Re: [Emc-users] motion.motion-enabled?

2012-08-08 Thread Chris Morley
> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 19:50:08 -0400 > From: m...@mattshaver.com > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Emc-users] motion.motion-enabled? > > What does motion.motion-enabled do and where is it used? > > 1. I grep'ed for it in the source and I see where it's created. Looking > at t

Re: [Emc-users] STOP RIGHT NOW...

2012-08-08 Thread sam sokolik
Some people like reality tv shows I like reading post on mach issues. (sorry I could not help my self) random quotes from the mach forum BR549 <- he seems to be actively helping on the fourm but is using Linuxcnc now.. Nested subs have problems Toolcomp and subs have problems There is N

Re: [Emc-users] HAL driver for EMIS Stepper - Board

2012-08-08 Thread cogoman
On 08/08/2012 01:50 AM, Peter Blodow wrote: > The only problem is that speed is very limited to about 3.5 kHz max. > which keeps the machine slow. So, after about 15 years of service, I am > looking for a more modern board with a little more power (esp. in > voltage). Thanks for the hints. When

Re: [Emc-users] HAL driver for EMIS Stepper - Board

2012-08-08 Thread Peter Blodow
Andy, of course, that board design is about 25 to 30 years old. I have several of them since Olim's time, i.e., DOS 3.3 ages. The SMC 800 (as well as the naked SMC1500) can be run with the drivers that EMIS delivered with the board. At those times, every user had to write his own stepper softw

Re: [Emc-users] HAL driver for EMIS Stepper - Board

2012-08-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 August 2012 06:50, Peter Blodow wrote: > Gentlemen, > I am running the big brother of this card named SMC-1500 including a > small piggy back board with some intelligence on it. That piggy-back board makes the drives into standard step/dir drives, and allows the computer to control the axes

Re: [Emc-users] HAL driver for EMIS Stepper - Board

2012-08-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 08 August 2012 04:03:03 Peter Blodow did opine: > Gentlemen, > I am running the big brother of this card named SMC-1500 including a > small piggy back board with some intelligence on it. As the name > implies, it's capable of 1500 mA at 26 volts and this was always > sufficient to dri