Re: [Emc-users] Film Emulsion for Encoder Wheels?

2012-02-29 Thread Jon Elson
dave wrote: > The dry film resist sounds like an easy way to go. Photoresist just has > to be the way to go for encoders. I suspect one could even silver glass > like mirrors used to be made; if is darkens over time that might just > help the contrast. Only real problem is that the silver layer is

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder Modbus Slave

2012-02-29 Thread Peter Homann
Hi Mark, I currently have a prototype of ModIP, a TCP/IP modbus slave device that I'm developing. I think that Modbus over TCP provides an excellent robust interface for external I/O devices. The biggest hurdle I'm trying to overcome at the moment is the form factor. I've gone from a tradition

Re: [Emc-users] Film Emulsion for Encoder Wheels?

2012-02-29 Thread dave
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:19:39 -0600 Jon Elson wrote: > dave wrote: > > > > > > Sorry you had such bad luck with it. I diluted it IIRC 1:1 with > > toluene, floated in on the copper, drained off any that would run > > off, let it dry, exposed it with a very intense UV lamp. Developed > > with tolue

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder Modbus Slave

2012-02-29 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 20:31 +0100, Michael Haberler wrote: > Am 28.02.2012 um 20:12 schrieb Kirk Wallace: > > > > It seems that Modbus over TCP/IP setups are more common in the wild than > > end to end Ethernet Modbus TCP/IP, but if one where to set up LinuxCNC > > the vfs11_vfd driver I pushed y

Re: [Emc-users] PROGRAM_PREFIX

2012-02-29 Thread Lars Andersson
Thanks Erik, funny thing that the same question popped up from both me and Eric. Your answer is clear and educational, as always. // Lars > > Hopefully there's something new in the above, for Lars or Eric. At > least it is a way to do what they want, for now. The $PROGRAM_PREFIX > directory is

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 5i25 install woes (fwd)

2012-02-29 Thread kqt4at5v
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:58:32 -0600 (CST) >> From: kqt4a...@gmail.com >> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> >> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Film Emulsion for Encoder Wheels?

2012-02-29 Thread Jon Elson
dave wrote: > > > Sorry you had such bad luck with it. I diluted it IIRC 1:1 with > toluene, floated in on the copper, drained off any that would run off, > let it dry, exposed it with a very intense UV lamp. Developed with > toluene and then etched. Never had one fail. > I bought the GC variet

Re: [Emc-users] OT- Not quite your hobby sized mill

2012-02-29 Thread dave
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:54:20 -0500 Dave wrote: > I have a friend who is an engineer who sets up laser trackers on > those big mills all over the US. The only way you can maintain .005 > tolerances over 50 or 60 feet on a big gantry machine is with a laser > tracker. They do coordinate compen

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 5i25 install woes (fwd)

2012-02-29 Thread Peter Blodow
Richard, this looks to me as if the card shortened the PC data bus partially. The PCI contacts are very narrow spaced and may almost overlap in height. Are you sure that the card is inserted correctly and pressed down fully to the bottom of the socket? Did you try a different socket and a diffe

Re: [Emc-users] Setting subroutine path

2012-02-29 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:39:33 AM Eric H. Johnson did opine: > Gene, et al, > > Is SUBROUTINE_PATH new to 2.5? I hadn't tried to look in the docs yet except deep enough to find that a loadable subroutine HAD to be in the nc_files directory. I was looking for the reason that a loadab

Re: [Emc-users] Film Emulsion for Encoder Wheels?

2012-02-29 Thread dave
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:37:31 -0800 (PST) "Peter C. Wallace" wrote: > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, dave wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:04:50 -0800 > > From: dave > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Film E

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 5i25 install woes (fwd)

2012-02-29 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: > Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:58:32 -0600 (CST) > From: kqt4a...@gmail.com > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] mesa 5i25 install woes (fwd) > > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 5i25 install woes (fwd)

2012-02-29 Thread Dave
I'd contact Peter at Mesa Interfering with the hard drive seems like a very odd problem. Dave On 2/29/2012 5:58 AM, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > >> 2012/2/28 : >>> >>> '/usr/realtime-2.6.32-122-rtai/modules/emc2/hm2_pci.ko': -1 No such >>> device

Re: [Emc-users] OT- Not quite your hobby sized mill

2012-02-29 Thread Dave
I have a friend who is an engineer who sets up laser trackers on those big mills all over the US. The only way you can maintain .005 tolerances over 50 or 60 feet on a big gantry machine is with a laser tracker. They do coordinate compensation on the fly. Siemens has a plug in interface that

Re: [Emc-users] Film Emulsion for Encoder Wheels?

2012-02-29 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, dave wrote: > Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:04:50 -0800 > From: dave > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Film Emulsion for Encoder Wheels? > > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:06:25 -0600 > Jon Elson wrot

Re: [Emc-users] PROGRAM_PREFIX

2012-02-29 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Erik, Thanks for the tip, but ultimately that has the same problem. For now I will just change the file attributes to require a sudo to edit or delete subroutines. The main purpose was to put them some place where they would not get accidentally deleted if someone was over zealous in cleaning up t

Re: [Emc-users] Setting subroutine path

2012-02-29 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Gene, et al, Is SUBROUTINE_PATH new to 2.5? I just noticed the reference I found was in the 2.5 version of the Integrator manual, but it does not appear in the 2.4 version. I am currently using 2.4.6 (or is it 2.4.7 reporting that it is 2.4.6). At any rate, I found it through a search, but see tha

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder Modbus Slave

2012-02-29 Thread Mark Wendt
Peter, No problem. You brought up another tid bit to add to the conversation. ;-) Mark On 02/29/2012 06:17 AM, Peter Homann wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Oops, sorry I misunderstood the conversation. > > Cheers, > > Peter > > On 29/02/2012 10:15 PM, Mark Wendt wrote: > >> Peter, >> >> I was referr

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder Modbus Slave

2012-02-29 Thread Peter Homann
Hi Mark, Oops, sorry I misunderstood the conversation. Cheers, Peter On 29/02/2012 10:15 PM, Mark Wendt wrote: > Peter, > > I was referring to Kirk's not seeing port 1502 after he assigned it in > the loadusr statement, and how the OS handles ports above 1024. > > Mark > > On 02/29/2012 06:07 A

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder Modbus Slave

2012-02-29 Thread Mark Wendt
Peter, I was referring to Kirk's not seeing port 1502 after he assigned it in the loadusr statement, and how the OS handles ports above 1024. Mark On 02/29/2012 06:07 AM, Peter Homann wrote: > Hi, > > Port 502 is assigned to Modbus, so that's what slaves should use by default. > > Cheers, > > >

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder Modbus Slave

2012-02-29 Thread Peter Homann
Hi, Port 502 is assigned to Modbus, so that's what slaves should use by default. Cheers, Peter. On 29/02/2012 9:40 PM, Mark Wendt wrote: > On 02/28/2012 05:21 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: >> ... snip >> >> I think I know a little more now. I was able to bring up >> "loadusr classicladder --modslave

Re: [Emc-users] mesa 5i25 install woes (fwd)

2012-02-29 Thread kqt4at5v
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Viesturs Lācis wrote: 2012/2/28 : '/usr/realtime-2.6.32-122-rtai/modules/emc2/hm2_pci.ko': -1 No such device My unqualified guess is that 5i25 card is not recognized. I will leave this for more knowledgeable users to comment. Do You have a chance to attach the HDD and 5

Re: [Emc-users] Ladder Modbus Slave

2012-02-29 Thread Mark Wendt
On 02/28/2012 05:21 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > ... snip > > I think I know a little more now. I was able to bring up > "loadusr classicladder --modslave" (I didn't know the rt component had > to be loaded too). My netstat returned the same result above with > "0.0.0.0:9502". I then did a ifconfig to

Re: [Emc-users] OT- Not quite your hobby sized mill

2012-02-29 Thread Dave Caroline
Cutting force weight transfer while moving and a gust of wind will all move the head off course more than the resolution stated. the .002 is more realistic An old British company Dean Smith and Grace recently built a big gantry machine while not as long I think it takes no prisoners with its 43kw

[Emc-users] OT- Not quite your hobby sized mill

2012-02-29 Thread Roland Jollivet
On 29 February 2012 10:56, Dave wrote: > There is a lot of BS on that webpage.Optical encoder accuracy.. > Impressive to those who don't know better I guess. > > This is really the only important fact regarding accuracy: > >>We use Leica laser trackers to measure the volumetric Cartesian > e

Re: [Emc-users] OT- Not quite your hobby sized mill

2012-02-29 Thread Dave
There is a lot of BS on that webpage.Optical encoder accuracy.. Impressive to those who don't know better I guess. This is really the only important fact regarding accuracy: >>We use Leica laser trackers to measure the volumetric Cartesian errors. These devices have accuracies of approxim