Re: [Emc-users] incremental jogging in 2.5?

2011-12-19 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 09:39:12PM -0500, Tom Easterday wrote: Did incremental jogging code (http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.devel/4441) make it into 2.5? I don't see it in the 2.5 docs: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html/ but I am not sure if that is just missing

Re: [Emc-users] Touchy status-indicator pin?

2012-01-11 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:25:53AM -0800, Karl Cunningham wrote: I'm working on putting the Touchy interface on a machine. The documentation for touchy mentions the following hal pin: touchy.status-indicator is on when the machine is executing G-code, and flashes when the machine is

Re: [Emc-users] Touchy status-indicator pin?

2012-01-11 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 08:19:33AM -0800, Karl Cunningham wrote: Hi Chris. Thanks for the reply. Below is what I get. This is on a simulator. EMC v2.4.6 is what's reported on the splash screen. I'm not sure where to find the touchy version; maybe mine is old. My mistake; the status outputs

Re: [Emc-users] Software stepgen through Mesa GPIO pins

2012-01-16 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 05:44:47PM +0200, Viesturs L??cis wrote: Hello! I have a question: How can I do software step generation and export it through gpio pins on 5i23? Why do you want to do this? -- RSA(R)

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

2012-01-17 Thread Chris Radek
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Re: [Emc-users] question on gcode parsing

2012-01-21 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 12:44:14PM -0600, Jon Elson wrote: G-code is extremely easy to parse. Every numeric value is preceded by a letter telling what it is. It depends what variant. There may be some this simple, for instance variants that papertape-reading NC machines used are probably

Re: [Emc-users] touchy interface

2012-01-23 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 03:32:02PM +0330, Farzin Kamangar wrote: Hello, dear EMC users, Regarding the touchy interface, I have a problem on one computer and that is in the MDI page with G shown as the command, when I enter 0 or 1 for G0 or G1 and with pushing the Next button I see the

Re: [Emc-users] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-24 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:31:11AM -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote: Thank goodness for the servers that host our website, wiki and such. It looks like PMDX gets credit for this. Thank you. Nope. SWP pays for our advertisement-free hosting of the website, web forum, and wiki. He and Alex and

[Emc-users] Money issues, and my regret of mentioning it

2012-01-25 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 06:17:22AM -0500, Mark Wendt wrote: Andy, Understandable. The paypal link could be set up so that it could be turned on when funds are needed and turned off when the funding is met. The treasurer would have to stay on top of that though. I now regret mentioning

[Emc-users] About the board, the rebrand, and the future

2012-01-25 Thread Chris Radek
Michael, Thanks for your criticism. I have taken several days to think about it. I have not discussed my thoughts with the board and I am speaking only for myself and to my own relationship to the project. I agree with you that there are some technical problems with how the renaming was done;

Re: [Emc-users] [Emc-developers] Open letter to the EMC Board of Directors

2012-01-25 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 09:07:14PM +, andy pugh wrote: I see your point, but that does leave a bit of a problem. Currently I can have a great idea for a modification to LinuxCNC. I can spend months working on it to get it to the point where it can be demonstrated. Then somebody can say

Re: [Emc-users] Rotary homing.

2012-01-25 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 07:11:35PM -0500, Ed Nisley wrote: On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 22:20 +, andy pugh wrote: Even that is potentially optional: Oh, *wow*... Yet Another Way to confuse myself beyond recognition. I must put the tool probe switch somewhere more-or-less fixed before I

Re: [Emc-users] Probing error?

2012-01-31 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:31:26AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: the machine state, the usefulness of the probe has been fulfilled, so why the heck should it care one way or the other when the machine tries to do a g0 z[#5063 +0.02] in order to back off I sympathize with you being frustrated

Re: [Emc-users] pluto FPGA on LPT

2012-02-07 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 02:40:44PM +0100, Claude Froidevaux wrote: Hi, I'm trying to get a pluto-servo to work. Right now the status is that output is OK (led dimming, I test several output ok), but input is not working at all, I cannot read anything (input or encoder value). After some

Re: [Emc-users] Bringing linuxcnc to its knees, begging for mercy!

2012-03-05 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 12:05:02PM -0600, sam sokolik wrote: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html/gui/axis.html#_axis_preview_control (AXIS,stop) Stops the preview from here to the end of the file. Thanks Sam, I think this is really the answer in this case. You can even have a program that

Re: [Emc-users] HAL scope

2012-03-05 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 09:04:56PM +0200, Andrew wrote: Hello, Anybody knows why halscope 'open data file' menu item is inactive? Is there any trick to open saved data? Sadly that feature is just unimplemented. It's deceptive to have it there but inactive, since usually that means it can

[Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.5.0 release date

2012-03-14 Thread Chris Radek
I'm planning to make the release on or around March 31. If you know of any reason not to do this, please say so now! Chris -- Virtualization Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-20 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 02:04:01PM -0700, Ray Mitchell wrote: I always thought that the small tools used for PCB work (the ones with the colored beads on the shaft) were made so that the back of the bead is a reference distance to the tip of the tool. Then you could change the tool, push the

[Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

2012-04-01 Thread Chris Radek
LinuxCNC 2.5.0 is released! You will not get an automatic update from EMC 2.4 to LinuxCNC 2.5. To update your Lucid or Hardy machine to 2.5, you need to take a few steps, documented here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpdatingTo2.5 Be sure to check the Changes to your

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

2012-04-01 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 06:25:07PM -0500, Mark Cason wrote: is the sim version going to be available soon? There are 2.5.0 packages for 6 sim platforms and 3 realtime: lucid/linuxcnc2.5-sim/binary-amd64 lucid/linuxcnc2.5-sim/binary-i386 lucid/linuxcnc2.5/binary-i386

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

2012-04-02 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 02:04:10PM +0100, John Prentice wrote: I am having trouble following the process in the link with Lucid. On the Reload step I get: the screen at www.castlewoodconsultants.com/Misc/Upgrade2-5Trouble.jpg Be sure you have typed the line exactly like deb

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

2012-04-02 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 03:06:32PM +0100, John Prentice wrote: Indeed - exactly the trouble. Thanks As I have had stuff downloaded at various times from Buildbot and git, I think I will wait for the 2.5 Live CD and start over - after upgrading I still have innumerable folders/files with

Re: [Emc-users] Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-03 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 05:58:06PM +0200, yann jautard wrote: so why not writing it down clearly in the iso name ? don't you think ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2.5.0-i386.iso would have been a more representative name ? Yes you are right, it would be more representative. But let me go on and

Re: [Emc-users] Start velocity for steppers

2012-04-06 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 09:39:04AM +0300, propcoder wrote: I know such thing like feedrate (F in G-code), but don't know any parameter of velocity for combined moves. Does it exist? How is it called like and where to find it? I don't understand what you're asking for. In LinuxCNC each axis

Re: [Emc-users] Lube Pump Duty Cycle...

2012-04-09 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 10:13:59AM -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: I've been thinking about something similar for my converted Bridgeport (ex-Boss8) machine. I think stepgen (in velocity mode) could do it, and I think there's a timer in ClassicLadder that could do it. These are generally

Re: [Emc-users] German Docs

2012-04-09 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 11:53:52AM -0500, John Thornton wrote: If you send me an email at jthornton at gnipsel period com I can send you complete instructions on how to proceed. Please put this information on a wiki page. I looked for one and didn't find it, when I saw this question.

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

2012-04-11 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 02:08:35PM -0500, Chris Radek wrote: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpdatingTo2.5 Be sure to check the Changes to your configuration section at the bottom of the page. Hey, I've added another thing to Changes to your configuration and those of you who

Re: [Emc-users] MPG question

2012-04-28 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 03:46:40PM -0700, Terry Christophersen wrote: Hi all. ? I was wondering if it is possible to select the x,y,z axis from the keyboard just like jogging using the keyboard instead of a seperate switch for axis selection when using the MPG. I do not want to use a pendant

Re: [Emc-users] Behavior of Touch-Off Dialog (and Tool Table Editor?)

2012-05-07 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 09:39:27PM -0500, Kim Kirwan wrote: I have continued this subject in its own thread, because I also think that Andy's proposal is a good one, for the reason that it would make it very easy to make minor adjustments by using the built-in math functions:

Re: [Emc-users] Compiling 2.5 as simulator

2012-05-14 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 02:03:40PM +0200, Robert von Knobloch wrote: Hi, I retrieved from git the 2.5 branch, grabbed all the dependencies and versions etc. and compiled it OK, well no errors reported (opensuse 12.1). It runs fine except there is no backplot (visible) in axis. Does your

Re: [Emc-users] Servo system and glass encoder scales for position feedback

2012-05-22 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 07:22:37PM +0100, andy pugh wrote: It has just occurred to me that it might be possible to combine tacho and command voltages completely in the analogue domain for these machines? Isn't this exactly what velocity mode servo amps do?

Re: [Emc-users] Encoder Redundancy?

2012-05-23 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 07:38:06AM -0400, John Kasunich wrote: If your PID loop is saturated during normal operation, that means you are no longer accurately controlling tool position, Yes! I have pid.N.saturated hooked directly to axis.N.amp-fault-in on both my machines. Properly tuned

Re: [Emc-users] G-Wiz Conversational Gcode Generator

2006-11-16 Thread Chris Radek
On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 12:20:13PM -0500, Kenneth Lerman wrote: Suggestions, hints, questions, etc are solicited. Since I am not a machinist, I can certainly use some gode routines to wizardize. On my last little project I used both the helical hole drilling and the slot milling routines that

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with short distance move

2006-11-18 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 10:39:18AM -0800, Kasparov, Aram wrote: Is this related to tune-up with INI file? Yes Can it be result of overloading AC servomotor? Yes. Could be bad tuning, incorrect velocity or acceleration settings, etc. Chris

Re: [Emc-users] Mysterious direction-signal changes

2006-11-28 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 07:50:32PM -0500, Ed Nisley wrote: I attached a digital 'scope to the Z axis step direction signals. They're clean digital pulses, good amplitudes, no noise worth mentioning. The step signal shows the expected ramping-up and ramping-down frequencies at about the

Re: [Emc-users] DIY closed-loop VFD ?

2006-12-11 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 06:47:24PM -0500, Kenneth Lerman wrote: My understanding is that you would just set the speed with the vfd and assume that will be close enough. Then you would use the encoder to measure the actual speed and phase lock to it for the purpose of driving the Z axis when

Re: [Emc-users] Step Direction

2006-12-28 Thread Chris Radek
On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 03:08:26PM +, David at home wrote: Can any tell me the best place add a change of direction command and what it should look like, please ? Just make the INPUT_SCALE negative in the .ini. Chris

[Emc-users] dual boot DOS/Ubuntu

2007-01-02 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 09:21:23PM -0800, Hugh Currin wrote: Also, can one use this *.iso to create a dual-boot system? I'd like to leave a small partition for DOS. I agree with Rafael: install DOS first, in the first partition, and leave lots of empty unpartitioned space. Keep the DOS

Re: [Emc-users] adding 2nd parallel port

2007-01-09 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 03:59:39PM -0500, Mike Cinquino wrote: With out a jog wheel: I could have buttons that would jog in the plus or minus direction. I would have a multi-position switch to select X,Y,Z,A axis. I see in halui that i could use halui.jog.channel aka axis.minus and

Re: [Emc-users] EMC 2.1.0 release

2007-01-30 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 08:06:26PM -0800, Jess Mickelson wrote: http://www.linixcnc.org/emc2.1/dists/dapper/emc2.1/Source/Sources.gz you've spelled linuxcnc wrong. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT

Re: [Emc-users] error running emc2

2007-01-31 Thread Chris Radek
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 03:40:08AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eduard Nesterov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I started emc from the terminal and got the following error description: emc/task/taskinf.cc 787: Error on axis 2, command number 1321 Could anyone help me understand what is

Re: [Emc-users] loadrt a new module error

2007-02-04 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 10:56:38AM +0800, dushaohua wrote: I made a new module named Mlink under HAL,and I can insert it with insmod Mlink.koafter the realtime started,but I can't use it with the core_sim.hal which was added with loadrt Mlink.I don't know why? Please tell us the exact error

Re: [Emc-users] EMC2.1 Live CD

2007-02-06 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 08:47:01PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and the gcc C compiler must be properly installed on my system to dynamically build the driver modules upon installation. That sounds formibable. Yes, especially without a network connection to download the software. What do

Re: [Emc-users] USB and HAL question

2007-02-12 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 02:09:55PM +, Manfredi Leto wrote: Hello, I've started hal_joystick from terminal just typing hal_joystick, after realtime was started because emc2 was running. Now, I need to run hal_joystick automatically when I start emc2...is it possible include a command

Re: [Emc-users] emc gcode problem

2007-02-15 Thread Chris Radek
On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 04:16:15PM +0100, Micha? Geszkiewicz wrote: I'm using now EMC2 2.1 with axis interface. Configuration is writable. I'm also wonder if the *.var file is readed each time I press start button or once on start of EMC2. Thanks Michal Ok I bet ray has hit on it - if

Re: [Emc-users] EMC 2.1.1 released

2007-02-25 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 09:23:32PM -0700, Jess Mickelson wrote: Chris; Just in case someone forgot to tell you, great work on the entire EMC project. Haven't quite figured out who all is involved but I would like to say many thanks for making such workable piece of software. Nice to

Re: [Emc-users] EMC 2.1.1 released

2007-02-26 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 10:59:08AM -0500, Cecil Thomas wrote: Are the changes in the Live CD Download? I have downloaded and burned the CD but haven't loaded it yet. If the changes are in the current download I'll just toss my CD and download and burn a new one. No, after you install from

[Emc-users] 6-axis tool change position

2007-02-26 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 03:07:26PM -0600, Jeff Epler wrote: It looks like the TOOL_CHANGE_POSITION can only set the XYZ location. The ABC location is hardcoded to be 0,0,0 (src/emc/task/emccanon.cc around line 1184 and src/emc/ini/initool.cc around line 77). In the CVS trunk I added support

Re: [Emc-users] Steppers and INI file

2007-03-01 Thread Chris Radek
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 04:04:16PM -0800, Glenn R. Edwards wrote: I have noticed that when I do a fast-move command with all axes going, such as G0 X50 Y30 Z20 A90 (from home), the angular axis will move faster than when I do a single axis move such as G0 A90. Please post your ini (attach

Re: [Emc-users] Relative coordinate change?

2007-03-06 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 02:31:46PM -0500, Ed wrote: f100 s100 (make motion happy) g0 x1 y4.5 z1 (z=1 to show problem) g41 g1 x1 y3.5 d1 (d1 - tool 1 = 0.1) g3 x2 y2.5 i1 (cutter comp in full effect) g3 y3.5 j0.5 (this works as expected) g91 g3 y-1

Re: [Emc-users] Relative coordinate change?

2007-03-08 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 02:31:46PM -0500, Ed wrote: I -think- this is a bug: the Z axis changes for arcs in XY when tool comp is on with a non-zero tool. Ed: I've fixed this and it will be in the next release, along with a few other fixes to tool compensation that were found along the way.

[Emc-users] EMC 2.1.2 released

2007-03-11 Thread Chris Radek
Tonight EMC 2.1.2 is released with the following changes: * change axis.N.homing from HAL parameter to pin, to allow external logic * add russian translation of AXIS * fix problem with tolerance mode and angular moves * fix g28 and g30 to go to the saved position (which is saved in native

Re: [Emc-users] On the trail of the Wrong-way DIR Signal

2007-03-13 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 09:58:33PM -0400, John Kasunich wrote: Ed wrote: sound of head pounding desk same sound here :-( For whatever it's worth (not much I bet), I ran the new stepgen tonight and cut *many* flowsnakes in air and several in copper. I did not have any problems. (but I

Re: [Emc-users] Another Potential User - I Wonder If He Subscribes?

2007-03-14 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 05:36:53AM -0500, Jake von Slatt wrote: I do now! Thanks for the invite, the archives have already answered several lingering questions for me. Cheers, Jake. Welcome Jake, I also have a small collection of those servos from the original Deskjets. They are only

Re: [Emc-users] Another Potential User - I Wonder If He Subscribes?

2007-03-16 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 02:44:41PM -0400, Matthew Glenn Shaver wrote: On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 15:56 +, paul_c wrote: src/emc/usr_intf/axis/extensions/togl.c This software is copyrighted by Brian Paul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Benjamin Bederson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). The following terms

Re: [Emc-users] G10 code L2 meaning

2007-03-17 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 01:19:46PM -0700, Alan Condit wrote: I have read the part of the manual on gcode, and can't find anything that describes the meaning of the L2 when using the G10 code. Can some one tell me what it means? A quick look at the code shows it means nothing, but it has

Re: [Emc-users] Installing emc2-2.1.2

2007-03-17 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 02:02:43PM -0700, Alan Condit wrote: I downloaded emc2_2.1.2_i386.deb. When I try to install it, it reports that it conflicts with the installed package emc2. How do I go about installing emc2-2.1.2 on a machine that does not have access to the internet?

Re: [Emc-users] G10 code L2 meaning

2007-03-17 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 03:44:30PM -0500, Chris Radek wrote: On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 01:19:46PM -0700, Alan Condit wrote: I have read the part of the manual on gcode, and can't find anything that describes the meaning of the L2 when using the G10 code. Can some one tell me what

Re: [Emc-users] number of axes

2007-03-18 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 11:00:44PM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote: Gentlemen, I am looking at putting EMC2 on a CNC tool and cutter grinder. This machine is an eight axis machine. Is it possible to extend the axis quantity to eight or more? What would be the limiting factor? Processor speed?

[Emc-users] EMC 2.1.3 released

2007-03-18 Thread Chris Radek
Today EMC 2.1.3 is released with the following changes: * make 'load' button work in classicladder * add french translation of axis * improve italian translation of axis * make 'milltask' not consume all CPU after 'run from line' has been used * new userspace component: hal_input for all

[Emc-users] sudo, ppmc, pcisetup

2007-03-20 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 11:59:33AM -0600, Jon Elson wrote: It may be that I need it due to my use of my pcisetup program to configure the parallel port the way I need it. I have put pcisetup at the top of the scripts/emc shell script to make sure it gets run. Strangely, the latest

Re: [Emc-users] Encoder pinouts

2007-03-21 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 08:55:38PM +, Richard Arthur wrote: I am trying to determine pinouts on my Litton encoders. They have 5 wires, two for 5V supply, two giving 1000 counts per rev, one giving 1 count per rev. Can I assume then that the 1000 counts per rev are Channels A and B and

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 5i20 for lathe

2007-03-24 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 09:10:48AM -0600, RogerN wrote: Is there a configuration available for the Mesa hardware to be used with a lathe? If not, what changes do I need to make to enable the spindle encoder, threading, etc.? There are two lathe sample configurations: nist-lathe which

Re: [Emc-users] Axis speed slower on Emc2 than Emc1

2007-03-28 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 03:56:26PM -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: Latest Live version You can find the EMC version number in the Help/About window. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's

Re: [Emc-users] wired pause button?

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 09:15:07AM +0300, Alex Joni wrote: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.1/html/gui/halui/index.html you can connect 2 buttons to halui.program.pause and halui.program.resume Regards, Alex There's also a motion.feed-hold which could do what you want. Using halui's

Re: [Emc-users] wired pause button?

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 10:43:26AM -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: How would re-engage after hitting this hold? Andy It's a bit input: when true, it holds feed - when false, it stops holding. The simplest way to use it would be something like a toggle switch that holds its state. You could do

Re: [Emc-users] Abort messes up position

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 01:37:49PM -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: This seams like it would be great for a machine that has a homed position, but on a machine without, it smells. Your telling me I have to do work and type in g54 x every time I want to zero an axis? If your machine does not

Re: [Emc-users] slow down spans

2007-03-31 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 08:11:49PM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote: Gentlemen, After getting the homing to work I have another request. I would like to see slow down spans at the end of the table travels. This would be a user configurable distance to slow down the axis travel when it

Re: [Emc-users] ini file

2007-04-09 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 01:07:02PM +0200, goettler wrote: Is somethere a manual, what changes must be done in the ini File, by updating from Versions of 2.0 to 2.1. volker At wiki.linuxcnc.org that is one of the links at the beginning of the front page. Chris

Re: [Emc-users] help

2007-04-14 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 07:26:13AM -0400, Jim Wilkin wrote: Hello. Have upgraded to the latest emc2. 1.4 Have everything I need working except holecircle.py. When holecircle.py is selected from axis gul I receive a exit code 1. Could someone direct me to where I could find information on

Re: [Emc-users] Joint 0 Following Error

2007-04-17 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 04:32:04PM +0700, Dominikus Budiwibowo wrote: What is 'joint 0 following error' mean? I used freqgen to drive my DC servo motor when this error happen. It means the difference between the commanded position and feedback position differ by more than the allowed following

Re: [Emc-users] motion blending problem

2007-04-17 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 01:38:52PM +0200, goettler wrote: -Not only by complex motion the emc gives a jerk after the first and before the last move of a contured motion that can be blend together, as you see by testing the simple G-code discribed above. Thanks for this report, this bug is

Re: [Emc-users] bad character in G code file

2007-04-18 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 10:42:48AM -0400, Kenneth Lerman wrote: I would like the interpreter to output a message that looks like: Bad character near line 79 X-0.010+#177 Y3.0+#177 ( Back to Starting Position ) ^ That would definitely be helpful. Another idea:

Re: [Emc-users] Abslute g0 move error

2007-04-18 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 06:58:19PM +0200, Micha? Geszkiewicz wrote: THIs is point list of http://www.pastebin.ca/446010 ERROR: 1. start emc 2. press F2 which autamaticly send G92.1 and G61.1 It doesn't do this on my system running EMC2.1.4. 3. Homing axes 4. move machine about some

Re: [Emc-users] Abslute g0 move error

2007-04-18 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 08:59:33PM +0200, Tomasz Brzozowski wrote: Hi Michael and I, we are working together building 3 axis milling machine. Sometimes Michalel is using my email. Ok I understand. We are using MDI command to move Z axis (like G0 G53 Z70(maximum up), (wait complete), G0

Re: [Emc-users] back from the NAMES show

2007-04-23 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 11:06:07AM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: I saw the 1/3rd scale Ferrari by Pierre Scerri of France, and he ran it, producing a huge cloud of blue smoke. Lots of other incredible artistry, too. Sounds like a neat show - I would have liked to see his model. After that,

Re: [Emc-users] Probing

2007-04-28 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 05:21:25PM -0400, John Kasunich wrote: I believe you can do a probe and have it print (or write to a file) the probed position, then do a G92 whatever... I don't know of a way to combine those steps into a single operation. High level stuff like g-code isn't my

Re: [Emc-users] Effects of mode changes

2007-04-28 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 03:22:01AM -0400, Eric H. Johnson wrote: Hi all, I have a couple of questions related to changing modes for various functions in my user interface. These use basically the calls within emcsh. 1 If in MDI mode I issue G92 X0 Y0 Z0, then open a new Gcode file, which

Re: [Emc-users] Axis Active G-code display?

2007-04-28 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 03:43:59PM -0400, Ed wrote: S#101 (msg,Set knob to match S value) M0 Try: S#101 (debug,Set knob to #101) M0 - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE

Re: [Emc-users] Probing

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 03:34:34PM +0200, Sven Mueller wrote: Chris Radek wrote: [probe moves] It would be nice to be able to set tool length offset this way - but currently there is no way to do that, since lengths need to come from the tool table. Hmm, I'm still mostly a newbie

Re: [Emc-users] Probing

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 10:03:29AM -0500, Chris Radek wrote: I don't know what the reference tool would be, and with no reference tool I don't know what you'd use to touch-off the work. Replying to myself! Is it as simple as G49 insert any tool, touch off, set work coordinate system start

Re: [Emc-users] Probing

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 08:27:00AM -0700, Dave Engvall wrote: Hi Chris, others. Really tool length is just part of the problem. A tool number is associated with both a tool length and a tool diameter which may or may not be nominal. So far I just grit my teeth and work thru the process. I

Re: [Emc-users] Probing

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 08:57:22AM -0700, Dave Engvall wrote: Hi Chris, After thinking about it a bit. Are you proposing a tool referenced against the zero tool after every (manual) tool change? That would take time but would work for non-tool holder machines i.e. collet on the

Re: [Emc-users] unexpected realtime delay

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 11:26:29AM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote: Gentlemen, I have started getting this message also. I start EMC and as soon as I move an axis I get this message. I haven't tried to troubleshoot this but if someone would like me to try or look at something on my machine,

Re: [Emc-users] Probing

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:04:25PM -0500, Ray Henry wrote: I guess I don't really see the issue here with tool length and diameter probing. Years ago now I wrote a little tickle script that allowed me to turn the probe switch over, pressed it with the tool and from the known height of that

Re: [Emc-users] probing

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:17:56PM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote: I have a couple machines that will offset the machine as soon as the offset is changed. These machines respond in the same manner for g54 work center offsets and tool length offset. I don't like this type of response. I much

Re: [Emc-users] Probing

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 06:52:13PM +0200, Sven Mueller wrote: Chris Radek schrieb: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 10:03:29AM -0500, Chris Radek wrote: G49 insert any tool, touch off, set work coordinate system start program program probes first tool, THIS is the reference tool

[Emc-users] EMC 2.1.5 released

2007-05-06 Thread Chris Radek
Today EMC 2.1.5 is released with the following changes: * set default gains in sum2 component to one instead of zero, so by default it sums its inputs * AXIS: pass ini file name along to POSTGUI_HALFILE * pickconfig: make keypad enter key work like main enter key - issue OK * halmeter: fix bug

Re: [Emc-users] EMC 2.1.5 released

2007-05-06 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 09:03:19PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: * fix constraint violation right after a probing move I don't believe I hit that one, what might the symptoms be? On steppers, a joint following error. The violation was minor so I doubt it would have been noticed on a servo

Re: [Emc-users] EMC 2.1.5 released

2007-05-06 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, May 06, 2007 at 08:36:07PM -0500, Chris Radek wrote: I've added this to the list of discussion topics planned for the upcoming CNC workshop (June). We may get a chance to work on it if there's time and interest. One obstacle is that I don't think we have a probe among us. I meant

Re: [Emc-users] cannot start after update

2007-05-08 Thread Chris Radek
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 02:26:40PM -0500, Stuart Stevenson wrote: Gentlemen, I just updated EMC2 on my Ubuntu 6.06 LTS system. I cannot start EMC2 now. I get the following report Can not find -sec HAL -var HALUI -num 1 insmod: error inserting

Re: [Emc-users] Install problem

2007-05-12 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 05:59:23PM -0500, Javid Butler wrote: That's what I was afraid of, but was hoping there was some workaround. Thanks! Maybe it doesn't have enough ram. I think 384 is good, 256 has been reported as both adequate and not adequate by different folks.

Re: [Emc-users] Bridgeport loses sync running axis.ngc

2007-05-13 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 09:57:08AM -0400, Jack Ensor wrote: However when I run axis.ngc, the ending x and y positions are at variance from the commanded positions and each time I run the program (after first homing), I get different variances. I calculated the variances by subtracting the

Re: [Emc-users] Reset of offsets after running program

2007-05-16 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 07:50:58PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: One trick is to not have an M02 at the end of the program. This gets a warning message, but doesn't reset the offsets. I think you can reinstate the offsets with G92.3. A gcode file starting and ending with % signs, but with no

Re: [Emc-users] problem compiling the trunk version of EMC2

2007-05-17 Thread Chris Radek
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 11:48:56AM +, Manfredi Leto wrote: now compiled... Error in startup script: can't find package msgcat ... I searched for the package msgcat in package manager but I don't find it...anyone knows what should I install? gettext I found it using apt-file. $

Re: [Emc-users] problem compiling the trunk version of EMC2

2007-05-17 Thread Chris Radek
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 01:41:13PM +, Manfredi Leto wrote: The OS is Ubuntu 6.06...the same I use at home. This is the computer I use at university, so I cannot check other things right now because I'm not there, I can try other things tomorrow and will let you know what happened. the PC

Re: [Emc-users] ENC: G02 and G03 dont Close a Circle

2007-05-17 Thread Chris Radek
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 08:18:20PM -0400, Fabricio Funes wrote: I'm using servo-motor with a Vital system. When I use the command G02 or G03 the circle Don't Close. But in the EMC2 Graphical simulation it's close Very Well. How I do to resolve this problem . Hi Fabricio, you don't give

Re: [Emc-users] Control Panel for Axis

2007-05-26 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 07:14:06AM -0400, Jack Ensor wrote: I plan on wiring momentary push button switches in parallel with the appopriate short cut keys on the keyboard. One of the problems I see is that of providing for the 2 key combination required for the Home-All function. I assume

Re: [Emc-users] about the axes A and B

2007-06-02 Thread Chris Radek
On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 09:26:44AM -0500, Ray Henry wrote: There are places in the emc where specific relationships between linear and rotary axes are defined Ray is right: EMC2 implements an XYZABC machine as the ngc spec describes it: the XYZ are linear and the ABC are angular. However if

Re: [Emc-users] Whats wrong with Halscope?

2007-06-03 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 05:11:06PM -0500, Jon Elson wrote: This is the classic aliasing error. The scope is sampling less frequently than the step pulse generating code. I'm not sure how fast you can get halscope to sample, I suppose it depends on the CPU speed. Nope, it depends on

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