Re: [Emc-users] I put some pix up. See the GO704-pix link on my front page below.

2015-10-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 13 October 2015 13:56:41 Billy Huddleston wrote: > I've got to ask.. What exactly is this and what is it for? > > http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene/GO704-pix/gauge-drive-sliding-coupl >ing.jpg > > ?? Shade tree engineering, a long and proud history for an old Iowa farm kid like me.

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should not

2015-10-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 13 October 2015 12:46:56 Todd Zuercher wrote: > Maybe this might be useful? > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/remap/structure.html#sec:Adding-Predefin >ed-Named-Parameters It might be at some point, but I don't think this is it. This reds like it involves a source code pull and build.

Re: [Emc-users] Rookie question - what to get to run LinCNC easily/inexpensively

2015-10-13 Thread alex chiosso
Hi Claude. Did you tried to use a PS2 mouse and keyboard so you can disable the usb ports and see if the latency spikes are still there ? Regards Alex On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Karlsson & Wang < nicklas.karls...@karlssonwang.se> wrote: > > ... > > Have you guys found anything in

[Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should not

2015-10-13 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Trying to take advantage of the fact that named vars remain in memory and are accessable from the next program loaded, I added some code to this blanket-chest3.ngc to do exactly that, allowing me to make use of a routine that is run immediately after homing, and which returns a

Re: [Emc-users] I put some pix up. See the GO704-pix link on my front page below.

2015-10-13 Thread John Thornton
You must be a fan of Rube Goldberg! I love the gauge thingy... not being an electronics genius like you I would have drilled the bottom of the holding thingy for some pins that fit the slots in the table to register the fixture in the Y axis then put a dowel in the spindle and move to - half

Re: [Emc-users] I put some pix up. See the GO704-pix link on my front page below.

2015-10-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 13 October 2015 06:43:51 John Thornton wrote: > You must be a fan of Rube Goldberg! I love the gauge thingy... not > being an electronics genius like you I would have drilled the bottom > of the holding thingy for some pins that fit the slots in the table to > register the fixture in

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should not

2015-10-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 13 October 2015 08:40:42 andy pugh wrote: > On 13 October 2015 at 13:27, Todd Zuercher > > wrote: > > What if you tried "global" named parameters? > > #<_name> vs # > > They are program-global, not system-global. > I think persistent

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should not

2015-10-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 13 October 2015 07:29:10 andy pugh wrote: > On 13 October 2015 at 10:36, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Trying to take advantage of the fact that named vars remain in > > memory and are accessable from the next program loaded, I added some > > code to this

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should not

2015-10-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 13 October 2015 08:27:33 Todd Zuercher wrote: > What if you tried "global" named parameters? > #<_name> vs # > These are almost all global definitions, Todd: #<_jig_x> style. The only place I use # locals is in a subroutine that may modify a value and I don't want that to propagate

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should not

2015-10-13 Thread Todd Zuercher
Sorry, never mind, it looks like you already were. - Original Message - From: "Todd Zuercher" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:27:33 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should not

2015-10-13 Thread Todd Zuercher
What if you tried "global" named parameters? #<_name> vs # - Original Message - From: "Gene Heskett" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 5:36:44 AM Subject: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should not

2015-10-13 Thread andy pugh
On 13 October 2015 at 13:27, Todd Zuercher wrote: > What if you tried "global" named parameters? > #<_name> vs # They are program-global, not system-global. I think persistent numbered parameters are the way to go.

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should not

2015-10-13 Thread andy pugh
On 13 October 2015 at 10:36, Gene Heskett wrote: > Trying to take advantage of the fact that named vars remain in memory and > are accessable from the next program loaded, I added some code to this > blanket-chest3.ngc to do exactly that, It may be that that is the case, but

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should not

2015-10-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 13 October 2015 08:40:42 andy pugh wrote: > On 13 October 2015 at 13:27, Todd Zuercher > > wrote: > > What if you tried "global" named parameters? > > #<_name> vs # > > They are program-global, not system-global. > I think persistent

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should not

2015-10-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 13 October 2015 10:20:07 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 13 October 2015 08:40:42 andy pugh wrote: > > On 13 October 2015 at 13:27, Todd Zuercher > > > > wrote: > > > What if you tried "global" named parameters? > > > #<_name> vs # > > >

Re: [Emc-users] Rookie question - what to get to run LinCNC easily/inexpensively

2015-10-13 Thread Claude Zervas
Thanks Alex, I haven't tried that yet but I will (unfortunately I threw out my old PS2 keyboard and mouse a while back). - Claude On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 12:27 AM, alex chiosso wrote: > Hi Claude. > Did you tried to use a PS2 mouse and keyboard so you can disable the usb >

Re: [Emc-users] LCNC fussing when it should not

2015-10-13 Thread Todd Zuercher
Maybe this might be useful? http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/remap/structure.html#sec:Adding-Predefined-Named-Parameters - Original Message - From: "Gene Heskett" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 9:34:08 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] LCNC

Re: [Emc-users] I put some pix up. See the GO704-pix link on my front page below.

2015-10-13 Thread Billy Huddleston
I've got to ask.. What exactly is this and what is it for? http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene/GO704-pix/gauge-drive-sliding-coupling.jpg ?? On 10/13/2015 09:25 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 13 October 2015 06:43:51 John Thornton wrote: > >> You must be a fan of Rube Goldberg! I love the

Re: [Emc-users] Hostmot2 (Use two cards)

2015-10-13 Thread Jeff Epler
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 01:07:42PM +0100, andy pugh wrote: > On 12 October 2015 at 03:37, Jeff Epler wrote: > > loadrt hm2_eth config="num_encoders=1 num_pwmgens=1 num_stepgens=1 > > enable_raw=1,enable_raw=1" > > board_ip=192.168.1.123,192.168.1.122,192.168.1.121 >

Re: [Emc-users] Is the Linuxcnc Web site ok?

2015-10-13 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
Something's gone wrong with the website and our hosting provider (Dreamcast) has disabled our site. Our IT specialists have been called home from vacation and injected with caffeine for a heroic, around-the-clock debugging effort. Stay tuned for more as this breaking story develops. On

[Emc-users] Is the Linuxcnc Web site ok?

2015-10-13 Thread jrmitchellj .
I am getting "forbiden" message when I try to connect to it. It worked fine earlier today. Ray On Aug 26, 2015 12:50 AM, "Marius Liebenberg" wrote: > I changed the input spindle frequency to 200Hz and fixed the scaling. > The input frequency is given and not calculated

Re: [Emc-users] Is the Linuxcnc Web site ok?

2015-10-13 Thread Dave Cole
I just got this: Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. On 10/13/2015 7:49 PM, jrmitchellj . wrote: > I am getting "forbiden" message when I try to

Re: [Emc-users] Is the Linuxcnc Web site ok?

2015-10-13 Thread jrmitchellj .
Fyi, I can get to linuxcnc.org/docs Ray On Oct 13, 2015 5:35 PM, "Sebastian Kuzminsky" wrote: > Something's gone wrong with the website and our hosting provider > (Dreamcast) has disabled our site. Our IT specialists have been called > home from vacation and injected with

Re: [Emc-users] Rookie question - what to get to run LinCNC easily/inexpensively

2015-10-13 Thread Karlsson & Wang
> ... > Have you guys found anything in particular that might cause latency spikes > that I'm seeing? I installed 2.7-Wheezy from the pre-built live/install ISO > and I'm using the onboard video. No extra hardware besides a USB mouse and > keyboard. > Also, I'm planning to get a Mesa 5i25 so maybe