Re: [Emc-users] Fiber optic control for CNC

2017-04-21 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Such exists. It's called TOSLINK. It's used for digital audio but should be adaptable to other sorts of digital optical communication. On Thursday, April 20, 2017, 12:58:32 PM MDT, Gene Heskett wrote:On Thursday 20 April 2017 11:22:03 Todd Zuercher wrote: > Fanuc has been using fiber optic co

[Emc-users] how to configure motors in pncconf?

2017-04-21 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
Hello, I am trying to configure motors in pncconf with 7i76 board, I have selected the tab 'connector 2' and then selected a X-Axis StepGen which shows a StepGen-A and DirGen-B, but testing the motor with the panel it doesn'tg move. is this the right thing to do? Thanks

Re: [Emc-users] Fiber optic control for CNC

2017-04-21 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 20.04.17 14:51, Gene Heskett wrote: > The led makers have now had 40+ years to design such a package, and I > fail to understand why it has not happened. Somewhere near the bottom of my junkbox is an envelope with a pair of Siemens opto-link (real product name long forgotten) devices, which ca

Re: [Emc-users] how to configure motors in pncconf?

2017-04-21 Thread andy pugh
On 21 April 2017 at 09:23, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > Hello, > I am trying to configure motors in pncconf with 7i76 board, > I have selected the tab 'connector 2' and then selected a X-Axis StepGen > which shows a StepGen-A and DirGen-B, but testing the motor with the > panel it doesn'tg move. is

Re: [Emc-users] how to configure motors in pncconf?

2017-04-21 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Fri, 2017-04-21 at 09:57 +0100, andy pugh wrote: > On 21 April 2017 at 09:23, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > Hello, > > I am trying to configure motors in pncconf with 7i76 board, > > I have selected the tab 'connector 2' and then selected a X-Axis StepGen > > which shows a StepGen-A and DirGen-

Re: [Emc-users] how to configure motors in pncconf?

2017-04-21 Thread andy pugh
On 21 April 2017 at 10:36, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > it is locked, that means current is flowing through the windings. Indeed, and also means that the drive is probably ready to move, but not seeing step-pulses. With the test window open, open a terminal and type halcmd loadusr halmeter pi

Re: [Emc-users] how to configure motors in pncconf?

2017-04-21 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Fri, 2017-04-21 at 11:03 +0100, andy pugh wrote: > On 21 April 2017 at 10:36, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > > > it is locked, that means current is flowing through the windings. > > Indeed, and also means that the drive is probably ready to move, but > not seeing step-pulses. > > With the

Re: [Emc-users] Fiber optic control for CNC

2017-04-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 20 April 2017 23:54:53 Danny Miller wrote: > Leadshine drives input/output are not just opto, they're differential. > i.e. the step signal has 2 wires and dir has 2 wires, there's no > common ground or common anode. So they're not just galvoisolated from > the pulse source, but from e

Re: [Emc-users] Fiber optic control for CNC

2017-04-21 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 21 April 2017 04:53:14 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 20.04.17 14:51, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The led makers have now had 40+ years to design such a package, and > > I fail to understand why it has not happened. > > Somewhere near the bottom of my junkbox is an envelope with a pair of > S

Re: [Emc-users] how to configure motors in pncconf?

2017-04-21 Thread andy pugh
On 21 April 2017 at 11:45, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > The X stepgen is show as 5 in the tab, and as > hm2_5i25.0.stepgen.05.counts in the test window, and it is changing > while I press the movement button I think this is the problem. https://github.com/LinuxCNC/hostmot2-firmware/blob/master/sr

Re: [Emc-users] how to configure motors in pncconf?

2017-04-21 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Fri, 2017-04-21 at 11:56 +0100, andy pugh wrote: > On 21 April 2017 at 11:45, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > The X stepgen is show as 5 in the tab, and as > > hm2_5i25.0.stepgen.05.counts in the test window, and it is changing > > while I press the movement button > > I think this is the proble

Re: [Emc-users] how to configure motors in pncconf?

2017-04-21 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Fri, 2017-04-21 at 13:43 +0200, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > On Fri, 2017-04-21 at 11:56 +0100, andy pugh wrote: > > On 21 April 2017 at 11:45, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > The X stepgen is show as 5 in the tab, and as > > > hm2_5i25.0.stepgen.05.counts in the test window, and it is changing

Re: [Emc-users] how to configure motors in pncconf?

2017-04-21 Thread andy pugh
On 21 April 2017 at 12:43, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > the current parameters are, step on-time 3000, step space 3000, dir hold > 5000, dir setup 5000 > > ok, that's a little step forward :-) It is rarely necessary to make the step and space lengths as short as possible, you tend to run into phy

Re: [Emc-users] Slide covers

2017-04-21 Thread Todd Zuercher
If you can get the surface clean enough for it to stick, packing tape works works ok for patching up holes a an old way cover. (for "temporary") - Original Message - From: "Gene Heskett" To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 3:19:22 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users

Re: [Emc-users] Fiber optic control for CNC

2017-04-21 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 21.04.17 06:57, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Friday 21 April 2017 04:53:14 Erik Christiansen wrote: > > At Digi-key, this Broadcom offering looks just like one end: > > > > https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/broadcom-limited/SP63858 > >/516-2872-ND/2220931 > > > Neat. North of $12? No wa

Re: [Emc-users] how to configure motors in pncconf?

2017-04-21 Thread Valerio Bellizzomi
On Fri, 2017-04-21 at 12:53 +0100, andy pugh wrote: > On 21 April 2017 at 12:43, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote: > > > the current parameters are, step on-time 3000, step space 3000, dir hold > > 5000, dir setup 5000 > > > > ok, that's a little step forward :-) > > It is rarely necessary to make the s

Re: [Emc-users] halui.max-velocity ...

2017-04-21 Thread giorgio foga
Dear Kuzminsky, sorry for the late reply ... no there are JA9 ... the file ini.txt for observe it joint1-2 and axis 1-2 is equal than joint 0 and axis 0 ... I see nothings to particular ... so a suggest in witch emc file I try to observe and study for modify and solve there are a good th

Re: [Emc-users] Fiber optic control for CNC

2017-04-21 Thread Chris Albertson
On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 8:54 PM, Danny Miller wrote: > Leadshine drives input/output are not just opto, they're differential. > i.e. the step signal has 2 wires and dir has 2 wires, You are right the noise impunity could be VERY good. But I bet 99% of users simply tie one end to ground and send

[Emc-users] [emc-users] Building from source

2017-04-21 Thread Evan Foss
Hi LinuxCNC, I am having trouble building from source. I am just trying to build the simulator to test some things. I am a developer on an open source pcb layout program and I need to work on g-code. I also want to use cutsim (https://github.com/aewallin/cutsim) and I need linuxcnc to build for th

Re: [Emc-users] [emc-users] Building from source

2017-04-21 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 04/21/2017 01:15 PM, Evan Foss wrote: > The basics > * I am running Gentoo Linux (so it's non-debian) > * Yes I have the development headers installed. Gentoo by design > requires them. Attached is a file called python-boost.text which > includes all the files in /usr/include/boost/python > This

Re: [Emc-users] halui.max-velocity ...

2017-04-21 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On 04/21/2017 10:21 AM, giorgio foga wrote: > Dear Kuzminsky, > > sorry for the late reply ... no there are JA9 ... the file ini.txt for > observe it joint1-2 and axis 1-2 is equal than joint 0 and axis 0 ... > > I see nothings to particular ... so a suggest in witch emc file I try to > obse

Re: [Emc-users] Fiber optic control for CNC

2017-04-21 Thread dave
Years ago when I thought fiber might catch-on I grabbed some 62.5/120 plenum fiber at Boeing Surplus. I got as far as connecting a 10-base2 card to a fiber converter fishing out both ends of the fiber on the reel and terminating with 3M (?) hot-melt end. It worked nicely but 10 Mhz isn't straini

Re: [Emc-users] Fiber optic control for CNC

2017-04-21 Thread Gregg Eshelman
Fiber was 200 megabit, 100 each way. Had to have two fibers for full speed. Then came 100 megabit full duplex wired Ethernet, matching the speed of fiber. For some reason companies quit working on fiber to speed it up as an alternative to Ethernet. Then came gigabit, 2.5 gigabit, 5 and now 10 gi

Re: [Emc-users] [emc-users] Building from source

2017-04-21 Thread Evan Foss
On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > On 04/21/2017 01:15 PM, Evan Foss wrote: >> The basics >> * I am running Gentoo Linux (so it's non-debian) >> * Yes I have the development headers installed. Gentoo by design >> requires them. Attached is a file called python-boost.text