Chris, You are right about the charge pump but that can be made with a step gen. The stepgen can be enabled by means of the machine_on or emergency_stop functions. Or it could remain on but that would be defeating the object of having it in the first place.
I have a feeling that the G540 has a selection to override the charge pump option. One has to remove the cover to find it but it is all in the manual. On 2013/01/22 11:25 AM, Chris Morley wrote: > > >> From: alex.stew...@crc.ca >> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:53:16 -0500 >> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: [Emc-users] 5i25 and pncconf and g540 >> >> Can anyone tell me why it is so difficult to configure a G540 to run with a >> 5i25? >> >> Chris Morley has done great work with pncconf. But, I could not see how to >> configure a g540 with a 5i25. >> >> So, I got the latest linuxcnc source, downloaded and compiled today, ran >> pncconf and still no luck. >> > I'm sorry you had a bad experience with PNCconf. > Yes the g540 firmware is not supported at this time. > In fact I can't really say the 5i25 is really 'officially' supported at all > in PNCconf. > > PNCconf uses the XML file produced by the linuxcnc firmware repo. > Well the repo doesn't have any firmware or XML files for the 5i25. > The 5i25 comes preconfigured so it doesn't need the firmware. > > Peter builds the firmware but he doesn't build the XML files.... He doesn't > need them. > You can see the problem here. > > I had asked that we add the plain 5i25 XML files to the repo just to help > users. > I don't remember the response. > > I hand build the XML file that are available on the forum. > There was a reason I didn't build them for the G540. > Doesn't it require a charge pump signal? It wasn't clear to me how that was > done. > Nobody has ask me to supply a XML set for that firmware yet that I know of. > > Configuring linuxcnc is not an easy job if you don't do it often or are just > starting out. > That's a fact most developers just don't fully understand - They came up as > things changed gradually > or have been here long enough they just know or most likely just like to see > how stuff works anyways. > I have a fairly good understanding of some of the issues as I have to change > PNCconf > to accommodate the multitude of different standards and interfaces each > program uses. > That being said I make lots of assumptions about what people know or are > willing to look up in the > manual. > > I wish I could make PNCconf super easy. I just can't. > It's almost time to start with a clean sheet of paper and rebuld PNCconf. > I'm just interested in Gscreen at the moment.... > > Again I'm sorry for your frustration. Don't let it reflect on Mesa's stuff. > It's great. > > If anyone else has a working config for the 5i25 and the G540 could you post > it for both of us? > > Chris M > -- Regards / Groete Marius D. Liebenberg MasterCut cc Cel: +27 82 698 3251 Tel: +27 12 743 6064 Fax: +27 86 551 8029 Skype: marius_d.liebenberg Skype Me^(TM)! <skype:marius_d.liebenberg?call> Get Skype <http://www.skype.com/go/download> and call me for free. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 130121-1, 2013/01/22 Tested on: 2013/01/22 12:18:37 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2013 AVAST Software. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
