[Emc-users] Axix Touchoff data

2007-09-03 Thread Jack Ensor
Where is Touchoff data stored? Jack Ensor - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser.

[Emc-users] Startup file in Axis

2007-09-03 Thread Jack Ensor
With the Emc2 stock setup using the Axis GUI, the startup file is axis.ngc. Where is the startup file designated so that I may designate something else? Jack Ensor - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still

[Emc-users] Just Want to Make a Stepper Spin

2007-09-03 Thread John Thornton
Ok, I've got EMC2 running on a dedacated computer and at this point I just want to make a stepper spin. This is to learn to set up EMC. I have an old 5 1/4 floppy drive that has what looks like a stepper motor on it to move the head. It has six wires coming out of the body of the motor. So

Re: [Emc-users] Startup file in Axis

2007-09-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 September 2007, Jack Ensor wrote: With the Emc2 stock setup using the Axis GUI, the startup file is axis.ngc. Where is the startup file designated so that I may designate something else? Jack Ensor That's in the ~/emc2/config/method(stepper etc)/*.ini file, Jack -- Cheers, Gene

Re: [Emc-users] Just Want to Make a Stepper Spin

2007-09-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 September 2007, John Thornton wrote: Ok, I've got EMC2 running on a dedacated computer and at this point I just want to make a stepper spin. This is to learn to set up EMC. I have an old 5 1/4 floppy drive that has what looks like a stepper motor on it to move the head. It has six

Re: [Emc-users] Just Want to Make a Stepper Spin

2007-09-03 Thread John Thornton
I did find this link right after I hit the send button... http://jewel.morgan.edu/~tmalone/dskdrv/dskdrv.html Any comments are welcome Thanks John - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log

Re: [Emc-users] Startup file in Axis

2007-09-03 Thread Jack Ensor
I don't believe its here, cuz what I see in my ini file (Display section) is: ### # Sections for display options ### [DISPLAY] #+ Name of

Re: [Emc-users] Startup file in Axis

2007-09-03 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Jack Ensor wrote: With the Emc2 stock setup using the Axis GUI, the startup file is axis.ngc. Where is the startup file designated so that I may designate something else? Jack Ensor It appears that the file name is hard-coded into axis. Just replace that file with the one you want to,

Re: [Emc-users] Startup file in Axis

2007-09-03 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Jack Ensor wrote: With the Emc2 stock setup using the Axis GUI, the startup file is axis.ngc. Where is the startup file designated so that I may designate something else? Jack Ensor Oops. I should have looked a little harder. You can set an environment variable AXIS_OPEN_FILE to the

Re: [Emc-users] Just Want to Make a Stepper Spin

2007-09-03 Thread John Thornton
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Re: [Emc-users] Physical Wiring of the Parallel Port

2007-09-03 Thread John Kasunich
John Thornton wrote: On the parallel port side if I use the standard_pinout.hal the line linksp Xstep = parport.0.pin-03-out Does that refer to the register bit D3 (Data bit 3)on the parallel port? Parport driver pin numbers correspond directly to the physical pin numbers on the

Re: [Emc-users] Physical Wiring of the Parallel Port

2007-09-03 Thread ben lipkowitz
I'm trying to grasp the physical wiring connections I need from the parallel port to the 5 1/4 floppy stepper controller. No problem on the power it will be from a PC power supply so I have both 5v and 12v. On the parallel port side if I use the standard_pinout.hal the line linksp Xstep =

Re: [Emc-users] Axix Touchoff data

2007-09-03 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 10:54:19AM -0400, Jack Ensor wrote: Where is Touchoff data stored? In the rs274 parameters set aside for this purpose. http://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.1/html/gcode/main/#sub:Parameters axis touch off simply issues a 'G10 L2' command as if in MDI mode. Jeff

Re: [Emc-users] Physical Wiring of the Parallel Port

2007-09-03 Thread John Kasunich
ben lipkowitz wrote: you'd have to do setp parport.0.pin-03-out-invert TRUE which changes the way the pin functions. but, there's not really any point to worrying about the polarity of the step pin anyway, since it will go through a full pulse every two BASE_PERIODs. I beg to differ.