Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6

On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 20:59 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: .snip > >Also found your DD-WRT > > Where, its not supposed to be visible Kirk, or are you talking about its web > page? Sorry about being vague. I just get a login prompt with "Enter user name and password for DD-WRT" on port 8080. I run op

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6 (Steve Blackmore)

Stuart, I dont know if your "facetious/on" with smiley faces will keep you from offending Steve.It was a nice try though. Steve, I will give you this,EMC is not for someone who has no interest in tinkering with Linux or electronics.Most of the people who will answer you here are one or the o

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

John Kasunich wrote: > > The simple fact is that the EPP bus is NOT shareable between realtime > threads. That is only one of the reasons why (in my humble opinion) the > PCI based 5i2x family is so much better than the EPP based 7i43 family. > Yes, that's certainly a major reason the hal_ppmc.c

Re: [Emc-users] M19C45

Aram I will answer this with the disclaimer that I am not one of the EMC experts just someone who uses it with a tool changer. On your Mazak origionally(Mazatrol or Fanuc or simmiliar), the M6 command starts a group of Mcodes each having a purpose in the tool change process.M19 is standard for ori

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6 (Steve Blackmore)

Steve Blackmore, I am a machine shop owner. You cannot get any denser or dumber than that (this reply may just prove it). Just ask any machine shop employee. I seem to get along fine reading the docs and instructions. This is just too good to let go. So, here goes. facetious/on :) :) :) :

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:21:11 -0600, you wrote: >Gee Steve, one would assume that if you subscribe to the EMC USERS mailing >list >that you are using it all ready... Why would you assume that? I am a prospective user being baffled by bull! Your answer only reinforces my point, you all see

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6

Steve Blackmore wrote: > On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:55:11 -0500, you wrote: > >> I'm pleased to announce the next release of the emc 2.2 series, emc >> 2.2.6. This version contains many bugfixes, a new unified >> driver for the Mesa PCI and parport cards such as 5i20 and 7i33, and a >> sample configu

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6

Gee Steve, one would assume that if you subscribe to the EMC USERS mailing list that you are using it all ready... On 11 Aug 2008 at 1:58, Steve Blackmore wrote: > On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:55:11 -0500, you wrote: > > >I'm pleased to announce the next release of the emc 2.2 series, emc > >2.2.6.

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6

On Sunday 10 August 2008, John Thornton wrote: >Gee Wiz, neither one works for me... > >John > Sorry John, its shoulda been Actually there are several directories below 'gene' there. >On 10 Aug 2008 at 13:40, Kirk Wallace wrote: >> On Sun, 2008-08-10

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6

On Sunday 10 August 2008, Kirk Wallace wrote: >On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 15:09 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >... snip > >> But I've been busy this summer, progress on the latest project can be seen >> at >> And I'm not done. I've had help with about 5% of that s

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:55:11 -0500, you wrote: >I'm pleased to announce the next release of the emc 2.2 series, emc >2.2.6. This version contains many bugfixes, a new unified >driver for the Mesa PCI and parport cards such as 5i20 and 7i33, and a >sample configuration for the Tormach PCNC 1100.

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6

Gee Wiz, neither one works for me... John On 10 Aug 2008 at 13:40, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 15:09 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > ... snip > > > > But I've been busy this summer, progress on the latest project can > > be seen at And I'm

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6

On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 15:09 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: ... snip > > But I've been busy this summer, progress on the latest project can be seen at > > And I'm not done. I've had help with about 5% of that so far. Keeps me out > of the bars don'tcha know.

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6

On Sunday 10 August 2008, Jeff Epler wrote: >I'm pleased to announce the next release of the emc 2.2 series, emc >2.2.6. This version contains many bugfixes, a new unified >driver for the Mesa PCI and parport cards such as 5i20 and 7i33, and a >sample configuration for the Tormach PCNC 1100. > >Th

[Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.2.6

I'm pleased to announce the next release of the emc 2.2 series, emc 2.2.6. This version contains many bugfixes, a new unified driver for the Mesa PCI and parport cards such as 5i20 and 7i33, and a sample configuration for the Tormach PCNC 1100. The new packages are now available in the package re

Re: [Emc-users] etch-servo pwm output to servo amp's input?

On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 11:43 -0400, Jim Coleman wrote: ... snip > for the tooling and the spindle, im pretty sure its CAT 40. I've > always just heard it refered to as '40 taper' and it's the same > holders (minus pullstuds) that the fadals and the haas VF2,4, and 5 > use at the shop. Your machine

[Emc-users] Simple G code problem

Hello everyone, I have just started using emc and am new to cnc. I have not built a standard xyz mill because I want to use mine for ornamental turning (it is a very crude rose engine). So I have an xya mill (like a very very slow lathe) where the a (strictly I suppose it should be b) axis is used

Re: [Emc-users] etch-servo pwm output to servo amp's input?

Runaway is something i was worried about, and I still havnt determined the culprit of why the Y ran off that last day the machine was in service in the shop it was in. So far I know that the A and B signals from the encoder are good, havnt tested the z, znot, anot and bnot yet, and I have to solde

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

On Sunday 10 August 2008, Matt Shaver wrote: > 1b. I can't help but think that there is (buried under the IDE) a command > line VHDL>bit-image compiler. Command line interface is trivial enough to allow non-interactive builds.. e.g.: #! /bin/bash xst -ifn ${project}.xst -ofn ${project}.syr ngdbui

Re: [Emc-users] etch-servo pwm output to servo amp's input?

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008, Jim Coleman wrote: SNIP___ >> >>> Also, what do I need to add in the hal and everything to enable an >>> index on the encoders? I'm thinking I can see if it is missing counts >>> if I have an index to reference. >

Re: [Emc-users] Stepper configuration

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 01:17:03AM -0400, Matt Shaver wrote: > 1a. I couldn't get WebPACK to run on Linux because I'm on an x86_64 machine, > and it's ia32 only. There was the beginnings of 64 bit support (references > to non-existent directories in the install script), but even hacking the > insta