Re: [Emc-users] Remote desktop

2011-07-28 Thread Jake Anderson
VNC to the desktop its part of ubuntu by default, just tick the allow others to control the desktop box use SSH for config editing (nano ftw). use some form of version control (pushing to the interweb) on their config files so you can restore stuff. If you need to be able to handle serious

Re: [Emc-users] Remote desktop

2011-07-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/7/28 Jake Anderson ya...@vapourforge.com: VNC to the desktop its part of ubuntu by default, just tick the allow others to control the desktop box Thanks for the suggestions! I think that this is the solution I will try to stick with. Partly because it already is part of Ubuntu, I can save

Re: [Emc-users] Remote desktop

2011-07-28 Thread Joachim Franek
On Thursday 28 July 2011 08:51:41 Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... Total and permanent control of a distant PC is not my goal, not to mention managing BIOS settings :) Viesturs Hello. BIOS: I have testet Intel ME, AMT and KVM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Active_Management_Technology

[Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello, gentlemen! I have been trying to visit www.Kelinginc.net for past few days, but it seems that the site is not available. Does anyone know, if the company is out of business or is that just the homepage issue? I was planning to use their motors for the router I am building, but now I am

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Mark Wendt
On 07/28/2011 07:38 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello, gentlemen! I have been trying to visit www.Kelinginc.net for past few days, but it seems that the site is not available. Does anyone know, if the company is out of business or is that just the homepage issue? I was planning to use their

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread John Thornton
I've used Automation Direct motors in the past with good results. automationdirect.com John On 7/28/2011 6:38 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello, gentlemen! I have been trying to visit www.Kelinginc.net for past few days, but it seems that the site is not available. Does anyone know, if the

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/7/28 Mark Wendt mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil: Viesturs, This worked for me just now: http://www.kelinginc.net/index.html WTF? I just emailed the link to my girlfriend and it worked for her, but for me also this link does not open. Thanks for telling that the page is all right, I will try to

[Emc-users] Retrofit manual

2011-07-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello, gentlemen! I need to make an offer for retrofitting pretty big 3 axis milling machine with toolchanger and electronically controlled gearbox for changing spindle speed. I would like to ask, if anyone can share some source of reading about the whole process. I have done retrofit on my

[Emc-users] EMC2 modes

2011-07-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello again! I am having a discussion with Andy Pugh about different modes of EMC2, their purpose and differences. And I would like to ask, if someone more knowledgeable can help to clarify few things about them. There are 2 control modes, 3 motion modes and 3 operation modes: Control :

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:07:22 AM Viesturs Lācis did opine: Hello, gentlemen! I have been trying to visit www.Kelinginc.net for past few days, but it seems that the site is not available. It comes up instantly for me this morning in WV, USA. DNS problem? Does anyone know, if the

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/7/28 Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net: At what level is it failing? Is your DNS even finding it, i.e. what is the result of: $ dig www.kelinginc.net This is the result of dig www.kelinginc.net. Could You, please, help me understand, what does it mean? vie@vie:~$ dig

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Mark Wendt
On 07/28/2011 10:30 AM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: This is the result of dig www.kelinginc.net. Could You, please, help me understand, what does it mean? vie@vie:~$ dig www.kelinginc.net ; DiG 9.7.0-P1 www.kelinginc.net ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; -HEADER- opcode: QUERY,

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofit manual

2011-07-28 Thread dave
On Thu, 2011-07-28 at 15:25 +0300, Viesturs Lācis wrote: Hello, gentlemen! I need to make an offer for retrofitting pretty big 3 axis milling machine with toolchanger and electronically controlled gearbox for changing spindle speed. I would like to ask, if anyone can share some source of

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.kelinginc.net.      29      IN      CNAME   sbsfe.geo.mf0.yahoodns.net. sbsfe.geo.mf0.yahoodns.net. 300 IN      A       98.139.135.21 sbsfe.geo.mf0.yahoodns.net. 300 IN      A      

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2011-07-28 at 11:07 -0400, Przemek Klosowski wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.kelinginc.net. 29 IN CNAME sbsfe.geo.mf0.yahoodns.net. sbsfe.geo.mf0.yahoodns.net. 300 IN A

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofit manual

2011-07-28 Thread Dave
If it still runs, study the machine with the help of the operator if possible. Operators are oftentimes a great source of information. Plus if you get along with them well, they will tend to help you out if they know that you want to help them out. Oftentimes they will reveal quirks in the

Re: [Emc-users] food for thought (correction)

2011-07-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Actually I wrote that :)) Viesturs 2011/7/28 Kent A. Reed knbr...@erols.com: Errm. I meant Dave, not Mark. Sorry -- Got Input?   Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online.  Come on, we don't ask for help

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofit manual

2011-07-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/7/28 Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com: If it still runs, study the machine with the help of the operator if possible. Operators are oftentimes a great source of information. Plus if you get along with them well, they will tend to help you out if they know that you want to help them out. Oftentimes

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/7/28 Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com: On Thu, 2011-07-28 at 11:07 -0400, Przemek Klosowski wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: ;; ANSWER SECTION: www.kelinginc.net.      29      IN      CNAME   sbsfe.geo.mf0.yahoodns.net.

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Mark Wendt
On 07/28/2011 12:23 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: But the result I got in terminal means that my DNS finds that site, right? I tried pinging both IP adresses and kelinginc.net domain with 100% packet loss: vie@vie:~$ ping 98.139.135.22 PING 98.139.135.22 (98.139.135.22) 56(84) bytes of data.

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/7/28 Mark Wendt mark.we...@nrl.navy.mil: No, that just means that your local DNS server has an IP address for that domain name, most likely stored in it's cache.  That doesn't necessarily mean that the machine you are on has a working route to that IP address. Ok, then I will just wait

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2011-07-28 at 12:43 -0400, Mark Wendt wrote: ... snip No, that just means that your local DNS server has an IP address for that domain name, most likely stored in it's cache. That doesn't necessarily mean that the machine you are on has a working route to that IP address. Mark

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Dave Caroline
note some browsers cache the dns, firefox being bad at that, so a ip address move done correctly is lost on firefox because its to lazy to go and check. iirc there is some incantation to get firefox to clear its dns cache. I have done an external lookup Results 25.0% of queries will be returned

Re: [Emc-users] food for thought

2011-07-28 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, July 28, 2011 02:09:20 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: Gentle persons: Mark's phrase so I do not repeat childish mistakes is the reason I subscribe to lists like this one, where people who get things done don't withhold their life lessons just so someone else has to suffer (which a

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Andrey
Viesturs , ( a little out of topic )  I bought the servomotors KL34-170-90  and gearboxes(1\10) from Keling Technology. These devices are tested for two days with my gantry milling machine. Problems during operation of the devices were not found .A few funny looks encoders .

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofit manual

2011-07-28 Thread Jan de Kruyf
Viesturs, Motors: Take them off and clean out. then feed the motor with 24V 2amp transformer through a bridge rectifier to see how it runs Monitor the current with oscilloscoop (0.1ohm resistor) to see there are no funnies in the winding. monitor the tacho with O. to see there are no broken

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2011/7/28 Andrey stormbringe...@mail.ru: Viesturs , ( a little out of topic ) I bought the servomotors KL34-170-90 and gearboxes(1\10) from Keling Technology. These devices are tested for two days with my gantry milling machine. Problems during operation of the devices were

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofit manual

2011-07-28 Thread Andrew
2011/7/28 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com: It is GF 21 71 S 5, produced in 1989 in USSR, pretty big machine. Your experience might be very useful! There's similar machine at my job, and I plan to retrofit it. IIRC it's 6R13F3, with manual spindle gearbox and w/o toolchanger. It might

Re: [Emc-users] Keling Inc

2011-07-28 Thread Andrey
28 июля 2011, 22:36 от Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com: 2011/7/28 Andrey stormbringe...@mail.ru: Viesturs , ( a little out of topic ) I bought the servomotors KL34-170-90 and gearboxes(1\10) from Keling Technology. These devices are tested for two days

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofit manual

2011-07-28 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Thank You, Jan! Andrew, that machine looks even bigger! What is that rotating carousel? Fancy type of toolchanger? Viesturs -- Got Input? Slashdot Needs You. Take our quick survey online. Come on, we don't ask for

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofit manual

2011-07-28 Thread Dave
But the operator is there on site and since he is the only guy to work on their CNC machines, there is nobody else for him to talk about cnc stuff but me, so I feel that the task of making a contact is partially solved by default. I approach operators very carefully as they can either

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

2011-07-28 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:05:48 -0500, you wrote: maybe a short sample of gcode that you see causing problems? Here you go Sam Code only gets smooth when line N190 G64 P0.5 half a mm is way too far off, especially when Mach seems to be able to do easily it at 0.1mm deviation, which I can live