Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory problem G 61, G61.1 and G64 - bug

JD wrote: > The link is: > http://www.hex.hu/cncvideo/servo_config_mm.ini There are several obvious problems with your INI file. Perhaps you could try using stepconf to generate a reasonable INI file? You _might_ get away with what you have in the [AXIS_N] if you have tested each axis and you k

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

Hello, I guess I'm using the wrong terminology. I'm calling "hard limit" the table running up against the frame. I've also noticed that soft limits (in some cases) don't come into play. Maybe it only comes into play after the first *home* setting or after the first program is run. Robert W.

[Emc-users] Is MESA Electronics OEM???

Hi I think that MESA Electronics should be interesting in developing software part for EMC2 build on 5i20, 7i33 and 7i37 boards, to plug and use MPG4 pendant. That will promote sale of 5i20, 7i33, 7i37 boards. MESA electronics –electronics company and for them to open MPG-4 and develop software tha

Re: [Emc-users] gearbox

thanks Jeff - I very much appreciate the critique and help - I will be working in this. Sam - when I get done I will post the finished product for you to use. thanks Stuart - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Having soft and hard limits seems redundant. Redundant is good as long as the overlapping safety systems are properly aligned. The biggest advantage that I know of with soft limits is that you can not crash into them in a well configured EMC2. The commands to

Re: [Emc-users] gearbox

I spotted several problems. First, your "{" and "}" characters don't match up. The final "}" actually matches up with the "{" in the lines > else > {currentTram = 0; while it should match up with the one for "FUNCTION(_) {". I am not entirely sure how you intend your {} to match up,

Re: [Emc-users] gearbox

I cannot help with the programming... But this is pretty cool. I am going to need something similar. (I figured I would be doing mostly in CL) We have a 16 speed gear box that is binary (4 solenoids). - first gear 0001 - second gear high gear. it has 1 pressure sensor that a

[Emc-users] gearbox

Gentlemen, I cannot get this program to run with comp. Would someone look at it and tell me what I need to do. Is it getting too long to post here? If it is I can start putting it on my web site. I have seen longer posts but I am not sure where the line is. component gear4 "Select gear range f

Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver

Dave Keeton wrote: > So do I load the Linux driver for the NI PCI 96 I/O that I downloaded from > Nation Instruments, or is this not the driver I need? I am not at all up to > speed with doing this on linux/EMC! (Windows GEEK) How would I call the > driver, Is it the same way you do for the hard

Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver

So do I load the Linux driver for the NI PCI 96 I/O that I downloaded from Nation Instruments, or is this not the driver I need? I am not at all up to speed with doing this on linux/EMC! (Windows GEEK) How would I call the driver, Is it the same way you do for the hardware in the supported hardw

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

Even if you fire up the machine at the extreme of travel you still home it first which sets the home positions. Then you have no problem. John On 30 Apr 2008 at 13:49, rtwas wrote: > Hello, > > Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > > >I don't think you can disable soft limits, you'd have to make a >

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

No, I'm saying that check box is only for when you have tripped a limit switch not for soft limits... AFAIK... fires up my emc2 machine to see if I can figure out what you are doing... AFAIK you can't run a program that will exceed your soft limits... Is your soft limits inside of your limit

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 23:29 +0300, Alex Joni wrote: > A machine (in my oppinion) would have a home switch (where it would home > consistently). Starting from that position you have software limits (you > are allowed to travel up to the soft limits, and never beyond). > Outside of the soft limits bo

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

Alex Joni wrote: > A machine (in my oppinion) would have a home switch (where it would home > consistently). Starting from that position you have software limits (you > are allowed to travel up to the soft limits, and never beyond). > Outside of the soft limits bounds, you have the hardware limits.

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

A machine (in my oppinion) would have a home switch (where it would home consistently). Starting from that position you have software limits (you are allowed to travel up to the soft limits, and never beyond). Outside of the soft limits bounds, you have the hardware limits. Usually these are wired

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 15:33 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: ... snip > I don't think you can disable soft limits, you'd have to make a config > with larger limits than your machine actually has. I wouldn't recommend > that unless you're pretty sure the machine can't get hurt if an axis > sla

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 20:20 -0600, rtwas wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using emc 2.2.2 and can't seem to override limits. This makes it > hard to realign the table > manually if emc2 happens to quit oposite the normal *home* position. Is > there a workaround > until emc2's *override limits* button bec

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory problem G 61, G61.1 and G64 - bug or not.

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:19:27PM -0700, Dave Engvall wrote: > > On Apr 30, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Janos Dosa wrote: > > > > >At the speed of 2100 mm/min the error from the theoretical path is > >huge around 50mm (2 inches) or so. Same problem in smaller scale if > >the machine is slower. > > Y

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory problem G 61, G61.1 and G64 - bug

The link is: http://www.hex.hu/cncvideo/servo_config_mm.ini The RT latency time is: 11000 Standard parport driver running maximum at ~10KHz. 12X multiplier in servo. Servo max 3000 PRM oversized by the factor of 3 or 4. Acceleration is very high at the moment only fraction is used. Currently we ar

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

rtwas wrote: I am having a hard time understanding your message. > So you're saying I could hold one of the switches (depending on config) > closed to keep > operating? No. Limit switches are meant to be tripped by moving machinery, not by fingers. Holding a switch while the machine is movi

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

Hello, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: >I don't think you can disable soft limits, you'd have to make a config >with larger limits than your machine actually has. I wouldn't recommend >that unless you're pretty sure the machine can't get hurt if an axis >slams into a limit at full speed. > > I

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

rtwas wrote: >Hello, > >John Thornton wrote: > > >>The override limits check box is when you are stitting on a limit switch and >>you need >>to jog off of the limit switch. That is the only time that works. Do you have >>home and >>limit switches? >> >> >Yes. > >So you're saying I could

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory problem G 61, G61.1 and G64 - bug or not.

Janos Dosa wrote: > We run into a problem on a 3 axis mill. > > We understand that the default mode for EMC2 is G64. (I think this is not a > very good practice, especially for mills.) > > Our problem is that we cannot switch from that mode. > We tried to put the G61 or G61.1 command into the lin

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory problem G 61, G61.1 and G64 - bug or not.

On Apr 30, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Janos Dosa wrote: At the speed of 2100 mm/min the error from the theoretical path is huge around 50mm (2 inches) or so. Same problem in smaller scale if the machine is slower. Your machine should fault with a following error long before it gets to 2" of er

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

Hello, John Thornton wrote: >The override limits check box is when you are stitting on a limit switch and >you need >to jog off of the limit switch. That is the only time that works. Do you have >home and >limit switches? > > Yes. So you're saying I could hold one of the switches (dependin

Re: [Emc-users] Trajectory problem G 61, G61.1 and G64 - bug or not.

> Since the theoretical path and the actual movement significantly differs > - see the XYZ values and the cursor in the black square - and the > G61,G61.1 command does not change that it is possible that there is a > bug in the trajectory planner. Please post your INI file on your website, or o

[Emc-users] Trajectory problem G 61, G61.1 and G64 - bug or not.

We run into a problem on a 3 axis mill. We understand that the default mode for EMC2 is G64. (I think this is not a very good practice, especially for mills.) Our problem is that we cannot switch from that mode. We tried to put the G61 or G61.1 command into the lines. A video, that shows the pro

Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver

Yes.. After I added the read funtction to the servo thread. Locked up almost instantly this time... had enough time to open a halmeter and pick the pci8255.0.1.a0 pin. As I was fumbling to set the pin high.. it locked up. This is running trunk. Thomas J Powderly wrote: > Sam, > On the pci_

Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver

Sam, On the pci_8255 "hal show pin" you listed, did that configuration lock up? it had several inputs. re: "By the way... Got I/O? ;)" re: "If any of the pins are set to inputs - it will hardlock the computer after a certain amount of time." thanks for looking into it TomP --

Re: [Emc-users] CNC Masters Supra

Peet de Vos wrote: > Hi there, > > Does anybody use or know whether EMC will work (without headaches or > major customization) with the following *CNC Masters* Kit: > > _CNC Supra Vertical Knee Mill Retrofit Kit___ > They are no

Re: [Emc-users] Who is creating the new Hardy 8.04 Live CD?

Hi Colin, that would be me.. Can you reproduce the problem on a i386 install? (I assume you are the one that posted on cnczone). The proper fix would be to use a newer RTAI version, I have one already built for i386, not yet for amd64. It would be great if you could verify that with this version i

Re: [Emc-users] CNC Masters Supra

On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 15:38 +0200, Peet de Vos wrote: > Hi there, > > > Does anybody use or know whether EMC will work (without headaches or > major customization) with the following CNC Masters Kit: > > > CNC Supra Vertical Knee Mill Retrofit Kit > > > Any help or feedback will be much appre

Re: [Emc-users] Overriding limits

The override limits check box is when you are stitting on a limit switch and you need to jog off of the limit switch. That is the only time that works. Do you have home and limit switches? John On 29 Apr 2008 at 20:20, rtwas wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using emc 2.2.2 and can't seem to override

Re: [Emc-users] Who is creating the new Hardy 8.04 Live CD?

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 07:49:46AM -0700, Colin MacKenzie wrote: > I have an easy bug fix for the person doing the new live CD. He > mentions a problem in the hardy.errata file concerning systems with > RAM > 1GB. I encountered the problem last night and fixed it. I am now > running emc with 4GB ok

Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver

By the way... Got I/O? ;) 8 bit IN FALSE pci8255.0.0.a0 8 bit IN FALSE pci8255.0.0.a1 8 bit IN FALSE pci8255.0.0.a2 8 bit IN FALSE pci8255.0.0.a3 8 bit IN FALSE pci8255.0.0.a4 8 bit IN FALSE pci

Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver

On Wednesday 30 April 2008, sam sokolik wrote: >There is an issue with the pci_8255 driver at the moment. If any of the >pins are set to inputs - it will hardlock the computer after a certain >amount of time. (not really sure as I have not looked at it for a few >weeks iirc it seems to be depende

Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver

On Wednesday 30 April 2008, Thomas J Powderly wrote: >Gene, >nothing written by me >Jepler (?) wrote pci_8255.c >its from cvs >some info here >http://emergent.unpythonic.net/01165433819 > >hal_ax5214 is from the live cd >John Kasunich wrote that > >regards >tomp Thanks Thomas. I had run across so

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper config wizard

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:30 PM, aaron Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HI > Is there any reason why the stepper config wizard will not test the axis > and yet emc will run a programme. I must admit it seems a > little noisy when it does run. > Maybe you run emc with a different configuration

Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver

There is an issue with the pci_8255 driver at the moment. If any of the pins are set to inputs - it will hardlock the computer after a certain amount of time. (not really sure as I have not looked at it for a few weeks iirc it seems to be dependent on how many times the input gets switched.)

Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver

Gene, nothing written by me Jepler (?) wrote pci_8255.c its from cvs some info here http://emergent.unpythonic.net/01165433819 hal_ax5214 is from the live cd John Kasunich wrote that regards tomp ---snip > >tomp > > > Great Thomas. Is this code you did, or were you able to make the code that

Re: [Emc-users] Blog Posting - Configuring EMC2 for Steppers

Hi Andy, Nice write up. Not much has to be done manually any more with EMC. The stepconf wizard will walk you through and produce your config files automagicly. The latency test can now be run from a terminal window by just typing in "latency-test". There have been so many improvements in the

[Emc-users] Who is creating the new Hardy 8.04 Live CD?

I have an easy bug fix for the person doing the new live CD. He mentions a problem in the hardy.errata file concerning systems with RAM > 1GB. I encountered the problem last night and fixed it. I am now running emc with 4GB ok. C -

[Emc-users] Stepper config wizard

HI Is there any reason why the stepper config wizard will not test the axis and yet emc will run a programme. I must admit it seems a little noisy when it does run. Excuse the calibre of the question but, one has to start some where. Aaron -- Powered by Outblaze ---

Re: [Emc-users] joint 1 error without any good reason

With a stepper machine, a "joint following error" indicates misconfiguration. There are two common reasons: * Requesting a higher step rate than can be delivered at the given BASE_PERIOD * Not specifying the required headroom for stepgen's maxvel and maxaccel. As for remote display, I fr

[Emc-users] CNC Masters Supra

Hi there, Does anybody use or know whether EMC will work (without headaches or major customization) with the following CNC Masters Kit: CNC Supra Vertical Knee Mill Retrofit Kit Any help or feedback will be much appreciated. Thanks, Peet de Vos Orax Solutions 082 629 9915 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Emc-users] very impatient? irc !

Here is a browser based chat tool http://www.mibbit.com/ you don't have to install anything The Channel is #emc server is freenode You will most likely get a faster response on the IRC if you are very impatient. - Be a better friend, newshound,

Re: [Emc-users] long delay from sending to receiving

Dirk, today sourceforge was down.. so the 2h was just unlucky.. Regards, Alex - Original Message - From: Dirk To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:03 PM Subject: [Emc-users] long delay from sending to receiving I am very impatient, I admit it. But I s

[Emc-users] joint 1 error without any good reason

Hi all. I am getting started with my converted hobbymat machine. (simple steppermotor setup) So far it is working with x and y axis. I am testing the setup together with NX manufacturing. So far I am having a lot of trouble with the postprocessor. Sometimes it works. But I don't have a clue however

[Emc-users] long delay from sending to receiving

I am very impatient, I admit it. But I sent a message 2 hours ago and I still don't see it on the list. Since I haven't posted a lot of message here I am unfamiliar with the delay. Am I just a bit unlucky today? -- Dirk - Th