Re: [Emc-users] trouble loading from cd

2010-06-15 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 14:39 -0500, terry wrote: > Installed Ubuntu 10.4 but un-installed after reading EMC2 only ran on > version 6.04 and 8.04. Down loaded 8.04 both with and without EMC but will > not install on reboot. Tried re-burning at a 4x rate, no joy. Bought and > installed a new burner

Re: [Emc-users] trouble loading from cd

2010-06-15 Thread Jim Wilkin
Make sure you are telling Nero to burn a I S O not a data file. terry wrote: > Installed Ubuntu 10.4 but un-installed after reading EMC2 only ran on > version 6.04 and 8.04. Down loaded 8.04 both with and without EMC but will > not install on reboot. Tried re-burning at a 4x rate, no joy. Bough

[Emc-users] trouble loading from cd

2010-06-15 Thread terry
Installed Ubuntu 10.4 but un-installed after reading EMC2 only ran on version 6.04 and 8.04. Down loaded 8.04 both with and without EMC but will not install on reboot. Tried re-burning at a 4x rate, no joy. Bought and installed a new burner, created disk with both Nero and roxio 7.5, neither wou

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-15 Thread Rafael Skodlar
On 06/14/2010 11:17 PM, Mark Thomas wrote: snip > This would work if you copied all the .py files of the program to Not necessarily. It's all about scripts architecture, library path, etc. It's always bad practice to jam a bunch of files under common bin directory for two reasons: clutter

Re: [Emc-users] Joint 2 following error

2010-06-15 Thread Jeff Epler
A "following error" occurs when a commanded and feedback position are too far apart. The maximum difference that is tolerated is specified by the inifile FERROR and MIN_FERROR. http://www.linuxcnc.org/docview/html/config_ini_config.html#sub:[AXIS]-section Joints are numbered at 0, so start a

Re: [Emc-users] Joint 2 following error

2010-06-15 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2010/6/15 Andy Pugh : > On 15 June 2010 10:42, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > >> Can anybody tell me, where should I look for the cause of the problem? > > I think it is related to my question of a few minutes ago. > I have no idea, what causes such an error message, so that is why I asked it on the lis

Re: [Emc-users] How to create custom kinematics module?

2010-06-15 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2010/6/15 Andy Pugh : > On 11 June 2010 13:46, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > >> 13     double xy_tan = atan2(pos->tran.y - old.y,pos->tran.x - old.x); > > I have been thinking about this some more, and it is too simplistic > and may be causing problems. > > What happens when X and Y are stationary? atan

Re: [Emc-users] Joint 2 following error

2010-06-15 Thread Andy Pugh
On 15 June 2010 10:42, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > Can anybody tell me, where should I look for the cause of the problem? I think it is related to my question of a few minutes ago. -- atp -- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad

Re: [Emc-users] How to create custom kinematics module?

2010-06-15 Thread Andy Pugh
On 11 June 2010 13:46, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 13     double xy_tan = atan2(pos->tran.y - old.y,pos->tran.x - old.x); I have been thinking about this some more, and it is too simplistic and may be causing problems. What happens when X and Y are stationary? atan2(0,0) is undefined. Then as soon

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-15 Thread Mark Wendt
On 06/14/2010 10:44 PM, Mark Thomas wrote: > If you want a short cut to running the program create a file called d2g with > the following contents (changing the second line to reflect where you have > placed the dxf2gcode program files) > > #!/bin/bash > cd /your/path/to/dxf2gcode > ./dxf2gcode_b02

[Emc-users] Joint 2 following error

2010-06-15 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello! Can anybody tell me, where should I look for the cause of the problem? I have created [hopefully working] kinematics module and want to test it. I placed it in /home/waterjet/emc2-dev/src/emc/kinematics and executed in terminal: cd /home/waterjet/emc2-dev/src/emc/kinematics sudo comp --ins

Re: [Emc-users] DXF to G-Code (CAM/Toolpath)

2010-06-15 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2010/6/15 Mark Thomas : > On Tuesday, June 15, 2010 01:49:31 pm Rafael Skodlar wrote: >> On 06/14/2010 07:44 PM, Mark Thomas wrote: >> > On Tuesday, June 15, 2010 04:07:49 am Viesturs Lācis wrote: >> >> Hello! >> >> >> >> I see exe and zip files available for download from the provided link >> >> h