[Emc-users] gscreen merged to master

2012-11-08 Thread Chris Morley
I have merged Gscreen into master. Gscreen is a GTK/gladeVCP/python based GUI. There is an fairly complete overview on the wiki: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Gscreen Gscreen is still in development / testing. In fact that's why I merged it - so more people can exercise it. I'm sure t

Re: [Emc-users] Fanuc tool changes - was Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread jeremy youngs
I don't understand the need for the geometry offsets to have 10,00 added to them. I realize this is how Fanuc has it's tool table but there is no good reason (I can see) to follow that. It doesn't affect whether the Gcode runs or not. and further it just serves to confuse the operator further, im

Re: [Emc-users] Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 08 November 2012 23:42:01 Rondal Nannie did opine: > Gene > This is a different question about the pawn part that is in emc2 > programs. Is there a print for that pawn part and if so where could I > get it to print it off? Sorry if this is not the proper procedure to > access the

[Emc-users] emc2 pawn part print dimensions ?

2012-11-08 Thread Rondal Nannie
--- On Thu, 11/8/12, Rondal Nannie wrote: > From: Rondal Nannie > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Ideal Tool Table > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > Date: Thursday, November 8, 2012, 9:59 PM > Gene >     This is a different question about the pawn > part that is in emc2 programs. Is there

Re: [Emc-users] Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread Rondal Nannie
Gene This is a different question about the pawn part that is in emc2 programs. Is there a print for that pawn part and if so where could I get it to print it off? Sorry if this is not the proper procedure to access the site but it seems that your name has been on here all the time for yea

Re: [Emc-users] Fanuc tool changes - was Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread Chris Morley
> > What happens if you have more than 99 tools? > > > > -- > > atp > > > Andy - not allowed, according to the Fanuc folks. It is a lathe after all. > > To summarize what I think people want with this patch (and to keep it > separate from Michael/Andy's discussion of Ideal Tool Table): > >

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle RPM? How to display?

2012-11-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 08 November 2012 19:19:53 Mark Brown did opine: > Hi all, > > Is there something in the .ini file that will enable the spindle speed > to display on EMC2 for my mill? > > Thank's Mark If your spindle has an associated encoder to report back to lcnc, preferably with an index track t

Re: [Emc-users] The Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread andy pugh
On 6 November 2012 16:34, Michael Haberler wrote: > the notion of a 'table' might suggest that this is a tabular arrangement of > data which code consults and gets a unique answer every time. This is not the > case, and it has to do with interpreter readahead. What you have in reality > is an

Re: [Emc-users] Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 08 November 2012 19:12:12 Stuart Stevenson did opine: > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:27 AM, andy pugh wrote: > > On 8 November 2012 13:19, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > >> What happens if you have more than 99 tools? > > > > > > the next one is 100? > > > > I was meaning in the allegedly

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle RPM? How to display?

2012-11-08 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/11/8 Mark Brown : > Hi all, > > Is there something in the .ini file that will enable the spindle speed to > display on EMC2 for my mill? Oh yes. Actually there are lots of ways to do it. You can choose between pyvcp and gladevcp panels. Then there are several options to display the speed - si

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle RPM? How to display?

2012-11-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 November 2012 19:56, Mark Brown wrote: > Is there something in the .ini file that will enable the spindle speed to > display on EMC2 for my mill? It isn't as simple as an INI file setting, but: http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gui/gladevcp.html Note that you can try the examples out from

Re: [Emc-users] Mach 4

2012-11-08 Thread sam sokolik
Rigid Tapping *** *** requires appropriate hardware (e.g. a tapping head) I don't think we know what rigid tapping actually is sam On 11/8/2012 10:14 AM, Belli Button wrote: > I know this isn't the right place but given a recent discussion > > http://www.machsupport.com/comparison.ph

[Emc-users] Spindle RPM? How to display?

2012-11-08 Thread Mark Brown
Hi all, Is there something in the .ini file that will enable the spindle speed to display on EMC2 for my mill? Thank's Mark -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download Ap

Re: [Emc-users] Current Sensors

2012-11-08 Thread N. Christopher Perry
I really prefer sensors made by these guys: http://www.lem.com These are the sensors used in a number of VVF drives used in high reliability applications. N.C. On 2012-Mar-18, at 13:00, Kirk Wallace wrote: > These look pretty handy: > http://www.pololu.com/catalog/product/1187 > > I'm think

Re: [Emc-users] Fanuc tool changes - was Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread Michael Haberler
Am 08.11.2012 um 15:07 schrieb Daniel Rogge: > > 3.Tooledit.tcl should display both wear and geometery offsets for tools > 1-99, not display wear offsets as if they were the geometry offsets for tools > 1-99 andgeometry offsets as if they were geometry offsets for tools > 10,000 - 10,

Re: [Emc-users] Mach 4

2012-11-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 November 2012 16:14, Belli Button wrote: > I know this isn't the right place but given a recent discussion > > http://www.machsupport.com/comparison.php That's not really a fair comparison, as the long-awaited upgrade to Mach3 is Mach 4 Hobby. They really ought to have called the OEM ver

Re: [Emc-users] Mach 4

2012-11-08 Thread jeremy youngs
ha fewer axis's and less features and a promise date of next yr how forward ? :) this just keeps getting more amusing as we keep getting a better controller for free thanx developers and active users every time i see this im glad to be a part of lcnc -- jeremy youngs -

Re: [Emc-users] Mach 4

2012-11-08 Thread Belli Button
I know this isn't the right place but given a recent discussion http://www.machsupport.com/comparison.php -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Li

Re: [Emc-users] Fanuc tool changes - was Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread jeremy youngs
sorry to post twice also the ability to incrementally input offsets ie .001 increment input increases dia by .001 again removing the math funtions from the operator -- jeremy youngs -- Everyone hates slow websites. So d

Re: [Emc-users] Fanuc tool changes - was Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread jeremy youngs
3. Tooledit.tcl should display both wear and geometery offsets for tools 1-99, not display wear offsets as if they were the geometry offsets for tools 1-99 andgeometry offsets as if they were geometry offsets for tools 10,000 - 10,099. yes yes yes :) :) :) -- jeremy youngs

[Emc-users] Fanuc tool changes - was Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread Daniel Rogge
> What happens if you have more than 99 tools? > > -- > atp Andy - not allowed, according to the Fanuc folks. It is a lathe after all. To summarize what I think people want with this patch (and to keep it separate from Michael/Andy's discussion of Ideal Tool Table): 1. Features Mask in

Re: [Emc-users] Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread Stuart Stevenson
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:27 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 8 November 2012 13:19, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > >> What happens if you have more than 99 tools? > >> > > the next one is 100? > > I was meaning in the allegedly-standard Twwgg format. That seems to > assume 2 digits for geometry and 2 for

Re: [Emc-users] Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 November 2012 13:19, Stuart Stevenson wrote: >> What happens if you have more than 99 tools? >> > the next one is 100? I was meaning in the allegedly-standard Twwgg format. That seems to assume 2 digits for geometry and 2 for wear. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.

Re: [Emc-users] Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread Stuart Stevenson
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:02 AM, andy pugh wrote: > On 8 November 2012 12:49, Jeff Johnson wrote: > > > Daniel, I am not complaining. I agree with you the wear offsets should > > follow the flag in LCNC G7/G8 > > What happens if you have more than 99 tools? > the next one is 100? > > -- > atp >

Re: [Emc-users] Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread andy pugh
On 8 November 2012 12:49, Jeff Johnson wrote: > Daniel, I am not complaining. I agree with you the wear offsets should > follow the flag in LCNC G7/G8 What happens if you have more than 99 tools? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ---

Re: [Emc-users] Ideal Tool Table

2012-11-08 Thread Jeff Johnson
"I wasn't saying that that's the way it does work, instead asking if that's the way it should work (as opposed to another INI flag. " Rogge Daniel, I am not complaining. I agree with you the wear offsets should follow the flag in LCNC G7/G8. I would love to see work done in this area. To be hones

Re: [Emc-users] Axis error

2012-11-08 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2012/11/8 Viesturs Lācis : > 2012/11/8 andy pugh : >> Yes, I am liking modifying axis.py more. >> >> Try this version. It has a HAL pin called axisui.set-world-mode > > Thank You! I somehow did not realize that I could take an existing HAL > pin and try to replicate it... > I will now try this out