Re: [Emc-users] Control panel vs GUI interface

2008-09-12 Thread Rob Jansen
> > It has occurred to me that there is no reason that I couldn't use two > keyboards - one actual and the > second wired to push buttons. (Has anyone done this?) Sure, there are things for sale that will do this but I just took an old USB keyboard (one that had seen too much coolant ...) and wir

Re: [Emc-users] New error after upgrade

2008-09-12 Thread Alex Joni
> > On Thursday 11 September 2008, Alex Joni wrote: >> I get the error your pastebin shows when I try to load probe_parport more >> than one time. > > Attempting to load a module more than once should result in -EEXIST being > returned. If you are getting as far as triggering a call trace, then the

[Emc-users] em2-review: homing

2008-09-12 Thread rtwas
Hello, I'm having trouble getting emc2 to "home". My understanding is that if (for a given axis section in *.ini) HOME_SEARCH_VEL and HOME_LATCH_VEL are non-zero and HOME_SEQUENCE is something appropriate (like "0") then emc2 will enter a "home" searching behavior when "home" or "home all" butto

Re: [Emc-users] Control panel vs GUI interface

2008-09-12 Thread John Kasunich
Karl Schmidt wrote: > I'm also looking for comments about GUI + mouse vs buttons or GUI + mouse + > buttons... Should there > be a mouse and keyboard on the machine? > Yes, there should be a mouse or keyboard (or both). If nothing else, for choosing what g-code file to run. You will have to

Re: [Emc-users] Control panel vs GUI interface

2008-09-12 Thread Karl Schmidt
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > There are USB and PS/2 interfaces that make lots of buttons look like a > keyboard to the PC. They're often used by people making gaming cabinets > for their PCs. You can use the hal_input driver to make the buttons > that look like keys look like buttons again.

Re: [Emc-users] New error after upgrade

2008-09-12 Thread paul_c
Alex On Thursday 11 September 2008, Alex Joni wrote: > I get the error your pastebin shows when I try to load probe_parport more > than one time. Attempting to load a module more than once should result in -EEXIST being returned. If you are getting as far as triggering a call trace, then there

Re: [Emc-users] Control panel vs GUI interface

2008-09-12 Thread Ray Henry
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 15:43 -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > Karl Schmidt wrote > >I'm starting a list of what should be on this panel: > > > >Emergency stop > > > > > Hardware, must stop the machine, should also notify EMC that the machine > has been stopped. I've got an older Allen Bradle

Re: [Emc-users] Control panel vs GUI interface

2008-09-12 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Karl Schmidt wrote: >I'm putting controls on a vertical mill and I'm new to EMC2, but have a >background in electronics. > >I'm gathering information on putting together a control panel - I have a nice >jog wheel - plenty of >buttons and switches, but I'm also thinking about a mouse and keyboar

[Emc-users] Control panel vs GUI interface

2008-09-12 Thread Karl Schmidt
I'm putting controls on a vertical mill and I'm new to EMC2, but have a background in electronics. I'm gathering information on putting together a control panel - I have a nice jog wheel - plenty of buttons and switches, but I'm also thinking about a mouse and keyboard. It has occurred to me t

Re: [Emc-users] Trade-offs on where to place PID loop - controller vs EMC2

2008-09-12 Thread Kenneth Lerman
Hi Karl, Rather than using telephone, most people here prefer that conversations take place on IRC. That way: 1 -- many people can participate 2 -- there is a record so that others can read and benefit Since the advice you get is free, it is generally difficult to argue with the people who fee

[Emc-users] Trade-offs on where to place PID loop - controller vs EMC2

2008-09-12 Thread Karl Schmidt
I'm putting controls on a vertical mill that will be run via EMC2. From my research I've realized that I have two choices: the PID loop can be on the DC-driver board or it can be within EMC2 with EMC2 reading the encoder and outputting a analog value. It seems there would be less things to go

Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-12 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Can you tell me what run-time file or files changed? My target machine was > built from precompiled packages so it doesn't have the development tools > loaded. I will need to compile on my development machine and then transfer > the binaries. The fix is entirely in pwmgen.

Re: [Emc-users] Another problem with Hostmot2 and m5i20

2008-09-12 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Sebastian, Can you tell me what run-time file or files changed? My target machine was built from precompiled packages so it doesn't have the development tools loaded. I will need to compile on my development machine and then transfer the binaries. Thanks, Eric I squished a silly bug with the hos