Re: [Emc-users] Homann Designs ModIO, OT but related to topic

2020-02-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 07 February 2020 23:09:46 Jon Elson wrote: > On 02/07/2020 11:43 AM, N wrote: > > Are however not sure the westinghouse system is better > > there pressure is loaded then breaks are not used. First > > time I heard about the accident there an oil train have > > crashed then driver was sl

Re: [Emc-users] Homann Designs ModIO, OT but related to topic

2020-02-07 Thread Jon Elson
On 02/07/2020 11:43 AM, N wrote: Are however not sure the westinghouse system is better there pressure is loaded then breaks are not used. First time I heard about the accident there an oil train have crashed then driver was sleeping and left engine on locomotive running I thought driver was d

Re: [Emc-users] Probing a Profile

2020-02-07 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 7 Feb 2020, at 23:45, Greg Bernard wrote: > > That is interesting and useful, but I wonder if probing the important > features and simply tracing a scan or a photograph of the profile in CAD > would be quicker and easier for that particular part. Possibly, but at least this way it is def

Re: [Emc-users] Probing a Profile

2020-02-07 Thread Greg Bernard
That is interesting and useful, but I wonder if probing the important features and simply tracing a scan or a photograph of the profile in CAD would be quicker and easier for that particular part. On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 11:25 AM John Dammeyer wrote: > Pretty cool. > John > > > > -Original Me

Re: [Emc-users] Homann Designs ModIO

2020-02-07 Thread Les Newell
Hi John, The mb2hal config file is standard ini format, the same as your config ini file. As you can specify the ini file it allows you to use either the config ini file or a separate file. It is not in any way compatible with hal files. Les Then if it's designed to be included into a .hal

Re: [Emc-users] Homann Designs ModIO --> reltime serial but Ethercat worse

2020-02-07 Thread N
> > With how cheap realtime i/o is - I don't see the a lure of modbus. > > Modbus non-realtime should be plenty fast enough for spindle control > unless you are doing position control of the spindle. I'm not sure about > RTAI but if you are using preempt-rt mb2hal should be pretty close to > re

Re: [Emc-users] Homann Designs ModIO, OT but related to topic

2020-02-07 Thread N
> My 2 cents. For some things non-realtime i/o is fine. I have seen too > many times where someone is maybe controlling a spindle and wonders why a > change in direction takes so long and or isn't consistent. Once they > switch over to something realtime (+/-10v or pwm) the issue goes away. Hea

Re: [Emc-users] Homann Designs ModIO

2020-02-07 Thread John Dammeyer
Then if it's designed to be included into a .hal file why not have it be a .hal or .inc? Aside from the fact that it might break millions upon millions of LinuxCNC installations. John > -Original Message- > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > Sent: February-07-20 5:30 AM > T

Re: [Emc-users] Homann Designs ModIO

2020-02-07 Thread John Dammeyer
> -Original Message- > From: Les Newell [mailto:les.new...@fastmail.co.uk] > Sent: February-07-20 4:40 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Homann Designs ModIO > > > With how cheap realtime i/o is - I don't see the a lure of modbus. > > Modbus non-realti

Re: [Emc-users] Probing a Profile

2020-02-07 Thread John Dammeyer
Pretty cool. John > -Original Message- > From: andy pugh [mailto:bodge...@gmail.com] > Sent: February-07-20 1:59 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Probing a Profile > > On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 at 23:52, andy pugh wrote: > > > And here is the G-code routin

Re: [Emc-users] Homann Designs ModIO

2020-02-07 Thread Todd Zuercher
Probably not, since it is more or less just an example configuration file with significant annotation. I was able to muddle my way through it to set up a machine. But I would find it difficult to improve upon it. I think the problem is less with Mb2hal, than it is just the scattered un organi

Re: [Emc-users] Homann Designs ModIO

2020-02-07 Thread andy pugh
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 at 12:42, Les Newell wrote: > You can specify the machine config ini file if you wish. The mb2hal ini > file namespace does not conflict with anything else in the machine config. That seems like a good reason for it to be a .ini file rather than (say) a .mb file then. -- atp

Re: [Emc-users] How to add new records to Latency-Test wiki

2020-02-07 Thread andy pugh
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 at 13:14, Marius Alksnys wrote: > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Latency-Test, while I forgot > the secret name of our mascot. "Chips" Which is why the penguin-making sample G-code file is called "3Dchips" -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attac

[Emc-users] How to add new records to Latency-Test wiki

2020-02-07 Thread Marius Alksnys
I am making some latency-tests on different PCs. I would like to publish some results.. I am trying to log-in to http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Latency-Test, while I forgot the secret name of our mascot. ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-

Re: [Emc-users] Homann Designs ModIO

2020-02-07 Thread Les Newell
With how cheap realtime i/o is - I don't see the a lure of modbus. Modbus non-realtime should be plenty fast enough for spindle control unless you are doing position control of the spindle. I'm not sure about RTAI but if you are using preempt-rt mb2hal should be pretty close to real time. I

Re: [Emc-users] Open source CNC architecture

2020-02-07 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 04.02.20 10:09, Jon Elson wrote: > On 02/04/2020 09:17 AM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > > Aside from the stress and consternation in the LinuxCNC world about the > > logo I like the new name a lot better. > Yes, unless you have to type the longer name 20+ times a day! Any good text editor will hav

Re: [Emc-users] Probing a Profile

2020-02-07 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 at 23:52, andy pugh wrote: > And here is the G-code routine I used. Which is usable, but slightly flawed, in that if the probe _just_ catches a corner, the retract distance means that the "i missed" circle can miss the work. So a slight re-think needed there. I made a video o