Re: [Emc-users] Conversion Suggesions?

2014-01-30 Thread Dave Cole
On 1/30/2014 7:08 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 30 January 2014 23:58, Dave Cole wrote: >> Except that if you put it on an axis and you wanted to stop, the drive >> could not apply braking torque.. > Surely there is no torque only when there is no position error. With > the slightest hint of overshoot

Re: [Emc-users] Conversion Suggesions?

2014-01-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 30 January 2014 20:28:27 Dave Cole did opine: > Except that if you put it on an axis and you wanted to stop, the drive > could not apply braking torque.. > I can't imagine that working on a servo axis. Even steppers can apply > braking torque. > > Dave I do, by making hal apply a s

Re: [Emc-users] Conversion Suggesions?

2014-01-30 Thread andy pugh
On 30 January 2014 23:58, Dave Cole wrote: > Except that if you put it on an axis and you wanted to stop, the drive > could not apply braking torque.. Surely there is no torque only when there is no position error. With the slightest hint of overshoot the motor will be applied in reverse? (unless

Re: [Emc-users] Conversion Suggesions?

2014-01-30 Thread Dave Cole
Except that if you put it on an axis and you wanted to stop, the drive could not apply braking torque.. I can't imagine that working on a servo axis. Even steppers can apply braking torque. Dave On 1/30/2014 5:44 PM, andy pugh wrote: > On 30 January 2014 22:23, Dave Cole wrote: > >> The hint

Re: [Emc-users] Conversion Suggesions?

2014-01-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 30 January 2014 18:08:38 andy pugh did opine: > On 30 January 2014 22:23, Dave Cole wrote: > > The hint is: "pot control with external 5 volt control available" > > However, it might still work. LinuxCNC can output speed-dir if needed. This is what I am doing for the spindle of my s

Re: [Emc-users] Conversion Suggesions?

2014-01-30 Thread andy pugh
On 30 January 2014 22:23, Dave Cole wrote: > The hint is: "pot control with external 5 volt control available" However, it might still work. LinuxCNC can output speed-dir if needed. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -

Re: [Emc-users] Conversion Suggesions?

2014-01-30 Thread Dave Cole
On 1/30/2014 2:44 PM, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2014-01-30 Jeshua Lacock : > >> Or perhaps this driver: >> http://www.automationtechnologiesinc.com/products-page/nema23/dc-brushless-driver-for-kl23bls-115 >> > Does anyone have experience with these drives? I have few servo motors > whose current requ

Re: [Emc-users] Gcode to a keystroke

2014-01-30 Thread Dewey Garrett
>Perhaps it has all ready been done? if you use the axis gui, it has pins: bit IN FALSE axisui.notifications-clear bit IN FALSE axisui.notifications-clear-error bit IN FALSE axisui.notifications-clear-info -- Dewey Garrett --

Re: [Emc-users] Conversion Suggesions?

2014-01-30 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2014-01-30 Jeshua Lacock : > Or perhaps this driver: > http://www.automationtechnologiesinc.com/products-page/nema23/dc-brushless-driver-for-kl23bls-115 > Does anyone have experience with these drives? I have few servo motors whose current requirements are too large for 7i39 drive, so this one lo

Re: [Emc-users] Gcode to a keystroke

2014-01-30 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Jim Wilkin wrote: > Thank you Sebastion, > > This is for my new to me EMCO compact 5 cnc lathe retrofit. > > Hey! Im currently doing three of these! I have one machine up and running w/ Mesa boards, new steppers+drivers, D525MW, and an ELO touchscreen. Only thi

Re: [Emc-users] Gcode to a keystroke

2014-01-30 Thread Jim Wilkin
Thank you Sebastion, This is for my new to me EMCO compact 5 cnc lathe retrofit. I use a lot of "o" word loops in my programs. When debugging if I get more than four messages ,they start to scroll over my tool changer information. So I thought if I could clear the messages just before I sent a

[Emc-users] PNCConf truncating metric screw pitch

2014-01-30 Thread Stephen Dubovsky
We're using Mesa 5i25+7i76s in a couple Emco stepper based machines w/ 2.5mm pitch leadscrews. PNCConf seems to be truncating that 2.5 back to 2.0 every time we revisit the step calculator page (the pop-up where you check off/enter the pulley info, step multiplier, etc.) that calculates the main s

Re: [Emc-users] Gcode to a keystroke

2014-01-30 Thread andy pugh
On 30 January 2014 15:50, Jim Wilkin wrote: > I would like to make a gcode Say G133 or M64 to perform the key stroke > ctl+space to clear the MSG and DBUG messages. > > I'm unable to find a "pin" to do this. I think Axis has this pin http://git.linuxcnc.org/gitweb?p=linuxcnc.git;a=blob;f=src/emc/

Re: [Emc-users] Gcode to a keystroke

2014-01-30 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 1/30/14 08:50 , Jim Wilkin wrote: > I would like to make a gcode Say G133 or M64 to perform the key stroke > ctl+space to clear the MSG and DBUG messages. > > I'm unable to find a "pin" to do this. > > Perhaps it has all ready been done? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. I think there's

Re: [Emc-users] Conversion Suggesions?

2014-01-30 Thread Jon Elson
On 01/30/2014 04:23 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > Automation Technology is Keling. The Automation Tech web > site is the current one. Dunno why John keeps the old site > up and running other than as a visual redirect. He ought > to scrap the entire old site and leave a dummy page with a > link to the

[Emc-users] Gcode to a keystroke

2014-01-30 Thread Jim Wilkin
I would like to make a gcode Say G133 or M64 to perform the key stroke ctl+space to clear the MSG and DBUG messages. I'm unable to find a "pin" to do this. Perhaps it has all ready been done? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Keep up the good work. Jim -

Re: [Emc-users] python interface to C

2014-01-30 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 1/30/14 08:18 , Michael Haberler wrote: > Josiah, > > Am 30.01.2014 um 15:41 schrieb Josiah Morgan : > >> I have created python script which I have linuxcnc automatically launch via >> hal loadusr. >> this python script controls the majority of everything linuxcnc does to >> make it very specifi

Re: [Emc-users] Tormach mill, unique design or Chinese inside?

2014-01-30 Thread Kirk Wallace
On 01/29/2014 11:10 PM, Len Shelton wrote: ... snip > It may be true that Tormach designed the casting, although I don't see > much need to as there are many existing slug designs. Then it would be a Chinese machine with Tormach's name on it. It's a Tormach machine which happens to be made in C

Re: [Emc-users] python interface to C

2014-01-30 Thread Michael Haberler
Josiah, Am 30.01.2014 um 15:41 schrieb Josiah Morgan : > I have created python script which I have linuxcnc automatically launch via > hal loadusr. > this python script controls the majority of everything linuxcnc does to > make it very specific to what I need for my given scenario using the > fu

[Emc-users] python interface to C

2014-01-30 Thread Josiah Morgan
I have created python script which I have linuxcnc automatically launch via hal loadusr. this python script controls the majority of everything linuxcnc does to make it very specific to what I need for my given scenario using the functionality described here: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/common/py

Re: [Emc-users] Conversion Suggesions?

2014-01-30 Thread Mark Wendt
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Jeshua Lacock wrote: > > > >> Interesting - yeah works out to around the same price and would be a > infinity better set up. > > Well, checking on Automation Tech, the same motor is listed at > > $78, I think. So, I don't know if Keling will honor the $52 price >

Re: [Emc-users] Tormach mill, unique design or Chinese inside?

2014-01-30 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 01:10:09 -0600, you wrote: >It may be true that Tormach designed the casting, although I don't see >much need to as there are many existing slug designs. They probably did >design the sheet metal. But the spindle, belts, pulleys, electronics, >motors, ball screws, couplers,