Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-22 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 22.03.12 11:24, gene heskett wrote: > On Thursday, March 22, 2012 09:59:01 AM Erik Christiansen did opine: > > But LinuxCNC doesn't know its current state in an exportable way, so has > > nothing to put on a stack, AIUI. And we don't have gcode interrupts. For > > the moment, we seem to only hav

Re: [Emc-users] Total OT - TV signal

2012-03-22 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 04:41:00 PM Viesturs Lācis did opine: > Hello, guys! > > I have a total off-topic question, because this is the only place I > know to ask technical kind of questions. > > Is there any way to boost the signal of digital TV? > The thing is that at my parents' house the

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-22 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 03:52:18 PM Kirk Wallace did opine: > On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 20:09 +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > On 21.03.12 10:27, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > > On Wed, 2012-03-21 at 19:24 +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > > On 20.03.12 22:21, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > > > > If the

Re: [Emc-users] Total OT - TV signal

2012-03-22 Thread Jan de Kruyf
> But, who has time to watch TV anyway? I cannot resist the temptation: Viesturs' parents!! j. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 19:05 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > > Hello, guys! > > > > I have a total off-topic question, because this is the only pl

Re: [Emc-users] OT - Re: Tool change question

2012-03-22 Thread Dave
Now really OT! My tech book says: Case LA: 6516 lbs 4 cylinder engine 403 cu inches displacement!! 34 SAE drawbar HP My Case 400 is actually a model 411, but they were known as 400's. Case made a 400B model in the 60's that was a small tractor. 6144 lbs 4 cylinder engine 251 cubit inch displa

Re: [Emc-users] CAM / G-code Generation

2012-03-22 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Mar 21, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Anders Wallin wrote: >> I haven't had time to run my machine in quite sometime, but, HeeksCAD is was >> what I used last time I needed to make some simple tool paths. >> When I looked at the current state of Heeks yesterday, it seemed like the >> author was recommen

Re: [Emc-users] APTos APT360 VAPT PostP

2012-03-22 Thread dave
Hi Tom, 2.6.24-16-rtai 2.4.6 which may actually be 2.4.7 ;-) Dave On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:20:37 -0500 Thomas Powderly wrote: > Dave Engvall, > > Hello, are you running a Linux version of APT? > If so, what version of linuxcnc and what kernel? > I have one on Dapper 2.6.15-magma but am afraid

Re: [Emc-users] Total OT - TV signal

2012-03-22 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 19:05 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > Hello, guys! > > I have a total off-topic question, because this is the only place I > know to ask technical kind of questions. > > Is there any way to boost the signal of digital TV? > The thing is that at my parents' house the signal is

Re: [Emc-users] Total OT - TV signal

2012-03-22 Thread Peter Blodow
Viesturs, the only efficient high frequency amplifier is a better antenna, that is a saying from the early 20th century. Any electronic amplifier would boost the noise as well as the signal. Not much use in this digital aera. First: are you sure the dish is directed correctly to the satellite? To

Re: [Emc-users] Smart-serial and 7i43

2012-03-22 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 16:37 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2012/3/22 Greg Bernard : > > Do you have a usb to ttl converter? If so you could use a terminal program > > and do a loop-back test (connect RX to TX) > > No. > The converter I built is the very first scheme here: > http://www.kmitl.ac.t

Re: [Emc-users] Smart-serial and 7i43

2012-03-22 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 22 Mar 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote: Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:37:14 +0200 From: "[UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis" Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: Greg Bernard , "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Smart-serial and 7i43 2012/3/22 Greg Bernard :

[Emc-users] Total OT - TV signal

2012-03-22 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello, guys! I have a total off-topic question, because this is the only place I know to ask technical kind of questions. Is there any way to boost the signal of digital TV? The thing is that at my parents' house the signal is not very good, and pretty often lots of channels are not working due t

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-22 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 20:09 +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 21.03.12 10:27, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > On Wed, 2012-03-21 at 19:24 +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > On 20.03.12 22:21, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > > > If there [were] > > > > "where" might have been a left over accent from Saint P

Re: [Emc-users] OT - Re: Tool change question

2012-03-22 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:27:57 PM Dave did opine: > My Grandfather had work horses and kept them up until the 80's, long > after they were retired from plowing when the John Deere took over that > task. > > Now I live in a large Amish area and during plowing season sometimes > there will be

Re: [Emc-users] mesa board questions

2012-03-22 Thread Erik Friesen
How long you figure? What would it take to allow an external reference for the 8 bit adc? 0 -35v can't do much on these boards. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2012, Erik Friesen wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:19:15 -0400 > > From: Erik Friese

[Emc-users] OT - Re: Tool change question

2012-03-22 Thread Dave
My Grandfather had work horses and kept them up until the 80's, long after they were retired from plowing when the John Deere took over that task. Now I live in a large Amish area and during plowing season sometimes there will be team of 8 Percheron's walking down the road, all harnessed toget

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-22 Thread gene heskett
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 09:59:01 AM Erik Christiansen did opine: [a little snippage because I can't comment from an expert POV] > But LinuxCNC doesn't know its current state in an exportable way, so has > nothing to put on a stack, AIUI. And we don't have gcode interrupts. For > the moment, w

Re: [Emc-users] mesa board questions

2012-03-22 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 22 Mar 2012, Erik Friesen wrote: > Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:19:15 -0400 > From: Erik Friesen > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Subject: [Emc-users] mesa board questions > > I am looking at the 5i15, and 7i76 combination.

[Emc-users] APTos APT360 VAPT PostP

2012-03-22 Thread Thomas Powderly
Dave Engvall, Hello, are you running a Linux version of APT? If so, what version of linuxcnc and what kernel? I have one on Dapper 2.6.15-magma but am afraid to fiddlle with it much ( afraid to try build to learn how to use on newer kernel) So I made a P2V, and cant boot it yet ( 3 kernels in t

Re: [Emc-users] Smart-serial and 7i43

2012-03-22 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/3/22 Greg Bernard : > Do you have a usb to ttl converter? If  so you could use a terminal program > and do a loop-back test (connect RX to TX) No. The converter I built is the very first scheme here: http://www.kmitl.ac.th/~kswichit/Rs422/Rs422.pdf Viesturs

Re: [Emc-users] Smart-serial and 7i43

2012-03-22 Thread Greg Bernard
Do you have a usb to ttl converter? If  so you could use a terminal program and do a loop-back test (connect RX to TX) > > From: Viesturs Lācis >To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) >Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:04 AM >Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Smart-seri

Re: [Emc-users] Smart-serial and 7i43

2012-03-22 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/3/18 Peter C. Wallace : > On Sun, 18 Mar 2012, Viesturs L?cis wrote: > >> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:21:38 -0400 >> From: "[UTF-8] Viesturs L?cis" >> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >>     >> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Smart-serial and 7

[Emc-users] mesa board questions

2012-03-22 Thread Erik Friesen
I am looking at the 5i15, and 7i76 combination. Is there any way to use more than one encoder with the 7i76 breakout? ie 3? -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-22 Thread charles green
O numbers i think were originally intended to indicate different Operations on a part. O1 would be drill a hole for instance, and then O2 would be to drill another hole, after having rearranged the part in the machine tool to the appropriate orientation, say by rotating it 180 degrees around th

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-22 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 21.03.12 10:27, Kirk Wallace wrote: > On Wed, 2012-03-21 at 19:24 +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > On 20.03.12 22:21, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > > If there [were] > > "where" might have been a left over accent from Saint Patrick's Day. Please accept my apologies for the pedantry. (One possibl

Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question

2012-03-22 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 21.03.12 08:29, dave wrote: > On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:24:52 +1100 > Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > On 20.03.12 22:21, Kirk Wallace wrote: > > > I've got my brain sore thinking about this, so I'm a little foggy, > > > but it seems the safest way to do this is to break the g-code > > > program in