the motor yesterday afternoon. This
morning, I talked to the guy he got it from, and he said he buys old
sewing machines, replaces all the 3 phase motors, with single phase
ones, and
No link, but it's not on a paper bag either so I can copy and paste it
from the CHNC to here.
in my .xml file I added:
button
halpinz-material-touchoff/halpin
textZ Material Touch Off/text
bd3/bd
/button
in my postgui.hal file I added:
... note 9 more mdi commands precede this one.
net
That's the job of the infeed module to take the 3 phase 380vac and
create 600vdc. Are you saying ditch all that and roll my own DC power
supply and connect it to the DC buss for the drives? I'd like to know
the details for that for sure...
The Simodrive 611 is a modular rack thing with copper
On Tue, 8 May 2012 21:22:29 +0100
andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
On 8 May 2012 21:06, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote:
You have no Pgain, but Igain and Dgain. That's a problem. An all
I and D loop is almost always unstable.
That depends….
For a spindle P gain is not much help, as
On 9 May 2012 17:51, dave dengv...@charter.net wrote:
I've seen P values as low as 15 and as high as 600 FF1 values from 18
(ugh) down to -0.01.
The parameters are not unitless, so will vary even on identical
hardware between mm and inch machines, and depending on whether the
pwmgen is
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I've seen P values as low as 15 and as high as 600 FF1 values from 18
(ugh) down to -0.01.
I think the main reason for this is non-normalized PID input and output values
I like to suggest that for velocity mode drives, the DAC/PWM device be scaled
directly in
On 9 May 2012 17:38, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote:
That's the job of the infeed module to take the 3 phase 380vac and
create 600vdc. Are you saying ditch all that and roll my own DC power
supply and connect it to the DC buss for the drives?
That's an interesting idea. I guess the first
On 9 May 2012 18:21, Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote:
Torque mode needs little FF1 and lots of D as effectively it must create the
velocity part of the loop from D
Or you can stack two PID loops in HAL.
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The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply,
Well the coolant pump is three phase but that is all...
The reactor is in between the step up transformer and the infeed module
so it looks like this with all things in the brackets inside the machine:
Mains Phase Converter [ Step Up Transformer Reactor Infeed Module
(Power supply) drives
On 9 May 2012 18:35, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote:
Mains Phase Converter [ Step Up Transformer Reactor Infeed Module
(Power supply) drives via DC buss Servos]
I think that the reactor is to keep your mains clean, which is
probably a job adequately handled by the rotary converter.
On 05/09/2012 11:28 AM, Eric Keller wrote:
The embroidery machines are probably the best case given that they are
often like CNC machines.
My mother has a large number of industrial sewing machines which have
been converted to single phase. Most of them seem to have originally
used 3
On May 9, 2012, at 3:56 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On 9 May 2012 07:37, Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com wrote:
OK! Now I will start testing it. Anyone have an idea what to look for? In
other words what would cause LinuxCNC to crash from the USC?
It isn't crashing, I suspect, so muchas
On 9 May 2012 22:58, Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com wrote:
Aha! There is no port number specified.
I added the port and it loads fine now, thank you!
I wonder if the original card also works fine with the port address put in?
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The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth
On May 9, 2012, at 4:10 PM, andy pugh wrote:
On 9 May 2012 22:58, Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com wrote:
Aha! There is no port number specified.
I added the port and it loads fine now, thank you!
I wonder if the original card also works fine with the port address put in?
I would guess
On Wednesday, May 09, 2012 08:44:59 PM John Thornton did opine:
I'm wired out there but I don't get the mail feed there...
John
Chuckle, actually it is the same here John. I need to setup an imap server
so I can use any machine on my network, but haven't managed to find a
proper round
I presume many of you have seen the hype on the Raspberry Pi. Am I correct
in thinking that getting LinuxCNC to run on one of those would require an
arm-specific RTAI and drivers for the device-specific I/O? Has anyone else
given any thought to this potentially disruptive platform in the context
Jeshua Lacock wrote:
On May 8, 2012, at 8:33 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
How do you know it did not go to
EPP mode?
I guess I don't know for sure. Your 'univstepdiag' program gives me a
'Segmentation fault' error and the output from dmesg after attempting to
start LinuxCNC is:
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Scott Hasse scott.ha...@gmail.com wrote:
I presume many of you have seen the hype on the Raspberry Pi. Am I correct
in thinking that getting LinuxCNC to run on one of those would require an
arm-specific RTAI and drivers for the device-specific I/O? Has anyone
Jeshua Lacock wrote:
So, I noticed when linuxcnc fails to launch, it states this in the Kernel
message information:
PPMC: ERROR: no boards found on bus 0, port 0378.
I thought that was curious since I have never specified the port in the linux
config files that I knew of. Is there
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
On 5/9/2012 8:51 PM, Scott Hasse wrote:
I presume many of you have seen the hype on the Raspberry Pi. Am I
correct in thinking that getting LinuxCNC to run on one of those
would require an arm-specific RTAI and drivers for the
device-specific
I took the motor apart to see what the encoder looked like, and I'm
assuming that these are hall sensors:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46689581@N03/7168795700/in/set-72157629660267772/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46689581@N03/7168808298/in/set-72157629660267772/
A few more photo's are
On 5/9/2012 9:51 PM, Scott Hasse wrote:
I presume many of you have seen the hype on the Raspberry Pi. Am I correct
in thinking that getting LinuxCNC to run on one of those would require an
arm-specific RTAI and drivers for the device-specific I/O? Has anyone else
given any thought to this
Hi everyone,
Have somebody known why LinuxCNC website is always compromised on
Google search?
You can find the attachment about this issue.
Brown.
linuxcnc.png
Description: Binary data
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Touch off buttons working a treat. My only observation is that the tool path
in Axis does not update, unless I use reload.
Mike
On 9 May 2012, at 10:20, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
On 9 May 2012 06:36, Mike Bennett mjb1...@gmail.com wrote:
For now just linking a button to
It looks like 3 hall sensors for commutation on the inside and a magnetic
encoder chip on the outside if I'm seeing correctly. The chip in the middle of
the board is likely the encoder chip and the wheel below it a multipole magnet
ring. I'd bet the datasheet for that chip would unlock the
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