Re: [Emc-users] Another 5i25-7i76 question - spindle encoder this time.

2014-10-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 October 2014 03:14, John Alexander Stewart ivatt...@gmail.com wrote: I see nothing - no counts, no action on the input. It might be worth looking at the A-input pin as GPIO, just to make sure that it is working electrically. (GPIO 16, or possibly 33 depending on which header you are on) --

Re: [Emc-users] Emco 140 lathe retrofit

2014-10-02 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 25.09.14 15:21, Bjørn Kristiansen wrote: Hello. I have a Emcoturn 140 lathe. i am going to use linuxcnc for retrofitting, and i will use the 5 ph stepper drives. but does anyone know anything about step timing for these drives? Hej Bjørn, If your stepper drives aren't here:

[Emc-users] Documentation auto-generation [Was: Tuning a spindle servo]

2014-10-02 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 22.09.14 12:34, andy pugh wrote: On 22 September 2014 12:22, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: IMO an example usage stanza should be shown. Most of the component manpages are auto-generated by comp, but in many cases it is hard for comp to auto-generate a valid usage example. A

[Emc-users] Problem with 5i25 on D525MW

2014-10-02 Thread Andrew
Hello, I've been retrofitting an old lathe with LInuxCNC. An old 9-step electromagnetic gearbox was replaced with Toshiba VFS-11, old asyncronous servo motors got replaced with a couple of newer servos in position mode. Thus I use 5i25+7i76 on D525MW. First I successfully set up the VFD for

Re: [Emc-users] Documentation auto-generation [Was: Tuning a spindle servo]

2014-10-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 October 2014 12:33, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: A commonly used tool for auto-generating documentation from code is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxygen I am fairly sure that halcompile (nee comp) does this for LinuxCNC components. As I said, we would need a new

Re: [Emc-users] Tuning a spindle servo

2014-10-02 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 22.09.14 13:31, Gregg Eshelman wrote: Instructions that assume prior knowledge of something, or do not have pointers as to where else in the instructions (or online) all required information can be found are often not much better than no instructions at all. Traditionally, most manpages

Re: [Emc-users] Tuning a spindle servo

2014-10-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 October 2014 13:15, Erik Christiansen dva...@internode.on.net wrote: As for pointers as to ... all required information, I suspect that our doughty¹ developers are thinking Use the wiki, Luke., after all, that is the pointers as to ... all [available] information Actually, the Wiki is (I

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with 5i25 on D525MW

2014-10-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 October 2014 12:41, Andrew pkm...@gmail.com wrote: The next day I powered up the PC and Z servo drive (but not VFD), the PC started booting. I remember the boot log appearing and then suddenly the screen gets black. Since then no picture from that PC, even no bios logo. I checked the

Re: [Emc-users] Another 5i25-7i76 question - spindle encoder this time.

2014-10-02 Thread John Alexander Stewart
Two great ideas - I'll be in my workshop after work to have a peek. Thank you - John A. Stewart. -- Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with 5i25 on D525MW

2014-10-02 Thread John Alexander Stewart
Andrew - I have 3 D525MWs, two with Mesa 5i25 cards. One's been in operation for almost 2 years, the other is a new install that I'm completing. Not being an expert in this area, but I did purchase a small switching supply for field power, (12v in my case) and I have another 5v one for analogue

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with 5i25 on D525MW

2014-10-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 October 2014 13:32, John Alexander Stewart ivatt...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if the PC power supply is in trouble? Can you test the 5i25 ...without the 5i25 cards? I had a problem where the D510 wouldn't boot at all with certain PCI riser cards. it took me 3 attempts to find one that

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with 5i25 on D525MW

2014-10-02 Thread Andrew
2014-10-02 15:19 GMT+03:00 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 2 October 2014 12:41, Andrew pkm...@gmail.com wrote: The next day I powered up the PC and Z servo drive (but not VFD), the PC started booting. I remember the boot log appearing and then suddenly the screen gets black. Since then

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with 5i25 on D525MW

2014-10-02 Thread Andrew
2014-10-02 15:32 GMT+03:00 John Alexander Stewart ivatt...@gmail.com: Andrew - I have 3 D525MWs, two with Mesa 5i25 cards. One's been in operation for almost 2 years, the other is a new install that I'm completing. Not being an expert in this area, but I did purchase a small switching

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with 5i25 on D525MW

2014-10-02 Thread Andrew
2014-10-02 15:36 GMT+03:00 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: On 2 October 2014 13:32, John Alexander Stewart ivatt...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder if the PC power supply is in trouble? Can you test the 5i25 ...without the 5i25 cards? I had a problem where the D510 wouldn't boot at all with

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC Meeting Stuttgart, Germany 2014

2014-10-02 Thread alex chiosso
Hi Christian . So the Meeting will be on October 25th and 26th , ins't it ? I'm planning to be there . I would like to be on site since Friday 24th early afternoon is it possible ? I can help you to prepare the site if you want or whatever else you need to do for the Meeting. If something is

Re: [Emc-users] Problem with 5i25 on D525MW

2014-10-02 Thread Dave Cole
I used 12V from PC for 7i76 field power (is it wrong?). In general Yes, but I have done it before to power external 12 volt devices. However, you should really use a separate power supply for field power. If you have a switch turning a relay or coil on and off that is connected to the 12 volt

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-02 Thread alex chiosso
Hi to all. After a few days and no answer at all I have to deduce that the argument is not interesting. :-( I've checked out the jump functionality (within the G code) used from several CNCs on the market (Fanuc,Siemens ,Heidenhain,Fagor ...) and it is present. Believe it or not this is really

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 October 2014 17:59, alex chiosso achio...@gmail.com wrote: I've checked out the jump functionality (within the G code) used from several CNCs on the market (Fanuc,Siemens ,Heidenhain,Fagor ...) and it is present. Nearly every other programming language either does not have a jump/goto or

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-02 Thread Marcus Bowman
On 2 Oct 2014, at 18:32, andy pugh wrote: On 2 October 2014 17:59, alex chiosso achio...@gmail.com wrote: I've checked out the jump functionality (within the G code) used from several CNCs on the market (Fanuc,Siemens ,Heidenhain,Fagor ...) and it is present. Nearly every other

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-02 Thread Jack Coats
IMHO, GOTOs aren't bad. They are used poorly. Most situations they are not needed, but in languages without do-while or do-until type loops, they do help. I am not advocating use of GOTOs or similar technologies (one guy suggested a 'COMEFROM' ... some tek ideas don't every fly). But using it

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-02 Thread Bruce Layne
I was a bit surprised to see that LinuxCNC didn't have an unconditional jump, ie a GOTO. I chalked it up to LinuxCNC being written by programmers, and the structured programming Nazis have beaten it into their heads that GOTO statements are evil, and only stupid BASIC spaghetti programmers

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-02 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 10/2/2014 8:33 PM, Bruce Layne wrote: way back in 1978. I had read the entire textbook the summer before my freshman year. Near the end of the class, I used a GOTO in one of my programming assignments. The teaching assistant went nuts. My PL/C program was returned, and she had circled

Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps .

2014-10-02 Thread Chris Morley
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 22:33:53 -0400 From: linux...@thinkingdevices.com To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Uncondiftional , Conditional Program Jumps . I was a bit surprised to see that LinuxCNC didn't have an unconditional jump, ie a GOTO. I chalked it up to