Re: [Emc-users] Rattling steppers losing steps

2009-01-27 Thread Mark Wendt (Contractor)
Peter, Reading this list daily is an education all in itself. I've been on it for a couple of years now, and the stuff that comes out of the woodwork when a question is asked is amazing. We've got developers here, manufacturers, home brewing hobby guys like me, and many others. And

[Emc-users] Bill Volna

2009-01-27 Thread Peter blodow
Hello Gentlemen, looking at the Photographs in search of EMC2 features at http://fenn.freeshell.org/retrofest/default.html I found a picture of "Bill Volna, expert on kinematics" . I remembered that name because in June 1991, I wrote a letter to him as an answer to his article in Sky and Telesc

[Emc-users] Data Point: How Many of Us Are Here?

2009-01-27 Thread Ed Nisley
After I posted the note about my Cabin Fever trip report a week ago, that blog entry got a bunch of hits in quick succession. In round numbers, 176 people clicked on that link from an actual email, a Web email client, or the many mailing list archives scattered around the Web. Dunno how many t

Re: [Emc-users] Data Point: How Many of Us Are Here?

2009-01-27 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Ed Nisley wrote: >After I posted the note about my Cabin Fever trip report a >week ago, that blog entry got a bunch of hits in quick >succession. > >In round numbers, 176 people clicked on that link from an >actual email, a Web email client, or the many mailing list >archives scattered around

Re: [Emc-users] 7i43 and pinout.

2009-01-27 Thread Richard Acosta
Let's see if i understood... I must watch that .pin file to know where to connect encoders and pwmgen ¿am i right? (I know this is beyond my knowledge) If i disable a specific function on a pin and the pin becomes GPIO... ¿is this in any way usable?...¿or is just a "flag"? Thanks again, and a

Re: [Emc-users] 7i43 and pinout.

2009-01-27 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Richard Acosta wrote: Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:28:26 -0200 From: Richard Acosta Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 7i43 and pinout. Let's see if i understood... I must watch that .pin file

Re: [Emc-users] Servo Error

2009-01-27 Thread Donnie Timmons
>> Thanks Jeff. >> >> Sorry Donnie and Peter, i was mistaken... :-( >> >> I'll change that particular message to be a lower message level for now, >> until i fix the underlying bug. >Donnie, are you compiling EMC2 from CVS Trunk? If so please update and >try again, i just committed a workar