[Emc-users] Running LinuxCnc without Mesa cards

2013-03-02 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Hi, I need to do a lot of changes to a customer's system that has 5i23 and other cards installed. I dont have a similar installation to work on so my question is, is there a way to run LinuxCnc or just start it up without functionality, without having the 5i23 installed. Something like a dummy

Re: [Emc-users] bldc/axis homing

2013-03-02 Thread Todd Zuercher
I may be having a similar problem. I am using home to index on a ordinary rotary servo machine and the first time I try to home after starting Linuxcnc, one axis always seems to set a following a error, If I try to home it a second time it will home fine? I am not using bldc, so it might be

Re: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour

2013-03-02 Thread Anders Wallin
Is the Count value going to zero during those glitches? Could you monitor ResetCounterValue also during your test? Could there be some mechanism that causes noise on ResetCounterValue only when you count down? -- Everyone

Re: [Emc-users] Running LinuxCnc without Mesa cards

2013-03-02 Thread Anders Wallin
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.zawrote: Hi, I need to do a lot of changes to a customer's system that has 5i23 and other cards installed. I dont have a similar installation to work on so my question is, is there a way to run LinuxCnc or just start it up

Re: [Emc-users] Running LinuxCnc without Mesa cards

2013-03-02 Thread Michael Haberler
Am 02.03.2013 um 11:27 schrieb Anders Wallin: On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.zawrote: Hi, I need to do a lot of changes to a customer's system that has 5i23 and other cards installed. I dont have a similar installation to work on so my question is,

Re: [Emc-users] Running LinuxCnc without Mesa cards

2013-03-02 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Hi Micheal, I hear you. The problem is that I have to keep a machine just for that hardware. Also it has more than one 5i23. I suppose I will have to do that anyway. The 5i23's will end up being used somewhere so it all starts again :) On 2013/03/02 12:41 PM, Michael Haberler wrote: Am

Re: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour

2013-03-02 Thread Klemen Dovrtel
No, the count value at glitch is changing, at list last bits, it has value: BIN 0011 . It seems the counter is not reset, because after the glitch the value does not jump to 0 and stays there, but continues to gradually fall/rise from value before the glitch.

Re: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour

2013-03-02 Thread Jan de Kruyf
You get illegal noise states from your hardware, causing illegal transitions in your logic. For a solution look at page 13 of this document: http://www.avagotech.com/docs/AV02-0096EN j. On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Klemen Dovrtel klemen_dovr...@yahoo.comwrote: Hello everybody, I am

[Emc-users] Shizuoka Four Axis on eBay

2013-03-02 Thread Roland Jollivet
Hey, I've just seen an idea on that machine, if it is what I think it is I been pondering for a long time on what to do about a sloppy quill in order to CNC it, and it looks like it might have been done on this machine. Instead of trying to snug up the quill, mill/grind the front of the

Re: [Emc-users] Shizuoka Four Axis on eBay

2013-03-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 March 2013 15:10, Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com wrote: Instead of trying to snug up the quill, mill/grind the front of the machine to be parallel with the quill. Now you can mount linear slides and a plate that grabs the quill at the bottom! I think what you are seeing is

Re: [Emc-users] bldc/axis homing

2013-03-02 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 1 Mar 2013, Todd Zuercher wrote: Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 07:52:22 -0500 (EST) From: Todd Zuercher zuerc...@embarqmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Klemen Dovrtel

Re: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour

2013-03-02 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Fri, 1 Mar 2013, Klemen Dovrtel wrote: Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 23:23:48 -0800 (PST) From: Klemen Dovrtel klemen_dovr...@yahoo.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour Hello everybody, I am

Re: [Emc-users] Shizuoka Four Axis on eBay

2013-03-02 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2013-03-02 at 15:36 +, andy pugh wrote: On 2 March 2013 15:10, Roland Jollivet roland.jolli...@gmail.com wrote: Instead of trying to snug up the quill, mill/grind the front of the machine to be parallel with the quill. Now you can mount linear slides and a plate that grabs the

Re: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour

2013-03-02 Thread Klemen Dovrtel
I think this can not be the reason, this would not trigger glitches only while decreasing the encoder value. My epp data transfer is started with address write which triggers the sampling and latching of encoder position value and all other signals values. The following data read/write are then

Re: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour

2013-03-02 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sat, 2 Mar 2013, Klemen Dovrtel wrote: Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 09:38:34 -0800 (PST) From: Klemen Dovrtel klemen_dovr...@yahoo.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour I think this can not

Re: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour

2013-03-02 Thread Jon Elson
Klemen Dovrtel wrote: Hello everybody, I am using fpga to monitor the incremental encoder and transfer the axis absolute position to pc using parallel port and epp communication. When I run the Axis GUI I am getting some strange following errors. I found out that occasionally i get some

Re: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour

2013-03-02 Thread Klemen Dovrtel
I see, if i understand this correctly, i should add a two-stage synchronizer to latch the data from QuadA/B before sampling with counter logic? Ok, thank you for the suggestions, i will try to add some filters, as suggested also by Jan de Kruyf. Regards, Klemen

[Emc-users] Need PC and Mesa card recommendations

2013-03-02 Thread Roger Neal
I have a Bridgeport with Anilam Crusader II control, control is acting dead so it's time for an LinuxCNC upgrade. I did a Anilam lathe to EMC2 conversion a few years back so I'm somewhat familiar with what needs to be done. My lathe conversion used the Mesa 5i20 board, I think that's all that

Re: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour

2013-03-02 Thread Jan de Kruyf
It is quite correct to latch the data, before reading out in byte chunks, so no roll over occurs in the hi byte going from 00FF to 0100 for instance, if there is a count pulse during reading . I forgot about that part. j. On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Klemen Dovrtel

Re: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour

2013-03-02 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sat, 2 Mar 2013, Klemen Dovrtel wrote: Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 10:57:52 -0800 (PST) From: Klemen Dovrtel klemen_dovr...@yahoo.com To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] fpga epp data transfer - strange behaviour I see, if i

Re: [Emc-users] Shizuoka Four Axis on eBay

2013-03-02 Thread Drew Rogge
Does yours have the tool changer? On 3/1/13 3:10 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/251235604390 Also here too: http://sacramento.craigslist.org/tls/3640202006.html I already have one and there is no space left, shucks.

[Emc-users] GladeVCP Persistence On_Destroy sensitivity

2013-03-02 Thread Kip Shaffer
Anybody using GladeVCP with Persistence? Did you have trouble getting it to save settings? It seems to me as though it is very sensitive to what widget the 'on_destroy' signal is attached. The documentation does warn against attaching it to the 'window1' object. But I had terrible luck getting

Re: [Emc-users] Shizuoka Four Axis on eBay

2013-03-02 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2013-03-02 at 15:29 -0800, Drew Rogge wrote: Does yours have the tool changer? Yup, http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/00030-1a.jpg http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/Shizuoka/ -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/

Re: [Emc-users] GladeVCP Persistence On_Destroy sensitivity

2013-03-02 Thread Michael Haberler
Am 03.03.2013 um 03:46 schrieb Kip Shaffer: Anybody using GladeVCP with Persistence? Did you have trouble getting it to save settings? It seems to me as though it is very sensitive to what widget the 'on_destroy' signal is attached. The documentation does warn against attaching it to

Re: [Emc-users] GladeVCP Persistence On_Destroy sensitivity

2013-03-02 Thread Michael Haberler
following up to myself: The issue goes down a bit deeper, and it's about the notion of controlled shutdown This is a dark corner of LinuxCNC, especially with respect to time-to-estop for connected hardware, and it warrants some thought and work. Unfortunately I dont have a quick answer for