Re: [Emc-users] Single Pulse Output?

2012-11-11 Thread John Kasunich
The HAL one-shot component can do that very easily. "man oneshot" from the command line should get you the documentation. On Sun, Nov 11, 2012, at 08:52 PM, N. Christopher Perry wrote: > A 1 s pulse, +/-0.25 s, with +/-0.25 s timing accuracy would be adequate. > > N.C. > > On 2012-Nov-11, at

Re: [Emc-users] Single Pulse Output?

2012-11-11 Thread N. Christopher Perry
A 1 s pulse, +/-0.25 s, with +/-0.25 s timing accuracy would be adequate. N.C. On 2012-Nov-11, at 20:09, John Kasunich wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2012, at 07:44 PM, N. Christopher Perry wrote: >> Is there a way to have a parallel port output generate a single pulse on >> command? I have a vacuum

Re: [Emc-users] Sieg SC2518 CNC lathe conversion questions

2012-11-11 Thread Greg Bernard
While I agree that a hall sensor would be a better choice, I believe reed switches can be quite reliable as they have seen use as sensors for bicycle speedometers for some time.   +++ "Anyone who believes exponential gro

Re: [Emc-users] Single Pulse Output?

2012-11-11 Thread John Kasunich
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012, at 07:44 PM, N. Christopher Perry wrote: > Is there a way to have a parallel port output generate a single pulse on > command? I have a vacuum system that requires a pulse to turn it on/off, > and would like to have my machine turn the vacuum on automatically. How long of a

Re: [Emc-users] Sieg SC2518 CNC lathe conversion questions

2012-11-11 Thread Scott Hasse
Thanks, I should have been more accurate in my initial description. It is a hall effect sensor. Scott On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Bruce Layne wrote: > > On 11/11/2012 03:00 PM, Scott Hasse wrote: > > > ...plus a magnetic reed switch that triggers once per chuck revolution. > > I wouldn't

[Emc-users] Single Pulse Output?

2012-11-11 Thread N. Christopher Perry
Is there a way to have a parallel port output generate a single pulse on command? I have a vacuum system that requires a pulse to turn it on/off, and would like to have my machine turn the vacuum on automatically. N.C. ---

Re: [Emc-users] Sieg SC2518 CNC lathe conversion questions

2012-11-11 Thread Bruce Layne
On 11/11/2012 03:00 PM, Scott Hasse wrote: > ...plus a magnetic reed switch that triggers once per chuck revolution. I wouldn't use any mechanical switch in that application. There's a chance it won't be able to respond fast enough at the faster spindle speeds, but I'd be much more concerned

Re: [Emc-users] A PS Re: Does replying to old threads go straight to the spam bin?

2012-11-11 Thread dave
On Sun, 2012-11-11 at 18:00 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 11 November 2012 17:59:21 Kent A. Reed did opine: > > > On 11/11/2012 11:28 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Thanks Kent. I learned something today. Now if I could just get the > > > hereafter figured out, I go into a room & then tr

Re: [Emc-users] A PS Re: Does replying to old threads go straight to the spam bin?

2012-11-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 11 November 2012 17:59:21 Kent A. Reed did opine: > On 11/11/2012 11:28 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Thanks Kent. I learned something today. Now if I could just get the > > hereafter figured out, I go into a room & then try to remember what it > > was that I'm hereafter. > > I thought

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control on the AXIS Interface

2012-11-11 Thread N. Christopher Perry
Ahh.. I see that I've managed to shoot myself in the foot: I'd set it to 100 so I could more easily evaluate duty cycle increments. That will not remain at that low a value in service. Thank you for the quick response. On 2012-Nov-11, at 17:25, andy pugh wrote: > On 11 November 2012 22:04,

Re: [Emc-users] Spindle Control on the AXIS Interface

2012-11-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 November 2012 22:04, N. Christopher Perry wrote: > After removing that line AXIS launched without incident, but when I enable > the spindle (F9) and try adjusting the speed, ether by clicking the '+' / '-' > buttons or pressing F11/F12 I only get ~1% & 100% PWM duty. The Axis UI incremen

[Emc-users] Spindle Control on the AXIS Interface

2012-11-11 Thread N. Christopher Perry
I started experimenting with spindle control and have found some odd behavior. I added the example HAL content from section 2 of this page http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/examples/spindle.html. Got a error when I launched AXIS. Removed this line from the HAL file, which cleared the error: net

Re: [Emc-users] Sieg SC2518 CNC lathe conversion questions

2012-11-11 Thread andy pugh
On 11 November 2012 20:00, Scott Hasse wrote: > I plan on integrating the spindle control to be able to thread, but I am > wondering if the Z pulse needs to be strictly once per chuck revolution Yes, it must be once per spindle revolution. The system will always start the threading pass on the i

[Emc-users] Sieg SC2518 CNC lathe conversion questions

2012-11-11 Thread Scott Hasse
All- I'm starting in the process of converting a Sieg SC2518 CNC lathe to LinuxCNC control. I'll be using Mesa hardware, 5i23+7i33+7i37 and have had good experience with that in the past. Incomplete in-process documentation is here: http://code.google.com/p/sector67-sandbox/wiki/SiegCNCLathe I

Re: [Emc-users] A PS Re: Does replying to old threads go straight to the spam bin?

2012-11-11 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 11/11/2012 11:28 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Thanks Kent. I learned something today. Now if I could just get the > hereafter figured out, I go into a room & then try to remember what it was > that I'm hereafter. I thought that's the room where we leave our round tuits. Cheers.

Re: [Emc-users] A PS Re: Does replying to old threads go straight to the spam bin?

2012-11-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 11 November 2012 11:24:11 Kent A. Reed did opine: > > More than once, I've had temporary trouble communicating with this > > list from my gmail account. It was much worse with my old ISP-provided > > account. It got blackballed which is why I had to switch to gmail. > > > > If your mess

Re: [Emc-users] Does replying to old threads go straight to the spam bin?

2012-11-11 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 11 November 2012 11:11:07 Kent A. Reed did opine: > On 11/11/2012 1:14 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Sunday 11 November 2012 01:12:07 Jon Elson did opine: > >> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Jason Burton > >> > >> > >> wrote: > The archive shows them as marked as spam. > >> >

Re: [Emc-users] Does replying to old threads go straight to the spam bin?

2012-11-11 Thread Jon Elson
On 11/11/2012 12:14 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 11 November 2012 01:12:07 Jon Elson did opine: > >> >> If your sig line contains a URL, or there is one included in the message >> body to reference >> an external web page, that will often trigger the "marked as spam" >> condition. (At >> le

[Emc-users] A PS Re: Does replying to old threads go straight to the spam bin?

2012-11-11 Thread Kent A. Reed
> More than once, I've had temporary trouble communicating with this > list from my gmail account. It was much worse with my old ISP-provided > account. It got blackballed which is why I had to switch to gmail. > > If your messages are being rejected by the list server, you should be > receivin

Re: [Emc-users] Does replying to old threads go straight to the spam bin?

2012-11-11 Thread Kent A. Reed
On 11/11/2012 1:14 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 11 November 2012 01:12:07 Jon Elson did opine: > >> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Jason Burton >> >> wrote: The archive shows them as marked as spam. >> If your sig line contains a URL, or there is one included in the message >> body t