Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2009-10-10 Thread Hubert Bahr
Gene When you say micromill are you referring to the X2. I have one of these as well. I am running it with EMC2 though the parallel port with a G540 driver. It accepts a VFD PWM signal and has an op-isolated 0 to 10 volt analog output for a VFD. It also has 2 uncommitted output pins. It looks l

Re: [Emc-users] parport_pc and the http://linuxcnc.org/experimental/hardy/smp/ kernels

2009-10-10 Thread Haberler Michael
Am 09.10.2009 um 22:34 schrieb Eric H. Johnson: > Michael, > > How recently was that updated. I just did rebuilt of smp (2.3.3) > earlier > this week and have just not gotten around to posting them. the files in http://linuxcnc.org/experimental/hardy/smp/ are all 22- Apr-2009 if that's what y

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2009-10-10 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/10/10 Jon Elson : > witch. > Warning!  The spindle speed controller on these machines is NOT isolated > from the > line.  So, you need to provide some sort of isolation for and speed > controller interface > to the computer.  PWM and optocouplers sounds like a good idea. When he says "Not is

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2009-10-10 Thread Steve Stallings
Hubert, The term PWM as discussed here is referring to the signal from the parallel port to the device used to set the motor speed. In the case of the X2 and many other DC motor drivers, the current supply into the motor is also controlled by PWM, but it is generated and controlled by the motor d

Re: [Emc-users] parport_pc and the http://linuxcnc.org/experimental/hardy/smp/ kernels

2009-10-10 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Michael, How recently was the parport fix added? Is it in 2.3.3? At any rate, I will send you the access information by private email. Regards, Eric the files in http://linuxcnc.org/experimental/hardy/smp/ are all 22- Apr-2009 if that's what you're referring to, emc is 2.3.0 in there could I

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2009-10-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 10 October 2009, Jon Elson wrote: >Hubert Bahr wrote: >> I am talking about a spindle on the X3 Seig Mill. I am planning to >> convert the current gear drive to a two range belt drive, and since the >> current controller appears to use a pot to adjust the speed and a switch >> to cha

Re: [Emc-users] parport_pc and the http://linuxcnc.org/experimental/hardy/smp/ kernels

2009-10-10 Thread Haberler Michael
ah, I see Jeff Epler pushed it on Sept 21 - no, I think it's in the currend head only -Michael Am 10.10.2009 um 16:00 schrieb Eric H. Johnson: > Michael, > > How recently was the parport fix added? Is it in 2.3.3? > > At any rate, I will send you the access information by private email. >

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2009-10-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 10 October 2009, Hubert Bahr wrote: >Gene >When you say micromill are you referring to the X2. I think the X2 is this ones bigger brother, selling for about $500, this was the $300 HF version. But I bought the expansion table kits from Chris at LittleMachineShop.com, and made a new

Re: [Emc-users] Encoders

2009-10-10 Thread Roland Jollivet
A twisted pair, or any long piece of wire coming out of the back of a PC, is first and foremost, a transmission line, and needs to be terminated properly. This has nothing to do with the DC bias. The impedance of such a line is generally 50R to 75R. In the case of a printer port line, which is unb

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2009-10-10 Thread Hubert Bahr
Gene So you have the X-1, I have an X-2 and X-3 also from Habour Freight. I am guessing the principles are the same but I will need to check the implementation. Specifically, I am interested in what you connected to pins 1, 2 and 3 of PMDX-106's J2, the spindle signal connector. Specific

Re: [Emc-users] Encoders

2009-10-10 Thread Jon Elson
Roland Jollivet wrote: > A twisted pair, or any long piece of wire coming out of the back of a PC, is > first and foremost, a transmission line, and needs to be terminated > properly. This has nothing to do with the DC bias. The impedance of such a > line is generally 50R to 75R. > Actually, twi

Re: [Emc-users] Encoders

2009-10-10 Thread Roland Jollivet
2009/10/10 Jon Elson > Roland Jollivet wrote: > > A twisted pair, or any long piece of wire coming out of the back of a PC, > is > > first and foremost, a transmission line, and needs to be terminated > > properly. This has nothing to do with the DC bias. The impedance of such > a > > line is gen

Re: [Emc-users] Encoders

2009-10-10 Thread Roland Jollivet
Oops, yes. Thats what you said. Differential impedance = 100R Roland 2009/10/10 Roland Jollivet > > 2009/10/10 Jon Elson > >> Roland Jollivet wrote: >> > A twisted pair, or any long piece of wire coming out of the back of a >> PC, is >> > first and foremost, a transmission line, and needs to

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2009-10-10 Thread Peter Homann
Hi Hubert, You need to be careful connecting to the pot inputs of a lot of these type of speed controllers. The usually put a DC voltage of anywhere between 7V to 15V across the potentiometer. The kicker is that this voltage is generated via a zener shunt regulator and the control voltage is ac

[Emc-users] independent axis

2009-10-10 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Hello everybody, this is the first time i use the mailing list so i hope i could ask my question well.. I'm trying to make a simple lathe machine config with the two Z and X axis, but i want to add two extra independent linear axis. I think that i need to make my own kinematics file, but i need t

Re: [Emc-users] Encoders

2009-10-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 10 October 2009, Roland Jollivet wrote: >A twisted pair, or any long piece of wire coming out of the back of a PC, > is first and foremost, a transmission line, and needs to be terminated > properly. This has nothing to do with the DC bias. The impedance of such a > line is generally 50

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2009-10-10 Thread Hubert Bahr
Peter The SX3 or Super X3 sold by Grizzley (G0619) does use the digital control. The X3 sold by Harbor Freight and also Grizzley (G0463) use a speed potentiometer. My first attempt will be to use the VFD outputs of the Gecko G540 which provides an opto isolated pwm to analog reference. In

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control

2009-10-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 10 October 2009, Hubert Bahr wrote: >Gene >So you have the X-1, I have an X-2 and X-3 also from Habour >Freight. I am guessing the principles are the same but I will need to >check the implementation. Specifically, I am interested in what you >connected to pins 1, 2 and 3 of PMDX-