Re: [Emc-users] Bug in ClassicLadder modbus

2011-03-28 Thread Les Newell
HI Kim, Yup, that's it. Les On 28/03/11 00:09, Kim Kirwan wrote: Hi Les, Thanks very much for submitting this bug fix. I have entered your fix, please take a look and let us know if this is what you wanted: Here's the git commit diff:

Re: [Emc-users] Buttons!

2011-03-28 Thread Les Newell
Thanks. I think I will have to go down that route because ClassicLadder is being a real CPU hog. Without the CL GUI loaded my average CPU load with Axis running is 20%. With Modbus enabled and the ClassicLadder GUI running, CPU load averages 80%. Les On 28/03/11 06:16, Kirk Wallace wrote: I

Re: [Emc-users] Encoders for MPG

2011-03-28 Thread Rudy du Preez
I have changed over to making my own MPG's using the cheap ($24) AMT102 settable encoders. I make the shaft and wheel myself and fit a couple of BCD rotary switches in a neat little box. I tend to keep them simple. Currently I am making a substantial unit with two handwheels mounted in an

Re: [Emc-users] Buttons!

2011-03-28 Thread Mark Wendt
On 03/27/2011 01:56 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: Why not? I found it to be a great fit for HMIs, and fearsomely easy. Granted, if you already hack pics and avrs in your sleep, it probably has little to offer, but for the other 99.7% of humanity, it makes simple things easy and moderately complex

Re: [Emc-users] OT: MPG format

2011-03-28 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:12:30 +0100, you wrote: I am a great believer in having 1 MPG per axis. I use high resolution encoders (500 lines upwards) and proper hand wheels so the machine can be operated as a manual. The hand wheels have friction but no indents, just like a manual machine. With a

Re: [Emc-users] Buttons!

2011-03-28 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Les Newell wrote: Thanks. I think I will have to go down that route because ClassicLadder is being a real CPU hog. Without the CL GUI loaded my average CPU load with Axis running is 20%. With Modbus enabled and the ClassicLadder GUI running, CPU load averages 80%. I haven't looked at the

Re: [Emc-users] Buttons!

2011-03-28 Thread Dave
Les, I think something else may be wrong. I have used Classic Ladder quite a bit and I don't have any CPU loading issues at all. The last setup I did was driving step and direction motors via a LPT port on an Intel 330 based Atom motherboard. Last year Jeff Epler cleaned up the Modbus code

Re: [Emc-users] Programming issue

2011-03-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 2:19 PM, David Keeton pkeet...@woh.rr.com wrote: This is the line of the program in question G0G90G54T1 The next line is the M6 command. Is it ok to have G0 command without any axis word in one line with G90, G54 and toolchange commands? Did You try breaking

Re: [Emc-users] Buttons!

2011-03-28 Thread Gary P. Fiber
I think that was the local exchange. I grew up in Fremont, OH and we were always FEderal 2, which changed to 332, my grandmother in WV was SKyline-X- don't remember the number. I remember my dad making the call as it was operator assisted and you told her or him the city you wanted and the

Re: [Emc-users] Can I rigid tap with a BOTTOMING tap?

2011-03-28 Thread Jon Elson
Blind tapped holes are everyday occurrences commercially, its not a problem. Right! While I prefer through holes, there are plenty of places where I can't go through. One thing I make is some cabinet rails that are 8 - 11 long, and have threaded holes in the ends. The part I copied was

Re: [Emc-users] OT: MPG format

2011-03-28 Thread Jon Elson
Steve Blackmore wrote: On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:12:30 +0100, you wrote: I am a great believer in having 1 MPG per axis. I use high resolution encoders (500 lines upwards) and proper hand wheels so the machine can be operated as a manual. The hand wheels have friction but no indents,

[Emc-users] How to create g-code?

2011-03-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello, gentlemen! I have a question about creating g-code for a machine with awkward kinematics. Basically my problem can be reduced to following issue: How can I create g-code, if I know the path of tool in XY plane and a path in XZ plane? I have 2 paths that I have to merge together - execute

Re: [Emc-users] Buttons!

2011-03-28 Thread Les Newell
Hmm, well if I load the user mode part of CL with --nogui then the cpu load is about 20% but I don't have modbus. If I remove the --nogui then I get the GUI, modbus works and CPU load goes up to 90%. Les On 28/03/11 16:46, Dave wrote: Les, I think something else may be wrong. I have used