Re: [Emc-users] Axis speed slower on Emc2 than Emc1

2007-03-30 Thread Kyle
Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 28 March 2007, Alex Joni wrote: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?TweakingSoftwareStepGenerati on Its not responding. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Andy Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)

Re: [Emc-users] Axis speed slower on Emc2 than Emc1

2007-03-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 30 March 2007, Kyle wrote: Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 28 March 2007, Alex Joni wrote: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?TweakingSoftwareStepGener ati on Its not responding. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Andy Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [Emc-users] wired pause button?

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 09:15:07AM +0300, Alex Joni wrote: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/2.1/html/gui/halui/index.html you can connect 2 buttons to halui.program.pause and halui.program.resume Regards, Alex There's also a motion.feed-hold which could do what you want. Using halui's

Re: [Emc-users] wired pause button?

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 10:43:26AM -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: How would re-engage after hitting this hold? Andy It's a bit input: when true, it holds feed - when false, it stops holding. The simplest way to use it would be something like a toggle switch that holds its state. You could do

Re: [Emc-users] Obsolete header file

2007-03-30 Thread Rick Jenkins
Thanks Jeff, your patch works for me. The patch applies to version 1.52, presumably in CVS, and my file was version 1.50.2.1 from the 2.1.4 release, but the only changes needed to the patch are in comments, so they don't affect the compile. John, at present I'm compiling for the non-realtime

Re: [Emc-users] Abort messes up position

2007-03-30 Thread Andy Holcomb
Okay, I did some more testing today, here is what I did and the results starting machine location was (-2,2,.5) from where I want the (0,0,0) position to be I turned the machine on Started emc hit f1 and f2 right clicked on the x axis position number to pull up the position change box typed in

Re: [Emc-users] wired pause button?

2007-03-30 Thread John Kasunich
Andy Holcomb wrote: How would I implement this? To be more specific which pin on the LPT port would I attach the wire to? Any pin that is an input and isn't already in use. Would I need to have the other leg of the switch tied to ground or 5 volts? EIther one. If you tie the other end

Re: [Emc-users] Abort messes up position

2007-03-30 Thread John Kasunich
Andy Holcomb wrote: John Kasunich wrote: When you use the right-click to set a position in TkEMC, you are setting a G92 offset. G92 offsets are temporary and get cleared when you abort. That is the way G92 works. Its a feature, not a bug This is the way I did it in EMC1 all the

Re: [Emc-users] Abort messes up position

2007-03-30 Thread John Kasunich
Andy Holcomb wrote: I was referring to, maybe EMC1 used G54 instead of G92 I have no idea what the EMC1 version of TkEMC did. Note that it is TkEMC, not EMC itself, that decides what do on a right-click. EMC provides G54 and G92, and the GUIs decide which one to use. AXIS uses a G54, which

Re: [Emc-users] Abort messes up position

2007-03-30 Thread Jeff Epler
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 01:26:50PM -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: Are the key short cuts in AXIS? like c,i,r and p? http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gui/axis/index.html#SECTION0014 Keyboard Controls Almost all actions in AXIS can be accomplished with the keyboard. A full

Re: [Emc-users] Abort messes up position

2007-03-30 Thread Dave Engvall
Using TkEmc -- scripts --- set coordinates will give you a popup that allows you set set g54 -- g59.3. You can use the teach mode or edit the numbers directly. All axes are independent so you can set one , then move and set the next, etc and finally write the results and exit. Ray can tell

Re: [Emc-users] Abort messes up position

2007-03-30 Thread Mike Cinquino
One thing I have noticed about AXIS is that the shortcuts are case sensitive. Not a big deal once you realize it. On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 13:49 -0500, Jeff Epler wrote: On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 01:26:50PM -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: Are the key short cuts in AXIS? like c,i,r and p?

[Emc-users] Axis Question

2007-03-30 Thread Andy Holcomb
On Axis When I press the END button, it pulls up the box, I type in 2, press enter and it displays 4. When I type in -2 it displays -4 Is me or my machine on drugs? Andy - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future

Re: [Emc-users] axis homing and handwheel over run

2007-03-30 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, Success. With the new firmware the axis homing is working. This was the last gray area for me. We are almost ready to cook. Need to finish the I/O's. Jon Elson - thank you very much. John K. I should be able to find out about the handwheel over run this weekend. Many thanks

Re: [Emc-users] Abort messes up position

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Radek
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 01:37:49PM -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: This seams like it would be great for a machine that has a homed position, but on a machine without, it smells. Your telling me I have to do work and type in g54 x every time I want to zero an axis? If your machine does not