Re: [Emc-users] Problems Compiling/Running - Update

2007-11-02 Thread John Kasunich
Andrew Ayre wrote: Alex, Sorry, yes, I ran all the commands as root. Constantly typing in sudo annoys me so I enable the root account. Old skool perhaps... I think that running make as root results in all the binaries and other generated files being owned by root. The intended method is

Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic, DC Spindle Motor

2007-11-02 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 14:23 -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: What is the best way to drive a 4hp, 90VDC, 40A spindle motor on a Hardinge CHNC? Some of the large DC motors I have seen, look like universal motors which would operate on AC or DC. Does anyone know if the CHNC spindle motor could work

Re: [Emc-users] Avoiding Following Error

2007-11-02 Thread John Thornton
On 1 Nov 2007 at 12:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ugh! Unless somebody has gone to the trouble of indexing it, there is no way I know to do an computer-assisted search of the wiki pages. Jon You can also do just wiki.linuxcnc following error with out the quotes on google and the wiki

Re: [Emc-users] Problems Compiling/Running - Update

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Ayre
Thanks for the suggestion. I gave it a try: ./configure make sudo make install I then ran the script to create the devices. Unfortunately halcmd help still segfaults for a non-root user. Any ideas? Andy John Kasunich wrote: Andrew Ayre wrote: Alex, Sorry, yes, I ran all the commands

Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic, DC Spindle Motor

2007-11-02 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 14:23 -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: What is the best way to drive a 4hp, 90VDC, 40A spindle motor on a Hardinge CHNC? Some of the large DC motors I have seen, look like universal motors which would operate on AC or DC. Does anyone know if the CHNC spindle motor could work

Re: [Emc-users] Problems Compiling/Running - Update

2007-11-02 Thread John Kasunich
Andrew Ayre wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. I gave it a try: ./configure make sudo make install I then ran the script to create the devices. Unfortunately halcmd help still segfaults for a non-root user. Any ideas? Try the run-in-place method: (from the top of your checkout)

Re: [Emc-users] Problems Compiling/Running - Update

2007-11-02 Thread Alex Joni
for run-in-place you need scripts/realtime start Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Andrew Ayre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Problems Compiling/Running -

Re: [Emc-users] Problems Compiling/Running - Update

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Ayre
Here is what I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop/emc2/emc2cvshead$ halcmd help RTAPI: ERROR: could not open shared memory (errno=19) HAL: ERROR: rtapi init failed halcmd: hal_init() failed: -9 NOTE: 'rtapi' kernel module must be loaded I'm

Re: [Emc-users] Problems Compiling/Running - Update

2007-11-02 Thread Andrew Ayre
OK, thanks. It still segfaults. Here is the output: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop/emc2/emc2cvshead$ ./scripts/realtime start [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop/emc2/emc2cvshead$ . ./scripts/emc-environment [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop/emc2/emc2cvshead$ halcmd help

Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic, DC Spindle Motor

2007-11-02 Thread Jim Coleman
How close would a golf cart controller be? aren't golf carts like 4 batteries? wouldn't that be only 48 volts or so? - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems?

Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic, DC Spindle Motor

2007-11-02 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 15:50 -0500, Jim Coleman wrote: How close would a golf cart controller be? aren't golf carts like 4 batteries? wouldn't that be only 48 volts or so? The one I have has 6 x 6V batteries for 36 V, but 48V seems to be common. My thinking is that if they are reasonably

Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic, DC Spindle Motor

2007-11-02 Thread RogerN
Here's one to consider http://www.a-m-c.com/download/datasheet/100a25.pdf With this you'd have to supply the DC power. There are motor drives available for lower voltages like they use in battle bots, R/C speed controls, etc. You may be able to put together something like that and use higher

Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic, DC Spindle Motor

2007-11-02 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 14:23 -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: What is the best way to drive a 4hp, 90VDC, 40A spindle motor on a Hardinge CHNC? Some of the large DC motors I have seen, look like universal motors which would operate on AC or DC. Does anyone know if the CHNC spindle

Re: [Emc-users] Off Topic, DC Spindle Motor

2007-11-02 Thread Jon Elson
Kirk Wallace wrote: On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 14:23 -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: What is the best way to drive a 4hp, 90VDC, 40A spindle motor on a Hardinge CHNC? Some of the large DC motors I have seen, look like universal motors which would operate on AC or DC. Does anyone know if the CHNC spindle