Re: [Emc-users] Machine re-control with two "X" axes

2011-07-26 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/7/26 Andrew : > 2011/7/26 Dave : >> >> My question is:  What would be the best way to implement this two "X" >> axis control scheme with EMC2? > > I'd suggest a custom kinematics file, probably based on gantrykins. > With HAL pin connected to hardware switch choosing between tables. > I see 3

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

2011-07-26 Thread Mark Wendt
On 07/25/2011 12:59 PM, gene heskett wrote: >> That might work, but I didn't see anything in the ~/.mozilla directory >> or under that that looks like anything "config". >> > I'd have to agree. Huge amounts of crap in the cache, but nothing with a > .cnf or... > > Thanks Mark. Gene, Whic

Re: [Emc-users] hello!

2011-07-26 Thread Mark Wendt
On 07/25/2011 03:32 PM, Gary Fiber wrote: > Could be Sam as the original email appeared on the comcast.net web > interface sent list. I have scanned this system using malware bytes and > Microsofts anti virus and nothing found. > > I'll have to change my comcast password. Gary, It may not

Re: [Emc-users] hello!

2011-07-26 Thread Mark Wendt
On 07/25/2011 07:44 PM, Dave wrote: > Steve, > > Seeing that this is the first spam message I can recall on this list, > perhaps it is worth discussing just how this one got here? > > I am on other lists and it seems like the amount of spam making it onto > lists is increasing. > > Dave Dave,

Re: [Emc-users] Machine re-control with two "X" axes

2011-07-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 July 2011 02:32, Dave wrote: > My question is:  What would be the best way to implement this two "X" > axis control scheme with EMC2? In some ways the hard part is the easy part, but there will be an unexpected tricky part. Is this a servo machine or a stepper machine? You could switch w

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

2011-07-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 July 2011 03:14, Jon Elson wrote: >  Room temperature > (20 C) is 293 uA It took me longer than it should to spot that they read out directly in Kelvin. That is rather neat. -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men" -

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread yann jautard
No one has any idea on this ? In my case, it's "just" boring : breaking a glue tip is dirty but not dangerous. But it can be really dangerous on a milling machine... yann jautard wrote: > Hello folks > > I think I got a bug. I'm improving my gluing machine program, and I > forgot to declare a

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 July 2011 11:27, yann jautard wrote: > No one has any idea on this ? Not many. Is it a servo or stepper machine? Does the head move to a new position in a controlled way (like a programmed move) or shoot off to the end stop? -- atp "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the g

Re: [Emc-users] hello!

2011-07-26 Thread Gary Fiber
Mark, I'll change the password and see what happens. Thanks Gary K8IZ On 7/26/2011 2:12 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > On 07/25/2011 03:32 PM, Gary Fiber wrote: >> Could be Sam as the original email appeared on the comcast.net web >> interface sent list. I have scanned this system using malware bytes

Re: [Emc-users] Using a PC in extended temperature ranges and mobile application

2011-07-26 Thread BRIAN GLACKIN
Dave, Any possibility of sharing what you indtend to use the equipment for on the rig? I am a mining engineer in the cement industry and have considered placing remote electronics on drilling rigs and the mining equipment. Too many other fires to hold back in the meantime have kept me from pursu

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread yann jautard
andy pugh wrote: > On 26 July 2011 11:27, yann jautard wrote: > >> No one has any idea on this ? >> > > Not many. Is it a servo or stepper machine? Does the head move to a > new position in a controlled way (like a programmed move) or shoot off > to the end stop? > > It's a stepper mac

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

2011-07-26 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 09:36:32 AM Mark Wendt did opine: > On 07/25/2011 12:59 PM, gene heskett wrote: > >> That might work, but I didn't see anything in the ~/.mozilla > >> directory or under that that looks like anything "config". > > > > I'd have to agree. Huge amounts of crap in the cache

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

2011-07-26 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 09:39:41 AM andy pugh did opine: > On 26 July 2011 03:14, Jon Elson wrote: > > Room temperature > > (20 C) is 293 uA > > It took me longer than it should to spot that they read out directly > in Kelvin. That is rather neat. I have seen the literature on some of those,

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread Chris Radek
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:59:45PM +0200, yann jautard wrote: > > I use a rather old EMC version, 2.4.0~pre. May be this was corrected later ? Yes, it was found and fixed as a result of the testing that happened before 2.4.0. 06b93f6f250d7c Follows: v2.4.0-pre1 Precedes: v2.4.0 > I know I shoul

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 09:45:35 AM yann jautard did opine: > Andy Pugh wrote: > > On 26 July 2011 11:27, yann jautard wrote: > >> No one has any idea on this ? > > > > Not many. Is it a servo or stepper machine? Does the head move to a > > new position in a controlled way (like a programmed m

Re: [Emc-users] Using a PC in extended temperature ranges and mobile application

2011-07-26 Thread Dave
On 7/26/2011 9:28 AM, BRIAN GLACKIN wrote: > Dave, > > Any possibility of sharing what you indtend to use the equipment for on the > rig? I am a mining engineer in the cement industry and have considered > placing remote electronics on drilling rigs and the mining equipment. Too > many other fire

Re: [Emc-users] Machine re-control with two "X" axes

2011-07-26 Thread Dave
On 7/26/2011 5:51 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 26 July 2011 02:32, Dave wrote: > > >> My question is: What would be the best way to implement this two "X" >> axis control scheme with EMC2? >> > In some ways the hard part is the easy part, but there will be an > unexpected tricky part. > >

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread yann jautard
Chris Radek wrote: > Yes, it was found and fixed as a result of the testing that happened > before 2.4.0. > > > ok, in fact I wondered if this had been discovered, because it could be very dangerous with a milling machine. in my case, it's just boring, but not dangerous. >> I know I should

Re: [Emc-users] Machine re-control with two "X" axes

2011-07-26 Thread Dave
On 7/26/2011 3:41 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2011/7/26 Andrew: > >> 2011/7/26 Dave: >> >>> My question is: What would be the best way to implement this two "X" >>> axis control scheme with EMC2? >>> >> I'd suggest a custom kinematics file, probably based on gantrykins. >> With H

Re: [Emc-users] 2 "X" axis profiles.

2011-07-26 Thread Dave
On 7/26/2011 2:43 AM, Greg Bentzinger wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:32:52 -0400 > From: Dave > Subject: [Emc-users] Machine re-control with two "X" axes > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID:<4e2e1944.7090...@dc9.tzo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

Re: [Emc-users] Machine re-control with two "X" axes

2011-07-26 Thread Dave
On 7/26/2011 1:44 AM, Andrew wrote: > 2011/7/26 Dave: > >> I am looking at re-controlling a machine that has two parallel "X" axes >> - one is called X and the other is U. >> >> The machine consists of two parallel sliding tables beneath a single >> head. The head is mounted to an overhead Y

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, yann jautard wrote: SNIP_ > > In fact, I very well know I should upgrade, but I'm really afraid of the > time it will need to have it running again. For now, I'm here at 7:30AM, > and I go home at midnight, makin

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/7/26 yann jautard : > > Reinstalling the whole thing is not possible now. When this > 6-months-late work is over, I'll look into it. > If You compiled it from source, then You can get the source of newer version (2.4.6, for example) and then rebuild. Or You can get another PC, install Lucid

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 July 2011 15:44, yann jautard wrote: > So if > I can just upgrade EMC without re-installing the whole distro, I may > try. But reinstalling the whole thing is not possible now. I am almost surprised that EMC2 hasn't tried to update itself. You can certainly update to 2.4.6 without any dif

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread Jan de Kruyf
make a bit-copy of your harddrive with 'partimage' first and expand the image onto a new harddrive, they are cheap enough. So you have the original and a copy to play with. I just did it for a customer with a Beckhoff 'doze NT system with a small problem. Works like a dream. When the machine is id

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread Jon Elson
yann jautard wrote: > > > In fact, I very well know I should upgrade, but I'm really afraid of the > time it will need to have it running again. You can easily have multiple versions of EMC on one machine. I do this all the time, in fact I get confused as to which version is the right one! I

Re: [Emc-users] Machine re-control with two "X" axes

2011-07-26 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/7/26 Dave : >> > I was thinking that moving both tables to the same position might be a > problem, but now I am thinking that might be the simplest solution. I do not see a problem here. Just one line in g-code like this: G0 X10 U10 Put whatever coordinate is most convenient. > If I did t

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 02:14:33 PM yann jautard did opine: > Chris Radek wrote: > > Yes, it was found and fixed as a result of the testing that happened > > before 2.4.0. > > ok, in fact I wondered if this had been discovered, because it could be > very dangerous with a milling machine. > > i

Re: [Emc-users] 2 "X" axis profiles.

2011-07-26 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 02:47:21 PM Dave did opine: > On 7/26/2011 2:43 AM, Greg Bentzinger wrote: > > Message: 2 > > Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:32:52 -0400 > > From: Dave > > Subject: [Emc-users] Machine re-control with two "X" axes > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Message-ID:<4e2e194

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 July 2011 19:45, gene heskett wrote: > Would it be possible to locate a suitable computer, and have a helper do > the more recent install by downloading and burning the 10.04 LTS image from > linuxcnc.org? There is no need to change the Ubuntu version, you can run 2.4.6 on 8.04. I am runni

Re: [Emc-users] 2 "X" axis profiles.

2011-07-26 Thread Dave
On 7/26/2011 2:48 PM, gene heskett wrote: > Perhaps a BBLB machine? > OK.. what is BBLB? I must have not been paying attention at some point (according to my wife this happens frequently). ;-) Dave -- Magic Quad

Re: [Emc-users] Undesired motion when stopping the program

2011-07-26 Thread Dave
On 7/26/2011 2:45 PM, gene heskett wrote: > On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 02:14:33 PM yann jautard did opine: > > >> Chris Radek wrote: >> >>> Yes, it was found and fixed as a result of the testing that happened >>> before 2.4.0. >>> >> ok, in fact I wondered if this had been discover

Re: [Emc-users] 2 "X" axis profiles.

2011-07-26 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 03:14:33 PM Dave did opine: > On 7/26/2011 2:48 PM, gene heskett wrote: > > Perhaps a BBLB machine? > > OK.. what is BBLB? I must have not been paying attention at some > point (according to my wife this happens frequently). ;-) > > Dave Chuckle, Dave, you amaze me

Re: [Emc-users] Trying to understand EMC's operation

2011-07-26 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:02:35 +0100, you wrote: >See http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/emcinfo.pl?TrajectoryControl for explanation >As discussed on the page you can use the exact path mode >so it goes to the full extents. > >but it probably means your acceleration times need looking at. Hi Dave, I came ac

Re: [Emc-users] Machine re-control with two "X" axes

2011-07-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 July 2011 17:21, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > Here is my "remix" of trivkins (if You want to change its name, simply > replace the name through the file): I had a fiddle with this, and think I have it working. There are a few quirks which make me yearn for ja3. There is a sample config here: ht

Re: [Emc-users] Trying to understand EMC's operation

2011-07-26 Thread sam sokolik
I do not think anything had changed between 2.3 and 2.4... I can try to explain how I understand it. Emc only takes into account the next line segment when blending moves. Strait g64 tries to go as fast as it can while still touching every line segment. G64Px. combines sections of line s

Re: [Emc-users] 2 "X" axis profiles.

2011-07-26 Thread Dave
On 7/26/2011 3:21 PM, gene heskett wrote: > On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 03:14:33 PM Dave did opine: > > >> On 7/26/2011 2:48 PM, gene heskett wrote: >> >>> Perhaps a BBLB machine? >>> >> OK.. what is BBLB? I must have not been paying attention at some >> point (according to my wi

Re: [Emc-users] Machine re-control with two "X" axes

2011-07-26 Thread Dave
On 7/26/2011 8:42 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 26 July 2011 17:21, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > > >> Here is my "remix" of trivkins (if You want to change its name, simply >> replace the name through the file): >> > I had a fiddle with this, and think I have it working. There are a few > quirks

Re: [Emc-users] Trying to understand EMC's operation

2011-07-26 Thread Dave
On 7/26/2011 6:11 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:02:35 +0100, you wrote: > > >> See http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/emcinfo.pl?TrajectoryControl for explanation >> As discussed on the page you can use the exact path mode >> so it goes to the full extents. >> >> but it probably mea

Re: [Emc-users] 2 "X" axis profiles.

2011-07-26 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 11:08:51 PM Dave did opine: > On 7/26/2011 3:21 PM, gene heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday, July 26, 2011 03:14:33 PM Dave did opine: > >> On 7/26/2011 2:48 PM, gene heskett wrote: > >>> Perhaps a BBLB machine? > >> > >> OK.. what is BBLB? I must have not been paying atte

Re: [Emc-users] Machine re-control with two "X" axes

2011-07-26 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/7/27 andy pugh : > > You need to install the kinematics module, so navigate to the place > where you extracted the files, and then: >  sudo comp --install swapkins.c > You will be asked for your password. You will get three warning > messages, ignore them. Dave, take into account that You nee