Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread Rod Webster
Well there is another thread dealing with the admin side so keep the chatter here :) Yes Rtelligent have both open loop ECR series and closed loop ECT series drives. Dominik's CIA402 component is effective here. The ECT series seems quite solid, Their NEMA24 motor offers amazing performance based

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread Chad Woitas
Well, this is already off topic: For the hobbyists: These seem promising http://www.rtelligent.net/ECR60.html For the Commerical Applications: Sittners repo works well with Bosch/Beckhoff/SMC, there hasn't been any updates in almost a year but a few MR's are up. Beckhoff will recommend a PLC/S

Re: [Emc-developers] EtherCAT - would not be a prob with free membership in EtherCAT Technology Group Re: LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread Rod Webster
One could argue we are already in breach of their license by mentioning Ethercat in our Debian package :) There is no point suggesting something without being willing to contribute. Therefore I am happy to be an admin contact using the email ether...@vmn.com.au There are others who are more compete

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread Bernt Hustad Hembre
Hi all, I have not used EtherCAT equipment with LinuxCNC. But I’ve used a Beckhoff PLC running TC/BSD and TwinCAT. Controlling a whole lot of servomotors. The equipment from Beckhoff is priced quite a bit over the hobbyist budget. But is well worth the money for commercial application. And the w

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, February 28, 2022 2:03:30 PM EST Steffen Möller wrote: > On 28.02.22 19:44, gene heskett wrote: > > On Monday, February 28, 2022 12:53:21 PM EST Steffen Möller wrote: > >> On 28.02.22 18:40, gene heskett wrote: > >>> On Monday, February 28, 2022 8:28:36 AM EST andy pugh wrote: > On

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread Steffen Möller
On 28.02.22 19:44, gene heskett wrote: On Monday, February 28, 2022 12:53:21 PM EST Steffen Möller wrote: On 28.02.22 18:40, gene heskett wrote: On Monday, February 28, 2022 8:28:36 AM EST andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 13:22, Steffen Möller wrote: ie, "rtapi" is relevant to uspace

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, February 28, 2022 12:53:21 PM EST Steffen Möller wrote: > On 28.02.22 18:40, gene heskett wrote: > > On Monday, February 28, 2022 8:28:36 AM EST andy pugh wrote: > >> On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 13:22, Steffen Möller > > > > wrote: > ie, "rtapi" is relevant to uspace and rt builds. > >>

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread Steffen Möller
On 28.02.22 18:40, gene heskett wrote: On Monday, February 28, 2022 8:28:36 AM EST andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 13:22, Steffen Möller wrote: ie, "rtapi" is relevant to uspace and rt builds. Can you guide me (or someone else surfacing) towards what would be required to have LinuxCN

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread gene heskett
On Monday, February 28, 2022 8:28:36 AM EST andy pugh wrote: > On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 13:22, Steffen Möller wrote: > > > ie, "rtapi" is relevant to uspace and rt builds. > > > > Can you guide me (or someone else surfacing) towards what would be > > required to have LinuxCNC readily compatible wi

[Emc-developers] EtherCAT - would not be a prob with free membership in EtherCAT Technology Group Re: LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread Steffen Möller
Hello again, On 28.02.22 14:28, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 13:22, Steffen Möller wrote: Personally I know nothing about EtherCAT. I have always been a little afraid of the licensing complexities mentioned here: https://etherlab.org/en/ethercat/ Etherlab itself is GPLv2, but _usi

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread Steffen Möller
On 28.02.22 14:28, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 13:22, Steffen Möller wrote: ie, "rtapi" is relevant to uspace and rt builds. Can you guide me (or someone else surfacing) towards what would be required to have LinuxCNC readily compatible with that external EtherCAT package on Debi

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 13:22, Steffen Möller wrote: > > ie, "rtapi" is relevant to uspace and rt builds. > > Can you guide me (or someone else surfacing) towards what would be > required to have LinuxCNC readily compatible with that external EtherCAT > package on Debian? Personally I know nothin

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread Steffen Möller
On 28.02.22 13:44, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 12:20, Steffen Möller wrote: +rtapi_timespec_advance(task->nextstart, task->nextstart, task->period + task->pll_correction); which patches LinuxCNC's src/rtapi/rtapi.h and I have no idea if we can just ignore this for our uspace

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread andy pugh
On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 12:20, Steffen Möller wrote: > +rtapi_timespec_advance(task->nextstart, task->nextstart, > task->period + task->pll_correction); > > which patches LinuxCNC's src/rtapi/rtapi.h and I have no idea if we can > just ignore this for our uspace setup on Debian It sounds like

Re: [Emc-developers] LinuxCNC is in Debian!

2022-02-28 Thread Steffen Möller
Rod, Thank you tons for these pointers. This is a nice examples for a) and b) of my motivation coming togther. I'd love to see EtherCAT properly hooked up with LinuxCNC (I actually thought this was the case already) and I happily help to get there. The problem: I am not competent to make any dec