Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Ed
On 04/04/2014 04:18 AM, Russell Brown wrote: > > As a counterbalance to the brickbats flying around, I'd just like to say > thanks for putting your head over the top and making a decision. > > Even if it doesn't have everything people want in it (when would it?), > the mere fact that there is a new

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Charles Buckley
One functionality I would like to see is an integrated repository manager within LinuxCNC itself. That way, people could point to repositories for designs and downloads. Granted, a different use case than for the application itself, which has to use the software repository manager provided by the

Re: [Emc-users] Orient Component questions.

2014-04-04 Thread Billy Huddleston
The on in the simulator? If so, Yes, I've looked at it.. but, it's not very helpful.. doesn't even load the rtl component or anything.. if another live config exists.. I've not found it.. On 04/04/2014 05:12 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 4/4/14 15:07 , Billy Huddleston wrote: >> Working

Re: [Emc-users] Orient Component questions.

2014-04-04 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 4/4/14 15:07 , Billy Huddleston wrote: > Working on the toolchanger script. We need ability to orient the spindle > correctly. Supposedly this Orient component is suppose to do that.. > > http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man9/orient.9.html > > However, I find little to no examples

[Emc-users] Orient Component questions.

2014-04-04 Thread Billy Huddleston
Working on the toolchanger script. We need ability to orient the spindle correctly. Supposedly this Orient component is suppose to do that.. http://www.linuxcnc.org/docs/devel/html/man/man9/orient.9.html However, I find little to no examples of it being used in practice. The SIM for it is les

[Emc-users] 5i24?

2014-04-04 Thread Viesturs Lācis
Hello! I saw in Mesa homepage that there is 5i24 board. According to its manual it seems like a possible drop-in replacement of 5i23 card, if correct firmware is provided. Is it supported by LinuxCNC (hostmot2 driver)? Viesturs -

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Michał Geszkiewicz
W dniu 03.04.2014 22:26, Philipp Burch pisze: >> >> I understand, 7i80 support requires realtime ethernet, which requires >> rt-preempt or xenomai. >> >> I'm optimistic that the LinuxCNC developer community will continue to >> work on adding support for these realtime systems, and that when it's >>

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Mark Tucker
The company i used to work for used to have a cnc with a "plopper" button. The boss would often come over and say "plop a hole here and plop a slot there". But i never found it?:-\ On 04/04/14 13:17, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > - Even if it doesn't have everything people want in it (when would - it

[Emc-users] Somebody has been listening, thank you.

2014-04-04 Thread Gene Heskett
I just setup the rigidtap.ngc similar to what disclosed the bug in 2.5.3, where the z axis would stop at the sw limit as it plunged the g33.1 motion, while the spindle continued on, either breaking the tap, or pulling it out of the chuck and then jamming it back in. With the 2.6.0-sim from versi

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Dave Cole
On 4/4/2014 8:59 AM, John Kasunich wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Dave Cole wrote: >> I understand that everyone wants things to be easy to use. But if a >> single click install is the requirement for a CNC application, the user >> will be woefully disappointing when the CNC cards a

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread John Kasunich
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > > I understand that everyone wants things to be easy to use. But if a > single click install is the requirement for a CNC application, the user > will be woefully disappointing when the CNC cards and components don't > just "plug and play

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Dave Cole
> You're right. Following the Mac philosophy, the user needs to be able to go > to a single, easily found, place, and double click on an icon or filename, > and the file should download then install itself. > In fact, if there was a double-click installation of Ubuntu 12 and LinuxCNC > that wou

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Dave Cole
IMO, the new 12.04 "software center" has some big usability problems compared to the Synaptic Mgr. Synaptic package manager is clearly a different package which can be loaded via the "software center", then you can ignore the "software center" and get back to work! :-) I shuddered when I saw the

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 04 April 2014 09:08:48 Mark Wendt did opine: > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 04 April 2014 08:45:04 Stuart Stevenson did opine: > > > - Even if it doesn't have everything people want in it (when would - > > > it?) > > > > > > NEVER - the more it can

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Mark Wendt
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 04 April 2014 08:45:04 Stuart Stevenson did opine: > > > - Even if it doesn't have everything people want in it (when would - > > it?) > > > > NEVER - the more it can do the more dreams of what it could do > > > > - Anything more tha

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 04 April 2014 08:45:04 Stuart Stevenson did opine: > - Even if it doesn't have everything people want in it (when would - > it?) > > NEVER - the more it can do the more dreams of what it could do > > - Anything more than that, and I'm guessing the average > - non-guru user will pass it

Re: [Emc-users] probe program

2014-04-04 Thread andy pugh
On 4 April 2014 02:12, lloyd wilson wrote: > There is one reference in the > wiki to a program called emcProbe, which is dated 2005. No (at least on > the first few pages) references to that program show up on internet > searches, and no alternatives show up in the wiki or on the forum. Have a lo

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Mark Wendt
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:14 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > I splurged and bought my first SSD and did a fresh install of 14.04. > > sam > Ah, okay. I've done upgrades in the past and had issues during the upgrade. just curious to see if you'd done it and had any. Thanks, Mark -

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Stuart Stevenson
- Even if it doesn't have everything people want in it (when would - it?) NEVER - the more it can do the more dreams of what it could do - Anything more than that, and I'm guessing the average - non-guru user will pass it by and find some other package - that says it installs easily. then gripe

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread sam sokolik
I splurged and bought my first SSD and did a fresh install of 14.04. sam On 4/4/2014 7:07 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 7:56 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > >> I had mentioned in a previous email - the new 'package manager' in 12.04 >> and newer is 'ubuntu software center' It seems to

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Mark Wendt
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 7:56 AM, sam sokolik wrote: > I had mentioned in a previous email - the new 'package manager' in 12.04 > and newer is 'ubuntu software center' It seems to have the similar > functionality as synaptic. (search for stuff, add repositories..) > > http://imagebin.org/303764

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread sam sokolik
I had mentioned in a previous email - the new 'package manager' in 12.04 and newer is 'ubuntu software center' It seems to have the similar functionality as synaptic. (search for stuff, add repositories..) http://imagebin.org/303764 (atleast it has done everything I have asked) sam On 04/

Re: [Emc-users] probe program

2014-04-04 Thread lloyd wilson
Thanks - I thought I had seen one (shouldn't try to remember fleeting technology references after the evening's glass of theraputic pinot!) On 04/03/2014 11:08 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 04/03/2014 07:12 PM, lloyd wilson wrote: >> A requirement has popped up for digitizing an object, so

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Mark Wendt
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Dave Cole wrote: > > > Andy, I think you are being nice regarding Unity. Someone smoked too > much of something and then continued to code anyway when they did > Unity. Synaptic Manager does not come along with 12.04, I had to > install it. (A glaring ommision

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Marcus Bowman
On 4 Apr 2014, at 10:17, andy pugh wrote: > On 4 April 2014 05:56, Marius Liebenberg wrote: >> I would have put the likes of yourself into the guru class not what I do :) > > Well, I have a shared git repository on my Mac exported through NFS / > avahi and auto-mounted by the several different

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread Russell Brown
Quoth Sebastian Kuzminsky. >> Who made decision about not including ubc and when? > >As release manager, I did. It was a few days before i made the 2.6 >branch announcement. > >> Where are the emails that invite developers to irc meeting to vote this? > >There were none - as release manager i

Re: [Emc-users] Announcing the LinuxCNC 2.6 branch

2014-04-04 Thread andy pugh
On 4 April 2014 05:56, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > I would have put the likes of yourself into the guru class not what I do :) Well, I have a shared git repository on my Mac exported through NFS / avahi and auto-mounted by the several different Linux boxes. I WoL the box I want to update, check ou

Re: [Emc-users] [ANNOUNCE] Machinekit project

2014-04-04 Thread Prof. Ernesto Lo Valvo
On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 04:26:41PM +0200, Michael Haberler wrote: > We are pleased to announce the formation of the Machinekit project [1][2][3]. Great news! I have already used the MachineKit project to improve the NURBS machining on BeagleBone Black. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxfehWy