Re: [Emc-users] How to home a joint when position depends on other joint?

2013-12-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 13 December 2013 18:17:43 andy pugh did opine: > On 13 December 2013 19:14, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> My homing uses resolver index. The problem is that I get following > >> errors even when MIN_FERROR is 60 degrees. And I see that resolver > >> position feedback signal makes a step when

Re: [Emc-users] Beaglebone USB

2013-12-13 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 12/13/2013 2:53 PM, Andrew wrote: > 2013/12/13 Charles Steinkuehler > >> using lightdm fixes the shutdown/reboot buttons too. > > Yes, I just forgot to mention it. > What other changes expected in the next Machinekit? General updates to the kernel and the Debian install (this is already avai

Re: [Emc-users] Beaglebone USB

2013-12-13 Thread Andrew
2013/12/13 Charles Steinkuehler > using lightdm fixes the shutdown/reboot buttons too. Yes, I just forgot to mention it. What other changes expected in the next Machinekit? Andrew -- Rapidly troubleshoot problems befor

Re: [Emc-users] Beaglebone USB

2013-12-13 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 12/13/2013 2:13 PM, Andrew wrote: > 2013/12/4 Charles Steinkuehler > >> Please try the following. At a command prompt run: >> >> sudo aptitude install lightdm >> >> When prompted to pick a default display manager, choose lightdm instead >> of xdm. Once everything is installed, reboot and s

Re: [Emc-users] Beaglebone USB

2013-12-13 Thread Andrew
2013/12/4 Charles Steinkuehler > Please try the following. At a command prompt run: > > sudo aptitude install lightdm > > When prompted to pick a default display manager, choose lightdm instead > of xdm. Once everything is installed, reboot and see if your USB issue > is fixed. > I just made

Re: [Emc-users] "Slow" G code

2013-12-13 Thread Robert Ellenberg
That's a good point: the radius affects the tool path error in a way that we can't predict from G-code alone. It would be straightforward to do G64 with no tolerance, though, but I don't know how useful a half-implementation like that would be. On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 2:59 PM, andy pugh wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] How to home a joint when position depends on other joint?

2013-12-13 Thread andy pugh
On 13 December 2013 19:14, Gene Heskett wrote: >> My homing uses resolver index. The problem is that I get following >> errors even when MIN_FERROR is 60 degrees. And I see that resolver >> position feedback signal makes a step when homing. > > Yikes. I know little to zip about resolvers, only t

Re: [Emc-users] "Slow" G code

2013-12-13 Thread andy pugh
On 13 December 2013 18:51, Robert Ellenberg wrote: > I spent some time going through the math behind it, and I think blending > between linear moves with ABCUVW motion is feasible, One big problem is that G-code has no way to define the location of centres of rotation. (I don't know if that matt

Re: [Emc-users] How to home a joint when position depends on other joint?

2013-12-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 13 December 2013 13:50:44 Marius Alksnys did opine: > 6 axis articulated robot. Its 5th and 6th joint motion is transferred > from servo motor to the end by belts. Controlling 1-5 joints is trivial, > but 6th one has to be offset by 5th position. > > This means you have to rotate both 5

Re: [Emc-users] "Slow" G code

2013-12-13 Thread Robert Ellenberg
I spent some time going through the math behind it, and I think blending between linear moves with ABCUVW motion is feasible, though it will take a a bunch of new data structures to store a 9D vector. There are two big challenges to making this work. The first is implementing a new way to interpol

Re: [Emc-users] How to home a joint when position depends on other joint?

2013-12-13 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 12/13/13 07:42 , Marius Alksnys wrote: > 6 axis articulated robot. Its 5th and 6th joint motion is transferred > from servo motor to the end by belts. Controlling 1-5 joints is trivial, > but 6th one has to be offset by 5th position. > > This means you have to rotate both 5th and 6th motors equa

Re: [Emc-users] How to home a joint when position depends on other joint?

2013-12-13 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2013/12/13 Marius Alksnys > 6 axis articulated robot. Its 5th and 6th joint motion is transferred > from servo motor to the end by belts. Controlling 1-5 joints is trivial, > but 6th one has to be offset by 5th position. > > This means you have to rotate both 5th and 6th motors equally to move >

[Emc-users] How to home a joint when position depends on other joint?

2013-12-13 Thread Marius Alksnys
6 axis articulated robot. Its 5th and 6th joint motion is transferred from servo motor to the end by belts. Controlling 1-5 joints is trivial, but 6th one has to be offset by 5th position. This means you have to rotate both 5th and 6th motors equally to move only 5th joint. ( BTW, this is the

Re: [Emc-users] C2000 vfd + AC inductor motor + LinuxCNC

2013-12-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 13 December 2013 09:07:06 Gregg Eshelman did opine: > On 12/12/2013 3:26 PM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > > 2013/12/11 Dave Cole > > > >> It sounds like you are greatly simplifying the machine. An MG set > >> (motor generator set) is a very old technology to create DC power. > >> That

Re: [Emc-users] C2000 vfd + AC inductor motor + LinuxCNC

2013-12-13 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 12/12/2013 5:48 PM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > 2013/12/12 Gene Heskett > >> I expect you can, but the heat method, where the screw is clean & has a >> coat of mineral oil on it prevent the acetal/delrin from sticking to a dry >> surface, gives you a thread that is about 40x more precise a fit

Re: [Emc-users] C2000 vfd + AC inductor motor + LinuxCNC

2013-12-13 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 12/12/2013 3:30 PM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > Greg and Gene (this is to avoid quoting a lot of text because you were > talking about the same thing) > > I saw what the common process to make pieces out of a Delrin and Acetal is > to mold them with heat. I'm not familiar with this kind of mater

Re: [Emc-users] C2000 vfd + AC inductor motor + LinuxCNC

2013-12-13 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 12/12/2013 3:26 PM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: > 2013/12/11 Dave Cole > >> It sounds like you are greatly simplifying the machine. An MG set >> (motor generator set) is a very old technology to create DC power. That >> was probably obsolete when it was installed. >> >> Yes indeed, I really don