Re: [Emc-users] Debugging parallel kinematics: how to printfin dmesg?

2007-09-19 Thread jros
El mié, 19-09-2007 a las 09:23 -0500, Ray Henry escribió: > Are there more than one possible solution to the kinematics equations > you are using here. I remember years ago when K&T showed a Hexapod at > IMTS. Every so often the control would pick the wrong solution and rip > the ballscrew out of

Re: [Emc-users] Debugging parallel kinematics: how to printf in dmesg?

2007-09-19 Thread jros
El mié, 19-09-2007 a las 09:49 -0400, Kenneth Lerman escribió: > 100,000 iterations sounds like way too many. I suggst that you use a > variable number of iterations based on some convergence criterion. > > Also, if you save the answer from the previously calculated forward > kinematics and use th

Re: [Emc-users] User Interface

2007-09-19 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Ed wrote: > [snip] > >Whenever it gets here I will be happy. I really do appreciate what you >fellows are doing with EMC2, it has come along way from the day when I >started with the old BDI 2.14 version of EMC1. The expanded capabilities >are, so far, a ways beyond my needs or comprehension b

Re: [Emc-users] User Interface

2007-09-19 Thread Ed
Jeff Epler wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:06:40AM -0400, Ed wrote: > >>Is there a timeframe? > > > No. This spring I was saying "this summer", but now I'm saying > "hopefully this fall". > > Jeff Whenever it gets here I will be happy. I really do appreciate what you fellows are doing wi

Re: [Emc-users] User Interface

2007-09-19 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 11:06:40AM -0400, Ed wrote: > Is there a timeframe? No. This spring I was saying "this summer", but now I'm saying "hopefully this fall". Jeff - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all

Re: [Emc-users] User Interface

2007-09-19 Thread Ed
Jeff Epler wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 08:39:00AM -0500, Andre' Blanchard wrote: SNIP > > AXIS will support opening an editor on the tool offsets and on the > loaded gcode file. I have been hoping this would be coming along soon. I will be setting up a CNC retrofit for a high school in th

Re: [Emc-users] New Fotos. WAS:Debugging parallel kinem atics: howto printf in dmesg?

2007-09-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 19 September 2007, jros wrote: >El mar, 18-09-2007 a las 09:23 +0200, jros escribió: >> El lun, 17-09-2007 a las 19:39 -0400, Gene Heskett escribió: >> > On Monday 17 September 2007, Alex Joni wrote: >> > >http://www.imac.unavarra.es/parallel/images/argazkiak/img_4336.jpg >> > >> > Tha

Re: [Emc-users] User Interface

2007-09-19 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 08:39:00AM -0500, Andre' Blanchard wrote: > >AXIS doesn't have a tool-table editor built in. In the upcoming EMC 2.2 > >it will be possible to re-load the tool table and open an external tool > >editor (such as the gedit text editor) from the menu in AXIS. > > Is that goin

Re: [Emc-users] Debugging parallel kinematics: how to printf in dmesg?

2007-09-19 Thread Ray Henry
Are there more than one possible solution to the kinematics equations you are using here. I remember years ago when K&T showed a Hexapod at IMTS. Every so often the control would pick the wrong solution and rip the ballscrew out of a nut. I know that the NIST Hexapod software picked the solutio

Re: [Emc-users] Debugging parallel kinematics: how to printf in dmesg?

2007-09-19 Thread Kenneth Lerman
100,000 iterations sounds like way too many. I suggst that you use a variable number of iterations based on some convergence criterion. Also, if you save the answer from the previously calculated forward kinematics and use that as the initial value of the new calculation you will be able to save

Re: [Emc-users] User Interface

2007-09-19 Thread Andre' Blanchard
At 07:07 PM 9/18/2007, you wrote: > > is there a way to edit the tool table > > via the user interface, or do you have to manually open the tool file > > and edit it there? > >AXIS doesn't have a tool-table editor built in. In the upcoming EMC 2.2 >it will be possible to re-load the tool table and

Re: [Emc-users] "R i j k words all missing for arc" (they're not missing)

2007-09-19 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 08:11:04AM -0400, Eric's machine shop wrote: > This is a baffling error message, can anyone explain what's going on? > I keep getting this error for line 7. > > The g-code: > > % > g0 g21 g40 g90 x0 y0 z0 > (lower drill) > g1 z-9 f12 > x25.4 y3 > g17 g2 x25.4 y-3 i0 j-3 >

Re: [Emc-users] R i j k words all missing for arc

2007-09-19 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, As I see it the line seven is the line with the X-25.4 command. Not knowing exactly what you are trying to do, I would suggest: A: if you are trying to go to X-25.4 in a circular motion you should include G2 Xxxx Yxxx Ixxx Jxxx on the line. B: if your motion s/b linear you should p

[Emc-users] "R i j k words all missing for arc" (they're not missing)

2007-09-19 Thread Eric's machine shop
This is a baffling error message, can anyone explain what's going on? I keep getting this error for line 7. The g-code: % g0 g21 g40 g90 x0 y0 z0 (lower drill) g1 z-9 f12 x25.4 y3 g17 g2 x25.4 y-3 i0 j-3 x-25.4 (raise drill) z0 g0 x0 y0 z0 % I'm using the EMC frontend 'mini' that comes with the

Re: [Emc-users] AXIS GUI and jog speed

2007-09-19 Thread Alex Joni
Well, the problem is buried deep inside emc/emc2. There is an assumption that the first 3 are linear, the next 3 are angular. This should get fixed properly, but until then you can use the following trick: (the linear unit is 1.0 for mm, so is the angular unit for deg). Therefor settings for the

[Emc-users] AXIS GUI and jog speed

2007-09-19 Thread Aitor Plaza
Hello! As you know, we are developing a six linear axis parallel manipulator. The kinematic is done and it works OK. We are using AXIS GUI and we have a problem. When we are using "Manual Control" there are two possibilities, "joint mode" or "world mode" to move the machine. The interface shows

[Emc-users] New Fotos. WAS:Debugging parallel kinematics: howto printf in dmesg?

2007-09-19 Thread jros
El mar, 18-09-2007 a las 09:23 +0200, jros escribió: > El lun, 17-09-2007 a las 19:39 -0400, Gene Heskett escribió: > > On Monday 17 September 2007, Alex Joni wrote: > > >http://www.imac.unavarra.es/parallel/images/argazkiak/img_4336.jpg > > > > > Thanks Alex. Is the worktable of that machine not