Re: [Emc-users] Touch off in gcode
For the specific purpose of measured tool lengths, use G43.1 I- K- dynamic tool compensation instead of coordinate system offsets. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.3/html/gcode_main.html#sub:G43,-G49:-Tool In v2.4 the gcode will be incompatibly changed because tool length offsets can apply to all axes, not just X and Z or W. The new code is G43.1 X- Y- Z- ... and the old I- K- will be rejected as an error. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.3/html/gcode_main.html#sub:G43,-G49:-Tool Jeff -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Linear Scales
Thanks for the replies. Based on your comments, I am backing away from these for the time being. Your comments led me to realize this is beyond my focus at this time. While I certainly could attack this project, family, travel and home renovations are trumping my efforts at this time. As an aside. The three scales are all Mitutoyo, AT2 with 10, 17 and 36 lengths and are series 529. These are certainly older scales since all I could find information on Mitutoyo's were 539 series. They guy has em listed for $130 for all with mounting brackets and the like (no box however). The price seemed reasonable. If anyone is interested in chasing them, search Reading PA craigslist and Mitutoyo and they will pop up. This is the second relisting (that I am aware of) by the seller so its not like they are flying off the shelf. Brian -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Linear Scales
On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 12:36 -0500, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote: ... snip If anyone is interested in chasing them, search Reading PA craigslist and Mitutoyo and they will pop up. This is the second relisting (that I am aware of) by the seller so its not like they are flying off the shelf. Brian Thanks for sharing Brian. I think these could make someone with a manual machine and a DRO very happy. Just in case it might be handy to someone: http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/EMC2/dro_vfd/ -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Touch off in gcode
On 27 February 2010 23:33, Frank Tkalcevic fr...@franksworkshop.com.au wrote: Can this be done in Gcode? I can't see how to get the current machine position in gcode. I found a clunky way to do it by using G92 X0 Z0 then reading the offsets stored in #5211 and #5213. This assumes you want the current relative (working) coordinates. If the absolute coordinates are better then you can use G28.1 to store the current position in #5161-#5166. It might be possible to connect some HAL variables to a pair of analogue input virtual pins to read them with M6. I haven't looked into that as currently the G92 way works well enough for my purposes. -- atp -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] (no subject)
Hi All: I have a problem with my stepper driver board. The board is made by Stepmaster. Board # SOP-1 ver. 1.2 I need steplen, stepspace, dirsetup, and dirhold. Can't get steppers to be reliable faster than Max. Vol. .3 Anyone help? Thanks: Bill -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)
On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 11:32 -0700, Cathrine Hribar wrote: Hi All: I have a problem with my stepper driver board. The board is made by Stepmaster. Board # SOP-1 ver. 1.2 I need steplen, stepspace, dirsetup, and dirhold. Can't get steppers to be reliable faster than Max. Vol. .3 Anyone help? Thanks: Bill Googleing stepmasternc brought up some interesting links. This one: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41957 seems to indicate that the Alegro datasheet for the chip on your board might shed some light on how to use the chip. There is a hint that you may need a buffered break-out-board on your parallel port end of the input cable, especially if you have a low voltage parallel port. You may need to get creative to get this stepper controller/driver working well. Posting some close up pictures of the board may help. The board's datasheet: http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1754.0;attach=1234 doesn't seem to help much. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Linear Scales
- Original Message - From: BRIAN GLACKIN glackin.br...@gmail.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Linear Scales Thanks for the replies. Based on your comments, I am backing away from these for the time being. Your comments led me to realize this is beyond my focus at this time. While I certainly could attack this project, family, travel and home renovations are trumping my efforts at this time. As an aside. The three scales are all Mitutoyo, AT2 with 10, 17 and 36 lengths and are series 529. These are certainly older scales since all I could find information on Mitutoyo's were 539 series. They guy has em listed for $130 for all with mounting brackets and the like (no box however). The price seemed reasonable. If anyone is interested in chasing them, search Reading PA craigslist and Mitutoyo and they will pop up. This is the second relisting (that I am aware of) by the seller so its not like they are flying off the shelf. Brian -- I have a CNC lathe and CNC mill that both use a setup like you are referring to. It is set up so feedback from the servo motors themselves go to the servo amplifier, and the feedback from the linear scales goes to the CNC controller. That way the servo motor to amplifier is stable independent of backlash between the motor and linear scale. These were both Anilam systems, I converted the lathe to EMC2, plan to convert the mill some day. Roger Neal -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Magnetic Encoder
Does anyone have a source for these?: http://www.avagotech.com/docs/AV02-0188EN Mouser wants to sell me 204 of these. Digikey says it's a non-stock item. One nice thing about these is the SPI like output. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Magnetic Encoder
www.avnet.com looks like they sell the AEAT-6010 and AEAT-6012 in single unit quantities. Lawrence On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.comwrote: Does anyone have a source for these?: http://www.avagotech.com/docs/AV02-0188EN Mouser wants to sell me 204 of these. Digikey says it's a non-stock item. One nice thing about these is the SPI like output. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] dwg to dxf converter Linux
On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 19:17 -0500, ad...@mmri.us wrote: CORRECTION: Ignore previous mail Any dwg to dxf converter for Linux available yet ? Qcad, graphite and Dia do not support dwg. The only Linux program that I know of that opens dwg files is VariCAD and only 2D, it will export a dxf. VariCAD is not a free program. Regards. __ Ormund -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)
On Sunday 28 February 2010, Cathrine Hribar wrote: Hi All: I have a problem with my stepper driver board. The board is made by Stepmaster. Board # SOP-1 ver. 1.2 I need steplen, stepspace, dirsetup, and dirhold. Can't get steppers to be reliable faster than Max. Vol. .3 The first link I found on Google doesn't bode well for making use of the device, it will not stand up to the music seems to be the general consensus of the postings I read on linuxcnc. The Xylotex boards have far better support and are much more convenient to use as they have their own B.O.B. I have 2 myself, abide by the rules and my machine can move 25 ipm with a 27.5 volt supply. They are I believe the same allegro chip used on the xylotex boards, but xylotex puts heat sinks on them and recommends plenty of air flow for full output. And they Just Work(TM). Anyone help? Thanks: Bill --- --- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) You're out of memory -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Magnetic Encoder
All, Be cautious about fitting magnetic encoders to the back of NEMA34 or larger step motors. The magnetic field in the area where the encoder is to be installed is strong enough to screw up the encoder readings. The effect shows up as noise on the position reading. John (The hard way) - Original Message - From: Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 1:14 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Magnetic Encoder Does anyone have a source for these?: http://www.avagotech.com/docs/AV02-0188EN Mouser wants to sell me 204 of these. Digikey says it's a non-stock item. One nice thing about these is the SPI like output. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Stepper controller setup
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:23:48 -0500 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 28 February 2010, Cathrine Hribar wrote: Hi All: I have a problem with my stepper driver board. The board is made by Stepmaster. Board # SOP-1 ver. 1.2 I need steplen, stepspace, dirsetup, and dirhold. Can't get steppers to be reliable faster than Max. Vol. .3 The first link I found on Google doesn't bode well for making use of the device, it will not stand up to the music seems to be the general consensus of the postings I read on linuxcnc. The Xylotex boards have far better support and are much more convenient to use as they have their own B.O.B. I have 2 myself, abide by the rules and my machine can move 25 ipm with a 27.5 volt supply. They are I believe the same allegro chip used on the xylotex boards, but xylotex puts heat sinks on them and recommends plenty of air flow for full output. And they Just Work(TM). Anyone help? Thanks: Bill --- --- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene Hi Gene: Thanks for the reply yes I guess I should have used the Xylotex board, but now I have to work with what I have within reason. If I do upgrade I will change to servos as I want to be sure that what I ask my cnc to do it will do it!!! I made a index plate for a guy last summer and some of the holes were as much as .020 off! Can't buy that. Bill There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) You're out of memory -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Magnetic Encoder
On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 14:48 -0700, John Harris wrote: All, Be cautious about fitting magnetic encoders to the back of NEMA34 or larger step motors. The magnetic field in the area where the encoder is to be installed is strong enough to screw up the encoder readings. The effect shows up as noise on the position reading. John (The hard way) I was thinking of using them for feed and spindle overrides. I don't need a lot of resolution and the low wire count to hook them up is attractive. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:23:48 -0500, you wrote: I have 2 myself, abide by the rules and my machine can move 25 ipm with a 27.5 volt supply. They are I believe the same allegro chip used on the xylotex boards, but xylotex puts heat sinks on them and recommends plenty of air flow for full output. And they Just Work(TM). Yea - just being the operative word :) The Allegro chip looks good at a glance, it's quick with 1us pulse times but exceed around 32V at your peril. They have a nasty (and regular) habit of going pop. With the right steppers you can get reasonably good performance, but they need to be low impedance to get the best at such low voltages. Steve Blackmore -- -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Stepper controller setup
On Sunday 28 February 2010, Cathrine Hribar wrote: On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:23:48 -0500 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 28 February 2010, Cathrine Hribar wrote: Hi All: I have a problem with my stepper driver board. The board is made by Stepmaster. Board # SOP-1 ver. 1.2 I need steplen, stepspace, dirsetup, and dirhold. Can't get steppers to be reliable faster than Max. Vol. .3 The first link I found on Google doesn't bode well for making use of the device, it will not stand up to the music seems to be the general consensus of the postings I read on linuxcnc. The Xylotex boards have far better support and are much more convenient to use as they have their own B.O.B. I have 2 myself, abide by the rules and my machine can move 25 ipm with a 27.5 volt supply. They are I believe the same allegro chip used on the xylotex boards, but xylotex puts heat sinks on them and recommends plenty of air flow for full output. And they Just Work(TM). Anyone help? Thanks: Bill - -- --- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Hi Gene: Thanks for the reply yes I guess I should have used the Xylotex board, but now I have to work with what I have within reason. If I do upgrade I will change to servos as I want to be sure that what I ask my cnc to do it will do it!!! I made a index plate for a guy last summer and some of the holes were as much as .020 off! Can't buy that. Bill Nope, never fly. See if superglueing some heat sinks to them might help, and in my case, I have a pair of old psu fans running on about 18 volts to they really sing to you, one in each end of a box with the xylotex board in it, the box just fitting the outside dimensions of the fans, one blowing in one one end of the box, the other sucking out the other end, so I probably have a 20 mph breeze flowing across both sides of the pcb itself. I've had one fan fail in about 5 years, so if you start with decent computer psu pulls that claim to be ball bearing models, and it lasts 10 minutes at the higher voltage, it should last 5-10 years. I used 18 volts basically because that was the only lower tap I had on the motor psu I built from an old Ampex 2 videotape machine's drum motor power supply. Its a boat anchor if it ever fails... Watch the electrolytic caps, the things in alu cans with plastic wrappers but bare tops. If you see even a hint of bulging of the top of one of those, replace them last week if not before. I haven't read any horror stories about those, yet. But I am a retired C.E.T. and have been seeing problems with those ever since switching power supplies, with their light weight and high efficiencies causing a wholesale shift to their use for nearly everything. Switching power supplies however are _not_ good power supplies for this use, they cannot absorb the energy recycling currents that flow in these chopper stabilized drives without either letting the output voltages soar out of spec, or seeing it as an error and doing a protective shutdown, usually in the middle of the most intricate cut of the job. Been there, done that, built the linear, unregulated but huge output capacitance (75,000 uf, it was handy in my junk box) rig I now use in self defense. It hasn't even gotten warm in 5 years of running 4 motors on my mill, sometimes for several days straight. In any event, I don't think I would, even with heat sinks and fans, push those at above 2.0 amps/motor. That limit will only effect, generally speaking, the amount of force available at slow speeds. Only more voltage can get you above something like 20 a minute, and that will probably need dampers on the motors to achieve that. I'm at about 27.5, so I can go a wee bit faster than the std 24 volt supply will get you to. 30 is pushing the envelope and may let the smoke out of these chips. I run at 2.5 amps, but you could say I have extreme cooling too. For motor dampers, there are several designs extant. Mine are big fender washers with sheet rubber between them in loose stacks, others have used weighted skate wheels and such effectively too. You can see mine, and I'm sure others here will also give links to their designs, on the back ends of the motors you can see in my mess at http://gene.homelinux.net:85/gene/emc, that bypasses the front page but only shows you filenames, click to see in most browsers. Or you can take off the 'emc' and see me the missus and some smaller web sized pix. Good luck. ;) -- Cheers, Gene There are
Re: [Emc-users] (no subject)
On Sunday 28 February 2010, Steve Blackmore wrote: On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:23:48 -0500, you wrote: I have 2 myself, abide by the rules and my machine can move 25 ipm with a 27.5 volt supply. They are I believe the same allegro chip used on the xylotex boards, but xylotex puts heat sinks on them and recommends plenty of air flow for full output. And they Just Work(TM). Yea - just being the operative word :) The Allegro chip looks good at a glance, it's quick with 1us pulse times but exceed around 32V at your peril. They have a nasty (and regular) habit of going pop. With the right steppers you can get reasonably good performance, but they need to be low impedance to get the best at such low voltages. Steve Blackmore I can't argue that Steve, having blown one. And that is the reason the output filter cap in my linear motor power supply is 75,000 uf. Yessiree Bob, gobble up them overvoltage spikes. ;-) And because of the limited out cap size in switcher power supplies, they are bound to be trouble. The simpler the better, but build it out of bulletproof stuff, pure analog. -- --- --- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Air is water with holes in it. -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 and cylindrical / OD grinding
Hi I run cylindrical grinder Okuma and i know that there will be problem to run cylindrical grinder with EMC2. Problem is that cylindrical grinder will use special and unique for cylindrical grinders cycle code and EMC2 doesn't have that. I grind ceramics with diamond wheel and material removal per pass 0.0003. so, without special cycle code it will be difficult to write point to point program ( program will be very long in compare to standard grinding cycle ) maybe CAD/CAM can help but i never used CAD/CAM for grinding. thanks aram Hello everyone, Can anyone share any experiences they've had retrofitting a cylindrical / OD grinder with EMC/EMC2 or an equivalent? Or even a surface grinder? I'm mainly interested in controlling X and Y with 'G code' programs. Other machine control would be nice, but not important to start with. Donor machine would be either manual or hydraulically actuated, so at this time an assumption is ball screws would need to be fitted. Thanks for any info! Phil(f) WI, USA -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] UBUNTU and USB mouse?
Hi I try to load UBUNTU on computer that has USB type mouse. During installation mouse did not work. Is the problem between USB mouse and UBUNTU? should i only use mouse that plug directly into mother board? thanks aram -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 and cylindrical / OD grinding
On Sunday 28 February 2010, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote: Hi I run cylindrical grinder Okuma and i know that there will be problem to run cylindrical grinder with EMC2. Problem is that cylindrical grinder will use special and unique for cylindrical grinders cycle code and EMC2 doesn't have that. I grind ceramics with diamond wheel and material removal per pass 0.0003. so, without special cycle code it will be difficult to write point to point program ( program will be very long in compare to standard grinding cycle ) maybe CAD/CAM can help but i never used CAD/CAM for grinding. Subroutines that can increment the variable by .00025 a pass are well within emc's capabilities. I have one 90 line program that sharpens table saw blades, takes it around 3 days to run. Generally, I am not in a hurry as long as it gets done before I fall over, and I'm 75 now... -- Cheers, Gene There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order. -Ed Howdershelt (Author) diplomacy, n: Lying in state. -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Parallel port issue
Hello! I have NetMos Technology PCI 9835 Multi I/O Controller with 1parallel an 2 serial ports. When I configuring it to work in out-mode - it works fine, 12 outputs and 5 inputs(i have checked outs with multimeter and ins by wire with the 470 R ). When I configuring it to work in in-mode, in hal configuration window I see that pin names have changed, but it works exectly as in out-mode, e.g. pin 2 named pin-02-in - but it does not in, 0V between it and ground. What is the matter? May it be non-bidirection controller? Eugene I had a similar problem over the weekend. I tried to assign an integrated Parallel port 0 as cfg=0x378 in, and it would not be accepted. Eventually I tried it as port 1, ie. 0xd000 out 0x378 in, with the d000 port a dummy port, and it works! Perhaps it will work for you as well. Rudy __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4903 (20100228) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- Download Intel#174; Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
