Re: [Emc-users] German-language documentation, was: Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-10 Thread Peter Blodow
Kent, apparently you didn't get me quite right as I saw already from the thread name you changed. Caring for the docs in German is undoubtedly an important challenge, but in he first place I was talking about the words that are appearing on the screen in the application windows themselves when

Re: [Emc-users] User Suggestions

2012-04-10 Thread Andy Pugh
On 9 Apr 2012, at 21:25, Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com wrote: 3. I would love to have the option to make the 3D window full screen (maybe on a 2nd monitor too). I think you could do this with a GladeVCP panel and the Gremlin widget. Which is not to say that it shouldn't be possible to

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa counter card?

2012-04-10 Thread Andy Pugh
On 9 Apr 2012, at 18:05, Jeshua Lacock jes...@3dtopo.com wrote: So I had assumed that it was based on the encoder resolution. It possibly is, but indirectly. It may be that the drives move one encoder count per input step, so with high encoder resolution you run out of input (to the

Re: [Emc-users] Gene, here's your portable O'scope

2012-04-10 Thread Adrian Carter
I would get the DSO Quad, or DSO203 or MiniDSO (depending on the market you purchase from) - its a 4 channel unit (2 analog, 2 digital) The original manufacturers of the unit are Seeed Studio: http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/DSO_Quad The quad is built on the Nano, and has *much* higher bandwidth

Re: [Emc-users] Gene, here's your portable O'scope

2012-04-10 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 04:57:50 AM Adrian Carter did opine: I would get the DSO Quad, or DSO203 or MiniDSO (depending on the market you purchase from) - its a 4 channel unit (2 analog, 2 digital) The original manufacturers of the unit are Seeed Studio:

Re: [Emc-users] Gene, here's your portable O'scope

2012-04-10 Thread Adrian Carter
Yeah the previous version was plastic and is still available, but the new version via seeed now comes in Alu . Sent from my iPhone On 10/04/2012, at 19:01, gene heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 04:57:50 AM Adrian Carter did opine: I would get the DSO Quad, or

Re: [Emc-users] Gene, here's your portable O'scope

2012-04-10 Thread Mark Wendt
On 04/09/2012 03:51 PM, gene heskett wrote: These girls just don't understand, its exactly the same thing as her buying one of those hot air cookers off the all night infomercial on tv. I recently got surprised by that, but by golly it actually works fairly well! Yabut, try to tell

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Steve Stallings
-Original Message- From: Sebastian Kuzminsky [mailto:s...@highlab.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 6:02 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP snip Simply switching the port to EPP mode doesn't accomplish anything. Simply

Re: [Emc-users] Gene, here's your portable O'scope

2012-04-10 Thread kqt4at5v
Y'all have been going on and on about scope isolation Please elaborate I have a project coming up that is 120vac I prefer not to fry me or equipment Richard -- Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to

Re: [Emc-users] EMC with MaxNC OL?

2012-04-10 Thread Bill K.
On 4/9/2012 5:57 PM, Joseph Chiu wrote: Hi, I have an old Max-NC 10 (called Max-NC OL these days) that I used to run on a DOS-based PC about a decade ago. Life happened for a decade, but I've recently dusted it off and would like to put it back in operation. The DOS-based PC that I had is

Re: [Emc-users] Gene, here's your portable O'scope

2012-04-10 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 09:11:46 AM kqt4a...@gmail.com did opine: Y'all have been going on and on about scope isolation Please elaborate I have a project coming up that is 120vac I prefer not to fry me or equipment Richard Having fried me on several occasions, I can relate that not

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Dave
On 4/10/2012 9:56 AM, Steve Stallings wrote: -Original Message- From: Sebastian Kuzminsky [mailto:s...@highlab.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 6:02 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP snip Simply switching the port

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:07:55 AM Dave did opine: On 4/10/2012 9:56 AM, Steve Stallings wrote: -Original Message- From: Sebastian Kuzminsky [mailto:s...@highlab.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 6:02 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] EMC with MaxNC OL?

2012-04-10 Thread Joseph Chiu
Hi Bill, Thanks! Last night, I was able to take an old laptop that I had tried to use (unsusccessfully) years ago to successfully run the DOS-based MaxNC software and (after about 90 minutes of tweaking) have it move the X/Y/Z axes. (Wow, I had forgotten how primitive those programs were!) So

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Dave
On 4/10/2012 11:11 AM, gene heskett wrote: there is no source of power on that side of the interface in the G540 This is the key part of his message...Sure, that could be remedied, but the G540 would become twice the size and need another outside power source, not really practical

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:29:41 AM Dave did opine: On 4/10/2012 11:11 AM, gene heskett wrote: there is no source of power on that side of the interface in the G540 This is the key part of his message...Sure, that could be remedied, but the G540 would become twice the size

Re: [Emc-users] Gene, here's your portable O'scope

2012-04-10 Thread Spiderdab
Hi all. I just want to tell you about a bad experience on a O-scope seller. I wanted to buy me a DSO Quad, and found it convenient to buy from www.diyertool.com/ ..I want to advise users NOT TO BUY ANYTHING from this seller. I've payed the DSO Quad in November, they first sent it with a wrong

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
I don't think a power pin has ever been included in a std parallel port. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_port Stephen Huh? Maybe my memory is going south, but in a past life I once used the 5 volts supplied by the parport to fix that in one of the shacks old printers. No power was

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Steve Stallings
-Original Message- From: gene heskett [mailto:ghesk...@wdtv.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:35 AM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP snip Huh? Maybe my memory is going south, but in a past life I once used the 5 volts

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:00:47 PM Stephen Dubovsky did opine: I don't think a power pin has ever been included in a std parallel port. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_port According to that, no. But I noted that it says also that pin 25 was not always connected to ground, and in

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Steve Stallings
-Original Message- From: gene heskett [mailto:ghesk...@wdtv.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:09 AM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:00:47 PM Stephen Dubovsky did opine: I don't think a power pin

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Jon Elson
gene heskett wrote: Huh? Maybe my memory is going south, but in a past life I once used the 5 volts supplied by the parport to fix that in one of the shacks old printers. No power was obtained from the printer to do that. ISTR there is a pin on the db25 that has 5 volts on it, limited to

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread sam sokolik
looks like kirk already did some work on the subject... http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Startech sam On 4/10/2012 12:33 PM, Steve Stallings wrote: -Original Message- From: gene heskett [mailto:ghesk...@wdtv.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:09 AM To:

Re: [Emc-users] German-language documentation, was: Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-10 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/10/2012 2:59 AM, Peter Blodow wrote: Kent, apparently you didn't get me quite right as I saw already from the thread name you changed. Caring for the docs in German is undoubtedly an important challenge, but in he first place I was talking about the words that are appearing on the screen

Re: [Emc-users] EMC with MaxNC OL?

2012-04-10 Thread Andy Pugh
On 10 Apr 2012, at 08:14, Joseph Chiu joec...@joechiu.com wrote: I just managed to download the liveCD image last night, but realized I don't have a CDR to burn it to; so that's next on my list. You can use a USB stick, and I have, but the details elude me.

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Tue, 2012-04-10 at 11:25 -0400, Dave wrote: On 4/10/2012 11:11 AM, gene heskett wrote: there is no source of power on that side of the interface in the G540 This is the key part of his message...Sure, that could be remedied, but the G540 would become twice the size and need

Re: [Emc-users] EMC with MaxNC OL?

2012-04-10 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Andy Pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote On 10 Apr 2012, at 08:14, Joseph Chiu joec...@joechiu.com wrote: I just managed to download the liveCD image last night, but realized I don't have a CDR to burn it to; so that's next on my list. You can use a USB stick, and

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Steve Stallings steve...@newsguy.com wrote: Simply switching the port to EPP mode DOES accomplish one significant thing. Those outputs that are open collector with pull-ups in regular mode become Totem-Pole driven outputs when in EPP mode. This change is

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Dave
On 4/10/2012 1:46 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: On Tue, 2012-04-10 at 11:25 -0400, Dave wrote: On 4/10/2012 11:11 AM, gene heskett wrote: there is no source of power on that side of the interface in the G540 This is the key part of his message...Sure, that

[Emc-users] [OT] well, snap, my ISP has been autoblocked

2012-04-10 Thread Kent A. Reed
Gentle persons: My ISP has just been autoblocked by sourceforge Reporting-MTA: dns; smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net Final-Recipient:rfc822;emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 (permanent failure) Remote-MTA: dns; [216.34.181.68] Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 5.1.0 -

Re: [Emc-users] GeckoDrive info, was Re: Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Kent A . Reed
Kirk Wallace kwallace@... writes: On Tue, 2012-04-10 at 11:25 -0400, Dave wrote: On 4/10/2012 11:11 AM, gene heskett wrote: there is no source of power on that side of the interface in the G540 ... practical with the existing design. I was thinking that some simple pull

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:02:01 -0400, you wrote: The G540 is an extremely popular stepper drive, so I think this is justified. I agree, it should not be this difficult. So was the G100, reminds me of that fiasco with it's special needs ;) Steve Blackmore --

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Jon Elson
gene heskett wrote: According to that, no. But I noted that it says also that pin 25 was not always connected to ground, and in the case I am recalling from 20 some years ago, the parport in question did have 5 volts on pin 25. Serendipity? As I recall, it was on the MFC-3 card in my

Re: [Emc-users] German-language documentation, was: Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-10 Thread Jon Elson
Peter Blodow wrote: In some cases, there may not even be a German word for lack of exact definition (what exactly is a joint? As a German word, it means a marihuana or haschisch cigarette). It is also a flexible connection between bones, as in the elbow and knee. A Puma-style robot

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Jon Elson
Lars Andersson wrote: Hi Kirk, there seems to be 3V PPorts also. I think on Asus MOBO AT5NM10? If possible can you investigate that connected to a G540 please? Any parallel port made since 2005, at LEAST, is actually a 3.3 V port with 5 V tolerance. Jon

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Dave
The G540 is a lot simpler than the G100.Yes, the G100 was a disaster with Mach3.I'm glad I didn't buy one of those paperweights. I almost did... Dave On 4/10/2012 6:40 PM, Steve Blackmore wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:02:01 -0400, you wrote: The G540 is an extremely popular

Re: [Emc-users] GeckoDrive info, was Re: Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Dave
On 4/10/2012 5:52 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: Kirk Wallacekwallace@... writes: On Tue, 2012-04-10 at 11:25 -0400, Dave wrote: On 4/10/2012 11:11 AM, gene heskett wrote: there is no source of power on that side of the interface in the G540 ...

Re: [Emc-users] GeckoDrive info, was Re: Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/10/2012 9:35 PM, Dave wrote: On 4/10/2012 5:52 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: Kirk Wallacekwallace@... writes: ... Dan from the DIY-CNC list has loaned a G540 to me (it might be here Wed.). I plan to investigate this pull-up issue and document it, maybe on the wiki. One of my hopes is to

Re: [Emc-users] German-language documentation, was: Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-10 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Joints are the moving elements of a machine whether the elements are linear or rotary. The axes are the cartesian coordinate system superimposed over the joints. The kinematics describe the relationship between the joints and axes. The axes allow the human to communicate with the machine in a

Re: [Emc-users] GeckoDrive info, was Re: Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-10 Thread Dave
On 4/10/2012 9:48 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: On 4/10/2012 9:35 PM, Dave wrote: On 4/10/2012 5:52 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: Kirk Wallacekwallace@...writes: ... Dan from the DIY-CNC list has loaned a G540 to me (it might be here Wed.). I plan to investigate this pull-up

Re: [Emc-users] German-language documentation, was: Downloading Release 2.5

2012-04-10 Thread Andy Pugh
On 10 Apr 2012, at 11:18, Peter Blodow p.blo...@dreki.de wrote: I don't know what the English sentence means, it's hard to interpret (e.g., 'Coordinated mode' or 'Teleop mode'). In some cases, there may not even be a German word for lack of exact definition (what exactly is a joint?