Got the drives and motors from Wantai Motor (same company as Longs Motor). Same
Chinese stuff as a dozen others sell.
Their drives are marked DQ860MA.
The signal connectors have + and - for pulse, direction, and enable. All the -
terminals connect together to a ground for each motor output on th
It sounds like you have the step and dir swapped. You could movement but
very erratic in one direction. Those drives are pretty good and
reliable. Signals must be active low. Strap all the + terminals to 5v
and then pull low with your BOB.
On 2013/09/22 09:03 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
> Got th
On Sun, 9/22/13, Marius Liebenberg wrote:
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Very weird thing with my stepper motors. They don't
like to be moved while running.
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 1:49 AM
It sounds like you have the step and
dir swapped. You could
What did you set the drive steps and current to? Dont go more than 2000
to start with and then see if you need more resolution. OOh and dont use
the Enable on the drive, it does not work :)
On 2013/09/22 10:34 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
> On Sun, 9/22/13, Marius Liebenberg wrote:
>
> Subject:
I looked at the spec sheet for the BOB. They use a weird set of pins for
the step and dir signals. I had a customer two weeks ago with a similar
setup and had the same symptoms. We could not get the axis to step
correctly when using control line pins (14, 15 ,16, 17, 1)for step and
direction. I
On Sun, 9/22/13, Marius Liebenberg wrote:
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Very weird thing with my stepper motors. They don't
like to be moved while running.
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 2:56 AM
What did you set the drive steps and
current to? Dont go mor
2013/9/22 Gregg Eshelman
> On Sun, 9/22/13, Marius Liebenberg wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Very weird thing with my stepper motors. They
> don't like to be moved while running.
> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 2:56 AM
>
> What did you set the d
There seem to be several issues here. This is the way to go about with a
new setup:-
Start the steps at 400 on the drive
Set the Step per unit at 200 in Mach
Set the velocity to about one third on the slider in mach
Set the Acceleration to about one third on the slider in Mach.
Apply at least 36v
Ahem, language please...
This is the LCNC forum.
Set the velocity to about one third on the slider in mach Set the
Acceleration to about one third on the slider in MACH.
Apply at least 36v - 80v supply to the drives on the VM pins. Anything less
than 24v will deliver nothing.
These setting will
Take note, he refered to Mach settings so I thought that might give good
indication. Someone with a good grasp will need only half a word. :)
(you got bugger all to do again I see)
On 2013/09/22 12:27 PM, Belli Button wrote:
> Ahem, language please...
> This is the LCNC forum.
>
>
> Set the velo
the 860 driver steps on rise its been a year since i set mine up and i dont
have my ini file right now but i think i had to invert the pulse pins to
resolve this concern i have a very busy day today , if i am able to get
back early today i will copy and paste it for you also i had to strap the
nega
Well, I'm in the market for a new wireless card or USB wireless. My old
Netgear WG111v3 worked great on my old DSL router which used WEP. We
recently upgraded to FIOS, and it uses WPA/2. Unfortunately, under Ubuntu
10.04 and ndiswrappers, it does not work at all with any kind of WPA. Many
fruit
I attached a HAL and INI file that used these drives with steppers.
On 2013/09/22 06:54 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
With my new BOB (HY-JK02-M) I've managed to get a motor to run and run
smoothly, but only in one direction. (Once I set the parallel port pins to
match the docs settings for Mach3
Le 22.09.2013 06:54, Gregg Eshelman a écrit :
> That's not the weird thing. What is effed up is that when the motor is
> running if I pick it up or move it, it stops running. Doesn't matter if it's
> laying down or standing on its back end, if it's picked straight up or
> allowed to rotate arou
Mark:
Just a comment, since I don't run wireless adapters on my 10.04 hosts.
I have managed over the years to help a friend who lives in penury on the
left coast get Linux + wireless working on several cast-off laptops he and
his significant other have received. For some of them he picked up el
c
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
> Well, I'm in the market for a new wireless card or USB wireless.
On a linuxcnc machine, I would go with a wireless bridge, aka access
point. Discussions of this in the archives. This saves you from
driver and latency issues. I just ordered o
Kent,
I missed that page during my fruitless searching. They do list some
Marvell drivers which is what the WG111v3 supposedly uses. I'll give them
a wack before I head off to the big box stores to peruse their offerings.
Thanks!
Mark
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Kent Reed wrote:
> Mar
That's not a bad idea. Copper from the machine to the bridge, and wireless
from the bridge to the router. I'll poke around for one of them too.
Thanks Eric.
Mark
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Eric Keller wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
> > Well, I'm in the ma
Mark:
I've used straight wireless, wireless via bridges as Eric suggests, and
also powerline ethernet to solve various connectivity problems at home and
at my kids' homes.
I reflashed several old Linksys router/access points which didn't support
bridging with open-source software (I forget whethe
Kent,
No worries there. Business, financial or health-related transactions are
probably never gonna happen on my machine controller... ;-)
Mark
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Kent Reed wrote:
> Mark:
>
> I've used straight wireless, wireless via bridges as Eric suggests, and
> also power
On 9/22/2013 10:11 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
> Kent,
>
> No worries there. Business, financial or health-related transactions are
> probably never gonna happen on my machine controller... ;-)
>
> Mark
>
>
Same here, but ya never know. Reading this list, I get the impression
some folks are determine
ROFL. Nah, I got this computer for all my other stuff. The other lives
out in the shop. Networked only for software updates and a rod making
design program that reaches out and touches an online database for rod
tapers and such.
Mark
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Kent A. Reed wrote:
> On
On 09/22/2013 06:33 AM, Eric Keller wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
>> Well, I'm in the market for a new wireless card or USB wireless.
>
> On a linuxcnc machine, I would go with a wireless bridge, aka access
> point. Discussions of this in the archives. This saves yo
On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Kirk Wallace
wrote:
> On 09/22/2013 06:33 AM, Eric Keller wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Mark Wendt
> wrote:
> >> Well, I'm in the market for a new wireless card or USB wireless.
> >
> > On a linuxcnc machine, I would go with a wireless bridge, aka a
> Yabut... How well do those routers play with FIOS?
You must retain the router that Verizon gave you as the CE (Customer
Edge) device, otherwise you can't stream on demand video and the like.
However, you can disable its wireless port and install a WRT54G (about
half the cost of an RPi on eBay)
On 09/22/2013 08:14 AM, Mark Wendt wrote:
... snip
>
> Yabut... How well do those routers play with FIOS?
>
... snip
I didn't know what FIOS was, so went searching. This looked interesting:
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/liberating_verizon_fios_using_free_operating_systems
This l
Gene Heskett wrote:
> So how much do they charge per sq inch?
>
You have to register on their on-line site, then you can do an automated
quote. Just fill in the blanks for size, number of layers, copper
thickness, substrate
material, line and trace spacing, and minimum hole size and "annular
On 21 September 2013 22:59, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Don't these folks have an NRE fee too, Andy?
>
> This board is 6.05" wide, and 8 & change inches long, not exactly one of
> todays postage stamps, at least 50 square inches. 2 layer only, lots of
> thru via's.
Vias are free with the only company
I like oshpark.com. $5/sq.in for 3 boards, free shipping, easy ordering, US
mfg.
-- Ralph
andy pugh wrote:
On 21 September 2013 22:59, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Don't these folks have an NRE fee too, Andy?
>
> This board is 6.05" wide, and 8 & change inches long, not exactly one of
> todays po
On Sun, 2013-09-22 at 11:14 -0400, Mark Wendt wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Kirk Wallace
> wrote:
>
> > On 09/22/2013 06:33 AM, Eric Keller wrote:
> > > On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Mark Wendt
> > wrote:
> > >> Well, I'm in the market for a new wireless card or USB wireless.
> >
On Sunday 22 September 2013 15:29:31 Ralph Stirling did opine:
> I like oshpark.com. $5/sq.in for 3 boards, free shipping, easy
> ordering, US mfg.
>
> -- Ralph
>
> andy pugh wrote:
>
> On 21 September 2013 22:59, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Don't these folks have an NRE fee too, Andy?
> >
> >
The docs shipped with the kit only reference Mach. Need to pick useful info
from that to setup LCNC. Would be nice if someone else has already setup LCNC
with this BOB and these generic chinese drivers so I can nick their stepconf
then modify as needed for the drive ratio of my mill. ;-)
On Sun
On Sun, 9/22/13, Claude Froidevaux wrote:
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Very weird thing with my stepper motors. They don't
like to be moved while running.
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 6:20 AM
Le 22.09.2013 06:54, Gregg Eshelman a écrit :
> That'
On 22 September 2013 22:50, Gregg Eshelman wrote:
> That's something I've noticed in every Youtube video of people showing
> stepper motors running. Nobody ever picks up or otherwise moves them except
> for when they're firmly mounted to something like the head on an X-Y gantry.
Moving the mot
Greg,
The regular thumping noise, about twice a second, seems
to be a symptom of a major timing problem with your step
pulses. If you are using software generated step pulses,
perhaps there is a video driver problem.
Steve Stallings
> -Original Message-
> From: Gregg Eshelman [mailto:g
On Sunday 22 September 2013 18:52:16 Gregg Eshelman did opine:
> On Sun, 9/22/13, Claude Froidevaux wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Very weird thing with my stepper motors. They
> don't like to be moved while running. To: "Enhanced Machine Controller
> (EMC)" Date: Sunday, September 22,
>
On Sun, 9/22/13, andy pugh wrote:
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Very weird thing with my stepper motors. They don't
like to be moved while running.
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 4:05 PM
On 22 September 2013 22:50, Gregg
Eshelman
wrote:
> That's
On Sun, 9/22/13, Steve Stallings wrote:
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Very weird thing with my stepper motors. They
don'tlike to be moved while running.
To: "'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)'"
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 4:06 PM
Greg,
The regular thumping noise, about twice a second
On Sunday 22 September 2013 19:23:12 Steve Stallings did opine:
> Greg,
>
> The regular thumping noise, about twice a second, seems
> to be a symptom of a major timing problem with your step
> pulses. If you are using software generated step pulses,
> perhaps there is a video driver problem.
>
>
On Sun, 9/22/13, Gene Heskett wrote:
1. Which ever way it runs both directions is probably the
correct enable line status.
*That would be completely disconnected and unused.
3. What are you using for motor power?
*The 60 volt DC switching supply that came with the kit. (Got three of them
On Sunday 22 September 2013 19:57:40 Gregg Eshelman did opine:
> On Sun, 9/22/13, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> 1. Which ever way it runs both directions is probably the
> correct enable line status.
>
> *That would be completely disconnected and unused.
>
> 3. What are you using for motor power
I'm going through the same process at the moment. I have sent my files to
Seeed. My boards are small. 40x40 mm
My small reflow oven is on its way at present.
Seeed apparently also make stencils, however I haven't priced them as yet.
I've been looking at solder paste and syringes and there is a
I have routed many stencils out of very thin (.005") FR4 unclad pcb material.
Unfortunately, I can't get any more (Isola Laminates doesn't seem to have
any demand for it from real customers any more), so I'm going to switch to
Kapton film, either .0075" or .010" thick.
I've bought syringes of past
As a test, I connected up the other Dell and installed the Mach3 demo. After
poking around until I found the pin settings and the calibration, the motor ran
nice and smooth.
Then I booted off the LCNC CD and with the default settings it runs rough, but
with a faster harmonic than the slower Del
Gentlemen,
I want to control a hydraulic cylinder (extension and retraction) with
LinuxCNC.
I want to use an axial piston swash plate pump.
I want to control the swash plate with a servo motor.
I will install a linear scale for position feedback.
The actuator/end effector ratio is at least 5:1 so
On Sun, 9/22/13, Marshland Engineering wrote:
I have a A3 HP plotter and was wondering if this be adapted
to use a knife for making plastic stencils ?
-
Yes, lots of people have done that. There are knife holders made to fit in
place of the pen. You may have to tie the cl
On Sun, 9/22/13, Ralph Stirling wrote:
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] advice needed
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 7:03 PM
I have routed many stencils out of
very thin (.005") FR4 unclad pcb material.
Unfortunately, I can't get any more (Isola Laminat
Marshland Engineering wrote:
> I'm going through the same process at the moment. I have sent my files to
> Seeed. My boards are small. 40x40 mm
> My small reflow oven is on its way at present.
>
> Seeed apparently also make stencils, however I haven't priced them as yet.
>
> I've been looking at
Ralph Stirling wrote:
> I have routed many stencils out of very thin (.005") FR4 unclad pcb material.
> Unfortunately, I can't get any more (Isola Laminates doesn't seem to have
> any demand for it from real customers any more), so I'm going to switch to
> Kapton film, either .0075" or .010" thick.
Stuart Stevenson wrote:
> Gentlemen,
> I want to control a hydraulic cylinder (extension and retraction) with
> LinuxCNC.
> I want to use an axial piston swash plate pump.
> I want to control the swash plate with a servo motor.
>
The null position on the pump may not be completely repeatable.
On Sun, 9/22/13, Stuart Stevenson wrote:
Gentlemen,
I want to control a hydraulic cylinder (extension and
retraction) with
LinuxCNC.
I want to use an axial piston swash plate pump.
I want to control the swash plate with a servo motor.
I will install a linear scale for position feedback.
I've created it's own heading as this is worth knowing. At least I think so.
I needed to apply a thin bead of Silicone to a part and found these
http://www.amazon.com/Monoject-Curved-412-Syringes-5pcs/dp/B007Y8230G/ref=sr_1_1?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1379908207&sr=1-1
If the link does not work, try Mon
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