Re: [Emc-users] Touchy without physical controls
I used a small stepper motor hooked to an arduino for a jog wheel. Being that steppers are 200 teeth it makes it easy to feel each rotation to the next tooth. I can dig up the program if your interesred. Gabe On Jun 15, 2013 5:50 PM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 June 2013 19:47, Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote: I've played with the various interfaces for LinuxCNC on the BeagleBone (tunneling X display data to a remote system), and touchy seems to be the best choice from a CPU usage and system integration standpoint Have you seen http://git.linuxcnc.org/gitweb?p=linuxcnc.git;a=blob;f=src/emc/usr_intf/emclcd.cc;hb=d2f30b299c61986fa5ba398a478b78a778872cf3 -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Pysignal component
I decided to write a rt component that queues Linux signal SIGRTMIN on pin state changes. I finished it up last night and have been running it through some test today and it seems to be working incredibly well. The advantage of this is to remove the polling overhead on the python gui. Now the gui can sit in an idle state and when a signal is queued get the pin state and update the gui. I should mention my set up is Ubuntu 12.04 linux kernel 3.4.27 with RTPREEMPT. Im wondering what the consequences of this are? Gabe -- Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and remains a good choice in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Seasons Greetings
Merry Christmas everyone hope everyone is healthy, and has a wonderful new year Gabe On Dec 25, 2012 8:17 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Tuesday 25 December 2012 09:11:56 Jim Wilkin did opine: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Canada. James wilkin Either my memory is getting poorer (and at my age thats a high probability) or this is a name I've not seen here before. Welcome, and best wishes for the holiday season to you, Sir. 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: http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene is up! Remember though that THERE IS NO GENERAL RULE FOR CONVERTING A LIST INTO A SCALAR. -- Larry Wall in the perl man page I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... -- LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] PyVCP puzzle
Should be relatively easy using pycairo for the graphics. You can use gtk drawing area and Cairo.create to make the widget. On Dec 23, 2012 7:21 PM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Greetings; Never having played with very much xml, I am wondering how it might be possible to make a round tachometer display that has 2 needles, one in one color for requested speed, and one in a contrasting color to show actual speed as reported by the slightly filtered encoder.velocity output. I am using the tutorial at: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html/hal/pyvcp_examples.html down toward the bottom of that page. Or is a dual needle display even possible in PyVCP? I am assuming that if I can make it display the disconnected meter, then a halshow will discover the (halpin)spindle_rpm(/halpin) that I can then 'connect' in the postgui.hal to one of the hal outputs from the encoder? Thanks. 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: http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene is up! Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. -- John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy, 1981-1987 I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... -- LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] New Member - Hi
Welcome, you will find plenty of support from this group! Gabe On Oct 16, 2012 7:26 AM, John Thornton bjt...@gmail.com wrote: Mark, Welcome to the fun. Also check out the resources in the forum and the wiki site. John On 10/16/2012 6:57 AM, Mark Brown wrote: Hello everyone, I just joined the list and have plenty to learn. My equipment is a Smithy 1240 mill running their version of EMC2. I hope to glean a few pointers and learn as much as I can about software and setup tips. Mark Dallas, Tx -- Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Live Cd
So i did some remastering to the live cd of linuxcnc 2.5, also made a lite version using Xfce4, this version has only the bare minimum to run LCNC.. I added the Linuxcnc tux logo to the installer, I also modified the plymouth splash to use the Tux LinuxCNC logo on boot. For a live .iso only, i disabled the installer and configured Syslinux to boot straight into the OS, no menu's. Im in the process of writing a gui that only uses the frame buffer, and will eliminate Xorg completely. I'm not sure what i will gain here but when i run the Rtai module kernel latency test in Xfce4 or Gnome version i see a 2000ns difference in the max latency when compared to running it in CLI. Im not positive how this correlates between the latency test shipped with linuxcnc hopefully someone on here can chime in with that, or ill take a look at the source code and figure it out. I'll take some screenshots later this afternoon. the Xfce4 iso is only 250mb. Also only ships with the En language package, though adding the locale package's back in is trivial and only adds about 20Mb of additional space. If your wondering what the point of this is, I want the OS to feel as if, its only linuxcnc for the machine's i design. I have been unable to duplicate the RTAI latency i can get with the shipped package from linuxcnc on any other distro so i decided to stick with Ubuntu. I built the lite version using Ubuntu-mini-remix a great starting .iso for those interested. I will be using a Compact Flash drive on the controllers with my machine. It will load the .iso live into ram on boot every time this makes updating a breeze i can remotely send a new .iso if bug fixes or improvements are made to the os and linuxcnc itself. I'll leave this open for comments or criticism. Thanks Gabe -- Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Live Cd
Dave, It really has nothing to do with the size of the drive, or saving money by cutting down the drive size. This is merely for remote support, I would much rather have a script downloading 200Mb updated iso's with bug fixes from my server, than 600+Mb iso's. Plus These machines are designed For there specific task, boots into the custom gui and shuts down. Thats it... no surfing the web, taking notes on gedit, or browsing the Ubuntu software center for games. Im actually interested in seeing if the Roboboard 110 http://www.roboard.com/RB-110.htm, would be suitable for Linuxcnc. Gabe On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com wrote: What does this really get you?I don't see the advantage. I have had LCNC running off 8 gig CF cards in two applications for a couple of years and I quickly realized that I could have used 4 gig flash cards instead without difficulty. I think I would have a hard time finding CF cards smaller than 4 gigs now. I was at Walmart recently and they were clearancing Sony 4 gig USB stick drives for $2.00 each! BTW, the Sony stick drives I got for $2 are really fast! Dave On 10/15/2012 7:10 AM, Gabriel Willen wrote: So i did some remastering to the live cd of linuxcnc 2.5, also made a lite version using Xfce4, this version has only the bare minimum to run LCNC.. I added the Linuxcnc tux logo to the installer, I also modified the plymouth splash to use the Tux LinuxCNC logo on boot. For a live .iso only, i disabled the installer and configured Syslinux to boot straight into the OS, no menu's. Im in the process of writing a gui that only uses the frame buffer, and will eliminate Xorg completely. I'm not sure what i will gain here but when i run the Rtai module kernel latency test in Xfce4 or Gnome version i see a 2000ns difference in the max latency when compared to running it in CLI. Im not positive how this correlates between the latency test shipped with linuxcnc hopefully someone on here can chime in with that, or ill take a look at the source code and figure it out. I'll take some screenshots later this afternoon. the Xfce4 iso is only 250mb. Also only ships with the En language package, though adding the locale package's back in is trivial and only adds about 20Mb of additional space. If your wondering what the point of this is, I want the OS to feel as if, its only linuxcnc for the machine's i design. I have been unable to duplicate the RTAI latency i can get with the shipped package from linuxcnc on any other distro so i decided to stick with Ubuntu. I built the lite version using Ubuntu-mini-remix a great starting .iso for those interested. I will be using a Compact Flash drive on the controllers with my machine. It will load the .iso live into ram on boot every time this makes updating a breeze i can remotely send a new .iso if bug fixes or improvements are made to the os and linuxcnc itself. I'll leave this open for comments or criticism. Thanks Gabe -- Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Book Recommendation
Well i ruined it, I looked it up immediately and read the wiki and it spoiled the ending... there was no warning. Guess i won't be buing it. By the way haven't seen you on the IRC you still out of the country? Gabe On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 4:22 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: Rather off-topic, but I think a lot of us will feel a commonality with the main character in Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute. (Available on Kindle) -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Hal Configurator Screenshots
Well I made pretty good progress on this program this weekend. Essentially its one of many parts i'm making to make LinuxCNC setup a more user friendly experience. The Mach3 user's won't have anything to say about setup when im finished. I plan to build a LinuxCNC Main gui with seperate applications wether it be configuration for a milling machine or something completely custom. As of right now, that will include a new and improved Stepper motor setup, including closed loop tuning, a improved servo tuning interface, a Hal signal linker/paramter setting, that will open and revise .hal files, without making changes to whats been done. Simply select a component from the list, click out an out pin, if its float all of the eligible float in pins will be active to select, click on one or many in pins. Have it either auto generate a net signal name based on an abbrievated outpin such as siggen.0.sine would be siggen-sine. There will be a better latency testing tool, that will put your system under various user selectable stress levels. No longer requiring you to put it under a load. It will open windows, open glx gears, move windows around, add text to a text editor scroll up and down, launch a few web browser's send a large fake packet over ethernet and what ever else i can think of. I also plan on adding a .comp IDE, making it very simple to write and install hal components. Lastly a better gui designer essentially simplifying gladevcp even more. Let me know what you think if you have any request i would be glad to hear them. Here are the screen shots so far https://plus.google.com/photos/108420335892310746315/albums/5784211124086428513 Gabe -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Hal Configurator Screenshots
As long as it challenges me then i will stick with it, so i make no guarantee's. Its a problem i have, i get started on a project and i enjoy it because its new and challenging. But once i figure it out i get bored with it and it sits until i return to work on it again, but usually i start something new. Gabe On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:23 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 September 2012 14:51, Gabriel Willen gabewil...@gmail.com wrote: https://plus.google.com/photos/108420335892310746315/albums/5784211124086428513 This seems ambitious, but it all sounds good. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Hal Configurator Screenshots
This is all being done with halcmd, and i piped the stderr and stdout too files, that i monitor. Im using hlcmd -s show pin for the pins, then i read the lines separate the relevant information like dir, type, name, and discard the rest. For the setup i am parsing the .comp files and adding optional cfg based on the component. I wanted it to work no mater how many times you changed, or installed a component, or loaded several different of the same components. I didn't want to have to keep updating it when ever something new was added to the wiki. if you hover over the component with your mouse the manual information is displayed, also if it missed something in the .comp file, i parse the stderr for the line that starts with the component. such as as STEPGEN: ERROR: no count added, then it places a text entry box below the combo box with a label next to it labeled count. Python has pretty easy file reading and OS capturing libraries. Last night i spent the final two hours writing a auto screen capture program, takes a screen print at the specified interval, you can also declare what window to take pictures of so it will pause if you tab out or switch windows. but that's a whole seperate topic. Gabe On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:44 PM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 4 September 2012 16:24, Gabriel Willen gabewil...@gmail.com wrote: As long as it challenges me then i will stick with it Well, this is a challenge. How are you interrogating the components for pin names? Bear in mind that the range of components is continually growing, and some have different pinouts depending on startup options. bldc is a rather extreme example of this. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Sprinkler System
Hey thanks guys, I plan on adding a few more features to the algorithm. Adjust the watering times based on precipitation percentages acquired from the local forecast. You all should of seen the faces on the contractor's that came out when i told them i wanted everything but the control system, and that i planned on using my own. Unfortunately the bids all came in at $4000.00, well above our budget. My system with controller and sensor's, and sprinkler heads totals $1200, plus an additional $500.0 to pay a licensed plumber to run the pipe and install the back flow system. Also i designed my entire house in solid works, including the yard with slope's and elevation, then designed sprinkler heads showing the water trajectory in 3d for each head, made it very easy to place them accordingly I can honostly say the possibilities with the software are very much limited to ones imagination, and though the learning curve may be slightly higher to some. With help from all of the active people on this list and the IRC one can easily achieve the results required for the task at hand. I want to push linuxcnc's fan base and spread the knowledge, in fact the newest machine i am completing for a customer will be demo'd at an open house for 1000's of business owners. On theframe around the lcd and the control box, i will proudly have linuxcnc decals. This is a hidden gem among software its time someone digs it up and display's it for all to see! Gabe On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2012 08:47:42 Mark Wendt did opine: On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Gabriel Willen gabewil...@gmail.com wrote: I thought you all would get a kick out of this, but i designed my sprinkler system controller using Gladevcp a few custom hal components. I doubt this was in mind when EMC2 was being made but i figured hey what the heck. I have 9 zones. I bought 9 http://www.vegetronix.com/Products/Soil-Moisture-Sensor-Probes.phtml and 9 http://www.vegetronix.com/Products/THERM200/, along with 9 small solar cells. i monitor the sensor readings using an atmega micro-controller, pass the analog value to Hal, and adjust each zones watering accordingly. then using a parallel port relay board i turn the valves on and off. I should have it up and running this week. I know I know, why didn't i just write a python program to do it all, well i'm just a linuxcnc fan-boy i guess. Plus i feel like this sprinkler.comp would be a great addition to the component list on the wiki. okay, let the joke's begin Gabe Jokes hell! That's just too cool for school! Wish I'd have thought of that. ;-) Mark I have to agree. Dee's niece, on the dairy farm in NY, is also running a CSA garden, part of which is one of those vertical garden, no dirt thingies that she usually has strawberries in. I've had a couple out of it, just as tasty as the usual garden grown, but twice or 3x as big. I would imagine that might be better controlled to economize on the nutrient $olution used, and linuxcnc could probably be used for the brains. I'll investigate as I have no clue what the setup uses to control itself now. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ 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) My web page: http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene is up! The number of feet in a yard is directly proportional to the success of the barbecue. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security
[Emc-users] LinuxCNC Sprinkler System
I thought you all would get a kick out of this, but i designed my sprinkler system controller using Gladevcp a few custom hal components. I doubt this was in mind when EMC2 was being made but i figured hey what the heck. I have 9 zones. I bought 9 http://www.vegetronix.com/Products/Soil-Moisture-Sensor-Probes.phtml and 9 http://www.vegetronix.com/Products/THERM200/, along with 9 small solar cells. i monitor the sensor readings using an atmega micro-controller, pass the analog value to Hal, and adjust each zones watering accordingly. then using a parallel port relay board i turn the valves on and off. I should have it up and running this week. I know I know, why didn't i just write a python program to do it all, well i'm just a linuxcnc fan-boy i guess. Plus i feel like this sprinkler.comp would be a great addition to the component list on the wiki. okay, let the joke's begin Gabe -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] stepper drives
Looks good, but for that price might as well buy a 7i39 and go with servos. On Aug 29, 2012 4:47 PM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 29 August 2012 18:55, jeremy youngs jcyoung...@gmail.com wrote: Probably meant for elson or wallace but here it is anybody know where to source reasnobly priced drives that will go to 150 v? http://www.zappautomation.co.uk/2m2280n-high-voltage-stepper-driver-p-3.html?cPath=9_3_132 Any good? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] stepper drives
There are a few 150v volt drives out there or drives that run on 110v. Leadshine, motionking, are two I come up with off the top of my head. I would be leery though for those I have seen, seem to be drives with switch mode power supply built in and are rather bulky. Make sure that the output voltage is what you are requiring. I made a 150v drive using a bridge rectifier filtered through some capacitors and into some logic level n channel mosfets I'm using a atmega 328 to drive high and low side mosfet drivers. It's still very much beta but its looking very promising. Also parker makes a E-AC stepper drive $450.00 each although one can find them on eBay rather cheap. Gabe On Aug 29, 2012 12:59 PM, jeremy youngs jcyoung...@gmail.com wrote: Probably meant for elson or wallace but here it is anybody know where to source reasnobly priced drives that will go to 150 v? The mathe ive done suggests i can get 300 ipm at 150 v and calculations show my motors should handle it may have to cool them but even if i get 200 ill be happy. Thinking about doing a lathe and would just replace the drive in my mill with what i come up with. I found some chinese ebayers that have 110 input which rectified will give 169 v which is 19 higher than my best math states i can use h..? But they dont infact give an output spec ? thats rough maybe i should just got to servo now and be done. Speaking of which does any one have a link to servo size calculators? ive found a lot of math on steppers not much on servos thanx guys its off to work now someones got to support my machine habit ;) -- jeremy youngs -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] IMTS
Hey everyone, its been a while since i have been on the IRC or checked my email for that matter. I was wondering if anyone will be attending IMTS in two weeks? Gabe -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Joint position from VCP
Hey Viesturs, I have successfully done this twice, its fairly simple. I would be more than happy to help you through it. Including a homing process. I would suggest only using glade for the User Interface, not to handle any time based commands. Found this out very quickly. Its really easy to write a hal component using halcomp and attach the python handlers to those i/o pins you create. If you would like to schedule a time to chat. Please let me know. I have been dealing with some family problems as of late, and has cut down on my IRC time. But these issues should be resolved quickly Thanks Gabe On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 6:08 AM, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, folks! Is there a way to set commanded position for particular joint from VCP widget? The machine I am building has 1 joint that positions one of the saw blades. I would like to be able to set its position from VCP (most probably pyvcp as it is easier for me to set up), but I have difficulties finding, if there are any HAL pins that I can use to feed in the requested position for particular joint. All the axis.n.joint-pos-cmd, axis.n.motor-pos-cmd and halui.axis.n.pos-commanded are all OUT pins. The thing is that I see serious difficulties to ensure that MDI commands would be used correctly, it has to be as idiot-proof as possible. -- Viesturs If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] spindle drive
I would think most industrial vfd's would work in conjunction with a mesa card that has +- 10V. On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:01 PM, a...@conceptmachinery.com wrote: hi is there proven spindle drive for fanuc spindle motor? machine is working good but in case of problem i think it will be better replace whole old fanuc 10m spindle drive. i know servodynamc drives for axis, and do not know drives for spindle. thanks aram -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] spindle drive
Yes sorry I was assuming he already had the machine and the drive went bad, he was looking for an alternative. If this If this is the case all of the wires brought to the existing drive are flying lead, so the encoder pulse wire is already there. I have repaired several of the existing drives. The most common problem are the capacities on the power stage board. It's actually an easy fix if your handy with a soldering gun. Just assuming you have a machine with a broken VFD. Gabe On Jul 11, 2012 6:42 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 11 July 2012 12:22, Gabriel Willen gabewil...@gmail.com wrote: I would think most industrial vfd's would work in conjunction with a mesa card that has +- 10V. I think that Fanuc motors are AC synchronous (brushless permanent magnet) so need a closed-loop drive. The LinuxCNC bldc component understands the Fanuc red cap commutation scheme, though, and can convert it to suit drives with a different feedback requirement (synthetic Hall signals, for example) -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Bldc_Hal
I don't know if I'm miss understanding the bldc Hal component. I have a 3 phase half bridge driver ic that uses cmos, or ttl as inputs. So I configured bldc with q for encoder, h for halls, and B for 6 bit inverting, and 6 for output signal. Is it supposed to generated sinus pwm signals on the outputs or is this a middle man for another price of hardware that would generate the pwm. The ic is a Fairchild smart power module, using a 500 for incremenatal encoded. Thanks Gabe -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Bldc_Hal
Excellent that is what I figured. Thanks Gabe On Apr 26, 2012 8:02 AM, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/4/26 Gabriel Willen gabewil...@gmail.com: Is it supposed to generated sinus pwm signals on the outputs or is this a middle man for another price of hardware that would generate the pwm. No, it does not do actual pwm generation. Mesa FPGA cards have 3-phase pwm generator module. Viesturs -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Bldc_Hal
Andy would you care to enlighten me a little on your sign lookup table? I have an xmega laying around I have been playing with. I have it decoding and picking up the hall positions. But I'm not grasping the sign lookup table. I have read a half a dozen articles on it. In sure I will figure out, I always do but I figured maybe you could help. Also I thought about porting your bldc component, removing the real time and Hal includes and trying to make it work. But honestly I don't need all the wonderful bells and whistles you have included in yours. Thanks Gabe On Apr 26, 2012 8:35 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 26 April 2012 13:01, Gabriel Willen gabewil...@gmail.com wrote: Is it supposed to generated sinus pwm signals on the outputs or is this a middle man for another price of hardware that would generate the pwm. No, bldc doesn't generate PWM, it generates amplitudes for a PWM generator based on measured rotor position. It might be possible, dependent on the IC, to use a single PWMgen to control the current, and to use the 6 bits to control the gates. (sending PWM to a master-enable pin, for example) The mesa three-phase-PWM generator generates 3 pwm phases on 6 pins in exact phase and with a deadband to prevent shoot-through. I have considered adding a 3pwmgen thread to bldc, but I think that the pwm frequency available in software would be rather too low for bldc use. -- atp The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply, wrong. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Thank you.
!!WARNING RAMBLING BELLOW!! I know you haven't heard much from me, but I have been using linuxcnc for two years now, both industrial and hobby use. I have been taking for granted those who have made and still make this a great free resource with excellent support. So this is my formal thank you, to all that have made or are making a Hal component, to all that work on the real time environment, to all that maintain the website, and to all that support the bugs, coding, and create the ever so helpfull instructions and documents. Anyone who has helped a newbie or beginner. Because if this software I have successfully started my own machine design company. You will see it in the future, by The way if there are any experienced reasonably priced website designers out there please send me an email. All though my end goal will be my own motion controller with some of Linux cnc components. I want to seperate the user space and realtime environment in seperate hardware. You can bet it will be open sourced. So once again thank you Gabe -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Bldc_Hal
Andy, Yes i have seen that video, i actually commented on it asking for the sketch. I haven't heard from him though so i assume he either doesn't want to share it or hasn't checked the comments yet. Gabe On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:48 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On 26 April 2012 15:31, Gabriel Willen gabewil...@gmail.com wrote: Andy would you care to enlighten me a little on your sign lookup table? I am not sure what you mean. bldc uses normal maths functions to work out the sine values. Are you asking about how the Hall-sensor table works? Have you seen: http://youtu.be/oyeJfNg3NfQ -- atp The idea that there is no such thing as objective truth is, quite simply, wrong. -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Bldc Drive
What do you guys think about using one of these to drive a BLDC or AC Servo motor? http://www.fairchildsemi.com/products/discrete/spm/index.html... seems like they have a good selection. Gabe -- Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Wemotec Wt-SC25
http://www.wemotec.net/products/controller-modules/WT-SC25-Servocontroller.html does anyone know anything about this? Thanks Gabe -- For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] 3 phase bldc question
Finally some educated answers, this mailing list is really coming through! I have a 660W 48v 15A Bldc motor, using this drive http://www.sei-automation.com/products/Brushless/BLDC-5015A.html laying around. I started thinking about trying to set it up as a servo, see how it would do, Get a 1000cpr encoder with A, A-, B, B-, Z, also With 8 pole hall sensor outs. I started tuning it with LinuxCNC Pid control. I just had it mounted on the table With no Load attached. Let me just say the cogging Is very noticeable and almost impossible to tune out. i wonder if it was under a load, it wouldn't be so noticeable? -- For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] DIsable linuxcnc from minimizing or being closed (Dewey Garrett)
Thank you! I love the support that surrounds LinuxCnc. Gabe W -- For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] DIsable linuxcnc from minimizing or being closed
I was wondering if i could lock linux cnc. I want to prevent the operator from being able to minimize or accidently close emc2. Thanks in advanced Gabe -- Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-dev2dev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
