On Mon, 2009-04-13 at 10:10 -0400, cmg...@sover.net wrote: > Kirk. > Thank you. There is a lot here to absorb. The ways and means of > programing are all new and a foreign language. But..it's coming. > It looks like I need a few of those chips and sockets. The online supply > houses are pretty good.
There are a lot of variations on the chip I previously linked to. I believe I used this one on my HNC lathe: http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=296-6787-5-ND Four receivers chips (each with four channels) are on the board at the top center: http://www.wallacecompany.com/cnc_lathe/HNC/00012-1a.jpg http://www.wallacecompany.com/cnc_lathe/HNC/00013-1a.jpg > Does adding statments relative to encoders such as "loadrt encoder > num_chan=2"etc. (taken from the etch file) bring along any response on > the AXIS display screen? Or is there more to be done? I believe AXIS looks at your .ini and .hal files for various 'key word = data' entries to figure out how to set up your screen. In my .ini file --------- ... [TRAJ] AXES = 3 COORDINATES = X Y Z ... My configuration files started as working samples that I modified to suit my machine, so I haven't needed to track down which keywords are needed. So if you can start with sample files that are close, AXIS should present what you need. I suppose the keywords could be tracked down from the AXIS source. > Perhaps significant too is your references have shown me the search path > on the LinuxCNC home page! Thanks > > Cal It took me a long time to figure out where a lot of the best information is, such as using "man xxxxx" in a terminal screen, the LXR link in Documentation at linuxcnc.org, using different search words for the same item in the wiki search box, searching the e-mail archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=emc-users I spent a lot of time just clicking on random links just to see what path it would take me. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
