Re: [Emc-users] Strange MDI.

2010-03-03 Thread Slavko Kocjancic
Hello... Again I can't aply that patch Here is console output sla...@emc2-laptop:~$ cd emc2-dev sla...@emc2-laptop:~/emc2-dev$ git am --signoff smdi.eml Applying Strange MDI. .dotest/patch:10: trailing whitespace. static int pseudoMdiLineNumber = INT_MIN; .dotest/patch:19: trailing whitespace

Re: [Emc-users] EMC

2010-03-03 Thread Dave
Jan, If this machine is that critical perhaps you should retrofit a less critical machine first and build some in house expertise using EMC2? I provide paid support for various machines that I have worked on in the US, however trying to provide machine specific support for a machine that is so

Re: [Emc-users] Magnetic Encoder

2010-03-03 Thread Dave
It is interesting how things change. Way back in early 70's there was a Hamilton Avnet office not far from my parents house. Being a kid interested in electronics I would literally ride my bike to the Hamilton Avnet office and order parts and pay cash for them. They would give me any catalog

Re: [Emc-users] EMC

2010-03-03 Thread Jon Elson
Jan de Kruyf wrote: > So at the moment I am engaged in trying to set up a proper industrial > strength back-up structure for the solution I have proposed. > In this special case, you need to separate the software from the hardware. With Heidenhain, A-B, Fanuc, etc. they support both at the sam

Re: [Emc-users] EMC

2010-03-03 Thread Jeff Epler
Thank you for your inquiry. The EMC board of directors is not a commercial entity and does not offer paid support for emc2. We do not wish to accept money or to have contractual obligations to support the software. Jeff Epler jep...@unpythonic.net member, EMC board of directors

[Emc-users] EMC

2010-03-03 Thread Jan de Kruyf
good day to you all. I have carefully dug through the linuxcnc website and I have come to the conclusion that you people have created a wonderful piece of software. At the same time there are a few machines within the company that need a retrofit with a new controller, here is the link to a more m

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.3.5

2010-03-03 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 07:17:46 -0600, you wrote: >[You're not seeing double. The first announcement simply had the wrong >version number in the subject line] > >I'm pleased to announce the next bugfix release in the emc 2.3 series, >emc 2.3.5. A number of problems in earlier releases have been fixe

Re: [Emc-users] Strange MDI.

2010-03-03 Thread Slavko Kocjancic
2010/3/3 Jeff Epler > On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 08:28:17PM +0100, Slavko Kocjancic wrote: > > Hello.. > > I write hole center probe subroutine and works nice if it's called from > > main program. > > > > in test.ngc I have > > ;--- > > o call > > M02 > > ;---

Re: [Emc-users] Strange MDI.

2010-03-03 Thread Jeff Epler
On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 08:28:17PM +0100, Slavko Kocjancic wrote: > Hello.. > I write hole center probe subroutine and works nice if it's called from > main program. > > in test.ngc I have > ;--- > o call > M02 > ;--- > > > and that

Re: [Emc-users] Advice on Servo Tuning

2010-03-03 Thread Jon Elson
Chris Morley wrote: >>> >> The servo drives are from Advanced Motion Controls. They are Direct PWM >> Brushless DC Servo Drives Model# BD30A8. The datasheet can be read at >> http://www.a-m-c.com/download/datasheet/bd30a8.pdf . I talked to their tech >> support and there is no current loop o

Re: [Emc-users] Accuracy & stability of those AMT103 capacitive encoders

2010-03-03 Thread Jon Elson
Erik Christiansen wrote: > I'm thinking of building a chunky machine for wood & aluminium, so the > datasheet accuracy of quarter of a degree is OK, even though that 1/1440 > of a rev limit means that 2048 ppr is humbug, AFAICT. > > What causes wrinkles on my brain is the "time constant" of 0.4 ms.

Re: [Emc-users] Advice on Servo Tuning

2010-03-03 Thread Flying Electron Inc
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Chris Morley wrote: > > > > Judging from the traces, I suspect you have velocity mode servo amps, > > > and I suspect their velocity loops aren't tuned. It doesn't make > > > sense to tune EMC's position loop when the drive velocity loop isn't > > > right - the posi

Re: [Emc-users] Accuracy & stability of those AMT103 capacitive encoders

2010-03-03 Thread Flying Electron Inc
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Sven Wesley wrote: > 2010/3/3 Erik Christiansen > > > > > > Hmmm ... I think you could be right - I think too much. > > (But it used to save me weeks of work, and help keep my hair, when I was > > a programmer. ;-) > > > > Given that testimonial, I might buy a few

Re: [Emc-users] Accuracy & stability of those AMT103 capacitive encoders

2010-03-03 Thread Sven Wesley
2010/3/3 Erik Christiansen > > > Hmmm ... I think you could be right - I think too much. > (But it used to save me weeks of work, and help keep my hair, when I was > a programmer. ;-) > > Given that testimonial, I might buy a few extra, since they have to come so > far. > > Many thanks for sharing

Re: [Emc-users] Accuracy & stability of those AMT103 capacitive encoders

2010-03-03 Thread Erik Christiansen
On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 01:53:42PM +0100, Sven Wesley wrote: > > > I think you think too much. I have a machine with AMT's doing less than > 1/100 mm repeatability over 1000 cycles. I wasn't patient enough to wait for > longer. I was recommended by a guy who run them on retrofitted industry > machi

[Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.3.5

2010-03-03 Thread Jeff Epler
[You're not seeing double. The first announcement simply had the wrong version number in the subject line] I'm pleased to announce the next bugfix release in the emc 2.3 series, emc 2.3.5. A number of problems in earlier releases have been fixed. The new packages are now available for Ubuntu 8.

[Emc-users] RELEASED: emc 2.3.4

2010-03-03 Thread Jeff Epler
I'm pleased to announce the next bugfix release in the emc 2.3 series, emc 2.3.5. A number of problems in earlier releases have been fixed. The new packages are now available for Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" in the package repositories. Packages for Ubuntu 6.06 "Dapper Drake" should follow within t

Re: [Emc-users] Accuracy & stability of those AMT103 capacitive encoders

2010-03-03 Thread Sven Wesley
2010/3/3 Erik Christiansen > On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 02:54:15PM -0600, sam sokolik wrote: > > there are always deals if you are patient. Like... > > *KL23BLS-115* *: $52/pcs brushless servos > > digikey amt102-v encoder 29.95. <-up to 2048 line - adjustable. > > I'm thinking of building a chunky

[Emc-users] Accuracy & stability of those AMT103 capacitive encoders

2010-03-03 Thread Erik Christiansen
On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 02:54:15PM -0600, sam sokolik wrote: > there are always deals if you are patient. Like... > *KL23BLS-115* *: $52/pcs brushless servos > digikey amt102-v encoder 29.95. <-up to 2048 line - adjustable. I'm thinking of building a chunky machine for wood & aluminium, so the da

Re: [Emc-users] Advice on Servo Tuning

2010-03-03 Thread Chris Morley
> > Judging from the traces, I suspect you have velocity mode servo amps, > > and I suspect their velocity loops aren't tuned. It doesn't make > > sense to tune EMC's position loop when the drive velocity loop isn't > > right - the position loop builds on the foundation provided by the > > drive.

Re: [Emc-users] Touch off in gcode

2010-03-03 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 21:42:03 +1100, you wrote: >Excellent. G28 was what I was looking for. At least that allows me to >remeasure the z offsets for the lathe tools pretty quickly - z travel into a >touch plate. > >Any suggestions on how to do this with the x axis? Currently, I mount some >stock