[Emc-users] Spindle speed control with SPEED INCREASE/DECREASE solenoids and encoder

2010-08-07 Thread Igor Chudov
I have a Bridgeport Interact mill with a three phase spindle motor on a VFD. In addition, the mill has a vari-drive system with SPEED INCREASE and SPEED DECREASE selector. This selector activates pneumatic solenoids that drive an air motor. The motor actually increases and decreases speed of the

Re: [Emc-users] Best way to configure machine buttons (EMC Logic)

2010-08-07 Thread Dave
You should consider CL. For several reasons... You can "see" the logic on the screen as you run the machine. You can make changes on the fly (almost). Stop, edit, start. You can put various functions in different sections of CL logic. You can comment each line and use symbols to show what

Re: [Emc-users] Non-circular turning.

2010-08-07 Thread Dave Caroline
Now you can cut a hob! Dave Caroline On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Andy Pugh wrote: > I know it looks circular, but I was running into problems with spindle > speed/torque and x-axis speed. There is no reason that with a geared > head you couldn't do multilobe cams etc (Other than tool cleara

Re: [Emc-users] Non-circular turning.

2010-08-07 Thread Stuart Stevenson
more proof EMC2 is limited ONLY by your imagination very nice On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Andy Pugh wrote: > I know it looks circular, but I was running into problems with spindle > speed/torque and x-axis speed. There is no reason that with a geared > head you couldn't do multilobe cams etc

Re: [Emc-users] Best way to configure machine buttons (EMC Logic)

2010-08-07 Thread Igor Chudov
Jon, and others, thanks. My mill is essentially working fine in 3 axis as of now. Already totally usable, just some buttons do not yet do anything, but I can do everything with a keyboard. The future improvements are an encoder on the spindle and 4th axis (that Troyke table). I will give my best

Re: [Emc-users] Best way to configure machine buttons (EMC Logic)

2010-08-07 Thread Jon Elson
Igor Chudov wrote: > I have a large number of machine controls that are on my Bridgeport > Interact mill, such as jog controls, spindle > forward/reverse/start/stop, brake etc. > > I would like to wire them all through EMC/PPMC. > > Where I am very concerned is producing a configuration that I will

Re: [Emc-users] Best way to configure machine buttons (EMC Logic)

2010-08-07 Thread Andy Pugh
On 7 August 2010 17:02, Igor Chudov wrote: > > I looked into HALUI and HAL files and logical elements. While I think > that I understand why things were done the way they were, I am very > concerned that a while later, I will not be able to make any sense of > the config and logical elements. You

Re: [Emc-users] Non-circular turning.

2010-08-07 Thread Chris Morley
> I know it looks circular, but I was running into problems with spindle > speed/torque and x-axis speed. There is no reason that with a geared > head you couldn't do multilobe cams etc (Other than tool clearance > angle issues) Pretty cool! ya best put how you did that in the wiki

Re: [Emc-users] Best way to configure machine buttons (EMC Logic)

2010-08-07 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 11:02 -0500, Igor Chudov wrote: ... snip > With that in mind, would anyone comment on what is the most > documentable approach at wiring those buttons. > > I also must mention that in my past, I wrote a few > parsers/interpreters/compilers and am wondering if anyone looked at

[Emc-users] Non-circular turning.

2010-08-07 Thread Andy Pugh
I know it looks circular, but I was running into problems with spindle speed/torque and x-axis speed. There is no reason that with a geared head you couldn't do multilobe cams etc (Other than tool clearance angle issues) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpP7iTKuWpw -- atp

[Emc-users] Best way to configure machine buttons (EMC Logic)

2010-08-07 Thread Igor Chudov
I have a large number of machine controls that are on my Bridgeport Interact mill, such as jog controls, spindle forward/reverse/start/stop, brake etc. I would like to wire them all through EMC/PPMC. Where I am very concerned is producing a configuration that I will be able to understand 3-5-10 y

Re: [Emc-users] Killing process cleanly

2010-08-07 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Sasa Vilic wrote: > If I run from console emc and press Ctrl-Z, it will shut down emc in a > nice way. > > But sending SIGINT with "kill" does nothing. Is there any way to stop > emc in a nice way with kill or any other program? > SIGINT is like pressing ctrl-C, which may be blocked or otherwis

Re: [Emc-users] Killing process cleanly

2010-08-07 Thread Sasa Vilic
On 7.8.2010 11:37, Michał Geszkiewicz wrote: > Hi, > > when you run emc it will close cleanly when you close gui program. > do you have some errors to must close emc in that way (kill, ctrl-z)? > > regards > Michael > > Sasa Vilic pisze: > >> If I run from console emc and press Ctrl-Z, it will

Re: [Emc-users] Killing process cleanly

2010-08-07 Thread Michał Geszkiewicz
Hi, when you run emc it will close cleanly when you close gui program. do you have some errors to must close emc in that way (kill, ctrl-z)? regards Michael Sasa Vilic pisze: > If I run from console emc and press Ctrl-Z, it will shut down emc in a > nice way. > > But sending SIGINT with "kill"

[Emc-users] Killing process cleanly

2010-08-07 Thread Sasa Vilic
If I run from console emc and press Ctrl-Z, it will shut down emc in a nice way. But sending SIGINT with "kill" does nothing. Is there any way to stop emc in a nice way with kill or any other program? Thank you -- This