Re: [Emc-users] Carousel Component

2015-11-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 02 November 2015 13:13:34 andy pugh wrote: > On 2 November 2015 at 17:30, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Suggested changes to make position work? > > Pretty picture here: > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SpindleOrient > > You might well be able to use spindle.hal from that vmc_toolch

Re: [Emc-users] Linux Mint

2015-11-02 Thread Allen
Just curious folks, why would you use these other Desktops instead of the one in Wheezy? (Just in case I'm missing something). Thanks On 11/2/2015 6:15 PM, Todd Zuercher wrote: > I have already installed the Mate desktop on to a stock Wheezy Linuxcnc > install. I'm probably going to do this wi

Re: [Emc-users] Linux Mint

2015-11-02 Thread Todd Zuercher
I have already installed the Mate desktop on to a stock Wheezy Linuxcnc install. I'm probably going to do this with most of my new installs from now on. It was a relatively painless installation. https://wiki.debian.org/Mate The same can also be done with Cinnamon. - Original Message

Re: [Emc-users] Linux Mint

2015-11-02 Thread Chris Morley
> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > From: j...@gnipsel.com > Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 14:26:43 -0600 > Subject: [Emc-users] Linux Mint > > I have Linux Mint 17.2 and like the interface, are there any > instructions on how to patch the kernel for real time? I ran uname -r > and it reports 3.16

Re: [Emc-users] Linux Mint

2015-11-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 November 2015 at 20:26, John Thornton wrote: > I have Linux Mint 17.2 and like the interface, If it is just the Interface, why not Install Mate on a LinuxCNC Wheezy liveCD install? http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/download -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Man

Re: [Emc-users] Linux Mint

2015-11-02 Thread Moses McKnight
What kind of realtime kernel do you want? I have a couple of PREEMPT-RT kernels built, but have not worked with RTAI kernels for it. On 11/02/2015 02:26 PM, John Thornton wrote: > I have Linux Mint 17.2 and like the interface, are there any > instructions on how to patch the kernel for real tim

[Emc-users] Linux Mint

2015-11-02 Thread John Thornton
I have Linux Mint 17.2 and like the interface, are there any instructions on how to patch the kernel for real time? I ran uname -r and it reports 3.16.0-38 generic in 17.2. Cinnamon and Mate seem to be the best for me, I could not figure out where the turn off button was in XFCE lol. Finally fo

Re: [Emc-users] Carousel Component

2015-11-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 November 2015 at 17:30, Gene Heskett wrote: > Suggested changes to make position work? Pretty picture here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SpindleOrient You might well be able to use spindle.hal from that vmc_toolchange config directly (which is a HAL implementation of that logic)

Re: [Emc-users] Carousel Component

2015-11-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 02 November 2015 10:28:13 andy pugh wrote: > On 2 November 2015 at 15:08, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Also, that example includes spindle orient. You might want to > >> consider a spindle orient commands rather than a spindle start > >> command. > > > > I've no clue how a velocity servo co

Re: [Emc-users] Carousel Component

2015-11-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 November 2015 at 15:08, Gene Heskett wrote: >> Also, that example includes spindle orient. You might want to consider >> a spindle orient commands rather than a spindle start command. > > I've no clue how a velocity servo could do that neatly because of the > inevitable variations in bearing

Re: [Emc-users] Carousel Component

2015-11-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 02 November 2015 05:12:32 andy pugh wrote: > On 2 November 2015 at 02:26, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Found it! That is a quite simplified version that assumes some > > unseen mechanism to run the drawbar, and a straight out the side of > > the wheel exit strategy. > > Yes, that is how the

Re: [Emc-users] Carousel Component

2015-11-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 November 2015 at 13:16, wrote: > What does the carousel.0.state number define, what does it mean? It shows where the system is in the alignment sequence. It will only really make sense looking at the code: http://git.linuxcnc.org/gitweb?p=linuxcnc.git;a=blob;f=src/hal/components/carousel.c

Re: [Emc-users] Carousel Component

2015-11-02 Thread rick
> Original Message > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Carousel Component > From: andy pugh > Date: Fri, October 30, 2015 1:22 pm > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > > > On 30 October 2015 at 16:10, Rick Lair wrote: > > I don't have the dev package installed, I just downlo

Re: [Emc-users] Carousel Component

2015-11-02 Thread andy pugh
On 2 November 2015 at 02:26, Gene Heskett wrote: > Found it! That is a quite simplified version that assumes some unseen > mechanism to run the drawbar, and a straight out the side of the wheel > exit strategy. Yes, that is how the demo is set up, but the actual sequence is set by a G-code subro