Re: [Emc-users] Newbie w/mobo question

2011-07-05 Thread Neil
So back for a bit, and have decided to get the D525MW w/1GB of RAM. Placing order in the morning. I completely forgot about this CF-to-IDE option, and will prob look into it later, but for now I'm anxious to get something up and running. Incremental dev ;) FWIW, I have 16 2.5 drives

Re: [Emc-users] Reverse direction for stepgen on Mesa 7i43

2011-07-05 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/7/4 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: In HostMot2, outputs are inverted by setting the invert_output attribute of the proper GPIO bit. Got stuck with this - how do I specify that I want to invert direction bit of a particular stepgen? That is not a GPIO bit and I do not see any related

[Emc-users] MDI commands from INI file

2011-07-05 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello, gentlemen! I am trying to add pyvcp button that would move the machine to particular position; For that I have: 1) in INI file I wrote: [HALUI] MDI_COMMAND = G0 G53 X100 Y100 2) xml file, where I specified the text and name of halpin 3) postgui HAL file that links pyvcp pin to

Re: [Emc-users] MDI commands from INI file

2011-07-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 July 2011 15:17, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: What am I missing here? Possibly [HAL] HALUI = halui -- atp Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men -- All of

Re: [Emc-users] Reverse direction for stepgen on Mesa 7i43

2011-07-05 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 5 Jul 2011, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 17:11:34 +0300 From: [UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis viesturs.la...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject:

Re: [Emc-users] Reverse direction for stepgen on Mesa 7i43

2011-07-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 July 2011 15:11, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Got stuck with this - how do I specify that I want to invert direction bit of a particular stepgen? That is not a GPIO bit and I do not see any related pin anywhere in HAL Look in the dmesg output from when the hm2 driver

Re: [Emc-users] Reverse direction for stepgen on Mesa 7i43

2011-07-05 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Ok, thanks! Unfortunately I was on a very short time, so I left it with minus sign before scale parameter in INI file. It seems that it works that way too. Viesturs 2011/7/5 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 5 July 2011 15:11, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Got stuck with this

[Emc-users] D525MW board

2011-07-05 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello, folks! I got the BIOS version that is on the D525 board. I also ran a short latency test. Few days ago I was asked if I could add that to wiki page. I would gladly do that, but... Which page should I post it in? This one? http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Latency-Test I tried

Re: [Emc-users] D525MW board

2011-07-05 Thread Andrew
2011/7/5 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com: I got the BIOS version that is on the D525 board. I also ran a short latency test. By the way, which latency do you have? My D525MW shows up to 18000 with 2 glxgears running for several hours. Even base period 35000 results in realtime delay

Re: [Emc-users] D525MW board

2011-07-05 Thread Viesturs Lācis
I have to admit that I was able to run latency test for a short time interval. Max jitter was 7300 ns. Nevertheless I am running it with a 0,75 ms servo period, which gives update interval of 1,33 kHz and I have never had any messages about realtime delays. The machine has 7i43 board, which runs

Re: [Emc-users] D525MW board

2011-07-05 Thread andy pugh
On 5 July 2011 20:56, Andrew parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com wrote: My D525MW shows up to 18000 with 2 glxgears running for several hours. Even base period 35000 results in realtime delay message (with 3000 ns driver timings). I'm very disappointed. Do you have isolcpus set? That might help. My

Re: [Emc-users] D525MW board

2011-07-05 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Oh yes, I have isolcpus=1! No special hyperthreading disabling though. Viesturs 2011/7/6 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 5 July 2011 20:56, Andrew parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com wrote: My D525MW shows up to 18000 with 2 glxgears running for several hours. Even base period 35000 results in

Re: [Emc-users] D525MW board

2011-07-05 Thread Andrew
2011/7/6 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 5 July 2011 20:56, Andrew parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com wrote: My D525MW shows up to 18000 with 2 glxgears running for several hours. Even base period 35000 results in realtime delay message (with 3000 ns driver timings). I'm very disappointed. Do

Re: [Emc-users] D525MW board

2011-07-05 Thread James Louis
Could you guys please explain isolcpus and hyperthreading? Are these in the BIOS? What should these be set at for a D510MO? Much thanks! Jim -Original Message- From: Andrew [mailto:parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 4:26 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)

Re: [Emc-users] D525MW board

2011-07-05 Thread Andrew
2011/7/6 James Louis james.lo...@gastechnology.org: Could you guys please explain isolcpus and hyperthreading?  Are these in the BIOS?  What should these be set at for a D510MO? Much thanks! Jim http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?TroubleShooting#The_isolcpus_Boot_parameter

Re: [Emc-users] D525MW board

2011-07-05 Thread James Louis
Thanks for the explanation. I have two D510MO (Sherline stepper lathe and PPMC servo mill) and I will change them both. Cheers, Jim -Original Message- From: Andrew [mailto:parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 4:54 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject:

Re: [Emc-users] D525MW board

2011-07-05 Thread Dave
On 7/5/2011 5:26 PM, Andrew wrote: 2011/7/6 andy pughbodge...@gmail.com: On 5 July 2011 20:56, Andrewparallel.kinemat...@gmail.com wrote: My D525MW shows up to 18000 with 2 glxgears running for several hours. Even base period 35000 results in realtime delay message (with 3000 ns

Re: [Emc-users] D525MW board

2011-07-05 Thread Andrew
2011/7/6 Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com: On 7/5/2011 5:26 PM, Andrew wrote: 2011/7/6 andy pughbodge...@gmail.com: On 5 July 2011 20:56, Andrewparallel.kinemat...@gmail.com  wrote: My D525MW shows up to 18000 with 2 glxgears running for several hours. Even base period 35000 results in realtime delay