[Emc-users] signal on Parallel pin 8 when eStop button is released?

2007-06-11 Thread Doug Metzler
I'm a bit of a newb at this so sorry if the answer is obvious, but is there a way to attach UI actions to parallel port pin states? In my case I need to have pin8 go high when I release the eStop button in Axis. Thanks, DougM ---

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle, Mesa Help!

2007-06-11 Thread RogerN
- Original Message - From: "Alex Joni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle, Mesa Help! >> I would like to >> use the 3rd or 4th Mesa encoder inputs for the spindle but I'm not >> sure >>

Re: [Emc-users] Rotation [Was] scaling G code

2007-06-11 Thread Dean Hedin
I guess it depends on the type of work you are doing. I see these types of tranforms being handled in the relm of the cad/cam application. But for drill circles or other canned cycles I can see the utility. Perhaps I could have saved you some time over the weekend. I have already written a pr

Re: [Emc-users] EMC Live-CD - how to burn ?

2007-06-11 Thread Jeff Epler
Ubuntu is distributed over the Internet as CD image files, called ISOs. To install Ubuntu, you first need to burn its ISO file onto a CD. You need a working CD/DVD burner and an 80 minute (700 Mb) CD for this. This page explains how you can do it using Windows, Mac OS X, Ubuntu and Kubuntu. If the

[Emc-users] EMC Live-CD - how to burn ?

2007-06-11 Thread Mario Rada
Is there anywhere a description of how to burn the EMC Live CD ? - bootable ? what boot image ? - iso image as is, or the unzipped files ? The MD5 of the downloaded iso file is as posted on the website. Windows treats that file as a WinRAR archive. Whatever parameters I use to burn it, it just w

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle, Mesa Help!

2007-06-11 Thread Alex Joni
> This was a Anilam LatheMate with a dead Crusader M L controller. The X > and Y had 625 ppr encoders and 5mm pitch ball screws, giving me 12700 > counts per inch. I'm not sure how many counts the spindle encoder has > until I get it connected and read a few revolutions. I would like to > use th

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle, Mesa Help!

2007-06-11 Thread RogerN
- Original Message - From: "Peter C. Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle, Mesa Help! > > What is the maximum count rate of the encoder? This will determine > whether it can be us

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle, Mesa Help!

2007-06-11 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, RogerN wrote: > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:46:17 -0500 > From: RogerN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Emc-users] Lathe Spindle, Mesa Help! > > I have my X and Z axis working and my spi

[Emc-users] Lathe Spindle, Mesa Help!

2007-06-11 Thread RogerN
I have my X and Z axis working and my spindle drive is on the way. I need to connect the spindle encoder so I can cut threads. I don't know if I need to connected to the Mesa encoder inputs, general purpose inputs, parallel port or what. On the Pluto-lathe configuration, it's connected the p

Re: [Emc-users] problem with add on parallel port

2007-06-11 Thread Ed
John Kasunich wrote: > Ed wrote: > >>Jeff Epler wrote: >> >>>The wiki page wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?NetMos shows how to >>>use lspci to find the address or addresses used by any particular PCI >>>card. This should apply to your card as well. >>> >>>Jeff >> >>Thanks a bunch Jeff! I had

Re: [Emc-users] problem with add on parallel port

2007-06-11 Thread John Kasunich
Ed wrote: > Jeff Epler wrote: >> The wiki page wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?NetMos shows how to >> use lspci to find the address or addresses used by any particular PCI >> card. This should apply to your card as well. >> >> Jeff > Thanks a bunch Jeff! I had forgotten to ad the -v to get th

Re: [Emc-users] problem with add on parallel port

2007-06-11 Thread Ed
Jeff Epler wrote: > The wiki page wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?NetMos shows how to > use lspci to find the address or addresses used by any particular PCI > card. This should apply to your card as well. > > Jeff Thanks a bunch Jeff! I had forgotten to ad the -v to get the verbose listing

Re: [Emc-users] problem with add on parallel port

2007-06-11 Thread Jeff Epler
The wiki page wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?NetMos shows how to use lspci to find the address or addresses used by any particular PCI card. This should apply to your card as well. Jeff - This SF.net email is sponsored

Re: [Emc-users] Rotation [Was] scaling G code

2007-06-11 Thread Andre' Blanchard
At 09:03 PM 6/8/2007, you wrote: >Scaling g-code is easy. Rotating g-code is easy. >But I'm not certain that it's the job of the interpreter to do such things. True but the interpreter does need the commands to control the a rotation. There are two very different types of rotation, first is progra