Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[Mark Wendt]

I'd also like to add my thanks to all those who worked on this and 
delivered!

Mark

On 04/01/2012 05:32 PM, Dave wrote:
> I agree.   Thanks for the effort!
>
> Dave
>
> On 4/1/2012 3:41 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote:
>
>> As ever, a sincere tip-of-the-hat to you, Chris, Seb, and everyone.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kent
>>  


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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[John Prentice]

From: "Chris Radek" 
Subject: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0


>
> LinuxCNC 2.5.0 is released!
>
> You will not get an automatic update from EMC 2.4 to LinuxCNC 2.5.
> To update your Lucid or Hardy machine to 2.5, you need to take a few
> steps, documented here:
>
> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpdatingTo2.5
>
> Be sure to check the "Changes to your configuration" section at the
> bottom of the page.

I am having trouble following the process in the link with Lucid. On the 
Reload step I get: the screen at

www.castlewoodconsultants.com/Misc/Upgrade2-5Trouble.jpg

Can anyone help?

John Prentice



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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[Chris Radek]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 02:04:10PM +0100, John Prentice wrote:
> 
> I am having trouble following the process in the link with Lucid. On the 
> Reload step I get: the screen at
> 
> www.castlewoodconsultants.com/Misc/Upgrade2-5Trouble.jpg

Be sure you have typed the line exactly like

deb http://linuxcnc.org/ lucid base linuxcnc2.5

I think you maybe don't have the spaces in the right spots?


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[Emc-users] OSADL News, related to recent sicusions on latency

[Javier Ros]

I think that this can be interesting to LinuxCNC comunity.How to optimize
Linux real-time capabilities?
https://www.osadl.org/Single-View.111+M52601a5fd69.0.html

OSADL celebrates one-year anniversary of the QA Farm
https://www.osadl.org/Single-View.111+M59e3481cdfe.0.html

I beg your pardon if this has already posted,

Javier
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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[John Prentice]

Subject: Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0


> On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 02:04:10PM +0100, John Prentice wrote:
>>
>> I am having trouble following the process in the link with Lucid. On the
>> Reload step I get: the screen at
>>
>> www.castlewoodconsultants.com/Misc/Upgrade2-5Trouble.jpg
>
> Be sure you have typed the line exactly like
>
> deb http://linuxcnc.org/ lucid base linuxcnc2.5
>
> I think you maybe don't have the spaces in the right spots?

Indeed - exactly the trouble. Thanks

As I have had stuff downloaded at various times from Buildbot and git, I 
think I will wait for the 2.5 Live CD and start over - after upgrading I 
still have innumerable folders/files with emc2 in the name. The rebranding 
has been tough to follow with my incomplete understanding of where 
everything goes. A clean filestore will help in the long run.

John Prentice 


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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[gene heskett]

On Monday, April 02, 2012 09:24:27 AM Mark Wendt did opine:

> I'd also like to add my thanks to all those who worked on this and
> delivered!
> 
> Mark

I'll 2nd those thoughts although I haven't yet tried 2.5.0.  I have been on 
master-rt, the 2.6.0-hashnumber builds for about 4 months now, which means 
I get a fresh build almost every day.  I think it is more stable than these 
atom machines.  The last one I bought doesn't seem to be as stable as the 
first one, and quitting a major app without having to power cycle it is 
occurring often enough that I am not pointing any fingers at LinuxCNC.  
Quitting any app can lock it up, and will about 10% of the time.

Next Subject, question asked before without an answer other than Ed Nisley 
saying I should setup a vnc connection which seems extremely complex to do.

Has anyone else seen this error when attempting to run linuxcnc -l over an 
ssh -Y session?

--
[gene@coyote CoCo]$ ssh -Y lathe
gene@lathe's password:
(about a 1 minute 30 second delay here, no clue why)
Linux lathe 2.6.32-122-rtai #rtai SMP Tue Jul 27 12:44:07 CDT 2010 i686 
GNU/Linux
Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS

Welcome to Ubuntu!
 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/

4 packages can be updated.
0 updates are security updates.

Last login: Thu Mar 29 21:00:09 2012 from coyote.coyote.den
gene@lathe:~$ linuxcnc -l
LINUXCNC - 2.6.0-pre0-2913-g8c84ee0
Machine configuration directory is '/home/gene/linuxcnc/configs/my-lathe'
Machine configuration file is 'my-lathe.ini'
Starting LinuxCNC...
io started
halcmd loadusr io started
task pid=27447
RTAPI: ERROR: Unexpected realtime delay on task 1
This Message will only display once per session.
Run the Latency Test and resolve before continuing.

emcTaskInit: using builtin interpreter
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/axis", line 3001, in 
o = MyOpengl(widgets.preview_frame, width=400, height=300, double=1, 
depth=1)
  File "/usr/bin/axis", line 357, in __init__
Opengl.__init__(self, *args, **kw)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rs274/OpenGLTk.py", line 164, in 
__init__
apply(RawOpengl.__init__, (self, master, cnf), kw)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rs274/OpenGLTk.py", line 112, in 
__init__
Togl.__init__(self, master, cnf, **kw)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rs274/OpenGLTk.py", line 38, in 
__init__
Widget.__init__(self, master, 'togl', cnf, kw)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1935, in __init__
(widgetName, self._w) + extra + self._options(cnf))
_tkinter.TclError: Togl: couldn't get visual
Shutting down and cleaning up LinuxCNC...
Cleanup done
LinuxCNC terminated with an error.  You can find more information in the 
log:
/home/gene/linuxcnc_debug.txt
and
/home/gene/linuxcnc_print.txt
as well as in the output of the shell command 'dmesg' and in the terminal
--
I have installed, or re-installed, much of the tcl/tk package listings 
without effecting that tkinter.TclError line shown above.  A cat of the 
debug file: cat /home/gene/linuxcnc_debug.txt

Can not find -sec MOT -var MOT -num 1
Can not find -sec IO -var IO -num 1
Can not find -sec LINUXCNC -var NML_FILE -num 1
Can not find -sec EMC -var NML_FILE -num 1
27395
  PID TTY  STAT   TIME COMMAND
27447
  PID TTY  STAT   TIME COMMAND
Stopping realtime threads
Unloading hal components
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But it all runs fine, and usually without the realtime error, from the 
machines own console.  So bear with me folks as I do SOLVE this problem 
below.

My gene@lathe 'env':
gene@lathe:~$ env
TERM=xterm
SHELL=/bin/bash
XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=41987ec8fc00cc40adcb37a24f5b464a-173841.2183-464408650
SSH_CLIENT=192.168.71.3 50156 22
SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/1
USER=gene
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:hl=44;37:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.axv=01;35:*.anx=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.axa=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:
MAIL=/var/mail/gene
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/us

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[Chris Radek]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 03:06:32PM +0100, John Prentice wrote:
> 
> Indeed - exactly the trouble. Thanks
> 
> As I have had stuff downloaded at various times from Buildbot and git, I 
> think I will wait for the 2.5 Live CD and start over - after upgrading I 
> still have innumerable folders/files with emc2 in the name. The rebranding 
> has been tough to follow with my incomplete understanding of where 
> everything goes. A clean filestore will help in the long run.

The new linuxcnc 2.5.0 package will replace all previous 2.4 and 2.5
buildbot packages, as well as all emc2 packages.  The upgrade should
just work no matter what you have had installed, unless you've used
packages from master/2.6 (in which case 2.5.0 is a downgrade you need
to do manually).

The only thing you have to do is move your configurations in your home
directory from ~/emc2 to ~/linuxcnc (just rename that directory).

Also, the new CD image is up already.


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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[John Prentice]

- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Radek" 

  The upgrade should
> just work no matter what you have had installed, unless you've used
> packages from master/2.6 (in which case 2.5.0 is a downgrade you need
> to do manually).
>
> The only thing you have to do is move your configurations in your home
> directory from ~/emc2 to ~/linuxcnc (just rename that directory).
>
> Also, the new CD image is up already.

I did try 2.6 so the downgrade is the issue there.

I must be being blind but I cannot see how to get the 2.5 Live CD from any 
links on linuxcnc.org Home or Downloads. It is difficult to tell what 
versions are referred to but the Getting Started Guide link by the ISO 
download on

http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/download/21?task=view

is for 2.4.

Perhaps I am seeing old cached web pages but Ctrl-F5 has not helped.

John Prentice 


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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[Dave]

On 4/2/2012 10:36 AM, Chris Radek wrote:
> Also, the new CD image is up already.
>
Wow, you guys have been working!

Dave

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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[Charles Steinkuehler]

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On 4/2/2012 9:50 AM, John Prentice wrote:
> I must be being blind but I cannot see how to get the 2.5 Live CD
> from any links on linuxcnc.org Home or Downloads. It is difficult
> to tell what versions are referred to but the Getting Started Guide
> link by the ISO download on
> 
> http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/download/21?task=view
> 
> is for 2.4.

I think the web page is just not quite updated yet.  If you click on
the "download the ISO" section, note that it points to the following
link with a '2' in the filename:

http://www.linuxcnc.org/iso/ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2-i386.iso
 ^

...which if you check the iso directory listing on the web:

http://www.linuxcnc.org/iso/

...shows as being updated on April 1, 2012.

I can't vouch that the contents are actually LinuxCNC 2.5, as the
download is still in progress, but I don't think it's an April Fools
Joke.  :)

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[Emc-users] glitches in several sim configurations

[Kent A. Reed]

Gentle persons:

I grabbed the LinuxCNC 2.5 iso last night and tried it via a LiveUSB 
stick out this morning.

Looks very clean. My thanks again.

However, there's glitches in several sim sample configurations that I 
think have actually been around for several releases.

A. For sim/axis/axis and sim/axis/gantry

1) start LinuxCNC
2) in the LinuxCNC Configuration Selector, pick sim/axis/axis or 
sim/axis/gantry from Sample Configurations
3) start LinuxCNC and follow the usual drill---toggle emergency stop, 
toggle machine power, home all, begin executing
4) up comes an error window "Program exceeds machine limits...on axis Z"
5) choose to run anyway
6) no go---Axis shows the message "Linear move in line 9 would exceed 
joint 2's positive limit" punctuated by its lovely white cross in a big 
red circle

These problems have percolated into other branches of the sim 
configurations such as the sim/gladevcp/gladevcp_panel demo but I 
haven't had time to try them all.

B. LinuxCNC terminates with an error and a window full of diagnostic 
info while loading the sim/axis/profile_axis configuration

I realize this is pretty trivial stuff but it would be discouraging to a 
noobie who uses the simulated configurations to assess LinuxCNC.


Regards,
Kent

test machine: ASUS M4A88T-M motherboard with an AMD II X4 640 cpu and 
2GB ram.



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Re: [Emc-users] glitches in several sim configurations

[Sebastian Kuzminsky]

Chris and I discussed this, and it is actually intentional.  (Whether our 
intentions are correct or not is another issue…)  I'm sympathetic to your 
notion that if a new user does the obvious thing ("push the Play button!") 
something interesting should happen.  But in this case I think that would be 
wrong and misleading, and potentially dangerous.

First of all, note that if you read the gcode in the bottom part of the Axis 
window, it starts with a comment telling you how to get it to run.

The way to machine this in any real situation would be to touch off the tool to 
the top of the work, setting 0 as the top of work, and giving yourself the room 
you need to traverse above the work.  This is the work flow that the  gcode 
comments suggests.


On Apr 2, 2012, at 09:28 , Kent A. Reed wrote:

> Gentle persons:
> 
> I grabbed the LinuxCNC 2.5 iso last night and tried it via a LiveUSB 
> stick out this morning.
> 
> Looks very clean. My thanks again.
> 
> However, there's glitches in several sim sample configurations that I 
> think have actually been around for several releases.
> 
> A. For sim/axis/axis and sim/axis/gantry
> 
> 1) start LinuxCNC
> 2) in the LinuxCNC Configuration Selector, pick sim/axis/axis or 
> sim/axis/gantry from Sample Configurations
> 3) start LinuxCNC and follow the usual drill---toggle emergency stop, 
> toggle machine power, home all, begin executing
> 4) up comes an error window "Program exceeds machine limits...on axis Z"
> 5) choose to run anyway
> 6) no go---Axis shows the message "Linear move in line 9 would exceed 
> joint 2's positive limit" punctuated by its lovely white cross in a big 
> red circle
> 
> These problems have percolated into other branches of the sim 
> configurations such as the sim/gladevcp/gladevcp_panel demo but I 
> haven't had time to try them all.
> 
> B. LinuxCNC terminates with an error and a window full of diagnostic 
> info while loading the sim/axis/profile_axis configuration
> 
> I realize this is pretty trivial stuff but it would be discouraging to a 
> noobie who uses the simulated configurations to assess LinuxCNC.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Kent
> 
> test machine: ASUS M4A88T-M motherboard with an AMD II X4 640 cpu and 
> 2GB ram.
> 
> 
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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[Sebastian Kuzminsky]

Charles is exactly right, the ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2-i386.iso file is the 
updated Lucid Live CD with LinuxCNC 2.5.0.  The "2" after linuxcnc 
distinguishes it from the EMC 2.4 Live CD.


On Apr 2, 2012, at 09:11 , Charles Steinkuehler wrote:

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> On 4/2/2012 9:50 AM, John Prentice wrote:
>> I must be being blind but I cannot see how to get the 2.5 Live CD
>> from any links on linuxcnc.org Home or Downloads. It is difficult
>> to tell what versions are referred to but the Getting Started Guide
>> link by the ISO download on
>> 
>> http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/download/21?task=view
>> 
>> is for 2.4.
> 
> I think the web page is just not quite updated yet.  If you click on
> the "download the ISO" section, note that it points to the following
> link with a '2' in the filename:
> 
> http://www.linuxcnc.org/iso/ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2-i386.iso
> ^
> 
> ...which if you check the iso directory listing on the web:
> 
> http://www.linuxcnc.org/iso/
> 
> ...shows as being updated on April 1, 2012.
> 
> I can't vouch that the contents are actually LinuxCNC 2.5, as the
> download is still in progress, but I don't think it's an April Fools
> Joke.  :)
> 
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[Emc-users] Thank you for 2.5, Glad you're back Andy

[Kirk Wallace]

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Re: [Emc-users] glitches in several sim configurations

[Kent A. Reed]

On 4/2/2012 11:36 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
> Chris and I discussed this, and it is actually intentional.  (Whether our 
> intentions are correct or not is another issue…)  I'm sympathetic to your 
> notion that if a new user does the obvious thing ("push the Play button!") 
> something interesting should happen.  But in this case I think that would be 
> wrong and misleading, and potentially dangerous.
>
> First of all, note that if you read the gcode in the bottom part of the Axis 
> window, it starts with a comment telling you how to get it to run.
>
> The way to machine this in any real situation would be to touch off the tool 
> to the top of the work, setting 0 as the top of work, and giving yourself the 
> room you need to traverse above the work.  This is the work flow that the  
> gcode comments suggests.
>
>
>
Point taken. I should get more sleep before pushing buttons.

Regards,
Kent

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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[John Prentice]

Thanks to both. Installing now.

John Prentice

- Original Message - 
From: "Sebastian Kuzminsky" 
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" 
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0


> Charles is exactly right, the ubuntu-10.04-linuxcnc2-i386.iso file is the 
> updated Lucid Live CD with LinuxCNC 2.5.0.  The "2" after linuxcnc 
> distinguishes it from the EMC 2.4 Live CD.
>
>


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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[Jeff Epler]

Chris & Seb,
Thanks!

Having been the release manager during 2.4, I am very aware of all the
work that a release requires, and due to the rebranding 2.5 required
even more work was in order for the packaging.

Jeff

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[Emc-users] Hi, some body knows were can i find some examples of modbus RTU on classicladder?

[Oscar Chaides]

Im trying to control a Mitsubishi D700 inverter, i wold like to see
some examples of classicladder controlling some stuff not just the
configuration page of the modbus module, how do i write to the
registers, is it using an assignation block? thanks

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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[Steve Blackmore]

On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 09:36:31 -0500, you wrote:


>The new linuxcnc 2.5.0 package will replace all previous 2.4 and 2.5
>buildbot packages, as well as all emc2 packages.  The upgrade should
>just work no matter what you have had installed, unless you've used
>packages from master/2.6 (in which case 2.5.0 is a downgrade you need
>to do manually).
>
>The only thing you have to do is move your configurations in your home
>directory from ~/emc2 to ~/linuxcnc (just rename that directory).

It does indeed just work, and surprisingly so does the original modified
manual toolchange macro.

Mine still has the nml stuff in and I have done no editing of the layout
that some people seem to have had to do and it works fine with 2.5 :)

Thanks guys.

Steve Blackmore
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Re: [Emc-users] Hi, some body knows were can i find some examples of modbus RTU on classicladder?

[Kirk Wallace]

On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 22:24 +, Oscar Chaides wrote:
> Im trying to control a Mitsubishi D700 inverter, i wold like to see
> some examples of classicladder controlling some stuff not just the
> configuration page of the modbus module, how do i write to the
> registers, is it using an assignation block? thanks

I use the MobusRTU driver method, but in case I found a link you haven't
seen yet:
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ClassicLadder_Ver_7.124#Modbus 

My understanding is that the config screens allow you to assign HALpins
to Mobus registers. When you read or write to the HALpin you read or
write to the assigned register.

You might try filling in a register or two, then from AXIS do a Show HAL
Configuration to see if new HALpins show up.
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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[Leonardo Marsaglia]

Thank you to all of you (as always) for the excelent job!.

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Re: [Emc-users] glitches in several sim configurations

[Przemek Klosowski]

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky  wrote:
> First of all, note that if you read the gcode in the bottom part of the Axis 
> window, it starts with a comment telling you how to get it to run.
>
> The way to machine this in any real situation would be to touch off the tool 
> to the top of the work, setting 0 as the top of work, and
> giving yourself the room you need to traverse above the work.  This is the 
> work flow that the  gcode comments suggests.

sim/axis shows this behavior but axis_9axis and axis_mm runs right off
the bat. In sin/axis, the comment suggests touching off, but doesn't
say explicitly that you have to home first. There's an error message
that says that MDI commands require homing but that's cryptic to a
novice.

May I suggest the following text in axis.ngc:

( AXIS "splash g-code" Not intended for actual milling )
( To run this code anyway you might have to Touch Off the Z axis after
the mill has been homed)
( depending on your setup. As if you had some material in your mill... )
( Hint:   jog the Z axis down a bit by clicking '-' then click "touch
off"---this will shift the coordinate system )
( to track the actual top surface of your material. )
( Also press the Toggle Skip Lines with "/" to see that part )
( If the program is too big or small for your machine, change the
scale by adjusting parameter #3 below)

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Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

[Tony Zampini]

Steve,
It's nice to know that the modified manual toolchange macro works with
2.5! I was a little hesitant to upgrade because of that, but now I think
I'll upgrade tonight.

And of course, thanks to all who were involved with the 2.5 release.
All your hard work is greatly appreciated.
Tony

- Original Message - 
From: "Steve Blackmore" 
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" 
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0


> On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 09:36:31 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>>The new linuxcnc 2.5.0 package will replace all previous 2.4 and 2.5
>>buildbot packages, as well as all emc2 packages.  The upgrade should
>>just work no matter what you have had installed, unless you've used
>>packages from master/2.6 (in which case 2.5.0 is a downgrade you need
>>to do manually).
>>
>>The only thing you have to do is move your configurations in your home
>>directory from ~/emc2 to ~/linuxcnc (just rename that directory).
>
> It does indeed just work, and surprisingly so does the original modified
> manual toolchange macro.
>
> Mine still has the nml stuff in and I have done no editing of the layout
> that some people seem to have had to do and it works fine with 2.5 :)
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> Steve Blackmore
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[Emc-users] database Q?

[gene heskett]

In documenting all the wiring around linuxcnc for the lathe, I had started 
a libreoffice-base session and had about half of the C1G wiring all laid 
out so it would be in a format I could easily use to complete the .hal file 
configuration.

But of course in starting and stopping linuxcnc so many times while I 
verified that what I wrote was correct, the &^)*&%#@ system went away on me 
and I had to hit the hdwe reset to reboot it.

The latest version of LO-Base had been running for perhaps 1.5 hours at 
that point, so if it did do an automatic save, it had yonks to do it in and 
I should have been able to do a full recovery as I hadn't made a new entry 
in 45 minutes or more due to chasing down a broken wire that stopped the Z 
motor steps from getting through.  Which it did attempt, but the only thing 
it could recover was the filename.odt.  About 3kb of mostly binary that did 
not even include the column heading text.   Not even the empty form view 
could be recovered when it tried, and no errors were reported when it tried 
so I had assumed it was successful until I tried to view it & drew a blank.

This is pure BS.  Needless to say, I won't appreciate ringing all that 
stuff out again, but I will do it so I can trace it 6 months down the log 
when something quits working.

Does this so-called database program have an auto-save and I didn't have it 
turned on because "on" is not the default?  Shame on LO-Base in that event.

If I do this on a pad & stick there is a lot higher chance for mistakes as 
my hand writing needs a translator most of the time.

If the LO-Base can't do this, can the OO-Base do it?  Or should I just fire 
up vim & see if I can build my own table of wiring?  Vim does lousy gfx for 
row/column marking in case no one has noticed.

So, what do I use that doesn't stick me in an infinite loop of losing it 
all when this POS crashes again, which it will, exactly like cement?

Are the BIOS defaults less than optimum for this board perhaps?

I had a feeling I was in trouble when Jameco sent me the wrong parts for 
the 2nd time.  When I called, and said these solder cup connectors were 
worthless to me, I asked them to find me somebody who, like me, could tell 
the diff between an IDC connector for ribbon cable, and a solder cup 
connector from at least 40 feet away.  I think they found the right one 
this 3rd time, maybe its a charm?  But I will not be convinced till they 
get here again and are correct, he did ask what size the wire was that I 
was crimping.  Has anyone seen a ribbon cable that wasn't 28 gage?  Sigh, 
me neither...

Cheers, Gene
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Re: [Emc-users] Hi, some body knows were can i find some examples of modbus RTU on classicladder?

[Dave]

On 4/2/2012 6:24 PM, Oscar Chaides wrote:
> Im trying to control a Mitsubishi D700 inverter, i wold like to see
> some examples of classicladder controlling some stuff not just the
> configuration page of the modbus module, how do i write to the
> registers, is it using an assignation block? thanks
>
>
>

You setup a holding register write in the configuration from a %W word 
to the Modbus register location and you use the ladder assignment to 
write a value to the %W word.  The value you write to the %W shows up in 
the Modbus register in your connected device.

Dave

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Re: [Emc-users] database Q?

[Jan de Kruyf]

Shame Gene,

"Tools -> Options. . .  -> Load/Save -> General -> Save AutoRecovery
information every xxx Minutes"

And now see how it sings!.

j.


On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 5:12 AM, gene heskett  wrote:

> In documenting all the wiring around linuxcnc for the lathe, I had started
> a libreoffice-base session and had about half of the C1G wiring all laid
> out so it would be in a format I could easily use to complete the .hal file
> configuration.
>
> But of course in starting and stopping linuxcnc so many times while I
> verified that what I wrote was correct, the &^)*&%#@ system went away on me
> and I had to hit the hdwe reset to reboot it.
>
> The latest version of LO-Base had been running for perhaps 1.5 hours at
> that point, so if it did do an automatic save, it had yonks to do it in and
> I should have been able to do a full recovery as I hadn't made a new entry
> in 45 minutes or more due to chasing down a broken wire that stopped the Z
> motor steps from getting through.  Which it did attempt, but the only thing
> it could recover was the filename.odt.  About 3kb of mostly binary that did
> not even include the column heading text.   Not even the empty form view
> could be recovered when it tried, and no errors were reported when it tried
> so I had assumed it was successful until I tried to view it & drew a blank.
>
> This is pure BS.  Needless to say, I won't appreciate ringing all that
> stuff out again, but I will do it so I can trace it 6 months down the log
> when something quits working.
>
> Does this so-called database program have an auto-save and I didn't have it
> turned on because "on" is not the default?  Shame on LO-Base in that event.
>
> If I do this on a pad & stick there is a lot higher chance for mistakes as
> my hand writing needs a translator most of the time.
>
> If the LO-Base can't do this, can the OO-Base do it?  Or should I just fire
> up vim & see if I can build my own table of wiring?  Vim does lousy gfx for
> row/column marking in case no one has noticed.
>
> So, what do I use that doesn't stick me in an infinite loop of losing it
> all when this POS crashes again, which it will, exactly like cement?
>
> Are the BIOS defaults less than optimum for this board perhaps?
>
> I had a feeling I was in trouble when Jameco sent me the wrong parts for
> the 2nd time.  When I called, and said these solder cup connectors were
> worthless to me, I asked them to find me somebody who, like me, could tell
> the diff between an IDC connector for ribbon cable, and a solder cup
> connector from at least 40 feet away.  I think they found the right one
> this 3rd time, maybe its a charm?  But I will not be convinced till they
> get here again and are correct, he did ask what size the wire was that I
> was crimping.  Has anyone seen a ribbon cable that wasn't 28 gage?  Sigh,
> me neither...
>
> 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)
> My web page: 
> Computer Science is merely the post-Turing decline in formal systems
> theory.
>
>
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Re: [Emc-users] database Q?

[Kent A. Reed]

On 4/2/2012 11:12 PM, gene heskett wrote:
> In documenting all the wiring around linuxcnc for the lathe, I had started
> a libreoffice-base session and had about half of the C1G wiring all laid
> out so it would be in a format I could easily use to complete the .hal file
> configuration.
>
> But of course in starting and stopping linuxcnc so many times while I
> verified that what I wrote was correct, the&^)*&%#@ system went away on me
> and I had to hit the hdwe reset to reboot it.
>
> The latest version of LO-Base had been running for perhaps 1.5 hours at
> that point, so if it did do an automatic save, it had yonks to do it in and
> I should have been able to do a full recovery as I hadn't made a new entry
> in 45 minutes or more due to chasing down a broken wire that stopped the Z
> motor steps from getting through.  Which it did attempt, but the only thing
> it could recover was the filename.odt.  About 3kb of mostly binary that did
> not even include the column heading text.   Not even the empty form view
> could be recovered when it tried, and no errors were reported when it tried
> so I had assumed it was successful until I tried to view it&  drew a blank.
>
> <...>
>
> Does this so-called database program have an auto-save and I didn't have it
> turned on because "on" is not the default?  Shame on LO-Base in that event.

Gene:

I've never used the Base (eg, database) component of 
OpenOffice/LibreOffice, but for other OpenOffice3/LibreOffice3 
components, from the toolbar I can choose 
"Tools...Options...Load/Save...General" and see a list of options 
including a checkbox for turning on "Save Autorecovery information every 
xx minutes". On both my Ubuntu 10.04 (OpenOffice) and Ubuntu 11.10 
(LibreOffice) systems, this box is checked by default and xx is 15 (e.g, 
the save occurs every 15 minutes)..

I have no clue if Autorecovery applies to the database component or, if 
it does apply, how well it stands up to a crowbar event.

> <...>
> Cheers, Gene

Good luck. I know from personal experience how frustrating it is to do a 
lot of work and see it evaporate before reaping the result (I've heard a 
great, earthy Bavarian farmer joke that applies).

Regards,
Kent


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