Re: [Emc-users] Steppers

2009-10-15 Thread John Harris
Hi, From your description 'the spindle rotated feebly but the slightest touch on the spindle stopped it and it just sat there quivering and buzzing gently'. This is the exactly the effect you get with a bi-phase stepmotor if one wire is not connect to the driver. Check your connections

Re: [Emc-users] Puma on eBay

2009-10-15 Thread Sven Wesley
2009/10/15 Alex Joni <... A lot of text ...> > > [1] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLxwAX8G3oI > [1] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoOWi1r6-Eo > [2] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCARA > [3] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_manipulator > [4] - http://juve.ro/blog/puma > > > > Very

Re: [Emc-users] slo-syn drivers

2009-10-15 Thread Peter Cauchy
From: Andy Pugh >Are you saying that the step input works, but not the direction? >That does seem odd if they are wired similarly. Exactly. I also have other controllers, and they are connected very similarly, and the same stepper works fine on them, so it is not the stepper. >Can you sketch the

Re: [Emc-users] GEOMETRY = ZXY in Axis

2009-10-15 Thread Alex Joni
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 05:55:10PM +0200, vh5...@libero.it wrote: >> Hi, >> I can't rotate the backplot preview in Axis as requested in my >> application. >> I put in the .INI file, under [DISPLAY] section, the identifier GEOMETRY >> = ZXY >> but I can't see any difference in my preview. > > W

Re: [Emc-users] Steppers

2009-10-15 Thread Dave Caroline
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Ian W. Wright wrote: > Hi, > > I am totally perplexed! I have two apparently very similar > stepper motors - i.e. made by the same company ( Oriental > Stepper), both 32 size and single stack although one is > about 1/4in longer than the other. Lets call them X an

[Emc-users] Steppers

2009-10-15 Thread Ian W. Wright
Hi, I am totally perplexed! I have two apparently very similar stepper motors - i.e. made by the same company ( Oriental Stepper), both 32 size and single stack although one is about 1/4in longer than the other. Lets call them X and Y to avoid confusion. I also have two driver boards - not id

Re: [Emc-users] GEOMETRY = ZXY in Axis

2009-10-15 Thread Jeff Epler
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 05:55:10PM +0200, vh5...@libero.it wrote: > Hi, > I can't rotate the backplot preview in Axis as requested in my application. > I put in the .INI file, under [DISPLAY] section, the identifier GEOMETRY = > ZXY > but I can't see any difference in my preview. When all the a

Re: [Emc-users] Puma on eBay

2009-10-15 Thread Alex Joni
>> <...> >> Yes, EMC2 definitely can do this. There is a general robot kinematics >> file. You have to >> measure the length of the arms between joints and put that into the >> program, so the transform >> matrices are built correctly. You also have to establish the alignment >> to each joint's

Re: [Emc-users] Puma on eBay

2009-10-15 Thread Sven Wesley
2009/10/15 Jon Elson > <...> > Yes, EMC2 definitely can do this. There is a general robot kinematics > file. You have to > measure the length of the arms between joints and put that into the > program, so the transform > matrices are built correctly. You also have to establish the alignment >

Re: [Emc-users] Puma on eBay

2009-10-15 Thread Jon Elson
Sven Wesley wrote: > Now when we talk robots, I asked Alex Joni about the kinematics for > controlling a robot like a XYZ-machine. I want to use a robot to run normal > 3 axis G-code and then let EMC2 handle the kinematics for all the joints. > Alex said it should work if I have a kinematics module

[Emc-users] GEOMETRY = ZXY in Axis

2009-10-15 Thread vh5...@libero.it
Hi, I can't rotate the backplot preview in Axis as requested in my application. I put in the .INI file, under [DISPLAY] section, the identifier GEOMETRY = ZXY but I can't see any difference in my preview. Can you help me? Best Regards Luigi

Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 7i43 config file request

2009-10-15 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
P.J. Marsh wrote: > I currently have a parport / stepper CNC mill that I am in the process of > upgrading to a 7i43 controller. Would anyone on the list who has a stepper > driven system controlled by a 7i43 be able to mail me their configs, I just > want to have a look at some one elses working

[Emc-users] EMC2 7i43 config file request

2009-10-15 Thread P.J. Marsh
Hi all, I currently have a parport / stepper CNC mill that I am in the process of upgrading to a 7i43 controller. Would anyone on the list who has a stepper driven system controlled by a 7i43 be able to mail me their configs, I just want to have a look at some one elses working setup before doi

Re: [Emc-users] Puma on eBay

2009-10-15 Thread Ray Henry
On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 08:00 +0200, Sven Wesley wrote: > 2009/10/15 Kirk Wallace > > > Just in case someone might need one. > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/WESTINGHOUSE-ULTIMATE-PUMA-700-ROBOT-0_W0QQitemZ370229778303 > > > > > Need and want are two different things. ;) > > Now when we talk robots