Re: [Emc-users] OT -- Ethernet thermometer?

2011-07-24 Thread Dave
The conventional "industrial solution" to this is to use a Thermocouple or RTD and run that to a "transmitter" which creates a 4-20 ma signal that can be driven long distance to a 4-20 ma input board. Its old technology but it still works in thousands of existing applications. Omega has some c

[Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread gene heskett
Hi everybody; I made another try at running emc over ssh -Y again this morning, but it fails shortly after opening an incomplete axis screen, as follows: Starting EMC2... X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error) Major opcode of failed reques

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread Igor Chudov
I believe that axis cannot run over ssh -Y due to needing access to the host's video hardware (OpenGL). I would love to be proven wrong. i On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 8:12 AM, gene heskett wrote: > Hi everybody; > > I made another try at running emc over ssh -Y again this morning, but it > fails s

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread R. van Twisk
Igor, yes you are wrong :) I have never seen a issue where a X application couldn't be run over X. I have done it with Axis to my OSX machine multiple times without issues. The OpenGL calls simple get translated over X, this is by design and the beauty of X. Ries On Jul 24, 2011, at 8:24 AM, Igo

[Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing

2011-07-24 Thread Christopher Purcell
Can someone provide the timing parameters (as required by Stepconf/EMC2) for the Stepperworld FET4 board? christopherpurc...@mac.com -- Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing

2011-07-24 Thread John Thornton
Do you have a link? Did you check the stepper drive timing page on the wiki? John On 7/24/2011 8:36 AM, Christopher Purcell wrote: > Can someone provide the timing parameters (as required by Stepconf/EMC2) for > the Stepperworld FET4 board? > > christopherpurc...@mac.com > > > > > -

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread Igor Chudov
Ries, Try running glxgears over X. It does not work for me. On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 8:34 AM, R. van Twisk wrote: > Igor, > > yes you are wrong :) > I have never seen a issue where a X application couldn't be run over X. > I have done it with Axis to my OSX machine multiple times without issues.

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 08:34:32AM -0500, R. van Twisk wrote: > The OpenGL calls simple get translated over X, this is by design and the > beauty > of X. Yes! However, I think nvidia screws it up, sadly. -- Magic Quadr

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread Igor Chudov
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Igor Chudov wrote: > Ries, > > Try running glxgears over X. It does not work for me. > > > I mean, over ssh -Y > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 8:34 AM, R. van Twisk wrote: > >> Igor, >> >> yes you are wrong :) >> I have never seen a issue where a X application could

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, July 24, 2011 11:19:49 AM Igor Chudov did opine: > I believe that axis cannot run over ssh -Y due to needing access to the > host's video hardware (OpenGL). I would love to be proven wrong. > > i > This is due I suppose to the nvidia blob not supplying the OpenGL hooks. I can recall

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, July 24, 2011 11:33:20 AM R. van Twisk did opine: > Igor, > > yes you are wrong :) > I have never seen a issue where a X application couldn't be run over X. > I have done it with Axis to my OSX machine multiple times without > issues. The OpenGL calls simple get translated over X, this

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, July 24, 2011 11:35:39 AM Igor Chudov did opine: > Ries, > > Try running glxgears over X. It does not work for me. > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 8:34 AM, R. van Twisk wrote: > > Igor, > > > > yes you are wrong :) > > I have never seen a issue where a X application couldn't be run over

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread Schooner
> I believe that axis cannot run over ssh -Y due to needing access to the > host's video hardware (OpenGL). I would love to be proven wrong. Before 2.4.6 came out with the Ubuntu 10.4 build I was unable to put the old CD distro on my house PC because it is quad-core. I used an old Pentium 3 m

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki

2011-07-24 Thread Christopher Purcell
stepperworld.com does not have anything useful, and no tech support to speak of. Yes. Nothing on EMC2 wiki other than an empty entry. By the way, the EMC wiki is no longer viewable with Safari on the latest Apple Lion (Mac OS 10.7) or on the IPad. Trying to view the EMC2 Wiki results in a "too

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing

2011-07-24 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 10:36 -0300, Christopher Purcell wrote: > Can someone provide the timing parameters (as required by Stepconf/EMC2) for > the Stepperworld FET4 board? I don't know what chips are on your board, but my guess this page might apply: http://www.ucn5804b.com/ If so, the timing d

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki

2011-07-24 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, July 24, 2011 01:46:39 PM Christopher Purcell did opine: > stepperworld.com does not have anything useful, and no tech support to > speak of. > > Yes. Nothing on EMC2 wiki other than an empty entry. > > By the way, the EMC wiki is no longer viewable with Safari on the latest > Apple L

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing

2011-07-24 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 10:42 -0700, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 10:36 -0300, Christopher Purcell wrote: > > Can someone provide the timing parameters (as required by Stepconf/EMC2) > > for the Stepperworld FET4 board? > > I don't know what chips are on your board, but my guess this

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 7/24/2011 9:12 AM, gene heskett wrote: > Hi everybody; > > I made another try at running emc over ssh -Y again this morning, but it > fails shortly after opening an incomplete axis screen, as follows: > > Starting EMC2... > X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or interna

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, July 24, 2011 02:03:10 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: > On 7/24/2011 9:12 AM, gene heskett wrote: > > Hi everybody; > > > > I made another try at running emc over ssh -Y again this morning, but > > it fails shortly after opening an incomplete axis screen, as follows: > > > > Starting EMC2

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki

2011-07-24 Thread Steve Stallings
Aside from the boatload of Acrobat PDF issues common to all web sites when using Firefox, I have no problems reading the EMC WIKI using Firefox 5.0 on W2K. Steve Stallings -Original Message- From: gene heskett [mailto:ghesk...@wdtv.com] Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 12:49 PM To: emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki

2011-07-24 Thread John Thornton
stepperworld does say that interface information is supplied with something so you might have to dig it out of their web site or glean it from their software code... if you don't own one yet do yourself a favor and don't get cheap junk when for a few more dollars you can get good Gecko drivers

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing

2011-07-24 Thread Christopher Purcell
Thank you for that suggestion. I opened up the controller box and the StepperWorld FET4 board does indeed use the Allegro UCN5804B. Armed with the spec sheet you provided, I can now tweak the stepconf settings starting from somewhere sensible. christopherpurc...@mac.com > From: Kirk Wallace >

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki

2011-07-24 Thread Kent A. Reed
At this moment, it's working for me using Safari on my iPhone. Regards, Kent On 7/24/2011 3:35 PM, Steve Stallings wrote: > Aside from the boatload of Acrobat PDF issues common > to all web sites when using Firefox, I have no problems > reading the EMC WIKI using Firefox 5.0 on W2K. > > Steve Sta

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki

2011-07-24 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, July 24, 2011 04:32:28 PM Steve Stallings did opine: > Aside from the boatload of Acrobat PDF issues common > to all web sites when using Firefox, I have no problems > reading the EMC WIKI using Firefox 5.0 on W2K. > > Steve Stallings > It isn't working here Steve, won't even fetch th

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki

2011-07-24 Thread Kent A. Reed
(Since this exchange now includes both top and bottom posting, there's no way I can be consistent) I'm having no trouble reading the linuxcnc.org site using 1) my EMC2 box running Ubuntu 10.04LTS and FireFox 3.6.18 2) my iPhone running iOS 4.2.9 and whatever the version of the included Safari

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki

2011-07-24 Thread John Thornton
I find bottom posting a PIA as you have to wander through all the stuff you have already read to find nothing sometimes. I also have no trouble viewing the linuxcnc.org site on all 8 computers of all kinds and sizes and shapes. John On 7/24/2011 5:24 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > (Since this excha

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki

2011-07-24 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, July 24, 2011 07:52:50 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: > (Since this exchange now includes both top and bottom posting, there's > no way I can be consistent) > Forgiven. ;) > I'm having no trouble reading the linuxcnc.org site using > > 1) my EMC2 box running Ubuntu 10.04LTS and FireFox

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki

2011-07-24 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 7/24/2011 8:07 PM, gene heskett wrote: > > No proxy involved, but I an behind a NAT'd router with all my machines > here. > > Please note that www.linuxcnc.org and wiki.linuxcnc.org are in fact the > same address, 69.163.248.64, and I assume the same machine. Ah, but the different symbolic add

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread Kent A. Reed
Gene: I'm not ignoring your problem. It's just that my wife gets first priority and her health has been up and down. At the moment it's down. Thanks for your technical info*. I realize now that I missed the cues "that machine" and "this one" in your earlier message. I have an earlier model GeF

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki

2011-07-24 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, July 24, 2011 10:32:46 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: > On 7/24/2011 8:07 PM, gene heskett wrote: > > > > No proxy involved, but I an behind a NAT'd router with all my machines > > here. > > > > Please note that www.linuxcnc.org and wiki.linuxcnc.org are in fact > > the same address, 69.1

Re: [Emc-users] Old ssh -Y problem is back

2011-07-24 Thread gene heskett
On Sunday, July 24, 2011 10:56:35 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: > Gene: > > I'm not ignoring your problem. It's just that my wife gets first > priority and her health has been up and down. At the moment it's down. > Sorry to hear that. My better half for the last 22 years has COPD, and that, in t

Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki

2011-07-24 Thread Chris Morley
> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:30:21 -0500 > From: bjt...@gmail.com > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Stepperworld FET4 timing and EMC2 Wiki > > I find bottom posting a PIA as you have to wander through all the stuff > you have already read to find nothing sometimes