Re: [Emc-users] DRO failureType FAGOR 0-300 (spanish made)

2014-01-10 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Thu, 9 Jan 2014 05:26:55 -0500, you wrote: Tektronix had a rather nifty wash booth they used to clean up cruddy old scopes and other test equipment brought in for repair and/or cal. I did some work years ago for a company that refurbished PC's and peripherals for export to Russia an Africa.

Re: [Emc-users] DRO failureType FAGOR 0-300 (spanish made)

2014-01-10 Thread Mark Wendt
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 3:11 AM, Steve Blackmore st...@pilotltd.net wrote: On Thu, 9 Jan 2014 05:26:55 -0500, you wrote: Tektronix had a rather nifty wash booth they used to clean up cruddy old scopes and other test equipment brought in for repair and/or cal. I did some work years ago for

Re: [Emc-users] DRO failureType FAGOR 0-300 (spanish made)

2014-01-10 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 1/10/2014 3:14 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: Yep. Water doesn't hurt most electronics (as long as no power is applied). A lot of the folks mention they use deionized water too. As long as it's completely dry by the time you fire it up, it should hurt. Watch out for paper based caps though, they

Re: [Emc-users] Fwd: Re: Re: How do you change polarity of Step Pulses in MachineKit stepgen?

2014-01-10 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 1/10/2014 7:42 AM, Thomas Studwell wrote: Charles, sorry to bother you directly with this. Attached is a reply I made to the maillist to your response. I was sort of surprised that you hadn't replied to it (given how quick you were to respond the first time). Today I saw a related

[Emc-users] MachineKit: IMG from 13 12 28

2014-01-10 Thread Mike Eitel
Hi Did anybody tried to use the new IMG version? I get CRC error when transfer to card. Did multiple tries, and MD5 check is always correct. THX Mike -- CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services.

Re: [Emc-users] MachineKit: IMG from 13 12 28

2014-01-10 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 1/10/2014 11:02 AM, Mike Eitel wrote: Hi Did anybody tried to use the new IMG version? I get CRC error when transfer to card. Did multiple tries, and MD5 check is always correct. I tried it once and it worked, but I use the setup_sdcard.sh script most of the time (it's a *LOT* faster

Re: [Emc-users] Fwd: Re: Re: How do you change polarity of Step Pulses in MachineKit stepgen?

2014-01-10 Thread Thomas Studwell
Great! Thanks Charles! I'll try it as soon as you have it available. The reason you didn't get my reply to the mailing list is that replies have been blocked from viewing by project administrator. I asked why but have not gotten a response. Tom BTW: You might want to send a copy to Mark

Re: [Emc-users] MachineKit: IMG from 13 12 28

2014-01-10 Thread Mike Eitel
Charles Steinkuehler charles@... writes: On 1/10/2014 11:02 AM, Mike Eitel wrote: Hi Did anybody tried to use the new IMG version? I get CRC error when transfer to card. Did multiple tries, and MD5 check is always correct. I tried it once and it worked, but I use the

Re: [Emc-users] Fwd: Re: Re: How do you change polarity of Step Pulses in MachineKit stepgen?

2014-01-10 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 1/10/2014 9:33 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: On 1/10/2014 7:42 AM, Thomas Studwell wrote: I can easily modify the PRU assembly and create a version that does falling-edge step pulses for all step/dir generators. To use it, you would simply point to the modified PRU binary in the HAL

Re: [Emc-users] subject change....

2014-01-10 Thread Cathrine Hribar
On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 04:03:28 -0700 Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: On 1/10/2014 3:14 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: Gregg: U seem to know a lot about resources, i have need to replace an encoder reader on a HP servo i have. Do u know where to obtain such an thing??? Thanks for the

Re: [Emc-users] MachineKit: IMG from 13 12 28

2014-01-10 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 1/10/2014 11:21 AM, Mike Eitel wrote: I also send a detailed pm to you. Some days ago. Sorry, I must have missed it. Note that I don't typically check forums, IRC, blog comments, etc. very often and the best way to reach me is via e-mail. I use windows, as you describe. Was not able to

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC on Ubuntu Precise 12.04 with RTAI

2014-01-10 Thread JohnBannister
You may be interested in the mistake I made in installing LinuxCNC on Precise. I downloaded the iso from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop and chose the 32 bit version. When I installed it on a spare desktop (a old Celeron unknown computer) I found I had installed Lubuntu. I then

[Emc-users] hal configuration pin existence with home switches BBB and BeBoPr-Bridge

2014-01-10 Thread Bas de Bruijn
I’m trying to setup the limit switches for my delta printer with a BBB + BeBoPr-bridge. I am having issues with the setup of the hal file. I get the message: Pin bb_gpio.p8.in-9 does not exist. the referral is to the line in my .hal file stating net home-x bb_gpio.p8.in-9 = axis.0.home-sw-in

Re: [Emc-users] hal configuration pin existence with home switches BBB and BeBoPr-Bridge

2014-01-10 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 1/10/2014 2:00 PM, Bas de Bruijn wrote: Did i miss something or do I make a typo? I’ve tried changing ‘bb_gpio.p8.in-9’ to 'bb_gpio.P8.in-9’. You can get the names of all pins with: halcmd show pin ...or a slightly filtered version by providing part of a name to match: halcmd show

Re: [Emc-users] hal configuration pin existence with home switches BBB and BeBoPr-Bridge

2014-01-10 Thread Bas de Bruijn
On 10 Jan 2014, at 21:12, Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote: On 1/10/2014 2:00 PM, Bas de Bruijn wrote: Did i miss something or do I make a typo? I’ve tried changing ‘bb_gpio.p8.in-9’ to 'bb_gpio.P8.in-9’. You can get the names of all pins with: halcmd show pin

[Emc-users] Advice on Spindle drive.

2014-01-10 Thread Greg Bentzinger
Hello fellow LCNC users; I am seeking advice of the collective hive mind on the best course of action for a machine build I have been slowly working on. Note also I am not in a rush to finish, I prefer to take as long as is needed to get it right the first time as I loath having to do things

Re: [Emc-users] Fwd: Re: Re: How do you change polarity of Step Pulses in MachineKit stepgen?

2014-01-10 Thread Chris Morley
WARNING: This is for short-term use ONLY! I expect to have updated code that will support setting the step polarity via HAL within a week or two, along with many other changes that will require significant modification to any existing configurations (but will make pin numbering a whole lot

Re: [Emc-users] Advice on Spindle drive.

2014-01-10 Thread andy pugh
On 11 January 2014 00:55, Greg Bentzinger skullwo...@yahoo.com wrote: What say you. I say that you are probably better going with the 240V 1.5kW VFD. eBay has them for £100 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251300281986?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Automation_Control_EThash=item3a82a9fe82 Or for a little more

Re: [Emc-users] Advice on Spindle drive.

2014-01-10 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/10/2014 06:55 PM, Greg Bentzinger wrote: Hello fellow LCNC users; I am seeking advice of the collective hive mind on the best course of action for a machine build I have been slowly working on. Note also I am not in a rush to finish, I prefer to take as long as is needed to get it

Re: [Emc-users] Fwd: Re: Re: How do you change polarity of Step Pulses in MachineKit stepgen?

2014-01-10 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 1/10/2014 7:49 PM, Chris Morley wrote: Looking forward to this as I have been working on BBB pages for stepconf - I will wait for your changes One of the reasons there's not much documentation for how things currently work is the pin numbering is so messed up I didn't actually want to

Re: [Emc-users] Fwd: Re: Re: How do you change polarity of Step Pulses in MachineKit stepgen?

2014-01-10 Thread andy pugh
On 11 January 2014 02:59, Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote: I think I've come up with a reasonable solution that will still work with HAL's limitations (only bit, integer, and float data types, so no strings). Wacky idea, why not add strings to HAL? (if you do, then I

Re: [Emc-users] Fwd: Re: Re: How do you change polarity of Step Pulses in MachineKit stepgen?

2014-01-10 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 1/10/2014 10:19 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 11 January 2014 02:59, Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote: I think I've come up with a reasonable solution that will still work with HAL's limitations (only bit, integer, and float data types, so no strings). Wacky idea, why not

Re: [Emc-users] MachineKit: IMG from 13 12 28

2014-01-10 Thread Mike Eitel
Charles Steinkuehler charles@... writes: On 1/10/2014 11:21 AM, Mike Eitel wrote: I also send a detailed pm to you. Some days ago. Sorry, I must have missed it. Note that I don't typically check forums, IRC, blog comments, etc. very often and the best way to reach me is via e-mail.