Re: [Emc-users] OT - Advice on processor board for indexer project.

On 2 March 2017 at 01:39, Greg Bentzinger wrote: > Using LCNC for the stand alone control seems like using a nuke to blow up an > ant hill. It might be expedient to just buy: http://divisionmaster.co.uk/divisionmaster.html > I was wondering if LCNC could be configured

Re: [Emc-users] MPG detents

On Thursday 02 March 2017 01:11:22 Jon Elson wrote: > On 03/01/2017 10:16 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 01 March 2017 22:31:31 Jon Elson wrote: > > > > I also have a button that has to be held to enable jogging, > > so there will be no jitter (or movement at all) when that > > button

[Emc-users] Need pyvcp-xml expert

Greetings all; For some reason I cannot grok, I must comment out the two lines isolated with xml comment strings in this xml code: "X-Jog size" "raised" 2 23 "X-Jog" ("Helvetica",18) ".4f"

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

Doh! Even I missed that. I still suggest choosing something other than Helvetica. On 03/02/2017 07:05 AM, John Thornton wrote: > Because you were tired and forgot the closing ) > ("Helvetica",12 < brokey > ("Helvetica",12) > JT > > On 3/2/2017 4:26 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> Greetings all; >>

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

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] Need pyvcp-xml expert

It might be because Helvetica is a long since gone font that I doubt is installed on your system. I have worked with another open source software project that has a bunch of legacy helvetica font selection hard coded into the C++. Boy that's a pain. Just pick a different font that you know is

Re: [Emc-users] MPG detents

On 2 March 2017 at 03:08, Kurt Jacobson wrote: > Since there has been a significant amount of discussion about the cheap > MPGs I decided to take mine apart and find out how they work. I took a > bunch of pictures during the disassembly, you can find them here: >

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

Because you were tired and forgot the closing ) ("Helvetica",12 < brokey ("Helvetica",12) Greetings all; > > For some reason I cannot grok, I must comment out the two lines isolated > with xml comment strings in this xml code: > > > > > > "X-Jog size" > >

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

Hevetica works fine on Linux Mint 17.3... JT On 3/2/2017 7:10 AM, dragon wrote: > It might be because Helvetica is a long since gone font that I doubt is > installed on your system. I have worked with another open source > software project that has a bunch of legacy helvetica font selection >

Re: [Emc-users] snagged touch probe on eBay - anybody know how to interface ?

On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 01:44:34PM -0500, Ken Strauss wrote: > I recently got a Renishaw MP7 IR probe from eBay. Has there been any further > success with reverse engineering the interface? According to the manual that > came with my probe it is turned on/off by briefly spinning it at 500 rpm to >

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

Not for me. I assume Gene just commented them both out when the first one tossed an error at him. JT On 3/2/2017 7:36 AM, TJoseph Powderly wrote: > is there still an error on 2nd commented line? > tomp > > > -- > Check

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

On Thursday 02 March 2017 08:10:37 dragon wrote: > It might be because Helvetica is a long since gone font that I doubt > is installed on your system. I have worked with another open source > software project that has a bunch of legacy helvetica font selection > hard coded into the C++. Boy

Re: [Emc-users] Tools to plot data from sampler + halsampler

Octave or Scilab is a good choice for these kind of thing but I have no idea about the possibility to import data from HAL sampler, *.csv is possible to import. On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 09:16:25 +0200 Marius Alksnys wrote: > What tools would you recommend to plot and analyse

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

On Thursday 02 March 2017 08:05:16 John Thornton wrote: > Because you were tired and forgot the closing ) > ("Helvetica",12 < brokey > ("Helvetica",12) > JT You are correctey. Result attached. And I checked that at least a dozen times John. Obviously, I shouldn't try writing .xml crap at 3am.

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

On Thursday 02 March 2017 08:36:39 TJoseph Powderly wrote: > is there still an error on 2nd commented line? > tomp No Tomp, it was fine, but from the error message, which doesn't spec the source line, it had to be one or the other as I had just added the pair of them, and it had been working

Re: [Emc-users] OT - Advice on processor board for indexer project.

On 03/02/2017 05:28 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 2 March 2017 at 01:39, Greg Bentzinger wrote: > >> Using LCNC for the stand alone control seems like using a nuke to blow up an >> ant hill. > It might be expedient to just buy: > http://divisionmaster.co.uk/divisionmaster.html

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with genserkins

On 3/1/2017 12:09 PM, Andrew wrote: > 2017-02-25 23:46 GMT+02:00 Charles Steinkuehler: > >> Is anyone else doing 5-axis machining with genserkins? >> > > Not exactly machining... but I'm building a 3D printed stepper driven > 6-axis robot arm. So I hope that I'm going to need genserkins soon. >

Re: [Emc-users] MPG detents

On Thursday 02 March 2017 08:36:54 andy pugh wrote: > On 2 March 2017 at 03:08, Kurt Jacobson wrote: > > Since there has been a significant amount of discussion about the > > cheap MPGs I decided to take mine apart and find out how they work. > > I took a bunch of

Re: [Emc-users] MPG detents

On 03/02/2017 04:10 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > But, but, but, I don't have an axis selection switch Jon, I will have a > wheel per axis. > > Well, I really like the axis selector. And I can control spindle override and feedrate override from the same MPG. I really LIKE that I can't

Re: [Emc-users] snagged touch probe on eBay - anybody know how to interface ?

On 03/02/2017 08:14 AM, Chris Radek wrote: > On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 01:44:34PM -0500, Ken Strauss wrote: >> I recently got a Renishaw MP7 IR probe from eBay. Has there been any further >> success with reverse engineering the interface? According to the manual that >> came with my probe it is

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

On Thursday 02 March 2017 09:06:59 John Thornton wrote: > Not for me. I assume Gene just commented them both out when the first > one tossed an error at him. > > JT > Exactly John, then I sat and stared at it, changed font size several times to no avail, testing only by uncommenting the first,

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with genserkins

On 3/2/2017 1:26 PM, Andrew wrote: > What this means for genserkins: everything is defined in genser_kin_fwd. > Tweaking it will tweak both forward and inverse kins. > > OK, first it uses go_link_joint_set for each joint and then > go_link_pose_build to get the robot pose... which uses

Re: [Emc-users] snagged touch probe on eBay - anybody know how to interface ?

Fortunately my probe came with a nice Installation/User Guide that includes dimensioned drawings, recommended torque on all screws, etc, etc. I've removed my probe from the CAT40 mount so my first project is to make a TTS sized mount so that I can actually spin it. > -Original Message- >

Re: [Emc-users] MPG detents

On Thursday 02 March 2017 11:05:58 Kurt Jacobson wrote: > > Looking at the design it looks like it ought to be pretty > > coolant-proof, is that your impression? > > Yes Andy, looks like it would be quite coolant proof as long as the > gasket where the MPG mounts to the panel is in place. > Humm,

Re: [Emc-users] MPG detents

There should be a flat rubber gasket with holes for the three mounting studs. If not I guess it would be a good idea to use some sort of "goop" to seal the interface and keep coolent from getting to the encoder. Kurt Jacobson 505-303-1933 Sent from Mobile On Mar 2, 2017 1:36 PM, "Gene Heskett"

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with genserkins

2017-03-02 21:47 GMT+02:00 Charles Steinkuehler: > Thanks for the hints, it would have taken me quite a while to figure > all that out. Now I'll start plugging in numbers and toggling between > world and joint coordinates to see what's happening. > Well, I think I missed the fact that

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with genserkins

2017-03-02 18:01 GMT+02:00 Charles Steinkuehler: > Hmm...I see your point, but commanding an AB orientation in world > space via gcode would then require knowing the position of the first > joint (the base rotation of the whole arm), which is generated from > the commanded position via

Re: [Emc-users] MPG detents

On Thursday 02 March 2017 13:53:32 Kurt Jacobson wrote: > There should be a flat rubber gasket with holes for the three mounting > studs. If not I guess it would be a good idea to use some sort of > "goop" to seal the interface and keep coolent from getting to the > encoder. > > Kurt Jacobson >

Re: [Emc-users] MPG detents

> > Looking at the design it looks like it ought to be pretty coolant-proof, > is that your impression? Yes Andy, looks like it would be quite coolant proof as long as the gasket where the MPG mounts to the panel is in place. On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 8:36 AM, andy pugh wrote: