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

2014-04-07 Thread Peter Blodow
Am 04.04.2014 14:46, schrieb Gene Heskett: yeah, and I've been looking for the any key for 30 years. Haven't found a new keyboard with one of them yet. Cheers, Gene Gene, The Any Key is on the PC case outside, right beside the small red lamp, sometimes labelled R. Pressing will always bring

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

2014-04-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 07 April 2014 05:36:49 Peter Blodow did opine: Am 04.04.2014 14:46, schrieb Gene Heskett: yeah, and I've been looking for the any key for 30 years. Haven't found a new keyboard with one of them yet. Cheers, Gene Gene, The Any Key is on the PC case outside, right beside the

[Emc-users] Remapping problem with higher feeds

2014-04-07 Thread Rod Fitzsimmons Frey
Hi! I'm having some issues with remapping M6 when I up my feed rates. My program works great at 750mm/min, but when I up it to 2000mm/min I get this error: M7x: restore_settings failed executing: ' F2000.0': Queue is not empty after tool change It will happen a few hundred commands into the

Re: [Emc-users] Remapping problem with higher feeds

2014-04-07 Thread Michael Haberler
Am 07.04.2014 um 17:52 schrieb Rod Fitzsimmons Frey rodf...@gmail.com: Hi! I'm having some issues with remapping M6 when I up my feed rates. My program works great at 750mm/min, but when I up it to 2000mm/min I get this error: M7x: restore_settings failed executing: ' F2000.0': Queue is

Re: [Emc-users] Remapping problem with higher feeds

2014-04-07 Thread Rod Fitzsimmons Frey
Thanks Michael. Here's the relevant files https://gist.github.com/rodfrey/10024205 It works well until I exceed 1200mm/min on any section of my program. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.atwrote: Am 07.04.2014 um 17:52 schrieb Rod Fitzsimmons Frey

Re: [Emc-users] Remapping problem with higher feeds

2014-04-07 Thread Michael Haberler
Am 07.04.2014 um 19:06 schrieb Rod Fitzsimmons Frey rodf...@gmail.com: Thanks Michael. Here's the relevant files https://gist.github.com/rodfrey/10024205 My gut feeling is - some odd interaction between the M73 and the fact that you do a queuebuster here would you try and remove the M73

Re: [Emc-users] Remapping problem with higher feeds

2014-04-07 Thread Rod Fitzsimmons Frey
Thanks Michael. That fixed things, with no apparent ill effects on positioning, etc. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at wrote: Am 07.04.2014 um 19:06 schrieb Rod Fitzsimmons Frey rodf...@gmail.com: Thanks Michael. Here's the relevant files

Re: [Emc-users] Remapping problem with higher feeds

2014-04-07 Thread Billy Huddleston
I'm using M73, what do you consider a queue buster ? I want to make sure I don't have this issue.. On 04/07/2014 01:46 PM, Rod Fitzsimmons Frey wrote: Thanks Michael. That fixed things, with no apparent ill effects on positioning, etc. On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Michael Haberler

Re: [Emc-users] Remapping problem with higher feeds

2014-04-07 Thread Michael Haberler
Am 07.04.2014 um 19:46 schrieb Rod Fitzsimmons Frey rodf...@gmail.com: Thanks Michael. That fixed things, with no apparent ill effects on positioning, etc. hm, I would still like to understand the causality here. I am fairly sure it has to do with the way the interpreter deals with a

Re: [Emc-users] Beagleboard Black and Machinekit on eMMc

2014-04-07 Thread Jeff
Hi,   An FYI about the 2GB eMMC on the BBB.  It looks like some future version will have a 4GB eMMC.  The following is from the beagleboene black page: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Revision_C_.28Pending.29

[Emc-users] Gmoccapy Screen Artifact and Soft Limit Question

2014-04-07 Thread Matt Shaver
I'm working with gmoccapy and there is a _long_ number displayed in the Tool information area of the screen. See: http://imagebin.org/304304 Anyone have an idea of what this could be? It doesn't happen when I run sim/gmoccapy, so it must be something in my configuration, but I'd love a clue :)

Re: [Emc-users] Gmoccapy Screen Artifact and Soft Limit Question

2014-04-07 Thread Marius Liebenberg
Matt You have to look at the [TRAJ] section of the ini file and change the entry MAX_LINEAR_VELOCITY = xxx to MAX_VELOCITY = xxx Did you have a look at the wiki for Gmoccapy regarding the soft Limit? I cannot help with that as I have not tested it yet but if it is not in the wiki, Norbert will

Re: [Emc-users] Gmoccapy Screen Artifact and Soft Limit Question

2014-04-07 Thread Matt Shaver
On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 22:30:03 +0200 Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: You have to look at the [TRAJ] section of the ini file and change the entry MAX_LINEAR_VELOCITY = xxx to MAX_VELOCITY = xxx THANKS! This fixed the screen artifact problem! Did you have a look at the wiki for

Re: [Emc-users] Caution for users using linuxcnc master and Mesa Stepgen

2014-04-07 Thread andy pugh
I have pushed what I believe to be a fix for this issue to the 2.6 branch. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto -- Put Bad Developers to Shame Dominate Development with Jenkins

Re: [Emc-users] Remapping problem with higher feeds

2014-04-07 Thread Rod Fitzsimmons Frey
I'll file a bug report, sure, if you think it's a bug... I usually assume operator error so I don't start with bug reports. :D On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Michael Haberler mai...@mah.priv.at wrote: Am 07.04.2014 um 19:46 schrieb Rod Fitzsimmons Frey rodf...@gmail.com: Thanks Michael.

[Emc-users] Cincinnati Milacron T3-426 and LinuxCNC

2014-04-07 Thread L Mars
Hello, I'm wondering if someone on this list has experience using LinuxCNC with Cincinnati Milacron T3 arms? The arm is, specifically, a Cincinnati Milacron T3-426 Industrial Robot. The existing controller is not easy to interface with - its main data port is a tape drive connector; thus my

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Milacron T3-426 and LinuxCNC

2014-04-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 07 April 2014 23:23:40 L Mars did opine: Hello, I'm wondering if someone on this list has experience using LinuxCNC with Cincinnati Milacron T3 arms? The arm is, specifically, a Cincinnati Milacron T3-426 Industrial Robot. The existing controller is not easy to interface with - its

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Milacron T3-426 and LinuxCNC

2014-04-07 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Describe the machine geometrically then write forward and inverse kinematics. This will allow you to program motion using gcode. On Apr 7, 2014 10:18 PM, L Mars archimedespi3...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm wondering if someone on this list has experience using LinuxCNC with Cincinnati Milacron

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Milacron T3-426 and LinuxCNC

2014-04-07 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On 04/07/2014 10:10 PM, L Mars wrote: Hello, I'm wondering if someone on this list has experience using LinuxCNC with Cincinnati Milacron T3 arms? The arm is, specifically, a Cincinnati Milacron T3-426 Industrial Robot. The existing controller is not easy to interface with - its main data

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Milacron T3-426 and LinuxCNC

2014-04-07 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On Monday 07 April 2014 23:23:40 L Mars did opine: Hello, I'm wondering if someone on this list has experience using LinuxCNC with Cincinnati Milacron T3 arms? The arm is, specifically, a Cincinnati Milacron T3-426 Industrial Robot. The existing controller is not easy to interface with - its

Re: [Emc-users] Cincinnati Milacron T3-426 and LinuxCNC

2014-04-07 Thread TJoseph Powderly
On Monday 07 April 2014 23:23:40 L Mars did opine: Hello, I'm wondering if someone on this list has experience using LinuxCNC with Cincinnati Milacron T3 arms? The arm is, specifically, a Cincinnati Milacron T3-426 Industrial Robot. The existing controller is not easy to interface with - its

Re: [Emc-users] Gmoccapy Screen Artifact and Soft Limit Question

2014-04-07 Thread Marius Liebenberg
On 2014-04-08 00:00, Matt Shaver wrote: On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 22:30:03 +0200 Marius Liebenberg mar...@mastercut.co.za wrote: You have to look at the [TRAJ] section of the ini file and change the entry MAX_LINEAR_VELOCITY = xxx to MAX_VELOCITY = xxx THANKS! This fixed the screen artifact

Re: [Emc-users] Caution for users using linuxcnc master and Mesa Stepgen

2014-04-07 Thread Michael Haberler
Andy, Am 08.04.2014 um 01:46 schrieb andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: I have pushed what I believe to be a fix for this issue to the 2.6 branch. thanks for this patch! just to make sure I understand this right, since I have this issue: my config line used to read: loadrt hm2_pci