[Emc-users] Mesa 5I25 Stepping when linuxcnc is not running

Hi, Today I converted a mill form parport to 5I25, using 5i25_r990x2.bit bitfile. Everything was running good. Having a mesa card, I wanter to increase the speed. When I closed linuxcnc, X and Y ran into the endstops at full speed. Thinking of watchdog problems, I removed the pet function from the

Re: [Emc-users] New board designed for CNC based on BeagleBone Black

On 26 Jun 2014, at 11:46, 吳政昌 ccwu660...@mapacode.tw wrote: Thank you :) I'ved changed the spec. I'll modify my schematics accordingly this week. I'll release the pin multiplex of AM335x and pin difinitions of connectors. Any other suggestions? More RAM if the CPU allows for it. more

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 5I25 Stepping when linuxcnc is not running

On 12 Jun 2014, at 15:49, Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com wrote: As far as I can see the watchdog should bite when linuxcnc is not running, switching outputs to high impedance. The drives are connected via 330R and an 6N137. http://www.uhu-servo.de/UHU_PCB_3_13.pdf There is no way they

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

Hi, Have you decided on a date? Are the ABB robots still available? I will bring my AC Servo project, a driver based on the IRAMX16UP60B and STM32F4 with resolver interface. I also have a stack of Beckhoff ethercat components, including a canopen adaptor(EL6751), in case anyone wants to play

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

=87939highlight=canopen (german, registration required) Regards Alex On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Rene Hopf reneh...@mac.com wrote: Hi, Have you decided on a date? Are the ABB robots still available? I will bring my AC Servo project, a driver based on the IRAMX16UP60B and STM32F4

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

On 09 Sep 2014, at 23:06, Marius Alksnys marius.alks...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Rene, what are current limits of this servo driver with IRAMX? Before we get into those complex interfaces - could it accept raw PWM commands for current or PWM - one phase or three? The IRAMX I am using is

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

On 10 Sep 2014, at 12:40, Nicklas Karlsson nicklas.karls...@karlssonwang.se wrote: STM32Fdiscovery and Linuxcnc I am also working with! I have started with the VFS11 driver and have communication using modbus via ethernet which is a starting point. I also have suitable experience working

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

On 12 Sep 2014, at 09:35, Marius Alksnys marius.alks...@gmail.com wrote: I could bring electric cabinet I built for Reis RV6 robot, connect it to the ABB robot and try to run it. Probably I could prepare for this in advance. It has Mesa electronics with 5i23, 7i44, 7i37, 6x 8i20 and 7i49

Re: [Emc-users] brushless motor coil winder

winding a gimbal motor with a 4th axis on a 3d printer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCKl3B-guSs cpp program for gcode is available on his website. Rene On 19 Sep 2014, at 19:59, David Armstrong cncbas...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Ralph, certianly given me some ideas, and just as i thought

Re: [Emc-users] 7i80 with ethernet, *.ini and *.hal files

Hi, I am very interested in this, if that is implemented on the stm32. It would be useful for my ac driver project, which is making very good progress at the moment. I will share Videos and code maybe next week. Rene On 22 Sep 2014, at 00:52, Karlsson Wang nicklas.karls...@karlssonwang.se

Re: [Emc-users] 7i80 with ethernet, *.ini and *.hal files

+0200 Rene Hopf reneh...@mac.com wrote: Hi, I am very interested in this, if that is implemented on the stm32. It would be useful for my ac driver project, which is making very good progress at the moment. I will share Videos and code maybe next week. Rene On 22 Sep 2014, at 00:52

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

Hi, I will arrive Friday evening, is there anything going on on Friday? Are the ABB robots for sale? If they are, I might need a bigger car… My driver is making good progress: https://www.dropbox.com/s/m0s75igxbtm3qw8/2014-10-23%2012.27.22.jpg?dl=0 Rene On 02 Oct 2014, at 15:04, alex chiosso

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

. Are you going on site on Friday ? Alex On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Rene Hopf reneh...@mac.com wrote: Hi, I will arrive Friday evening, is there anything going on on Friday? Are the ABB robots for sale? If they are, I might need a bigger car… My driver is making good progress: https

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

If anyone is interested in our Servo Project, all the code and PCBs are now on github: https://github.com/rene-dev/stmbl Lars is uploading more videos and pictures at the moment. Thanks again for everything! Rene On 29 Oct 2014, at 22:11, Christian Stöveken christian.stoeve...@gmail.com

Re: [Emc-users] Motor Resolvers

On 20 Nov 2014, at 19:14, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 November 2014 17:56, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: I seem to recall, to get fast PWM, I had to use Timer1 and not use the Arduino PWM library. I wonder if the resolver decoder might be improved in a

Re: [Emc-users] Motor Resolvers

...@mastercut.co.za wrote: Hi Rene Very interesting work you have done there. Which one of the hardware options is used in the video demonstration? On 2014-11-21 03:56, Rene Hopf wrote: On 20 Nov 2014, at 19:14, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 November 2014 17:56, Kirk Wallace kwall

Re: [Emc-users] Motor Resolvers

On 24 Nov 2014, at 02:02, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: On 11/22/2014 12:49 PM, el cringo wrote: Hi, i just added pdfs for the current hw version. The eagle files are for version 6.5.0. We once tried KiCad but we are a lot better with eagle. Thank you. I looked at your

Re: [Emc-users] Motor Resolvers

-23%2012.27.22.jpg?dl=0 On 24 Nov 2014, at 02:50, Rene Hopf reneh...@mac.com wrote: On 24 Nov 2014, at 02:02, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: On 11/22/2014 12:49 PM, el cringo wrote: Hi, i just added pdfs for the current hw version. The eagle files are for version 6.5.0

Re: [Emc-users] Motor Resolvers

Hi Nico This was the part that confused me the most. I did compile the terminal but dont know how to use your HAL like framework. Would you mind giving some pointers please. I have ordered my STM board already and I want to really partake in testing your work. I have added some

Re: [Emc-users] BLDC Hal component

Hi, 200V @ 10A with resolvers looks like a good candidate for my brushless Driver. We are making very good progress at the moment. https://github.com/rene-dev/stmbl If anyone is interested in PCBs, let me know, I will order some in a few weeks. Rene On 30 Jan 2015, at 15:48, andy pugh

Re: [Emc-users] DIY CNC MILL LATHE

On 17 Mar 2015, at 20:26, Marcus Bowman marcus.bow...@visible.eclipse.co.uk wrote: On 17 Mar 2015, at 09:54, Marshland Engineering wrote: Last post seems to have got lost. I got both ok. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFrVdoOhu1Q This is quite something. Using, amongst other

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC meetup Stuttgart, de 2015 event scheduling

On 11 May 2015, at 17:39, Christian Stöveken christian.stoeve...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like we're meeting again this year. scheduling What I would like to see happen this year is some 5 minute talks on your experiences regarding LinuxCNC / conversion projects / related. I'm sure

Re: [Emc-users] Smart-Serial cabling

> On 01 Jan 2016, at 12:23, andy pugh wrote: > > My lathe build is going to have a smart-serial device mounted in the > lathe apron. This means that I need a CAT5 cable in the drag-chain, > and also a 24V supply for the proximity sensors. > Finding oil/coolant resistant CAT5

Re: [Emc-users] Edge detection in HAL

This component does exactly what you need. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/man/man9/toggle2nist.9.html Rene > On 25 Apr 2016, at 03:22, sam sokolik wrote: > > Anything halui isn't realtime. So it may be that you need a longer than > expect pulse to have halui 'see' it.

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

Hi, I recently set up various probing systems(Renishaw, Heidenhain, Mahrpos) with linuxcnc, and of course I could not resist reverse engineering the protocol. All systems I observed had the following in common: - sometimes the optical box is only the analog fronted, and the conversion happens in

[Emc-users] 7i76e cheat sheet

Much quicker and more obvious than the manual. 7i76cheat.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document -- What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which

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

> On 12 Aug 2016, at 16:19, Florian Rist wrote: > > Yes, I'd b interested, especially in OMM and OMI. this is an omm having a rather interesting conversation with an omp40. I haven't measured the OMI yet, but I have it all here. includes turn on, probe, and turn off.

[Emc-users] genserkins with 7 axis

Hi, I have a setup with a 6 axis robot with genserkins. Now I need an additional rotary table. the table does not need to be involved with the kinematics, so the robot has xyzabc, and I need the table to work as a U rotary axis. so all genserkins has to do, is pass the joint 6 thru to axix U. no

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC meetup 2016 Stuttgart, Germany

> Regards > > Alex Chiosso > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Rene Hopf <reneh...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Es wird wieder ein LinuxCNC Treffen in Stuttgart geben. >> >> Die termine gelten jeweils für das ganze Wochenende, Freitag-Sonntag. >> Terminfindung/Anme

Re: [Emc-users] Misc implementation questions

> On 18 Oct 2016, at 15:21, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 18 October 2016 08:41:41 Erik Friesen wrote: > >> Thanks for this info. >> >> Has anyone implemented spindle load monitoring per tool like the Haas >> control? What would this take, adding a line in the tool

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with servo setup

Hi, First thing I notice, you dont have any ff term. I guess you have ho external current or velocity regulator, just a position pid outputting voltage via pwm? That is not really the best setup, but still should be possible to tune… Rene > On 25 Oct 2016, at 08:16, Marius Liebenberg

[Emc-users] LinuxCNC meetup 2016 Stuttgart, Germany

Es wird wieder ein LinuxCNC Treffen in Stuttgart geben. Die termine gelten jeweils für das ganze Wochenende, Freitag-Sonntag. Terminfindung/Anmeldung hier: http://doodle.com/poll/w52962an5pxgatsi Looks like we're meeting again this year. The Dates in the doodle are for the weekend,

Re: [Emc-users] Electrocraft e240 specs

datasheet: https://seafile.ist-wunderbar.com/f/d7ea63615a/ you can run them up to just about anything. you have to limit the current, not the voltage. Im running them on 50V no problem. Rene > On 7 Jan 2017, at 19:22, dragon

Re: [Emc-users] AC Servo ?

> On 8. Apr 2017, at 08:31, Chris Radek wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 08, 2017 at 12:05:59AM -0500, hubert wrote: >> I have a Servo that has an undocumented feedback encoder. I am >> interested in trying to decipher it. Is it feasible to run the servo >> without feedback

[Emc-users] Linuxcnc meeting in Stuttgart. this weekend

Hi, Im sorry I did not announce this earlier, but there were some difficulty in finding a date, and next weekend was the most popular option. The meeting will take place in Stuttgart, 21-23.7 http://doodle.com/poll/uxfeiqeqvmcffx8u Previous events: 2013:

Re: [Emc-users] milling a crankshaft?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnABuOOoi5w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCaAXpDC7Ag > On 27. Jul 2017, at 04:25, Ken Johnson wrote: > > Thanks Andy, that helped a great deal, particularly the two formula's > referring to the angle klm. If I make (Rmajor-r) the crank

Re: [Emc-users] steppers with encoders in closed loop

> On 26. Jun 2017, at 00:12, tom-...@bgp.nu wrote: > > I would like to attempt to get my machine with stepper motors running in > velocity mode with feedback from the encoders. this setup makes absolutely no sense. if the drive does not use the encoder, there is no benefit in using them in

Re: [Emc-users] Programmer for a serial EEPROM?

Hi, for programming I can recommend the TL866 minipro, available from ebay or aliexpress. works great, programs almost everything, and there is open source software available for it. Rene > On 6. Jun 2017, at 07:24, Philipp Burch wrote: > > Hi Greg, > > I would assume that

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC TED Talk style

robot with coin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwgnAeGjZrA milling with robot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXLcAZwjlzE scara robot, not doing much: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6NH1W7DUnQ trochoidal toolpath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMytcf41GPU everything powered by STMBL. >

Re: [Emc-users] Avoiding probe crash

> On 4. Dec 2017, at 18:49, Les Newell wrote: > > G0 and G1 were MDI but I guess it will work the same in auto. it does make a differente. it also makes a difference if the machine is homed or not :D

[Emc-users] Probing in machine units

Hi, Im looking for a way of getting machine position after probing. parameters 5061 to 5069 include the offset. there does not seem to be a parameter for current position in machine units. currently my macro moves to some position in machine units, and then does an incremental probe. from the

Re: [Emc-users] Anyone interested in QtQuickVcp support for LinuxCNC?

Hi, Im very interested in using this. would you only port the qtvcp, or also the remote UI stuff? or does that go together? Norbert, the gmoccapy guy, is very interested in qt5. but he is only on the developers list. Rene > On 21. Nov 2017, at 11:31, Alex Rössler

Re: [Emc-users] Zeiss touch probes

> On 11. May 2018, at 00:08, andy pugh wrote: > > (I had not realised that putting my > multimeter in beep mode also locks it in single-ohms mode, so the > display was showing nothing.) beep mode is usually diode mode, and will show you voltage drop and not ohms.

Re: [Emc-users] Zeiss touch probes

> On 11. May 2018, at 00:29, Andrew wrote: > >> So, working purely as a touch-probe they show 76kΩ when un-triggered >> and 90kΩ when triggered. So I need to find a way to convert that to a >> digital input for LinuxCNC. >> (I may well just ignore the piezo element) the

[Emc-users] Linuxcnc meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2018

Hi, All info here: https://doodle.com/poll/rrzknkwiaukwgrar Rene -- 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] Glueing a pulley to a shaft.

I glued loads of pulleys to motor shafts with loctite 648. no issues, interference fit is no problem. > On 9. Mar 2018, at 08:17, Marcus Bowman > wrote: > > Last time I spoke to the technical chaps at Loctite, they emphasised that > mating components

Re: [Emc-users] ESTOP and Drive Enable handling.

> On 4. Apr 2018, at 21:57, John Dammeyer wrote: > > The STMBL AC Servo drive I'm currently working with has an ENABLE high input. > So when Low it's disabled and stepping pulses can't move the motor. its not supposed to be like that. it should be active low. I will

Re: [Emc-users] controlling a 6 or 7 axis arm?

> On 23. Mar 2018, at 18:03, Chris Albertson wrote: > > Anyone know of an example where MK or LCNC was used to control a 6 or 7 > axis serial link machine?I'd like to know how it was done. "Serial > Link" is a fancy name for something like a robot arm where the

Re: [Emc-users] THANK YOU German Meetup 2018!

some more pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vukawena/sets/7215769897294 > On 23. Jul 2018, at 11:18, Sven Wesley wrote: > > To all who helped me get the servo running with this hybrid setup of Mesa > and Benezan hardware, I bow deep and move slowly backwards. You are wizards > without

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2018

> On 13. Jul 2018, at 15:14, Sven Wesley wrote: > > Did this happen or will it happen? Would be nice to go to Stuttgart again! it will happen, from 20-22 this month. > > /S > > > > On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 6:41 PM andy pugh wrote: > >> On 2 May 2018 at 17:14, Nicklas Karlsson >> wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] new linuxcnc today, wants to rerun update_ini again

> On 7. Oct 2018, at 22:56, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 07 October 2018 15:07:45 Rene Hopf via Emc-users wrote: > >> thats related to multi spindle, the conversion script seems to be >> incomplete. the message about joint-axis is confusing, it just >> conv

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.7 manual typo

done. thanks! > On 28. Sep 2018, at 08:42, Luka Kavčič wrote: > > Another one > > page 199 > 5.2.2.4 Number > at the end of the section > "A decimal number which is supposed (*to*) be close to an integer > is considered close enough if it is within 0.0001 of an integer." > > > Luka > >

Re: [Emc-users] new linuxcnc today, wants to rerun update_ini again

thats related to multi spindle, the conversion script seems to be incomplete. the message about joint-axis is confusing, it just converts the spindle names. rename the pins to halui.spindle.0.whatever if you depend on spindle-at-speed, dont update, as that is currently broken...

Re: [Emc-users] new linuxcnc today, wants to rerun update_ini again

I just added all the halui spindle pins to the update ini script. it pull and run the script again. > On 7. Oct 2018, at 21:07, Rene Hopf via Emc-users > wrote: > > thats related to multi spindle, the conversion script seems to be incomplete. > the message about joint-ax

Re: [Emc-users] Multi-spindle support

> On 16. Sep 2018, at 17:47, John Dammeyer wrote: > > I'm not sure why there would ever be a need to have two spindles turning at > the same time. An example of where that might be useful would be interesting. - live tooling on a lathe, although in that case the main spindle usually does

[Emc-users] Linuxcnc meeting 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany

Hi, We are looking for a date for the next linuxcnc meeting in Stuttgart, Germany. All info here: https://doodle.com/poll/7aeg98zwbi6qrtvx Rene ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Emc-users] Yaskawa 20-bit Sigma V Incremental encoders

> On 22. Feb 2020, at 16:03, Curtis Dutton wrote: > > I'm trying to run some Yaskawa Sigma V motors with a 5i25, 7i74 and 8i20. I > want to read the encoder of the motor with hostmot2 SSI. > > I have all of my firmware set up, but I just cannot find the encoder > protocol out in the wild. >

Re: [Emc-users] Yaskawa 20-bit Sigma V Incremental encoders

> On 22. Feb 2020, at 19:30, Curtis Dutton wrote: > > Rene thanks, > > This will help a lot. I'll study that implementation. > > I would like to get my 5i25 to be able to process the encoder data. > > Is the protocol direction only one direction from the encoder? If it were I > could just

Re: [Emc-users] toolchange numbers are confusing on the documentation

> On 14. Apr 2020, at 01:20, andy pugh wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 23:57, andrew beck wrote: > >> I was just looking at the toolchanger wiki online and it looks like some of >> the info is outdated or wrong. > > Where? > > The Wiki is not "the documentation" > > Maybe it just needs

Re: [Emc-users] Maybe a minimally printed harmonic drive?

Igus makes plastic harmonic drives: https://www.igus.de/product/20413 > On 26. Jan 2021, at 21:59, Chris Albertson wrote: > > I just did t quick Google and found several companies who make belts > "sliced to order" in any width. 6" wide if you like > > The other way to "print" a flex cup

Re: [Emc-users] [Emc-developers] Fwd: Re: Proposal: Stop supporting Py2 and GTK2 in Master.

On 13.05.21 13:26, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: On Thu, 2021-05-13 at 09:54 +0100, andy pugh wrote: On Thu, 13 May 2021 at 07:01, Feral Engineer < theferalengin...@gmail.com> wrote: I think doing something as dramatic as changing so much of the source code that it could essentially brick a lot

Re: [Emc-users] Rigid tapping with geared encoder

> On 3. Sep 2021, at 17:32, andy pugh wrote: > > I have just advised someone on the forum that he needs a 1ppr index to > rigid tap, as his encoder is mounted to the motor, not to the spindle. > > But then I started wondering if this is technically correct. I have a > feeling that

[Emc-users] Python3

Hi, few weeks ago master changed to python3. This usually doesn't require any config changes, unless you use custom scripts or glade screens. I added some hints to the documentation: https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/commit/e74e8f60968aad9e6872069655df1de7166286a5 If you had to do

Re: [Emc-users] Qtpyvcp error

Did you recently pull master? You are using python 2.7 which isn’t supported in master anymore. The updating documentation has steps required to change the configuration for python related things. > On 26. Jan 2022, at 16:03, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > I got this error but this

Re: [Emc-users] Qtpyvcp error

> On 26. Jan 2022, at 16:35, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > Which documentation? https://linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/getting-started/updating-linuxcnc.html#_python3_and_gtk3 > > thanks > > >> On Wed, 2022-01-26 at 16:16 +0100, Rene Hopf via Emc-users wrot

Re: [Emc-users] new tool table in linuxcnc master

On 02.10.23 13:21, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 at 11:53, Roland Jollivet wrote: Just wondering, why would there be limit of 50? Previously the whole tool-table was sent periodically in an NML message and those are of limited size. That's not the case now, though. And I don't think

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc meeting in Stuttgart

Meeting will be 6-8 October On 19.05.23 16:12, Rene Hopf via Emc-users wrote: There will be a meeting in stuttgart again. We currently looking for a date. https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/ZBnmKxmcELW9Nd8C Rene ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc

[Emc-users] Linuxcnc meeting in Stuttgart

There will be a meeting in stuttgart again. We currently looking for a date. https://nuudel.digitalcourage.de/ZBnmKxmcELW9Nd8C Rene ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] WiFi & MESA

On 23.02.24 12:20, Andy Pugh wrote: On 23 Feb 2024, at 07:50, John Dammeyer wrote: So the question is: How do I tell Linux to cooperate with both the MESA and the WiFi Dongle? I am afraid that I can’t help with the actual question, other than to say that it can be made to work, but in