Re: [Emc-users] Connect Interface MINI with step motor
On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 11:21 +0700, Binh Hoang wrote: Hi! My name is Binh. I have a problem for connect interface MINI with step motor. With interface AXIS, when i start emc, i donnt need to connect that interface axis still connect with step motor. But with interface MINI is imposible. Can you help me? Theoretically, the user interface, AXIS or MINI should have no effect on the function of EMC2. On the other hand, I believe MINI is very old software and compatibility may have not been maintained. Also make sure you have entered the the display information in your .ini file correctly. For AXIS: [DISPLAY] # DISPLAY = tkemc DISPLAY = axis # DISPLAY = mini # DISPLAY = keystick or just: [DISPLAY] DISPLAY = axis For MINI: [DISPLAY] # DISPLAY = tkemc # DISPLAY = axis DISPLAY = mini # DISPLAY = keystick or just: [DISPLAY] DISPLAY = mini I think missing or bad characters can cause the program to crash or freeze. -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Connect Interface MINI with step motor
Please give more detail of problem / error message. One possibility I think is mini doesn't use an Estop circuit but axis does. Emc may be waiting for a signal to come out of Estop and never get it from mini . Chris M Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network -Original Message- From: Binh Hoang binhc...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 11:21:24 To: Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Connect Interface MINI with step motor Hi! My name is Binh. I have a problem for connect interface MINI with step motor. With interface AXIS, when i start emc, i donnt need to connect that interface axis still connect with step motor. But with interface MINI is imposible. Can you help me? Name: Hoang Van Binh Mobile: 01656110660 Michatronics_ Hà Nội university of technology * -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Axis program redrawing
Hi, I put in my pyVCP panel a scale object that is read in my pyvcp.hal as a motion.analog-in-00 In my g-code this analog value is read by a M66 E0 L0 Q1 instruction ad it is used to modify a position value. It works great except then in the visualization of the program in Axis. I would like to see the program changing when I move the scale (reloading the program as well) instead I can see changing only the path. Even if I reload the program [Control-R] I cannot see any difference, Is there the possibility to modify Axis in some parts just to see the program changing with the related analog value as above? Thanks Luigi -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Axis program redrawing
No. The AXIS preview can't know what analog value will be present at the time the M66 instruction is actually executed, so anything it does will be wrong. The current version of AXIS seems to use the prior value of parameter #5399 as the input's value; as #5399 is not typically a saved parameter, this usually means that the inputs will always be treated as 0.0 or false. (looking at pre2.4; 2.3 may be different) I'm not totally against doing something more sophisticated than this, but I don't know what that thing would be. Jeff -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
I'm trying to understand how to setup my homing config. I've been reading everything I can find in the docs, but still can't get this to work. I have a single axis, X There's a limit switch at each end. I want these switches to stop the machine if it ever hits them. I want to use the negative limit switch as the home switch. When I press the home button in the GUI (TkEMC), I want the machine to find that switch and then move away from it by maybe 1/2 inch. I want it to call that position home, and to set the current position to zero. Here's the Homing section of my .ini file: HOME_SEARCH_VEL = -1.0 HOME_LATCH_VEL = 0.1 HOME_USE_INDEX = NO HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = NO HOME_IS_SHARED = NO HOME_OFFSET = 0.0 HOME = 0.0 Here's the section of the .hal file where the signals are defined: newsig Xminlim bit linksp Xminlim = ppmc.0.din.02.in-not linksp Xminlim = axis.0.neg-lim-sw-in linksp Xminlim = axis.0.home-sw-in newsig Xmaxlim bit linksp Xmaxlim = ppmc.0.din.03.in-not linksp Xmaxlim = axis.0.pos-lim-sw-in Here's what happens: If I set HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS to YES, then the machine drives right past the limit switch into the hard stop, and eventually hits the FE limit. If I set HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS to NO, then the machine stops at the limit switch and complains that it encountered a limit in homing state 5. I think it's acting as though it doesn't see axis.0.home-sw-in, although it does see axis.0.neg-lim-sw-in On the GUI, the X position goes red if I activate either of the limit switches, so I think the limit switch plumbing is correct. Neil -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Axis program redrawing
On 4 May 2010 17:01, Jeff Epler jep...@unpythonic.net wrote: The current version of AXIS seems to use the prior value of parameter #5399 as the input's value; as #5399 is not typically a saved parameter, this usually means that the inputs will always be treated as 0.0 I seem to recall hearing that anything you add to the parameters file will be saved, though. Is this true, and would it help? -- atp -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] emc debian rules.
Hallo, not to worry, I was sidetracked as well. I am busy working on a more general patch for debian, that hopefully will not break ubuntu or any other. I will be back shortly. Regards Jan de Kruyf. On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 3:57 AM, Jeff Epler jep...@unpythonic.net wrote: I'm sorry I haven't had the time to reply before now. I see two choices for you. First, enhance debian/configure and the associated .in files so that they can work for both the Ubuntu platforms we wish to build on, and the Debian platforms you are interested in. Second, carry these changes for yourself. git is much better at this than cvs was, and debian/rules doesn't change all that often. As long as they don't damage building on Ubuntu 8.04 or 10.04 I'd be pleased to consider patches of the first type for inclusion on master. Based on your description, maybe a patch like the following can be adapted to fit your needs and ours both: From: Jeff Epler jep...@unpythonic.net Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 20:52:17 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] WIP: make debian/configure more flexible this is a sketch of how to make debian/configure supply extra configure arguments and also look for realtime configuration scripts in the right location. It's untested, but may be helpful to you. --- debian/configure | 15 +++ 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/configure b/debian/configure index ded813e..ad36da2 100755 --- a/debian/configure +++ b/debian/configure @@ -62,10 +62,18 @@ MODULE_EXT=.ko KERNEL_DEPENDS=linux-image-$1,rtai-modules-$1 KERNEL_HEADERS=linux-headers-$1 EXTRA_FILES=usr/bin/emc_module_helper usr/bin/bfload +EXTRA_CONFIGURE= KERNEL_VERSION=$1 DRIVERS=drivers.files.in PYTHON_VERSION=$(python -c 'import sys; print sys.version[:3]') PYTHON_VERSION_NEXT=$(python -c 'import sys; print sys.version[:2] + str(1+int(sys.version[2]))') +if [ -x /usr/realtime-$KERNEL_VERSION/bin/rtai-config ]; then +REALTIME_CONFIGURE=--with-realtime=/usr/realtime-$KERNEL_VERSION +elif [ -x /usr/realtime/bin/rtai-config ]; then +REALTIME_CONFIGURE=--with-realtime=/usr/realtime +else +REALTIME_CONFIGURE=--with-realtime=/usr +fi # hope this works on other systems too DISTRIB_NAME= @@ -89,6 +97,10 @@ Ubuntu-8.04) EXTRA_BUILD=lyx,texlive-extra-utils,texlive-latex-recommended,texlive-fonts-recommended,ghostscript,imagemagick,texlive-lang-french TCLTK_VERSION=8.4 ;; +Debian-) + EXTRA_BUILD=lyx,texlive-extra-utils,texlive-latex-recommended,texlive-fonts-recommended,ghostscript,imagemagick,texlive-lang-french + TCLTK_VERSION=8.4 + EXTRA_CONFIGURE=--with-tclConfig=/usr/lib/tcl8.4/tclConfig.sh --with-tkconfig=/usr/lib/tk8.4/tkConfig.sh *) EXTRA_BUILD=lyx-qt TCLTK_VERSION=8.4 @@ -100,6 +112,7 @@ EMC2_PACKAGE_NAME=emc2 EXTRA_RECOMMENDS=hostmot2-firmware case $TARGET in sim) + REALTIME_CONFIGURE=--enable-simulator MODULE_PATH=usr/lib/emc2/modules MODULE_EXT=.so KERNEL_DEPENDS= @@ -134,6 +147,8 @@ sed -e s|@MODULE_PATH@|$MODULE_PATH|g \ -e s|@KERNEL_HEADERS@|$KERNEL_HEADERS|g \ -e s|@EXTRA_BUILD@|$EXTRA_BUILD|g \ -e s|@EXTRA_RECOMMENDS@|$EXTRA_RECOMMENDS|g \ +-e s|@EXTRA_CONFIGURE@|$EXTRA_CONFIGURE|g \ +-e s|@REALTIME_CONFIGURE@|$REALTIME_CONFIGURE|g \ -e s|@EMC2_PACKAGE_NAME@|$EMC2_PACKAGE_NAME|g \ -e s|@EXTRAS@|$EXTRAS|g \ -e s|@EXTRA_FILES@|$EXTRA_FILES|g \ -- 1.7.0.4 -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
On 4 May 2010 17:31, Neil Baylis neil.bay...@gmail.com wrote: There's a limit switch at each end. I want these switches to stop the machine if it ever hits them. I want to use the negative limit switch as the home switch. When I press the home button in the GUI (TkEMC), I want the machine to find that switch and then move away from it by maybe 1/2 inch. I want it to call that position home, and to set the current position to zero. All perfectly standard, I think. This is mine: HOME = 5.0 MIN_LIMIT = 0.0 MAX_LIMIT = 700.0 HOME_OFFSET = 0.00 HOME_SEARCH_VEL = -25.00 HOME_LATCH_VEL = 1.562500 HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = YES HOME_SEQUENCE = 1 Here's the Homing section of my .ini file: HOME_SEARCH_VEL = -1.0 HOME_LATCH_VEL = 0.1 HOME_USE_INDEX = NO HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = NO HOME_IS_SHARED = NO HOME_OFFSET = 0.0 HOME = 0.0 So I think you need: HOME_SEARCH_VEL = -1.0 HOME_LATCH_VEL = 0.1 HOME_USE_INDEX = NO HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = YES HOME_IS_SHARED = NO HOME_OFFSET = -0.5 HOME = 0.0 newsig Xminlim bit linksp Xminlim = ppmc.0.din.02.in-not linksp Xminlim = axis.0.neg-lim-sw-in linksp Xminlim = axis.0.home-sw-in newsig Xmaxlim bit linksp Xmaxlim = ppmc.0.din.03.in-not linksp Xmaxlim = axis.0.pos-lim-sw-in And again, my HAL section: (I have a debounce on my limit switches for noise immunity and also have positive and negative limits on the same IO pin) net xlimunfilt debounce.0.0.in = hm2_7i43.0.gpio.017.in_not net both-home-x = debounce.0.0.out net both-home-x = axis.0.home-sw-in net both-home-x = axis.0.neg-lim-sw-in net both-home-x = axis.0.pos-lim-sw-in -- atp -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Andy Pugh a...@andypugh.fsnet.co.uk wrote: On 4 May 2010 17:31, Neil Baylis neil.bay...@gmail.com wrote: There's a limit switch at each end. I want these switches to stop the machine if it ever hits them. I want to use the negative limit switch as the home switch. When I press the home button in the GUI (TkEMC), I want the machine to find that switch and then move away from it by maybe 1/2 inch. I want it to call that position home, and to set the current position to zero. All perfectly standard, I think. Yeah, that's what I thought. This is mine: HOME = 5.0 MIN_LIMIT = 0.0 MAX_LIMIT = 700.0 HOME_OFFSET = 0.00 HOME_SEARCH_VEL = -25.00 HOME_LATCH_VEL = 1.562500 HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = YES HOME_SEQUENCE = 1 When I set HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = YES then the machine moves past the limit switch (Which is supposed to also be the home switch) and hits the hard stop. It does not seem to recognize the switch as a home switch. Neil -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
Neil Baylis wrote: [snip] Here's the Homing section of my .ini file: HOME_SEARCH_VEL = -1.0 HOME_LATCH_VEL = 0.1 HOME_USE_INDEX = NO HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = NO HOME_IS_SHARED = NO HOME_OFFSET = 0.0 HOME = 0.0 I think you need HOME_IS_SHARED = 1 That says that home is shared with a limit. - Steve -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
Oh, I thought HOME_IS_SHARED meant the home was shared with another axis. I'll give that a try. Neil On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Stephen Wille Padnos spad...@sover.net wrote: Neil Baylis wrote: [snip] Here's the Homing section of my .ini file: HOME_SEARCH_VEL = -1.0 HOME_LATCH_VEL = 0.1 HOME_USE_INDEX = NO HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = NO HOME_IS_SHARED = NO HOME_OFFSET = 0.0 HOME = 0.0 I think you need HOME_IS_SHARED = 1 That says that home is shared with a limit. - Steve -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- http://www.pixpopuli.com -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
Neil Baylis wrote: Oh, I thought HOME_IS_SHARED meant the home was shared with another axis. Well, you could be right :) Always listen to the manual, or the actual behavior, better than you listen to me. - Steve -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
Is it possible the state of the home switch is tripped and the machine is backing off the switch from the start? -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- dos centavos -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
No, same problem. With HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = YES, it sails right past the home/limit switch and hits the hard stop. With HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = NO, it stops at the limit, complaining that it hit a limit in homing state 5. HOME_IS_SHARED seems to have no effect on this. Note: I tried monitoring the axis.0.home-sw-in with Halmeter, but it never changes. Also, when I use Halmeter to monitor the limit switch, that never changes either, even though it is changing on TkEMC. Something I don't understand about using Halmeter, I guess. Neil -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
No,I manually move it away from the switch before I start. Neil On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Stuart Stevenson stus...@gmail.com wrote: Is it possible the state of the home switch is tripped and the machine is backing off the switch from the start? -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- dos centavos -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- http://www.pixpopuli.com -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] R: Re: Axis program redrawing
Hi Jeff, I'm currently using EMC 2.2.8. As you said I'm using the parameter #5399 just to read the analog value. This value sets the dimension of my workpiece. The tool path changes following the new set value but the program keeps on displaying the same workpiece. Is there any solution? Since my workpiece is very easy (a parallelepiped) I tried also to insert in Axis a cube but I need to retreive the right dimensions first. For this purpose I tried to use python commands as you mentioned in the mail archivie: import commands float(commands.getoutput(halcmd getp motion.analog-in-00 )) It doesn't work, but probably I don't use this code in the right point... Can you suggest me where to create an object to be displayed? Regards Luigi Messaggio originale Da: jep...@unpythonic.net Data: 04/05/2010 18.01 A: vh5...@libero.itvh5...@libero.it, Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Ogg: Re: [Emc-users] Axis quot;program redrawingquot; No. The AXIS preview can't know what analog value will be present at the time the M66 instruction is actually executed, so anything it does will be wrong. The current version of AXIS seems to use the prior value of parameter #5399 as the input's value; as #5399 is not typically a saved parameter, this usually means that the inputs will always be treated as 0.0 or false. (looking at pre2.4; 2.3 may be different) I'm not totally against doing something more sophisticated than this, but I don't know what that thing would be. Jeff -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
Neil Baylis wrote: No, same problem. With HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = YES, it sails right past the home/limit switch and hits the hard stop. With HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS = NO, it stops at the limit, complaining that it hit a limit in homing state 5. HOME_IS_SHARED seems to have no effect on this. Ok, I looked at the code, and you're right - this tells EMC2 that the same input is used for multiple home switches, and isn't useful in this case. You have some problem with the home switch being detected. Home state 5 means the joint is moving, and the homing code is waiting for the switch to close. Note: I tried monitoring the axis.0.home-sw-in with Halmeter, but it never changes. Also, when I use Halmeter to monitor the limit switch, that never changes either, even though it is changing on TkEMC. Something I don't understand about using Halmeter, I guess. You should try looking at all three things that have to do with the home switch: the pin ppmc.0.din.02.in-not, the signal Xminlim, and the pin axis.0.home-sw-in. If they are ever different, you have a problem (since the two pins are supposed to be connected together, they should always have the same value). You should be able to hit the switch and see all three halmeters switch between true and false. - Steve -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
Thanks Steve. I made 3 halmeters as you suggested. They all register FALSE, even when the GUI is showing the position in red when I hit the limit. Just to make sure halmeter is working, I added another halmeter on axis.0.motor-pos-fb and it showed the same position as the GUI does, updating correctly as I move the machine by hand. So halmeter is working, but doesn't show the digital ins for some reason. Neil You should try looking at all three things that have to do with the home switch: the pin ppmc.0.din.02.in-not, the signal Xminlim, and the pin axis.0.home-sw-in. If they are ever different, you have a problem (since the two pins are supposed to be connected together, they should always have the same value). You should be able to hit the switch and see all three halmeters switch between true and false. -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
Neil Baylis wrote: Thanks Steve. I made 3 halmeters as you suggested. They all register FALSE, even when the GUI is showing the position in red when I hit the limit. That's mighty odd, and more or less impossible if the HAL setup is as we think it is. Can you add another halmeter on axis.0.neg-lim-sw-in? If axis.0.neg-lim-sw-in is ever different from axis.0.home-sw-in, then something later in the HAL files is disconnecting the home input from the Xminlim signal, or some equivalent. Just to make sure halmeter is working, I added another halmeter on axis.0.motor-pos-fb and it showed the same position as the GUI does, updating correctly as I move the machine by hand. So halmeter is working, but doesn't show the digital ins for some reason. This counts as strange then. I don't think there's a bug in halmeter that prevents it from displaying bit values. Can you post your ini and hal files? Maybe put them on http://pastebin.ca and give us the links. Thanks - Steve -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
is your debounce connected to a thread? On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Neil Baylis neil.bay...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Steve. I made 3 halmeters as you suggested. They all register FALSE, even when the GUI is showing the position in red when I hit the limit. Just to make sure halmeter is working, I added another halmeter on axis.0.motor-pos-fb and it showed the same position as the GUI does, updating correctly as I move the machine by hand. So halmeter is working, but doesn't show the digital ins for some reason. Neil You should try looking at all three things that have to do with the home switch: the pin ppmc.0.din.02.in-not, the signal Xminlim, and the pin axis.0.home-sw-in. If they are ever different, you have a problem (since the two pins are supposed to be connected together, they should always have the same value). You should be able to hit the switch and see all three halmeters switch between true and false. -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- dos centavos -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
On Tue, 04 May 2010 16:13 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos spad...@sover.net wrote: Neil Baylis wrote: Thanks Steve. I made 3 halmeters as you suggested. They all register FALSE, even when the GUI is showing the position in red when I hit the limit. That's mighty odd, and more or less impossible if the HAL setup is as we think it is. Can you add another halmeter on axis.0.neg-lim-sw-in? If axis.0.neg-lim-sw-in is ever different from axis.0.home-sw-in, then something later in the HAL files is disconnecting the home input from the Xminlim signal, or some equivalent. Just to make sure halmeter is working, I added another halmeter on axis.0.motor-pos-fb and it showed the same position as the GUI does, updating correctly as I move the machine by hand. So halmeter is working, but doesn't show the digital ins for some reason. This counts as strange then. I don't think there's a bug in halmeter that prevents it from displaying bit values. Can you post your ini and hal files? Maybe put them on http://pastebin.ca and give us the links. Better yet - in addition to posting your files, post the result of running halcmd show in another shell while EMC2 is running. Your hal and ini files describe what you are trying to get. Halcmd show describes what you actually have. Regards, John Kasunich -- John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] jog and max speeds
Where in the ini file do I specify what jog and max speeds I want to automatically be set in Axis when I open it? Chris http://www.blowyourbrassoff.com http://www.builderofstuff.com http://www.myspace.com/builderofstuff http://www.myspace.com/builderofbluesharps Just a man, his shop, and a long list of unfinished projects... -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
OK, I've posted what I think is relevant. If there's a file missing, let me know. I posted the output of halcmd show twice, once with the machine off the limit switch, and again with it on the limit switch. I omitted the .tbl and .var files. These files are edited versions of originals from the pico systems website. I must have deleted something important. The files are at: http://pastebin.com/AkEw8975 Each section begins with *** and a description of what follows, so just search for the *** to get to the individual pieces. Thanks, Neil -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
Neil Baylis wrote: OK, I've posted what I think is relevant. If there's a file missing, let me know. I posted the output of halcmd show twice, once with the machine off the limit switch, and again with it on the limit switch. I omitted the .tbl and .var files. These files are edited versions of originals from the pico systems website. I must have deleted something important. The files are at: http://pastebin.com/AkEw8975 Each section begins with *** and a description of what follows, so just search for the *** to get to the individual pieces. I think you might have the min and max limits swapped. Input 3 changed from false to true when you hit the switch, not input 2. That would cause the numbers to turn red in tkEMC, since one of the limits was activated. - Steve -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
On 4 May 2010 21:03, Neil Baylis neil.bay...@gmail.com wrote: I made 3 halmeters as you suggested. Halscope might show if there is a wierd transient effect. They all register FALSE, even when the GUI is showing the position in red when I hit the limit. Are you sure that you have the limits the right way round? Is it possible that the switch you think is the negative limit is the positive limit. That would produce the behavour you are describing. -- atp -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Need help configuring Home
Indeed, that was the problem. Now, the halmeters show the limit switch as expected, as well as the home signal. The homing sequence works correctly. (I changed HOME_IGNORE_LIMITS to YES, and it does the expected thing). Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions. Neil -- ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
