Re: [Emc-users] Restarting from line number

2012-04-11 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Apr 12, 2012, at 12:04 AM, Andy Pugh wrote: > On 11 Apr 2012, at 22:31, Jeshua Lacock wrote: > >> G00 X2.1429 Y17.5769 Z-0.6793 >> >> Click on line 20001, and click "Run from selected line"? > > No, because that would leave the machine in G0 mode and you almost certainly > want G1. > Pos

Re: [Emc-users] Restarting from line number

2012-04-11 Thread Andy Pugh
On 11 Apr 2012, at 22:31, Jeshua Lacock wrote: > G00 X2.1429 Y17.5769 Z-0.6793 > > Click on line 20001, and click "Run from selected line"? No, because that would leave the machine in G0 mode and you almost certainly want G1. Possibly you want to G0 to the position in 1 then G1Fnn to th

Re: [Emc-users] Understanding the 5i25

2012-04-11 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 11 Apr 2012, Erik Friesen wrote: > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:33:05 -0400 > From: Erik Friesen > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Subject: [Emc-users] Understanding the 5i25 > > I am beginning to get the mesa card going, but

Re: [Emc-users] Restarting from line number

2012-04-11 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Apr 11, 2012, at 11:21 PM, Andy Pugh wrote: > On 11 Apr 2012, at 21:49, Jeshua Lacock wrote: > >> Is there any way to restart from line 20,000? > > Maybe. You will need to jog to somewhere where a move as specified in that > line will be safe, then set feed rate, start the spindle etc in M

Re: [Emc-users] Restarting from line number

2012-04-11 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Apr 11, 2012, at 11:14 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > Jeshua Lacock wrote: > >> I have no idea what happened - but I just walked past my machine, saw a >> dialog (didn't have time to read it) and my computer then shut itself off! >> Weird? > > Yikes, that shouldn't be happening! Thanks Jon. Yeah

Re: [Emc-users] Restarting from line number

2012-04-11 Thread Andy Pugh
On 11 Apr 2012, at 21:49, Jeshua Lacock wrote: > Is there any way to restart from line 20,000? Maybe. You will need to jog to somewhere where a move as specified in that line will be safe, then set feed rate, start the spindle etc in MDI, then left click the g-code line in the G-code window

Re: [Emc-users] Restarting from line number

2012-04-11 Thread Jon Elson
Jeshua Lacock wrote: > Greetings, > > I have no idea what happened - but I just walked past my machine, saw a > dialog (didn't have time to read it) and my computer then shut itself off! > Weird? > Yikes, that shouldn't be happening! > I was way into a g-code file (over an hour). Is there any

Re: [Emc-users] Understanding the 5i25

2012-04-11 Thread Andy Pugh
On 11 Apr 2012, at 18:33, Erik Friesen wrote: > What is controlled by firmware, and what is controlled by hostmot? The function of each pin is set by the firmware, except that the driver has the option to disable some functions and release the associated pins to be used as GPIO. So, if you h

[Emc-users] Restarting from line number

2012-04-11 Thread Jeshua Lacock
Greetings, I have no idea what happened - but I just walked past my machine, saw a dialog (didn't have time to read it) and my computer then shut itself off! Weird? I was way into a g-code file (over an hour). Is there any way to restart from line 20,000? I tried once before (for another reaso

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe spindel encoder

2012-04-11 Thread Jon Elson
Stephen Dubovsky wrote: > If you don't need a huge tooth count, why not just put hall sensors on the > backgear (of any lathe so equiped.) You should be able to adjust a pair of > them to give good quadrature. Should be able to come up w/ a creative way > to do the index pulse too? Like sense a

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 and ethernet

2012-04-11 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: > Motherboard sony PTGD-VS Pentium 4 sony vaio pcv-a21l > > lspci - ... > 03:04.0 DPIO module: Device 2718:5125 > 03:06.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Looks like your 5i25 is on 03:04.0 and your ethernet on 03

[Emc-users] Understanding the 5i25

2012-04-11 Thread Erik Friesen
I am beginning to get the mesa card going, but find this somewhat difficult. Some basic questions - I have the probx firmware. Can I specify which pins a particular hardware stepgen uses? What is controlled by firmware, and what is controlled by hostmot?

Re: [Emc-users] RELEASED: LinuxCNC 2.5.0

2012-04-11 Thread Chris Radek
On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 02:08:35PM -0500, Chris Radek wrote: > > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpdatingTo2.5 > > Be sure to check the "Changes to your configuration" section at the > bottom of the page. Hey, I've added another thing to "Changes to your configuration" and those of you

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa counter card?

2012-04-11 Thread Jeshua Lacock
On Apr 9, 2012, at 10:33 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > Jeshua Lacock wrote: >> >> I guess the problem is I don't know all the terminology. >> >> Yes, I guess that is correct. I assume the 'open-loop steppers or servos >> with LinuxCNC closing the loop' is the best setup? For instance, that would >>

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

2012-04-11 Thread Spiderdab
Il giorno mer, 11/04/2012 alle 11.00 -0600, Sebastian Kuzminsky ha scritto: > On Apr 11, 2012, at 10:13 , Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > > It is my understanding the current release of LinuxCNC has only cartesian > > coordinate axis limits therefore any non cartesian joint machine will not > > be abl

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 and ethernet

2012-04-11 Thread Erik Friesen
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 04) Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device 819b Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: Kernel modules: intel-agp 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL PCI

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 and ethernet

2012-04-11 Thread Eric Keller
I think you need to run "lspci -v" to get anything useful out of it. You might have to use sudo Eric On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: > Ethernet is built in. > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: > > > correction, PTGD-VX > --

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 and ethernet

2012-04-11 Thread Erik Friesen
Ethernet is built in. On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Erik Friesen wrote: > correction, PTGD-VX > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 Apr 2012, Erik Friesen wrote: >> >> > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:07:57 -0400 >> > From: Erik Friesen >> > Reply-To: "En

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 and ethernet

2012-04-11 Thread Erik Friesen
correction, PTGD-VX On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Wed, 11 Apr 2012, Erik Friesen wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:07:57 -0400 > > From: Erik Friesen > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > >

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 and ethernet

2012-04-11 Thread Erik Friesen
Motherboard sony PTGD-VS Pentium 4 sony vaio pcv-a21l lspci - 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 04) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL PCI Express Root Port (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/F

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 and ethernet

2012-04-11 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 11 Apr 2012, Erik Friesen wrote: > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:07:57 -0400 > From: Erik Friesen > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 and ethernet > > What is lspci? A linux command line utility t

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 and ethernet

2012-04-11 Thread Erik Friesen
What is lspci? On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Wed, 11 Apr 2012, Erik Friesen wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:58:11 -0400 > > From: Erik Friesen > > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > Sub

Re: [Emc-users] 5i25 and ethernet

2012-04-11 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Wed, 11 Apr 2012, Erik Friesen wrote: > Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:58:11 -0400 > From: Erik Friesen > Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Subject: [Emc-users] 5i25 and ethernet > > Any ideas why my ethernet quits working when I plug

[Emc-users] 5i25 and ethernet

2012-04-11 Thread Erik Friesen
Any ideas why my ethernet quits working when I plug in the 5i25? -- Better than sec? Nothing is better than sec when it comes to monitoring Big Data applications. Try Boundary one-second resolution app monitoring today. Fr

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

2012-04-11 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Przemek Klosowski wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Andy Pugh wrote >> On 10 Apr 2012, at 08:14, Joseph Chiu 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

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

2012-04-11 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On Apr 11, 2012, at 10:13 , Stuart Stevenson wrote: > It is my understanding the current release of LinuxCNC has only cartesian > coordinate axis limits therefore any non cartesian joint machine will not > be able to motion limit the joints. There has been some work to add this > capability but I

Re: [Emc-users] Storebro 260, some LinuxCNC2 testing and a question about CAM modules...

2012-04-11 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/11/2012 12:00 PM, Roger Holmquist wrote: > Done some more jobs on the CNC-Lathe. > - Installed LinuxCNC2 on my mac by VirtualBox. > - Found http://IGSViewer.com for plotting and study 3d-part-files in > IGES-format, in wireframe and solid modes, great SW! > - Lathe broken, Main spindle not r

Re: [Emc-users] No virtual Box except for testing...

2012-04-11 Thread Mark Wendt
Good luck with that then. Mark On 04/11/2012 12:25 PM, Roger Holmquist wrote: > And that's it! > > Yes, I know about the RTOS restraints. > I have run VMEExec and some other commerial RTOSes over the years so > no Virtual boxes in a real system but you can do a lot of preparatory > work in the bo

[Emc-users] No virtual Box except for testing...

2012-04-11 Thread Roger Holmquist
And that's it! Yes, I know about the RTOS restraints. I have run VMEExec and some other commerial RTOSes over the years so no Virtual boxes in a real system but you can do a lot of preparatory work in the box I believe... / Roger > > On 04/11/2012 12:00 PM, Roger Holmquist wrote: >> Do

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

2012-04-11 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Someone should correct me if I am wrong. It is my understanding the current release of LinuxCNC has only cartesian coordinate axis limits therefore any non cartesian joint machine will not be able to motion limit the joints. There has been some work to add this capability but I have not followed it

Re: [Emc-users] machine tool tapers

2012-04-11 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 4/11/2012 7:41 AM, charles green wrote: > dC::deviation from concentricity > dL::deviation fron longitudinal position (tool length) > dA::tolerance range of cone mating angle > dA/dt::cone wear factor > Tg::load torque applied normal to cone (rotation) axis (taper guage > line=center of torque?

Re: [Emc-users] Storebro 260, some LinuxCNC2 testing and a question about CAM modules...

2012-04-11 Thread Mark Wendt
On 04/11/2012 12:00 PM, Roger Holmquist wrote: > Done some more jobs on the CNC-Lathe. > - Installed LinuxCNC2 on my mac by VirtualBox. > - Found http://IGSViewer.com for plotting and study 3d-part-files in > IGES-format, in wireframe and solid modes, great SW! > - Lathe broken, Main spindle not

[Emc-users] Storebro 260, some LinuxCNC2 testing and a question about CAM modules...

2012-04-11 Thread Roger Holmquist
Done some more jobs on the CNC-Lathe. - Installed LinuxCNC2 on my mac by VirtualBox. - Found http://IGSViewer.com for plotting and study 3d-part-files in IGES-format, in wireframe and solid modes, great SW! - Lathe broken, Main spindle not running, scematics at site... - Yes, some CAM SW would be

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe spindel encoder

2012-04-11 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
If you don't need a huge tooth count, why not just put hall sensors on the backgear (of any lathe so equiped.) You should be able to adjust a pair of them to give good quadrature. Should be able to come up w/ a creative way to do the index pulse too? Like sense a keyway, drll and tap the side of

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

2012-04-11 Thread Mark Wendt
On 04/11/2012 11:12 AM, gene heskett wrote: >> Kent, >> >> The good news, in this day and age, is you can snort right back and say >> "Men don't need to ask for directions. Our phones have GPS." ;-) >> >> Mark >> > Yours might. Mine doesn't, so I have a Garmin. The woof gets upset with >

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

2012-04-11 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:10:35 AM Mark Wendt did opine: > On 04/10/2012 09:48 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > > Most likely this is correct, Dave, but it sure looks like Kirk is > > proposing to experiment on the drive to determine its characteristics. > > Were I to try this, my wife would give m

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe spindel encoder

2012-04-11 Thread gene heskett
On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 09:25:43 AM Rolf Bredemeier did opine: > Hi, > > at time i am trying to convert a little desktop-lathe (WABECO) to CNC. > In the next day i will build my own spindel encoder. I need it only for > threading. > The following is valid for the generic 7x10-12-14-19 lathe

Re: [Emc-users] machine tool tapers

2012-04-11 Thread charles green
dC::deviation from concentricity dL::deviation fron longitudinal position (tool length) dA::tolerance range of cone mating angle dA/dt::cone wear factor Tg::load torque applied normal to cone (rotation) axis (taper guage line=center of torque?) P::load (Pressure, tension) along (cone) axis of rota

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

2012-04-11 Thread charles green
a joint could be a pivot or fulcrum. the machine control regards the mechanical instances of disjointedness as points of relative displacement, whether cartesian or polar or other. the displacements along an axis with respect to another axis seems like it might as well be thought of in terms of

Re: [Emc-users] Lathe spindel encoder

2012-04-11 Thread Dave Caroline
My little lathe(Starturn) has 48 slots plus one index slot you do need the index slot Dave Caroline On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Rolf Bredemeier wrote: > Hi, > > at time i am trying to convert a little desktop-lathe (WABECO) to CNC. In the > next day i will > build my own spindel encoder.

[Emc-users] Lathe spindel encoder

2012-04-11 Thread Rolf Bredemeier
Hi, at time i am trying to convert a little desktop-lathe (WABECO) to CNC. In the next day i will build my own spindel encoder. I need it only for threading. The machine will be driven by steppers. Waht is the best choice for slot count for the encoder wheel? (I will mill it.) I think, i can m

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

2012-04-11 Thread Mark Wendt
On 04/10/2012 09:48 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: > Most likely this is correct, Dave, but it sure looks like Kirk is > proposing to experiment on the drive to determine its characteristics. > Were I to try this, my wife would give me a squinty-eyed look, possibly > snort (although she usually saves this

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

2012-04-11 Thread Mark Wendt
On 04/10/2012 06:36 PM, Adrian Carter wrote: > I'd just buy it from Seeed direct or one of the many seeed resellers ... > for the small saving on offer via ebay - its just not worth going dodgy for > it > > On 11 April 2012 01:40, Spiderdab<77...@tiscali.it> wrote: > > >> Hi all. I just want t

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

2012-04-11 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/4/11 Peter Blodow : > > Right, "Gelenk" would be my fist choice to translate "joint", but it > describes only the   p o i n t   where movement takes place, e.g., the > ellbow or knee itself, not the arm or leg or even their ends (where the > desired movement takes place), which is meant by Lin

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

2012-04-11 Thread Peter Blodow
Thank you all for your thoughts about the movement modes. Translating forces exact definitions. As Viesturs said, it is a good thing to explain these modes from time to time. Right, "Gelenk" would be my fist choice to translate "joint", but it describes only the p o i n t where movement ta

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

2012-04-11 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/4/11 Sebastian Kuzminsky : > > Free/Teleop/Coord are modes of the motion controller, a low-level part of > LinuxCNC.  These modes are usually not directly experienced by users. > > Manual/MDI/Auto are modes of the Axis GUI (and probably other GUIs), this is > what users see all the time. > > I

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

2012-04-11 Thread Alex Joni
>> >> I suspect very few people understand the difference between coordinated >> mode (N-Bahnsteuerung) where multiple joints move at the same time to >> make the tool move in XYZ space under operator control and "Teleop" mode >> (1-Bahnsteuerung) where the operator controls a single selected jo

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

2012-04-11 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/4/11 Sebastian Kuzminsky : > On 04/10/2012 11:57 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: >> 2012/4/11 Andy Pugh: >>> I suspect very few people understand the difference between coordinated >>> mode (N-Bahnsteuerung) where multiple joints move at the same time to make >>> the tool move in XYZ space under o

Re: [Emc-users] Hal_parport and EPP

2012-04-11 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:32:25 -0400, you wrote: >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... Still got one - it is used as a paperweight. Thankfully, I didn't buy it, it was supplied for