Re: [Emc-users] : Which mini ITX board to choose? (Rudy du Preez)
Gene What I sometimes do is to take a piece of electrical wire and strip the insulation off. Then I split the insulation along the length and slip it over the sharp edge. You can glue it with some epoxy or the like. On 2013/04/11 12:16 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 10 April 2013 18:12:55 Marius Liebenberg did opine: Gene, The pins on the MB is just a double header so you should be able to do that. I am looking at doing just that so I made a visit to the supplier and had a look at the MB to see how they do it. You could always make a little slot in the end plate of the PCI card or pop out one of the unused place holders on the back plate. Which is what I did do at one point but with a 50 pin scsi cable from a triple 82C55 based card, and the edges of the hole in the backplane were too sharp for comfort IMO. To be comfy, it would have needed an edge breaker strip installed. And those aren't commodity items here in the middle of WV. :) On 2013/04/10 05:43 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 10 April 2013 11:40:26 Rudy du Preez did opine: The Intel D2800MT actually has a parallel port. It sits on the board and needs a ribbon cable extension. Can the ribbon cable be fed directly to a B.O.B. such as Leonardo's CNC4PC model C1G?, bypassing at least one set of db25's? Sounds cool if you can get the cable out of a box like the 350 mini itx box. I am currently running a Linuxcnc 2.5.2 on this board with two parports: one in the PCI-E slot and one on the ribbon cable. One is configured as out and the other as in. Rudy Cheers, Gene -- Regards / Groete Marius D. Liebenberg MasterCut cc Cel: +27 82 698 3251 Tel: +27 12 743 6064 Fax: +27 86 551 8029 Skype: marius_d.liebenberg Skype Me^(TM)! skype:marius_d.liebenberg?call Get Skype http://www.skype.com/go/download and call me for free. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 130410-2, 2013/04/10 Tested on: 2013/04/11 08:36:53 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2013 AVAST Software. http://www.avast.com -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] : Which mini ITX board to choose? (Rudy du Preez)
On Thursday 11 April 2013 08:39:43 Marius Liebenberg did opine: Gene What I sometimes do is to take a piece of electrical wire and strip the insulation off. Then I split the insulation along the length and slip it over the sharp edge. You can glue it with some epoxy or the like. I've done that too, but getting it to stay in position long enough for superglue to set can be a problem. The ready made nylon stuff is better, but usually formed for 16 gauge metal, not this razor sharp 28 gauge they use for backplates these days. Even running it out through a card slot, I usually try to put an extra wrap of scotch 88 tape on the edges. Paranoia I guess. Thanks. On 2013/04/11 12:16 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 10 April 2013 18:12:55 Marius Liebenberg did opine: Gene, The pins on the MB is just a double header so you should be able to do that. I am looking at doing just that so I made a visit to the supplier and had a look at the MB to see how they do it. You could always make a little slot in the end plate of the PCI card or pop out one of the unused place holders on the back plate. Which is what I did do at one point but with a 50 pin scsi cable from a triple 82C55 based card, and the edges of the hole in the backplane were too sharp for comfort IMO. To be comfy, it would have needed an edge breaker strip installed. And those aren't commodity items here in the middle of WV. :) On 2013/04/10 05:43 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 10 April 2013 11:40:26 Rudy du Preez did opine: The Intel D2800MT actually has a parallel port. It sits on the board and needs a ribbon cable extension. Can the ribbon cable be fed directly to a B.O.B. such as Leonardo's CNC4PC model C1G?, bypassing at least one set of db25's? Sounds cool if you can get the cable out of a box like the 350 mini itx box. I am currently running a Linuxcnc 2.5.2 on this board with two parports: one in the PCI-E slot and one on the ribbon cable. One is configured as out and the other as in. Rudy Cheers, Gene 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! My views http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml I'm reporting for duty as a modern person. I want to do the Latin Hustle now! A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million law-abiding citizens. -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] : Which mini ITX board to choose? (Rudy du Preez)
Gentlemen, I just put together an e350n with 4GB ram and 120GB SSD. The only bios play I did was to try to boot with a USB HDD. No joy there so I used a sata dvd to install. The all day servo thread latency settles around 9600 (an overnight run was 12000 in the morning). The all day base thread settles around 8700. This is with glxgears running and surfing the internet. Just information for your use. thanks Stuart On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Thursday 11 April 2013 08:39:43 Marius Liebenberg did opine: Gene What I sometimes do is to take a piece of electrical wire and strip the insulation off. Then I split the insulation along the length and slip it over the sharp edge. You can glue it with some epoxy or the like. I've done that too, but getting it to stay in position long enough for superglue to set can be a problem. The ready made nylon stuff is better, but usually formed for 16 gauge metal, not this razor sharp 28 gauge they use for backplates these days. Even running it out through a card slot, I usually try to put an extra wrap of scotch 88 tape on the edges. Paranoia I guess. Thanks. On 2013/04/11 12:16 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 10 April 2013 18:12:55 Marius Liebenberg did opine: Gene, The pins on the MB is just a double header so you should be able to do that. I am looking at doing just that so I made a visit to the supplier and had a look at the MB to see how they do it. You could always make a little slot in the end plate of the PCI card or pop out one of the unused place holders on the back plate. Which is what I did do at one point but with a 50 pin scsi cable from a triple 82C55 based card, and the edges of the hole in the backplane were too sharp for comfort IMO. To be comfy, it would have needed an edge breaker strip installed. And those aren't commodity items here in the middle of WV. :) On 2013/04/10 05:43 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 10 April 2013 11:40:26 Rudy du Preez did opine: The Intel D2800MT actually has a parallel port. It sits on the board and needs a ribbon cable extension. Can the ribbon cable be fed directly to a B.O.B. such as Leonardo's CNC4PC model C1G?, bypassing at least one set of db25's? Sounds cool if you can get the cable out of a box like the 350 mini itx box. I am currently running a Linuxcnc 2.5.2 on this board with two parports: one in the PCI-E slot and one on the ribbon cable. One is configured as out and the other as in. Rudy Cheers, Gene 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! My views http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml I'm reporting for duty as a modern person. I want to do the Latin Hustle now! A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million law-abiding citizens. -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- dos centavos -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] : Which mini ITX board to choose? (Rudy du Preez)
The Intel D2800MT actually has a parallel port. It sits on the board and needs a ribbon cable extension. I am currently running a Linuxcnc 2.5.2 on this board with two parports: one in the PCI-E slot and one on the ribbon cable. One is configured as out and the other as in. Rudy -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] : Which mini ITX board to choose? (Rudy du Preez)
On Wednesday 10 April 2013 11:40:26 Rudy du Preez did opine: The Intel D2800MT actually has a parallel port. It sits on the board and needs a ribbon cable extension. Can the ribbon cable be fed directly to a B.O.B. such as Leonardo's CNC4PC model C1G?, bypassing at least one set of db25's? Sounds cool if you can get the cable out of a box like the 350 mini itx box. I am currently running a Linuxcnc 2.5.2 on this board with two parports: one in the PCI-E slot and one on the ribbon cable. One is configured as out and the other as in. Rudy -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ 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! My views http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml Many are called, few are chosen. Fewer still get to do the choosing. A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million law-abiding citizens. -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] : Which mini ITX board to choose? (Rudy du Preez)
On 10 April 2013 16:43, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Can the ribbon cable be fed directly to a B.O.B. such as Leonardo's CNC4PC model C1G?, bypassing at least one set of db25's? Yes. Even better, it can go direct to the identical header on a Mesa 7i43. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] : Which mini ITX board to choose? (Rudy du Preez)
2013/4/10 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com On 10 April 2013 16:43, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Can the ribbon cable be fed directly to a B.O.B. such as Leonardo's CNC4PC model C1G?, bypassing at least one set of db25's? Yes. Even better, it can go direct to the identical header on a Mesa 7i43. And keep all that cable inside the control box... That is why I prefer having such a header right on motherboard, just like D510MO board had. I have difficulties figuring out, how to get that cable back inside in a nice and good-looking way. -- Viesturs If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] : Which mini ITX board to choose? (Rudy du Preez)
Gene, The pins on the MB is just a double header so you should be able to do that. I am looking at doing just that so I made a visit to the supplier and had a look at the MB to see how they do it. You could always make a little slot in the end plate of the PCI card or pop out one of the unused place holders on the back plate. On 2013/04/10 05:43 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 10 April 2013 11:40:26 Rudy du Preez did opine: The Intel D2800MT actually has a parallel port. It sits on the board and needs a ribbon cable extension. Can the ribbon cable be fed directly to a B.O.B. such as Leonardo's CNC4PC model C1G?, bypassing at least one set of db25's? Sounds cool if you can get the cable out of a box like the 350 mini itx box. I am currently running a Linuxcnc 2.5.2 on this board with two parports: one in the PCI-E slot and one on the ribbon cable. One is configured as out and the other as in. Rudy -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene -- Regards / Groete Marius D. Liebenberg MasterCut cc Cel: +27 82 698 3251 Tel: +27 12 743 6064 Fax: +27 86 551 8029 Skype: marius_d.liebenberg Skype Me^(TM)! skype:marius_d.liebenberg?call Get Skype http://www.skype.com/go/download and call me for free. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 130410-0, 2013/04/10 Tested on: 2013/04/10 08:32:19 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2013 AVAST Software. http://www.avast.com -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] : Which mini ITX board to choose? (Rudy du Preez)
On Wednesday 10 April 2013 18:10:37 andy pugh did opine: On 10 April 2013 16:43, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Can the ribbon cable be fed directly to a B.O.B. such as Leonardo's CNC4PC model C1G?, bypassing at least one set of db25's? Yes. Even better, it can go direct to the identical header on a Mesa 7i43. Kewl. 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! My views http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml Parkinson's Fifth Law: If there is a way to delay in important decision, the good bureaucracy, public or private, will find it. A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million law-abiding citizens. -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
Re: [Emc-users] : Which mini ITX board to choose? (Rudy du Preez)
On Wednesday 10 April 2013 18:12:55 Marius Liebenberg did opine: Gene, The pins on the MB is just a double header so you should be able to do that. I am looking at doing just that so I made a visit to the supplier and had a look at the MB to see how they do it. You could always make a little slot in the end plate of the PCI card or pop out one of the unused place holders on the back plate. Which is what I did do at one point but with a 50 pin scsi cable from a triple 82C55 based card, and the edges of the hole in the backplane were too sharp for comfort IMO. To be comfy, it would have needed an edge breaker strip installed. And those aren't commodity items here in the middle of WV. :) On 2013/04/10 05:43 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 10 April 2013 11:40:26 Rudy du Preez did opine: The Intel D2800MT actually has a parallel port. It sits on the board and needs a ribbon cable extension. Can the ribbon cable be fed directly to a B.O.B. such as Leonardo's CNC4PC model C1G?, bypassing at least one set of db25's? Sounds cool if you can get the cable out of a box like the 350 mini itx box. I am currently running a Linuxcnc 2.5.2 on this board with two parports: one in the PCI-E slot and one on the ribbon cable. One is configured as out and the other as in. Rudy 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! My views http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml Parkinson's Fifth Law: If there is a way to delay in important decision, the good bureaucracy, public or private, will find it. A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million law-abiding citizens. -- Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users