[Emc-users] Taming an Eagle [Was: Correcting for workpiece warpage.]

2012-01-12 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 12.01.12 02:22, gene heskett wrote: But, now there is a new CadSoft Eagle problem for all of us that renders the whole project moot. Apparently my freebie copy of eagle has timed out, the screen it opens is about 75% transparent and extremely bleached out, rendering it unusable. Gene, I

[Emc-users] unexpected reset of the emc.var file

2012-01-12 Thread yann jautard
hello all on the gluiing machine, this morning, surprise : my employee was unable to start work, with a linear move at line 24 will exeed joint 1 capabilities error that left him quite puzzled. It took me some time to understand what happened : all values in the emc.var file where reseted to

Re: [Emc-users] Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread andy pugh
On 12 January 2012 07:22, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: Apparently my freebie copy of eagle has timed out, the screen it opens is about 75% transparent and extremely bleached out, rendering it unusable. Have you tried DesignSpark under Wine? Though gEDA might be a better bet, being

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/11 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 11 January 2012 11:58, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0dca/0900766b80dca34c.pdf On page nr 9 I found a scheme of Typical application connection. Do I understand correctly that anything

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread andy pugh
On 12 January 2012 11:49, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I think that I finally got it - the heatsink is under the board and only its very black side can be seen... Yes, that was the main change. How big was that motor? It was a 2HP motor. On reflection, I probably

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/12 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 12 January 2012 11:49, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: How big was that motor? It was a 2HP motor. On reflection, I probably drained the capacitor and then bad things happened. How do I determine, what size capacitors should be used?

Re: [Emc-users] Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 1/12/2012 2:22 AM, gene heskett wrote: ... But, now there is a new CadSoft Eagle problem for all of us that renders the whole project moot. Apparently my freebie copy of eagle has timed out, the screen it opens is about 75% transparent and extremely bleached out, rendering it unusable.

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread andy pugh
On 12 January 2012 15:02, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: How do I determine, what size capacitors should be used? Right on the rectifier and also for those boot-strap capacitors? On the basis of maximum current draw and allowable ripple. And capacitor ESR too. What is that on

Re: [Emc-users] Correcting for workpiece warpage (CncPcb Makefile)

2012-01-12 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 1/11/2012 7:35 PM, gene heskett wrote: On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 07:01:30 PM Kirk Wallace did opine: On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 14:30 -0500, gene heskett wrote: ... snip So the question then is what kind of wax? Paraffin would soften a bit fast come summer heat IMO. Beeswax

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread andy pugh
On 12 January 2012 15:27, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: Is it supposed to receive any additional 5V, 12V or something similar for logic power? Yes, Vdd. On reflection, it might be wise to use a DC/DC convertor for Vdd, so that it has a floating, isolated logic power, that can be safely

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/12 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 12 January 2012 15:27, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: Is it supposed to receive any additional 5V, 12V or something similar for logic power? Yes, Vdd. On reflection, it might be wise to use a DC/DC convertor for Vdd, so that it has a

Re: [Emc-users] Touchy status-indicator pin?

2012-01-12 Thread Karl Cunningham
On 01/11/2012 08:39 AM, Chris Radek wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 08:19:33AM -0800, Karl Cunningham wrote: Hi Chris. Thanks for the reply. Below is what I get. This is on a simulator. EMC v2.4.6 is what's reported on the splash screen. I'm not sure where to find the touchy version; maybe

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Eric Keller
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:32 AM, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote: On reflection, it might be wise to use a DC/DC convertor for Vdd, so that it has a floating, isolated logic power, that can be safely referenced to PSU gnd. This is what I did. I had trouble getting the IRAMS to fire

Re: [Emc-users] Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:22 AM, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: -rw-r--r-- 1 gene gene 4656 2012-01-11 16:23 emit_gcode.c -rw-r--r-- 1 gene gene 291 2012-01-11 16:29 Makefile -rw-r--r-- 1 gene gene 24585 2012-01-11 16:23 plt2g.c -rw-r--r-- 1 gene gene 1407 2012-01-11 16:23 plt2g.h

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:43:21 +0200 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

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 13:49 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: ... snip How big was that motor? Should something be differently with AC servo motor? I am not sure anymore that I do understand, what is inside AC servo motor. Normal DC brushless motors have permanent magnets, but I have difficulties

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread andy pugh
On 12 January 2012 15:43, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: On reflection, it might be wise to use a DC/DC convertor for Vdd, And how much would such a convertor cost? I would need to convert 330VDC to 12VDC. I was meaning a 12 to 12 (or 12 to 15) one, like

Re: [Emc-users] Taming an Eagle [Was: Correcting for workpiece warpage.]

2012-01-12 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 12:40 -0500, gene heskett wrote: ... snip The screen is 100% brightness, and all the text in the pulldown menu's is bleached out and illegible. Essentially useless when the edit screen is opened and all I can see is the background screen showing through. ... snip

Re: [Emc-users] Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:58:26 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: On 1/12/2012 2:22 AM, gene heskett wrote: ... But, now there is a new CadSoft Eagle problem for all of us that renders the whole project moot. Apparently my freebie copy of eagle has timed out, the screen it opens is

Re: [Emc-users] Correcting for workpiece warpage (CncPcb Makefile)

2012-01-12 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 01:04:12 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: On 1/11/2012 7:35 PM, gene heskett wrote: On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 07:01:30 PM Kirk Wallace did opine: On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 14:30 -0500, gene heskett wrote: ... snip So the question then is what kind of

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/12 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 12 January 2012 15:43, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: On reflection, it might be wise to use a DC/DC convertor for Vdd, And how much would such a convertor cost? I would need to convert 330VDC to 12VDC. I was meaning a 12 to 12 (or

Re: [Emc-users] Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread andy pugh
On 12 January 2012 17:55, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: That still needs the chemistry.  Lets just say that disposing of about 3 gallons of well spent ferric chloride, diluted with at least 1000 gallons of water, was sufficient to put a new medium sized cities sewage plant that had

Re: [Emc-users] gEDA / Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 12:55 -0500, gene heskett wrote: On Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:43:08 PM andy pugh did opine: On 12 January 2012 07:22, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: [...] Have you tried DesignSpark under Wine? Though gEDA might be a better bet, being native Linux. (I

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread andy pugh
On 12 January 2012 18:14, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: I was meaning a 12 to 12 (or 12 to 15) one, like http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/dc-dc-converters/6727408/ That gives the IRAMS board an isolated 15V supply, Thanks for the link! I have a feeling that that might not

Re: [Emc-users] gEDA / Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread kqt4at5v
On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 12:55 -0500, gene heskett wrote: On Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:43:08 PM andy pugh did opine: On 12 January 2012 07:22, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: [...] Have you tried DesignSpark under Wine? Though gEDA might be a

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/12 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 12 January 2012 18:14, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: I was meaning a 12 to 12 (or 12 to 15) one, like http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/dc-dc-converters/6727408/ That gives the IRAMS board an isolated 15V supply, Thanks for the link!

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:49:16 +0200 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] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/1/12 Peter C. Wallace p...@mesanet.com: On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:49:16 +0200 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

Re: [Emc-users] Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 03:23:23 PM andy pugh did opine: On 12 January 2012 17:55, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: That still needs the chemistry. Lets just say that disposing of about 3 gallons of well spent ferric chloride, diluted with at least 1000 gallons of water, was

Re: [Emc-users] gEDA / Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 03:48:50 PM Kirk Wallace did opine: On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 12:55 -0500, gene heskett wrote: On Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:43:08 PM andy pugh did opine: On 12 January 2012 07:22, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: [...] Have you tried DesignSpark

Re: [Emc-users] gEDA / Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 03:53:27 PM kqt4a...@gmail.com did opine: On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 12:55 -0500, gene heskett wrote: On Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:43:08 PM andy pugh did opine: On 12 January 2012 07:22, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com

Re: [Emc-users] gEDA / Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread andy pugh
On 12 January 2012 19:36, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: Like you I tried several circuit board design tools and settled on gEDA suite Easy to learn, very configurable, and lots of symbols at www.gedasymbols.org I am just looking at it now. It has the _huge_ advantage of running natively on my

Re: [Emc-users] gEDA / Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread Fox Mulder
Am 12.01.2012 19:38, schrieb Kirk Wallace: On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 12:55 -0500, gene heskett wrote: On Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:43:08 PM andy pugh did opine: On 12 January 2012 07:22, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: [...] Have you tried DesignSpark under Wine? Though gEDA might be

Re: [Emc-users] unexpected reset of the emc.var file

2012-01-12 Thread robert
i have seen my work offset disapear also and its more todo with machine being shutdown/turned off with out it doing a full shutdown, iv not dug deep into it but it seems EMC does not close the file or something if you dont allow a shutdown it gets reset in some way. rob On 12/01/2012 10:11,

Re: [Emc-users] gEDA / Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 05:22:02 PM Fox Mulder did opine: Am 12.01.2012 19:38, schrieb Kirk Wallace: On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 12:55 -0500, gene heskett wrote: On Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:43:08 PM andy pugh did opine: On 12 January 2012 07:22, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] unexpected reset of the emc.var file

2012-01-12 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 05:29:04 PM robert did opine: i have seen my work offset disapear also and its more todo with machine being shutdown/turned off with out it doing a full shutdown, iv not dug deep into it but it seems EMC does not close the file or something if you dont allow a

Re: [Emc-users] Servo drive?

2012-01-12 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 21:49 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/1/12 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 12 January 2012 18:14, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote: ... snip In case it might be useful, here is a link to other bridge driver information:

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Re: [Emc-users] gEDA / Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread Ed Nisley
On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 17:28 -0500, gene heskett wrote: get another armload of 2 1/2 ring binders If you can stand to wait for a bit, I'll run off a booklet-sized version and send it to you. The printer uses bulk ink, I've finally got the restack orientation down to a reflex, and I have a comb

Re: [Emc-users] gEDA / Correcting for workpiece warpage.

2012-01-12 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, January 12, 2012 07:06:11 PM Ed Nisley did opine: On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 17:28 -0500, gene heskett wrote: get another armload of 2 1/2 ring binders If you can stand to wait for a bit, I'll run off a booklet-sized version and send it to you. The printer uses bulk ink, I've

[Emc-users] More Eagle Taming [Was: gEDA / Correcting for workpiece warpage.]

2012-01-12 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 12.01.12 17:28, gene heskett wrote: Which is the reason I am going out to get another armload of 2 1/2 ring binders after dinner, I'm going to convert it to dead trees. Very glad to hear that the eagle has been landed, if not yet fully tamed. One reminder, there are two manuals,