Re: [Emc-users] Guy that sell sevomotors MADE IN CHINA on last year EMC2 show?

2008-02-06 Thread Jon Elson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > I want to ask if anyone know phone number for guy from Chine that sell > servomotors on last year EMC2 show at Cardinal Engineering. > I think he can bring some bench top CNC machine made in China to be > retrofitted and etc. > http://www.kelinginc.net/ Jon --

Re: [Emc-users] resolver/encoder converter

2008-02-06 Thread Jon Elson
Stuart Stevenson wrote: > The 50 ms came from a conversation with Matt in tech support at AMCI. > I wrote it down as he was saying it. He said the converter was > developed in concert with Rockwell specifically to replace the servo > amp I have with a different servo amp. The converter had too much

Re: [Emc-users] resolver/encoder converter

2008-02-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 06 February 2008, Jon Elson wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Wednesday 06 February 2008, Alex Joni wrote: These introduce a 50 ms delay in the feedback signal. Is this acceptable? I think, probably not. My question is this. Do I need to install encoders on the motors? >

Re: [Emc-users] plasma-thc-sim

2008-02-06 Thread John Thornton
On 6 Feb 2008 at 9:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Petri I'm building a cnc plasma machine at the moment... I get errors too when trying to run a file... If I come up with a solution I'll holler back at you... If you want to discuss plasma ideas feel free to e mail me. John > Hi > > I'm new wi

Re: [Emc-users] Running on a G4 MAc (new world)

2008-02-06 Thread Jason Cox
thanks for that Paul. i will look into it soon. Jason On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 18:15 +, paul_c wrote: > Hi Jason > > On Wednesday 06 February 2008 02:59, Jason Cox wrote: > > As i started this thread, i should put my hand up, but there are a few > > problems at the moment. I have just started uni

[Emc-users] Guy that sell sevomotors MADE IN CHINA on last year EMC2 show?

2008-02-06 Thread amtb
Hi I want to ask if anyone know phone number for guy from Chine that sell servomotors on last year EMC2 show at Cardinal Engineering. I think he can bring some bench top CNC machine made in China to be retrofitted and etc. Thank you Aram -

Re: [Emc-users] resolver/encoder converter

2008-02-06 Thread Stuart Stevenson
> Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 18:05:51 +0200 > From: "Alex Joni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] resolver/encoder converter > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller \(EMC\)" > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";

Re: [Emc-users] resolver/encoder converter

2008-02-06 Thread Jon Elson
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 06 February 2008, Alex Joni wrote: > >>>These introduce a 50 ms delay in >>>the feedback signal. Is this acceptable? I think, probably not. >>> My question is this. Do I need to install encoders on the motors? >>> Questions, thoughts, comments welcome. >> >>5

Re: [Emc-users] Running on a G4 MAc (new world)

2008-02-06 Thread paul_c
Hi Jason On Wednesday 06 February 2008 02:59, Jason Cox wrote: > As i started this thread, i should put my hand up, but there are a few > problems at the moment. I have just started uni (after 10 years) and I > would need a guide for setting up a development environment on OSX. All you need is x

Re: [Emc-users] resolver/encoder converter

2008-02-06 Thread Jon Elson
Stuart Stevenson wrote: > The opportunity is this. To get quadrature feedback into EMC2 from > the motors I will need a resolver to encoder converter or I will need > to install encoders on each motor on the X, Y and Z axes. I purchased > three converters, RD141S from AMCI. These introduce a 50

Re: [Emc-users] resolver/encoder converter

2008-02-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 06 February 2008, Alex Joni wrote: >> These introduce a 50 ms delay in >> the feedback signal. Is this acceptable? I think, probably not. >>My question is this. Do I need to install encoders on the motors? >>Questions, thoughts, comments welcome. > >50msec is waay too much, but

Re: [Emc-users] gcode inkscape plugin

2008-02-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 06 February 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hi, >I have patched the gcode generation plugin for inkscape, ( >http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?InkscapeHowto ), in order to fix >a bug that prevent the lift of the tool on the Z-axis while engraving a > text. > >Here is the patc

[Emc-users] plasma-thc-sim

2008-02-06 Thread Petri Laiho
Hi I'm new with EMC2. I'm interested about EMC2 and I'm trying to learn how it works, but now I have a problem where I will need a little help. Does plasma-thc-sim work for you? When I try to run it I always get "joint 0 following error". I also get some realtime errors because I have not yet fo

Re: [Emc-users] resolver/encoder converter

2008-02-06 Thread Dave Engvall
The Analog Devices 2S2105 resolver to digital chip with encoder emulation shows a max latency of 125 us. It is supposed to track at 1000 r/s. These are about $20 chips and not the top of the line. HTH Dave On Feb 6, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Alex Joni wrote: >> These introduce a 50 ms delay in >> t

Re: [Emc-users] resolver/encoder converter

2008-02-06 Thread Alex Joni
> These introduce a 50 ms delay in > the feedback signal. Is this acceptable? I think, probably not. >My question is this. Do I need to install encoders on the motors? >Questions, thoughts, comments welcome. 50msec is waay too much, but reading the http://www.amci.com/pdfs/accessories/RD1

[Emc-users] resolver/encoder converter

2008-02-06 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Gentlemen, When trying to get the G&L up and running I found an opportunity. The feedback from the servo motors to the AC amplifiers is a resolver feedback. The machine is 4 axis. All axes are linear. The machine is a post mill. The Y axis moves up and down the post. The table motion is X a

[Emc-users] gcode inkscape plugin

2008-02-06 Thread fzellini
Hi, I have patched the gcode generation plugin for inkscape, ( http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?InkscapeHowto ), in order to fix a bug that prevent the lift of the tool on the Z-axis while engraving a text. Here is the patched version http://daubau.it/log/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/g