Re: [Emc-users] How about a 1Ghz PIII for 2 axis?
Gregg Eshelman a écrit : Picked up a Dell Dimension L100R for free. Has parallel and serial ports, 1 Ghz Socket 370 PIII with 512K cache (better than the 256K version) and will have 512 meg PC133 once I find another 256 meg stick it likes. I have a couple it sees as only 32 meg. (512 is max for this model.) I put an 80 gig hard drive in, have a CD-RW to replace the CD-ROM and need to find a PCI video card instead of using the built in video that cuts out a hunk of main RAM. This is a tiny little box, couldn't get much smaller without squeezing it sideways and putting the optical drive in on edge. For the big plasma table I have a mpc ClientPro 365. Much more muscle to it so it'll be able to handle XP + Mach3 and run the CAD and other software. All the little Dell will be doing is running LinuxCNC on the torch arm. Going to try and get Ned to go on a shopping trip to get components for that when he gets back from Utah. Found a surplus shop that has 4040 T-slot extrusion for $2.49 a foot, plus various sizes of cable carrier and plenty of other good stuff. I want to get that torch going first to cut some pieces for the big table's gantry. Hi, I don't know this model. However, I am running LinuxCNC 2.4.7 on a PIII 1GHz with 640MB of RAM and a 100MHz FSB (intel 440BX chipset). I run a 3 axis machine and I can confirm it works out of the box. I don't remember latency values, but I never get latencies problems. Maximum speed is set to 2600mm/min (not the limit that I can achieve, just the speed I wanted) Hope it helps, Xavier -- Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with 2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] Monitor and control my CNC through an IP camera ?
2012/6/21, John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm: On Thu, Jun 21, 2012, at 04:11 PM, Rando Sauvage wrote: 2012/6/21, John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm: On Thu, Jun 21, 2012, at 02:19 PM, Rando Sauvage wrote: I have tried to do a logical OR with hal components in my custom.hal file, but it doesn't works since my emc_pause script doesn't address a real pin anymore ... loadrt or2 count=1 addf or2.0 servo-thread net programPause = halui.program.pause net pause-joystick or2.0.in0 = input.0.btn-thumb net pause-console or2.0.in1 net programPause = or2.0.out I have then modified my emc_pause script as follow: halcmd setp pause-console 1; But it fails with this error: commandline:0: parameter or pin 'pause-console' not found, because pause-console is a signal name with no pin associated ... As Andy has already pointed out, you could setp the input pin of the OR gate: halcmd setp or2.0.in1 1; You could also retain the readability benefits of the named signal by using the sets command, which lets you set a signal instead of a pin: halcmd sets pause-console 1; -- John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm Thanks both for your answers. I am quite sure I tried halcmd setp or2.0.in1 1; and it didn't work (it failed with a message pin already in use or something like this). Wasn't aware of the existence of the sets command, great! I will get a try again in a couple of hours and let you know. Xavier Oh, right - it won't let you set the pin because there is a signal connected to it. If you delete the line net pause-console or2.0.in1 then the pin would be free, and setp would work. But personally I would keep the signal and use sets. That way you have a nice readable signal name when you are studying the HAL file five years from now. You know what ? You are 100% right here ! I have tested the 2 solutions, and yes, both work. To sum-up the two solutions: 1) *** using setp *** - custom.hal contains: loadrt or2 count=1 addf or2.0 servo-thread net programPause = halui.program.pause net pause-joystick or2.0.in0 = input.0.btn-thumb net programPause = or2.0.out - and my emc_pause script is modified as follow (we address directly the second input of the OR gate): #!/bin/sh halcmd setp or2.0.in1 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd setp or2.0.in1 0; sleep 1 halcmd setp halui.spindle.stop 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd setp halui.spindle.stop 0; halcmd setp halui.flood.off 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd setp halui.flood.off 0; echo Machine paused. 2) *** better solution: use sets (set signal) *** - custom.hal contains: loadrt or2 count=1 addf or2.0 servo-thread net programPause = halui.program.pause net pause-joystick or2.0.in0 = input.0.btn-thumb net pause-console or2.0.in1 net programPause = or2.0.out - and the beginning of my emc_pause script is modified as follow (this time we address the signal that is connected to one of the input of the OR gate): #!/bin/sh halcmd sets pause-console 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd sets pause-console 0; sleep 1 ... Obviously, I did the same for the emc_resume script / button. The only difference is that we declare two OR gates (loadrt or2 count=2) and the second one is addressed with the name or2.1. Note for those who are looking for more info: the html documentation doesn't contain all the commands (eg I think that sets is missing), so take a look at the man page of halcmd (man halcmd). Thanks again for your help :-) Xavier -- 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] Monitor and control my CNC through an IP camera ?
2011/4/11, Rando Sauvage rando.sauv...@gmail.com: For now, I finally achieved to remote control my machine by using halcmd as suggested too. I have done 2 scripts called emc_pause emc_resume. Both scripts can pause resume a running program, and also deals with the spindle the coolant flood (that's great!). Here is the *emc_pause* script: #!/bin/sh halcmd setp halui.program.pause 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd setp halui.program.pause 0; sleep 1 halcmd setp halui.spindle.stop 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd setp halui.spindle.stop 0; halcmd setp halui.flood.off 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd setp halui.flood.off 0; echo Machine paused. Hello, You may remember that I use the above script to pause emc2 (and stop spindle / coolant) from Linux command line (remote control of my machine). I need again your help: today I have mapped the program pause to one of my joystick button with this instruction in custom.hal file: net programPause input.0.btn-thumb = halui.program.pause It is working fine, but, my above script called emc_pause doesn't work anymore, it fails with the following error commandline:0: pin 'halui.program.pause' is connected to a signal Question: how to connect 'halui.program.pause' to both my joystick button AND my external script called emc_pause ? I have tried to do a logical OR with hal components in my custom.hal file, but it doesn't works since my emc_pause script doesn't address a real pin anymore ... Below is my attempt (placed in custom.hal): loadrt or2 count=1 addf or2.0 servo-thread net programPause = halui.program.pause net pause-joystick or2.0.in0 = input.0.btn-thumb net pause-console or2.0.in1 net programPause = or2.0.out I have then modified my emc_pause script as follow: halcmd setp pause-console 1; But it fails with this error: commandline:0: parameter or pin 'pause-console' not found, because pause-console is a signal name with no pin associated ... Please help ! Thanks, Xavier -- 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] Monitor and control my CNC through an IP camera ?
Thanks both for your answers. I am quite sure I tried halcmd setp or2.0.in1 1; and it didn't work (it failed with a message pin already in use or something like this). Wasn't aware of the existence of the sets command, great! I will get a try again in a couple of hours and let you know. Xavier 2012/6/21, John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm: On Thu, Jun 21, 2012, at 02:19 PM, Rando Sauvage wrote: I have tried to do a logical OR with hal components in my custom.hal file, but it doesn't works since my emc_pause script doesn't address a real pin anymore ... loadrt or2 count=1 addf or2.0 servo-thread net programPause = halui.program.pause net pause-joystick or2.0.in0 = input.0.btn-thumb net pause-console or2.0.in1 net programPause = or2.0.out I have then modified my emc_pause script as follow: halcmd setp pause-console 1; But it fails with this error: commandline:0: parameter or pin 'pause-console' not found, because pause-console is a signal name with no pin associated ... As Andy has already pointed out, you could setp the input pin of the OR gate: halcmd setp or2.0.in1 1; You could also retain the readability benefits of the named signal by using the sets command, which lets you set a signal instead of a pin: halcmd sets pause-console 1; -- John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm -- 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 -- http://rando-sauvage.info -- 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] Monitor and control my CNC through an IP camera ?
2011/4/7 Stephen Wille Padnos spad...@sover.net: Rando Sauvage wrote: Hi, I am an EMC2 user and currently I am doing some pieces which take several hours to mill. So, I would like to run my CNC while I am not at home (eg while I am at work), but still want to take an eye on my CNC through an IP camera + *get the possibility to remote control the AXIS GUI* (this is the important part ;-)) Basically what I would need is: 1) Remotely pause and continue a running GCode program. 2) While the program is paused, I need to be able to stop the spindle and the lube (these one are important because eg if the mill broke, I need to stop the spindle ASAP. but I don't know if it is possible since I can't stop the spindle from AXIS while a program is paused) [...] You don't need any IP cameras or other hoo-ha to remote control EMC. Of course, if you want to see the actual machine, an IP camera is a reasonable way of doing that. EMC has been designed from the start to allow multiple user interfaces, which can be on a remote machine if you like. This is in addition to the option of running a remote X session, or remote desktop software such as VNC. The NML messaging system allows you to set up channels as being remote. I believe there are sample server.nml and client.nml files in the sample configs directory (maybe in common/ or something). You can run AXIS on the EMC machine and start a program running. When you get to work or wherever, fire up Axis, tkEMC, mini, emcrsh - whatever, and if the NML file is configured correctly, you will connect to the remote machine. Both UIs will be running, and either could take control - if someone at home smells smoke and hits ESC on that keyboard, the machine will stop. You will see the change in machine state on your remote UI. Similarly, you can hit ESC to stop the machine, and the UI on the PC controlling the machine will show what you have done. There are a couple of caveats to this: 1) I'm pretty sure that nothing bad happens, but you should experiment with running a part and then starting another UI. Specifically, try AXIS - I don't know whether it will happily connect to a running EMC or if it will load its splash file and stop the machine. 2) Specific to AXIS, you would need a command-line option to disable the creation of HAL pins on the remote control PC. That machine isn't likely to (and doesn't need to) run an RT kernel, and besides you don't want HAL running on your machine at work, since it's not connected to the machine anyway. 3) File handling is a little weird with remote machines. You need to have the loaded file available at the same path on all machines you want to run UIs on. NML doesn't transfer the file, and the status buffer has the full path name to the file, so if you want to see the code as it's executing, you'll need to make sure you have the same file in the same location on the remote PC. [...] Hi everyone, Sorry for the late reply and thanks a lot for your detailed answers ! I am not a big fan of VNC that I consider of a last resort solution. Running 2 UI in parallel is a really interesting and powerful feature. I have not tested yet, but I could run a light UI in parallel to Axis. According to what you explained to me, I think it will be simpler to run this UI on the EMC computer and export the display through SSH (as you proposed). This solution also has the advantage of not needing any software installation at work. For now, I finally achieved to remote control my machine by using halcmd as suggested too. I have done 2 scripts called emc_pause emc_resume. Both scripts can pause resume a running program, and also deals with the spindle the coolant flood (that's great!). Here is the *emc_pause* script: #!/bin/sh halcmd setp halui.program.pause 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd setp halui.program.pause 0; sleep 1 halcmd setp halui.spindle.stop 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd setp halui.spindle.stop 0; halcmd setp halui.flood.off 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd setp halui.flood.off 0; echo Machine paused. And the *emc_resume* script (there are some delays for the coolant flood and the spindle to restart): #!/bin/sh halcmd setp halui.flood.on 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd setp halui.flood.on 0; sleep 3 halcmd setp halui.spindle.start 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd setp halui.spindle.start 0; sleep 3 halcmd setp halui.program.resume 1; sleep 0.1 halcmd setp halui.program.resume 0; echo Machine restarted. Last is a picture of my machine controlled by EMC2: http://www.usinages.com/files/t_img_7895_vue_ensemble_147.jpg Thanks again, Xavier -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
[Emc-users] Monitor and control my CNC through an IP camera ?
Hi, I am an EMC2 user and currently I am doing some pieces which take several hours to mill. So, I would like to run my CNC while I am not at home (eg while I am at work), but still want to take an eye on my CNC through an IP camera + *get the possibility to remote control the AXIS GUI* (this is the important part ;-)) Basically what I would need is: 1) Remotely pause and continue a running GCode program. 2) While the program is paused, I need to be able to stop the spindle and the lube (these one are important because eg if the mill broke, I need to stop the spindle ASAP. but I don't know if it is possible since I can't stop the spindle from AXIS while a program is paused) I did some research but I am a bit lost ... I found that maybe I could use axis-remote or emcrsh ? Which one is should I use ? (remember that I want to keep axis running on my EMC2 machine). Can someone show me what to do to pause a running program ? (eg axis-remote --mdi ?) Note: - I have a SSH connection to the EMC2 computer - I could possibly wire a relay on the IP camera to control Axis but that's not my preferred solution and I don't even know If I can pause EMC2 from an external contact ? Many thanks for your help, Xavier P.S. why is there a mailing list + a forum ? Are the persons both subscribed to the forum and to the mailing list ? -- Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
