Re: [Emc-users] G540, 5i25, missing steps, once again.

2014-08-22 Thread Ben Potter
From: John Alexander Stewart Sent: 22 August 2014 14:29 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] G540, 5i25, missing steps, once again. >> Ben, Riccardo; >> Maybe I have to re-think this issue on my G540. Been off doing other things recently, so no more work done on my mill. >> Q: no documents close by, so ma

Re: [Emc-users] G540, 5i25, missing steps, once again.

2014-08-22 Thread andy pugh
On 22 August 2014 14:29, John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Q: no documents close by, so maybe a dumb question. How did you invert the > step outputs? With software step generation you either tick the "invert" box in stepconf, or add a line to the HAL. ( http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/parallel_po

Re: [Emc-users] G540, 5i25, missing steps, once again.

2014-08-22 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 22 August 2014 09:29:21 John Alexander Stewart did opine And Gene did reply: > Ben, Riccardo; > > Maybe I have to re-think this issue on my G540. Been off doing other > things recently, so no more work done on my mill. > > Q: no documents close by, so maybe a dumb question. How did you

Re: [Emc-users] G540, 5i25, missing steps, once again.

2014-08-22 Thread Bryce Johnson
My old thread: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/38373 On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Bryce Johnson wrote: > I had had similiar issues quite awhile back. Looking at my my ini. I have > DIRSETUP = 400 > DIRHOLD = 400 > STEPLEN = 5000 > STEPSPACE = 5000 > > > On Fri

Re: [Emc-users] G540, 5i25, missing steps, once again.

2014-08-22 Thread Bryce Johnson
I had had similiar issues quite awhile back. Looking at my my ini. I have DIRSETUP = 400 DIRHOLD = 400 STEPLEN = 5000 STEPSPACE = 5000 On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 8:29 AM, John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Ben, Riccardo; > > Maybe I have to re-think this issue on my G540. Been off doing other > thi

Re: [Emc-users] G540, 5i25, missing steps, once again.

2014-08-22 Thread John Alexander Stewart
Ben, Riccardo; Maybe I have to re-think this issue on my G540. Been off doing other things recently, so no more work done on my mill. Q: no documents close by, so maybe a dumb question. How did you invert the step outputs? Q2: What timing parameters are you using? (steplen, stepspace, dirhold,

Re: [Emc-users] HSMXpress

2014-08-22 Thread David Armstrong
not that i know of , although the standard fanuc one is very close , if you dont find one , i'll make one in the next few days let me know if you find one , will save me work too On 22 August 2014 01:22, jrmitchellj . wrote: > Is anybody using HSMXpress for Solidworks or Inventor? > And if so,