Re: [Emc-users] The Warm Glow of Mach 3

2014-10-31 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
ts have launch escape systems designed to fly the astronauts to safety in case the rocket malfunctions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_escape_system -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- ___

[Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.6.4

2014-11-01 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
g/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Released_2.6.X My thanks go to all the folks who reported bugs, fixed bugs, and generally made things better in our world. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- __

Re: [Emc-users] arguments to use

2014-11-06 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 11/6/14 10:54 AM, Cathrine Hribar wrote: > > Does anyone know where I can find a list of the arguments to use in "while, > if,and sub statements? With an explanation of their functions??? http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.6/html/gcode/o-code.html -- Sebas

Re: [Emc-users] New refit

2014-11-07 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
1-1: device not accepting address 2, error -110 > usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd Is this while trying to boot from the LinuxCNC 2.6 live-cd? If so, try re-downloading it, Chris Radek just updated it with a bug-fix for the J1900 motherboard. -- S

Re: [Emc-users] Hal mux

2014-11-17 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Maybe we should deprecate the muxN components in favor of mux_generic? -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Report

Re: [Emc-users] Nooby trouble with Mesaflash and 7i80

2014-11-17 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
apt-cache policy mesaflash > mesaflash: > Installed: 3.0.0 > Candidate: 3.0.0 > Version table: > *** 3.0.0 0 > 500 http://linuxcnc.org/ wheezy/base amd64 Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -

Re: [Emc-users] Nooby trouble with Mesaflash and 7i80

2014-11-17 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
So I thought I would try to compile a new one. mesaflash is in the debian archive at linuxcnc.org. Add this to your apt sources: deb http://linuxcnc.org wheezy base -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-

Re: [Emc-users] upgrade to current version causes lockup

2014-11-18 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
e period or revert to the older kernel. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with In

Re: [Emc-users] upgrade to current version causes lockup

2014-11-18 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
e that to pick a base period for your linuxcnc .ini file. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and

Re: [Emc-users] upgrade to current version causes lockup

2014-11-18 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 11/18/14 10:27 AM, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: > The lantency-test is what I first tried to run, I get no gui and it locks > up. Glxgears runs ok. Bummer. Can you send us the output of 'dpkg -s linux-image-3.4-9-rtai-686-pae' and paste the output of dmesg somewhere? -- Seb

Re: [Emc-users] upgrade to current version causes lockup

2014-11-18 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
with a modern motherboard that works fine. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interac

Re: [Emc-users] Problem getting latest LinuxCNC RT-preempt version from Buildbot

2014-11-20 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Sources' but not the one indicated in the error. That's not what i see. I just looked in all the Release files and they all correctly reference source/Sources. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIR

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC VS Machinekit JWP

2014-11-25 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
vasive, so i'm hoping to merge it for LinuxCNC 2.7. Here's the demo he posted this morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QGOj39I-kk -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterpri

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC VS Machinekit JWP

2014-11-25 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 11/25/14 3:01 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > :Sebastian Kuzminsky Wrote > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QGOj39I-kk > > We will be using it as long as it will work in Gmoccapy..Thanks It is totally GUI-agnostic, but it does require the machine integrator/builder to hook up som

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC VS Machinekit JWP

2014-11-25 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 11/25/14 3:24 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 25 November 2014 16:44:01 Sebastian Kuzminsky did opine >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QGOj39I-kk > > Looks a bit puzzling Seb, as we can't see how the machine is reacting, and > what he is doing with the pulldow

Re: [Emc-users] Setting outputs based on tool number

2014-11-26 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
HAL? Wouldn't that require changes to IO? -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with In

Re: [Emc-users] Mux_generic

2014-11-28 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 11/28/2014 06:47 AM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Andy et al, > > Is mux_generic in the current binaries? I am getting "can't find module". It's in 2.6.0 and later. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky ---

Re: [Emc-users] Fwd: gs2_vfd Hal component

2014-11-30 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
you have a wiring problem. Aaaand i see you fixed it. Great! Glad you got it working! -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercha

Re: [Emc-users] gs2_vfd Hal component

2014-11-30 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
No problem, glad you fixed it. The things you said about configuring your GS2 probably belong in the manpage... -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from A

Re: [Emc-users] gs2_vfd Hal component

2014-12-01 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
inout of the RJ-12 "Serial Comm Port" on the GS2. A patch against 2.6 would be very welcome. Let me know if i can give you any help with it. :-) -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Fre

Re: [Emc-users] WJ200 driver on 2.6

2014-12-02 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
ab.com/~seb/linuxcnc/wj200_vfd.manpage Hmm, that manpage is pretty sparse. Updates to it would be welcomed... ;-) -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate

Re: [Emc-users] WJ200 driver on 2.6

2014-12-02 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/2/14 9:03 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 12/2/14 8:42 AM, Jeremy Jones wrote: >> I'm in the process of hooking up my VFD. It's a HItachi WJ200 and according >> to the changelog there is a driver in the new version. Where do I find this >> and how do I

Re: [Emc-users] WJ200 driver on 2.6

2014-12-02 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
xample that describes how to use the WJ200 specifically, but there is an example for a similar VFD, the GS2, that should be useful as a starting point for you. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - Th

Re: [Emc-users] WJ200 driver on 2.6

2014-12-02 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
t I wanted to know what these files do. They get built into the wj200_vfd driver (that you load with loadusr, as the Integrator manual shows) and the manpage (that you can read with "man wj200_vfd"). -- Sebastian Kuzminsky

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc simulator on mint 17

2014-12-04 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
build debian packages locally. I'm cooking up a patch set to implement this workaround in our official package building, but it's not ready yet... If you do try this out, please let us know how it goes and if you run into any issues. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky

Re: [Emc-users] Not able to use comp (command not found) .

2014-12-04 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
ocs", for example "linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html". Or you can go to "linuxcnc.org/docs" and click on the version you want. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Gra

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc simulator on mint 17

2014-12-04 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/4/14 1:41 PM, Mario - Promm wrote: > I follow our suggestion and compile ignoring the missing package, but > got another error that I can't understand. What error did you get? And what command did you run to get it? -- Sebastia

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc simulator on mint 17

2014-12-05 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
xcnc.so": > /home/mario/linuxcnc-dev/tcl/bin/../linuxcnc.so: cannot open shared > object file: No such file or directory We're going to need more insight into what you're doing to get into this state. Use a tool like 'script' to record exactly what you type to che

Re: [Emc-users] An interesting quirk with comp / halcompile

2014-12-06 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
developers, to choose longer, more descriptive names for our tools). IMO. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports

Re: [Emc-users] linuxcnc simulator on mint 17

2014-12-07 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
th this problem I can´t execute make. Yep, that looks like it all right. You'll need to resolve that version mismatch and rerun configure before you can make progress. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky -- Download B

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa m5i2x FPGA reconfig documentation

2008-03-01 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
hat. I hope to resume > work on it this year, but no promises. > > Regards, > > John Kasunich > > > Oh, what a pity :( Iwill be writing EMC drivers for all of Mesa's PCI (and PC/104-Plus) cards using the HostMot2 firmware. That should be up and

Re: [Emc-users] OT dual booting

2008-03-07 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
DE drives, SATA, or something else? Are there any CD-ROM drives or other disk-like devices in the computer? Also send the output of "cat /proc/partition" and "cat /etc/fstab". -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Yes, we have a soul. But it is mechanical. -- Daniel Dennet ---

Re: [Emc-users] OT dual booting

2008-03-07 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
b,fmask=111,errors=remount-ro 0 1 That's if your login is watchman, and if your windows partition is formatted with the VFAT filesystem. It might be NTFS which is a bit trickier to deal with I think. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Yes, we have a soul. But it is mechanical. -- Daniel Dennet ---

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i43 PWM Output mode

2008-03-20 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
ing to write a new driver for the 5i2x cards (and the 4i6x cards) for the HostMot2 firmware, and then they'll definately support it. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Yes, we have a soul. But it is mechanical. -- Daniel Dennet -

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i43 PWM Output mode

2008-03-20 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > list wrote: >> I’m new here and have question about PWM Up/down mode. From EMC docs and >> wiki, Pluto-P can be configured for both step/dir or up/down output >> mode. Can either MESA 5i20 or 7i43 output PWM up/down? > > The 7i43 with t

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 5I20 in 72 bit parrallel mode

2008-03-28 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
configure all the pins as gpio, if that's what you want. It should be ready for beta testing within a month or so. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Yes, we have a soul. But it is mechanical. -- Daniel Dennet - Check out the

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 5I20 in 72 bit parrallel mode

2008-03-31 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
ostMot, I'm writing my driver for the new HostMot2. In HostMot2 each I/O pin can be switched at runtime between multiple functions, one of which is always GPIO. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky If you need a machine today and don't buy it, tomorrow you will have paid for it

Re: [Emc-users] 5/6 axes double carriage gantry machine

2008-04-01 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
stepgen working on the 5i20 with HostMot2 within a month or two. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky If you need a machine today and don't buy it, tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it. -- Henry Ford - Check out th

Re: [Emc-users] Router Conversion to EMC2

2008-04-03 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
inuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?EMC2_Supported_Hardware> <http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Hardware_Requirements> -- Sebastian Kuzminsky If you need a machine today and don't buy it, tomorrow you will have

Re: [Emc-users] PID-tuning

2008-04-21 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
iod" is sort of misnamed, it is how long after the thread finishes executing before it's started again. At least I think that's what those mean. - -- Sebastian Kuzminsky The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking. - --

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa Electronics 5i20

2008-04-21 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
output. So if you're using, say, 4 servo channels for XYZA and one servo channel for the spindle, that leaves you with 7 servo channels, which you can disable and turn into 42 GPIO pins. I hope this helps. - -- Sebastian Kuzminsky The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement o

Re: [Emc-users] How i use a joypad?

2008-06-26 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
iki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Using_A_Joypad_To_Move_Your_CNC_Machine> <http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?A_New_Approach_For_Using_Joypads_With_EMC2> -- Sebastian Kuzminsky "The brain is [a machine]. The fact that it's made out of meat is a red herring.&quo

[Emc-users] changes to the hostmot2 driver in CVS TRUNK

2008-08-03 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
"firmware=hm2/5i20/SVST8_4.BIT" to the board's config string. This is all described in the "config modparam" section of the hostmot2(9) manpage, here: <http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man9/hostmot2.9.html#config%20modparam> Sorry for the disruptio

Re: [Emc-users] European EMC-fest

2008-08-04 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
week of October 13 for the CCSDS. If the EMC Fest is nearby and at a time when I can slip away from the conference I'd like to try to go. I can't bring any equipment but I could give an introductory talk on HAL and RTAI drivers. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky You think you can defeat me wit

Re: [Emc-users] changes to the hostmot2 driver in CVS TRUNK

2008-08-04 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
ing emc2 and running "show pin hm2" in halcmd. If no pins are listed in the output, you're not running hostmot2 and you can ignore the change. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky You think you can defeat me with your rebellious beard

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-08 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
/configs/hostmot2/> or here: <http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~seb-highlab/emc/hostmot2/files/470?file_id=hostmot2-20080704040329-dmc6hkstgm2r40ep-1> -- Sebastian Kuzminsky You think you can defeat me with your rebellious beard

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-09 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
aded. > > It can't be too different if it is going to work with the existing > interface boards like the 7i33, 7i37, etc. That's true - all the existing firmware images mate up well with the other Mesa products. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky You think you can defeat me with your re

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-09 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
John Kasunich wrote: > Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> John Kasunich wrote: >> What's a use case where it's valuable to read/write the modules separately? > > Mostly something like the arrangement Kirk Wallace has - software > stepping, using the GPIO for the s

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-09 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
ey would in any case (ie, no quick access to gpios). But at least they wouldnt be broken like the m7i43_hm2 driver is, due to my earlier misunderstanding of RTAI multitasking model! -- Sebastian Kuzminsky You think you can defeat me with your rebellious beard? <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-09 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > I could add a "threadsafe" flag to the board driver struct, which gets > set by the board driver if the board I/O hardware is thread safe (PCI), > and cleared if it's not (EPP). The high-level hostmot2 driver would > examine this and

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
John Kasunich wrote: > Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> If RTAI supported mutexes and thread-blocking, then fast gpio access >> could be easily done even on the EPP boards. >> ... > HAL (and EMC2) uses Rate Monotonic Scheduling > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_Monoton

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
> longer than my 24? I haven't done speed tests of the 7i43 with hostmot2 for a while, but i think low ones of KHz update rates are reasonable. Say 1-4 KHz or so. That's for reading all the encoders, stepgens, and gpios, and writing all the pwmgens, stepgens, and gpios. -- S

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
paul_c wrote: > On Sunday 10 August 2008, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> It looks like rtai has semaphores but doesnt support blocking in the >> kernel (no run queues). Maybe something like spinlocks could be built >> around the non-blocking semaphore calls. > > You

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > paul_c wrote: >> On Sunday 10 August 2008, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >>> It looks like rtai has semaphores but doesnt support blocking in the >>> kernel (no run queues). Maybe something like spinlocks could be built >>> around the

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-12 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
ou'd use a loadrt line like this: loadrt hm2_5i20 config="firmware=hm2/5i20/SVST8_4.BIT num_stepgens=2 num_pwmgens=1 num_encoders=0" Give that a try and let me know how it goes. :-) Oh yeah, and if it doesnt work, please attach the file /var/log/syslog to the next email. -- Se

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-12 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Jon Elson wrote: > Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> Jon Elson wrote: >>> OK, same problem as my PPMC line, then. But, 1 KHz isn't fast >>> enough? Or, does handling the Mesa's 72 I/O points take a lot >>> longer than my 24? >> >> I have

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-13 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Jon Elson wrote: > Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> If I disable the steppers on the 7i43 (with config="num_steppers=0") and >> run it with 4 servo channels (and 24 accessible GPIOs), I get these figures: >> >> read time=191, tmax=203 >> write

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-13 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Jon Elson wrote: > Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> Yeah something's not right there, 190 us is way too long. >> >> >> Hm, these numbers come from 'halcmd show param hm2_7i43.*.time', which I >> thought was in nanoseconds, but looking at hal_lib.c I

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-13 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Accumulator has the number of steps it took to get there. The 5i20 on the other hand is commanding a high Rate, and it's Accumulator still shows 0. Both go through the same code path in the hostmot2 driver, so this behavior is strange to me. Peter, could you make the stepgen Rate register rea

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-13 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > My test setup consists of a PC running emc2 TRUNK. It's got a 7i43 > plugged into a parport and a 5i20 on the PCI bus. The 7i43 has two > steppers on it, and the 5i20 has 3 servos on it. > > This setup conspicuously doesnt test steppers on t

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

2008-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
<http://highlab.com/~seb/bzr/emc2/5i20-stepgen-fix> This is against CVS TRUNK, though the change should work identically on 2.2.6. The only change is in src/hal/drivers/mesa-hostmot2/stepgen.c. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Cryogenic travel has improved since then... I woke screaming in a transluc

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 configuration - was Stepper Configuration

2008-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
The message was rejected because it contains > prohibited virus or spam content > Last-attempt-Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:22:50 + -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Cryogenic travel has improved since then... I woke screaming in a translucent box. “There, there,” said the box. “Everything will b

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 configuration - was Stepper Configuration

2008-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
ng an email to > Eric directly and it bounced: Hi Eric, please try this branch: <http://highlab.com/~seb/bzr/emc2/5i20-stepgen-fix> You can fetch it with http or bzr. If you have a CVS tree checked out, you can just grab src/hal/drivers/mesa-hostmot2/stepgen.c. It should

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 configuration - was Stepper Configuration

2008-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
need to enable any debugging in rtai or hostmot2. Please send me your /var/log/syslog and the output of dmesg. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Computer Science for life, that's my direction Instead of b-balls, my homies throw exc

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 configuration - was Stepper Configuration

2008-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > Eric H. Johnson wrote: >> One more quick question. When you say the pinout is written to the system >> log, which log is that? I don't see it through dmesg or by setting debug to >> the maximum value. > > On my Ubuntu Gutsy computers i

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 configuration - was Stepper Configuration

2008-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
re at that level, because the next higher level is WARNING, and they're not warnings Try this: run "echo 4 | sudo dd of=/proc/rtapi/debug" after "realtime start" but before loading the hostmot2 driver. Then run dmesg again and send it to me (not to the list). Thanks!

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 configuration - was Stepper Configuration

2008-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
on now.) hostmot2 will tell you each time it successfully initializes a board what that board's pinout is. The pinout will be the same each time you load the same version of the driver with the same firmware and the same config string. The firmware determines how many of each module (stepgen,

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 configuration - was Stepper Configuration

2008-08-14 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
io on P3, and stepgen on P4), or split one of the two cables (P2 or P4) out to your servo/stepper drivers & gpio. Something like this might be useful (link from the EMC2 Wiki): <http://www.daqstuff.com/50_pin_daq.htm> -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Computer Science for life, tha

[Emc-users] emc2 2.2.6 hostmot2 stepgen bug workaround

2008-08-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
w.write_data to -1. 4. Set hm2_5i20.0.raw.write_strobe to 1. When the hm2_5i20.0.write function next runs, the steppers will start working. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Computer Science for life, that's my direction Instead of b-balls, my homies throw ex

Re: [Emc-users] emc2 2.2.6 hostmot2 stepgen bug workaround

2008-08-18 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
hat seems to have almost no effect. The hostmot2 stepgen driver does not yet support maxaccel or maxvel. The stepgen code is very simplistic, I'm planning to fix it up and make it feature-complete (for step/dir and up/down) in the next few days. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Computer Science fo

Re: [Emc-users] Problem With New Release -- Can't Find LP port

2008-08-20 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
to code, one in the 7i43 code, etc. But I don't have the time to work on this right now... -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Computer Science for life, that's my direction Instead of b-balls, my homies throw exceptions -- MC Plus+ -

Re: [Emc-users] Problem With New Release -- Can't Find LP port

2008-08-20 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
> port address block seems more hazardous than doing anything that > stays within the assigned block of addresses for the par port. > Any comments? Luckily we have the best parport driver in the world to use as a reference - just do whatever the Linux parport driver does, and you

[Emc-users] hostmot2 stepgen updated

2008-08-21 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
the thread's nominal period instead of the actual wallclock time between measurements. It gets position-fb correctly despite the velocity confusion. If maxaccel is too high it can overshoot its position-cmd slightly and then immediately correct itself. I'll try to fix this, RSN.

Re: [Emc-users] Puma560

2008-08-25 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
e once I got a good EPP cable. I dont think it's been widely deployed yet, so reliablity figures are not really available. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Computer Science for life, that's my direction Instead of b-balls, my homies throw exceptions -- MC Plus+ ---

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa 7i43

2008-08-27 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
; driver (by Seb Kuzminsky) supports several Mesa PCI cards > plus the 7i43. So far only one PCI board (the 5i20) and the 7i43 EPP board are supported. Support for the other PCI boards is planned but not done yet. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Computer Science for life, that's my d

Re: [Emc-users] Help

2008-08-30 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
d be able to see them change when we turn the encoder? so > far no change? > I am near gettysburg pa is their anyone that is close? thanks Ellery If you run "halcmd show all" from a shell, what does it say? -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Computer Science for life, that's my direct

Re: [Emc-users] halcmd

2008-08-30 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
re who know more than me and can help you better. That said, you need to have EMC2 running for that command to work. Try it again and attach the output. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Computer Science for life, that's my direction Instead of b-balls, my homies throw exceptions -- MC Plus+

Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-10 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
c, can you verify that the HAL enable pin for the PWM in question does get set to 1? -- Sebastian Kuzminsky "Much of what we learned from the sense of touch was unscientific prejudice, which must be rejected if we are to have a true picture of the world." -- Bertrand Russell

Re: [Emc-users] New at mailing list, and seeking for some help with 7i43

2008-09-10 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
/configs/hostmot2/> The HAL User Manual and the EMC2 Integrator Manual are both valuable resources that describe the systems you'll be working with to create the configuration. They're available here: <http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/> -- Sebastian Kuzminsky "Mu

Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-10 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > The pwmgen.XX.enable HAL pin gets initialized to 0 and sent to the FPGA > on module load. When the user changes the HAL pin, the new value is > sent to the FPGA. Eric, can you verify that the HAL enable pin for the > PWM in question does get set to

Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-10 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Bust out a voltmeter and carefully hook it to pin 23. Then twiddle pwmgen.00.enable high and low and see if the voltage on pin 23 varies as expected (0V when .enable is 1). -- Sebastian Kuzminsky "Much of what we learned from the sense of touch was unscientific prejudice, which must b

Re: [Emc-users] New at mailing list, and seeking for some help with 7i43

2008-09-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Richard Acosta wrote: > El 10/09/2008 03:04 p.m., Sebastian Kuzminsky escribió: >> As far as I know, there does not yet exist a complete machine >> configuration file for hostmot2. I believe Eric Johnson is working on >> one, but for a stepper-based machine. >> >

Re: [Emc-users] New error after upgrade

2008-09-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
are on the wiki: <http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?TroubleShooting#Parallel_port_no_longer_works_in_EMC_2_0_1_or_later_hal_parport_Device_or_resource_busy> -- Sebastian Kuzminsky "Much of what we learned from the sense of touch was unscientific prejudice, which mus

Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
a signal there if you set .enable to 1 and .value to, say 999? -- Sebastian Kuzminsky "Much of what we learned from the sense of touch was unscientific prejudice, which must be rejected if we are to have a true picture of the world." -- Bertrand Russell

Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
debug_module_descriptors=1 debug_pin_descriptors=1 debug_modules=1 Then pastebin the dmesg output and mail us the link. I'll hop on irc, come chat there if you want. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Theo: "Julian? I haven't seen you in twenty years. You look good. The picture the

Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
hostmot2 debug_idrom=1 debug_module_descriptors=1 > debug_pin_descriptors=1 debug_modules=1 > > Then pastebin the dmesg output and mail us the link. > > I'll hop on irc, come chat there if you want. Something went wrong, that dmesg doesnt include the hostmot2 debug output.

Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
I squished a silly bug with the hostmot2 pwmgen driver. It bit other people but not me because I had an old forgotten work-around in the hal config file I test with... If you had problems with pwmgen before, please give CVS TRUNK a try again. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Theo: "Juli

Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-12 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
ix is entirely in pwmgen.c, available here: <http://highlab.com/~seb/bzr/emc2/hostmot2/src/hal/drivers/mesa-hostmot2/pwmgen.c> Are you doing a CVS checkout on the development machine? If so just update to the top of TRUNK. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Theo: "Julian? I haven't s

Re: [Emc-users] Latest hostmot2 drivers for m5i20

2008-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
don't seem to be working at all. The GPIO however seems to > work fine. > > Any ideas? Are there any other files I need to copy over to the target system? I would suggest you compile the CVS TRUNK to emc2.deb on your development machine and install the .deb on your CNC machi

Re: [Emc-users] Latest hostmot2 drivers for m5i20

2008-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Any ideas? Are there any other files I need to copy over to the target >>> system? >>> >> I would suggest you compile the CVS TRUNK to emc2.deb on your >>

Re: [Emc-users] Latest hostmot2 drivers for m5i20

2008-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
t;. This would be much easier of your CNC machine was on the net, but I understand sometimes that's a hassle to do -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Theo: "Julian? I haven't seen you in twenty years. You look good. Th

Re: [Emc-users] Latest hostmot2 drivers for m5i20

2008-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Is there a script for building the deb file or do you have a link on how to >> do >> it? I did a quick search on linuxcnc.org but did not see how to do that. > > You need to have the kernel headers for your

Re: [Emc-users] Latest hostmot2 drivers for m5i20

2008-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
gt; readings, but this one seems to show only 0 and 3.3V. However if it really > were > 3.3, then the output of the laser should be significantly higher. Wait, so is the problem with the pwmgen or with whatever it is that takes the PWM signal as input? If you set pwmgen.value to 0.5

Re: [Emc-users] Latest hostmot2 drivers for m5i20

2008-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
; Dmesg: > http://pastebin.com/m1478cde5 Again the hm2 log messages are all missing. EMC ini gurus, is there a way to set the RTAPI debug level from an ini file? Or should I be using RTAPI_MSG_ERROR for all my output? ;-) -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Theo: "Julian? I haven't see

Re: [Emc-users] Latest hostmot2 drivers for m5i20

2008-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Is there a script for building the deb file or do you have a link on how to >>> do >>> it? I did a quick search on linuxcnc.org but did not see how to do that. >> Yo

Re: [Emc-users] 5i20 and hostmot2

2008-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
5. HAL & INI is at: > http://pastebin.com/m36daceed Wow, 40K steps/inch?! Your HELP_FILE disagrees with your DISPLAY (but maybe that's ok, I dont know). Shouldnt your HAL file use variables from the INI file? (I've never written an emc2 ini file so I dont know.) -- Sebast

Re: [Emc-users] Latest hostmot2 drivers for m5i20

2008-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Alex Joni suggested, then set the pwmgen.value to a couple of choice settings (like 0, 0.5, and 1.0) and for each one run "setp hm_5i20.0.raw.dump-state 1", then send me the dmesg and we'll see what we can see. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Theo: "Julian? I haven't s

Re: [Emc-users] 5i20 and hostmot2

2008-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
steps/second. Of course you're going to get following errors! I'd expect your setup works fine up to 0.5 inches/second (20K steps/second), and gets following errors when trying to go faster than that. -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Theo: "Julian? I haven't seen you in

Re: [Emc-users] 5i20 and hostmot2

2008-09-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > Matt Shaver wrote: >> 1. Following Errors - When I use: >> >> axis.0.motor-pos-cmd ==> hm2_5i20.0.stepgen.00.position-cmd >> axis.0.motor-pos-fb <== hm2_5i20.0.stepgen.00.position-fb >> >> I get following errors at high

Re: [Emc-users] 5i20 and hostmot2

2008-09-17 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
ould have caught this when the > parts were the wrong size, but thanks! Are you good now, or still getting following errors? -- Sebastian Kuzminsky Theo: "Julian? I haven't seen you in twenty years. You look good. The picture the police have of you doesn'

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