Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43

2009-07-08 Thread Richard Acosta
I bought a card that EMC told me was fully supported and functional, the only reason i did it was because that was awritten in manuals and EMC people told it was supported. I cannot blame MESA, they sold me what they said, EMC directed me to buy that board with false statements. El

Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43

2009-07-08 Thread Richard Acosta
I have bough a board, directed by EMC people. I am not dissapointed with MEsa, i'm dissapointed with the people who advised me. In my country, when */you/* direct someone to buy/do something that gives /*you*/ _.OR._ another an unjustified profit while the buyer/customer/doer gets a

Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43

2009-07-08 Thread Rob Jansen
Richard, quoting from one of your earlier mails: Thanks to everyone who tryed to help, thanks to everyone behind such a great project. Dito! I had a bit more success than you had with the support from this list. I had some problems with the Mesa HM2 configuration files that were solved

Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43

2009-07-08 Thread Chris Morley
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:30:22 -0300 From: eyela...@gmail.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43 I have bough a board, directed by EMC people. I am not dissapointed with MEsa, i'm dissapointed with the people who advised me. In my

Re: [Emc-users] Beginner question

2009-07-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Peter Cauchy wrote: Thanks for the replies, Part of the issue is I do not have the mill completely square, and it was cutting without stuttering, but I was tightening the tolerances and started losing steps due to friction. That is often something that can be helped with

Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43

2009-07-08 Thread Leslie Newell
I just looked back though al of your posts in this thread. They are all about problems with the operating system, not EMC. Why are you blaming the EMC guys? If you bought some Windows software then found Windows didn't like your computer, would you blame the suppliers of the software? FWIW I

Re: [Emc-users] Beginner question

2009-07-08 Thread Rob Jansen
Peter, my driver is a CMD-50c which can handle 15-40v, and 3.5 amps, but I do not have access to anything above the 19v I currently have. Thanks for everything, it looks like I will be looking for other motors. Try to get hold of a power supply with a higher voltage. Coils, as used in

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-08 Thread Leslie Newell
I have just got the lathe on the internet so I uploaded a screen shot of the I weirdness http://imagebin.ca/view/Yh4hGxr.html. It shows a long move followed by the term returning the axis to position. The big spikes are accel/decel. Here is a shot with the I term turned down to 0 but

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-08 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 8 Jul 2009, Leslie Newell wrote: Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:23:59 +0100 From: Leslie Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Axis Plot Screen

2009-07-08 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/7/8 Jim Wilkin james.a.wil...@gmail.com: Just got my a axis going and noticed that the Axis plot screen doesn't show the A axis. I noticed the same thing, but decided it was probably deliberate, as I can't imagine how you would show the A axis movement without knowing the absolute

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-08 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 8 Jul 2009, Leslie Newell wrote: Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:23:59 +0100 From: Leslie Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-08 Thread Leslie Newell
Hi Peter, One division = 0.01mm. Which screenshot are you looking at? The shot without I shows a very small static error (around 1 - 2 counts). The end of the plot in the first shot is not static error. The plot simply ran out of time before the system reached steady state. P and D are about

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-08 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 8 Jul 2009, Leslie Newell wrote: Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:47:59 +0100 From: Leslie Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Axis Plot Screen

2009-07-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 08 July 2009, Andy Pugh wrote: 2009/7/8 Jim Wilkin james.a.wil...@gmail.com: Just got my a axis going and noticed that the Axis plot screen doesn't show the A axis. I noticed the same thing, but decided it was probably deliberate, as I can't imagine how you would show the A axis

Re: [Emc-users] Beginner question

2009-07-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 08 July 2009, Dave Engvall wrote: On Jul 8, 2009, at 1:40 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Peter Cauchy wrote: Thanks for the replies, Part of the issue is I do not have the mill completely square, and it was cutting without stuttering, but I was tightening the

Re: [Emc-users] Beginner question

2009-07-08 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/7/8 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com:  I didn't expect a 10 dollar shipping rip off though.  That brings it up to about $36.  Reminds me of ebay. Too late now, but did you check eBay? There are folk on there reselling small quantities. -- atp

Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43

2009-07-08 Thread Richard Acosta
Ok Rob, you're right, and i'm expressing badly. Behind this great project, the non better attended part is user support. I understand there is not such thing as a corporation, big business (or small) or any kind of organisation for profit. Well, i think it could be a great idea, that some more

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-08 Thread Leslie Newell
Hi Peter, The point at the end of the plot has a high following error because I hasn't finished correcting itself from the mess it made of the cruise phase. The second screen shot I posted http://imagebin.ca/view/3Uj1P_1.html is exactly what you asked for - the same settings but with I set to

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-08 Thread Leslie Newell
Hi Jon, If I set the I term any lower than 500 it takes a LONG time to have any effect at all. Even with 500 it is taking several seconds to stabilise. Les Reading the calibration dialog box to the right of Halscope, I see the first pic has I at 500. That is WAY too high. I don't know the

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-08 Thread Leslie Newell
Hi Peter, My point is that the I term is introducing the error in the first place. As you can see from the second plot, without I the response is pretty good. I have been wondering if my problems are hostmot2 related but I can't think of any way that they can be. The encoder appears to be

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-08 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009, Leslie Newell wrote: Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:33:00 +0100 From: Leslie Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Beginner question

2009-07-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 08 July 2009, Andy Pugh wrote: 2009/7/8 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@gmail.com: I didn't expect a 10 dollar shipping rip off though. That brings it up to about $36. Reminds me of ebay. Too late now, but did you check eBay? There are folk on there reselling small quantities. No I

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-08 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009, Leslie Newell wrote: Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:33:00 +0100 From: Leslie Newell les.new...@fastmail.co.uk Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re:

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-08 Thread Jon Elson
Leslie Newell wrote: Hi Jon, If I set the I term any lower than 500 it takes a LONG time to have any effect at all. Even with 500 it is taking several seconds to stabilise. I'm beginning to suspect there has been a change in the way PID works, either due to hostmot2 or the version of

Re: [Emc-users] Servo tuning

2009-07-08 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 8 Jul 2009, Jon Elson wrote: Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:22:22 -0500 From: Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] Beginner question

2009-07-08 Thread Mark Cason
I know that this is too late, but I recently bought some Mobil Vactra #2 for about $20.00, along with a few other things from Enco. Their site is down ATM, but its: http://www.use-enco.com Lately, they have been offering free shipping in the US, on orders over $25.00. I have the code