Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc 2.9.0 hangs

2020-02-08 Thread Phill Carter
> On 9 Feb 2020, at 3:50 pm, R C wrote: > > I saw linuxcnc 2.9.x mentioned a few times. 2.9 is the development branch so it is being constantly changed 2.8 will be the next official release, it is currently having the final touches done 2.7 is the stable release branch > > > where can it

[Emc-users] latest rpi4b tests at the Heskett Ranchette

2020-02-08 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings all; Previously with the kernel on my web page running, there was an occasional glitch in the sound of the z motor even at slower speeds, like the z motor being slowed for a millisec or so when manually jogging from the key board, but not when running gcode or by mdi moves. Friday I

Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc 2.9.0 hangs

2020-02-08 Thread R C
I saw linuxcnc 2.9.x mentioned a few times. where can it be downloaded from? thanks, Ron On 2/4/20 9:23 PM, Thomas D. Dean wrote: On 2020-02-04 07:40, Stuart Stevenson wrote: A number of years ago (circa 2000) I experienced problems with updating to a new version of Linux. This was on

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

2020-02-08 Thread Gregg Eshelman via Emc-users
A movie was made based on this one, but of course it had to change a bunch of stuff when sticking to the real details would have been plenty dramatic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSX__incident On Saturday, February 8, 2020, 6:30:36 AM MST, N wrote: > On 02/07/2020 11:43 AM, N wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Real-time OS for machine controllers

2020-02-08 Thread John Dammeyer
Hi everyone, https://tinyurl.com/rch38nk The above link should take you here:

Re: [Emc-users] Probing a Profile

2020-02-08 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 08 February 2020 06:24:43 Les Newell wrote: > The big problem with scanning photographs is distortion. Even with a > good lens it is surprising how much distortion you get. > > Les > Which is why I went to extremes to get the camera mounted such that there was not any parallax when z

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

2020-02-08 Thread Robert Murphy
I think you are referring to a hump yard, usually there are retarders, one on each rail that slows the rolling stock. A very sophisticated setup in this modern era. Composed with my Crayons On 9 Feb 2020, at 00:27, N wrote: >>> On 02/07/2020 11:43 AM, N wrote: >>> Are however not sure the

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

2020-02-08 Thread N
> 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

Re: [Emc-users] Probing a Profile

2020-02-08 Thread Les Newell
The big problem with scanning photographs is distortion. Even with a good lens it is surprising how much distortion you get. Les On 07/02/2020 23:42, 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

Re: [Emc-users] Probing a Profile

2020-02-08 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 8 Feb 2020, at 08:52, Brent Loschen wrote: > > When I saw the video, I couldn't help but wonder if there isn't a faster way > to probe yet still maintain accuracy. Almost certainly, but this isn’t something I do every day, so 15 minutes is perfectly fine. In fact the pay-back time on

Re: [Emc-users] Probing a Profile

2020-02-08 Thread Brent Loschen
On 2/7/2020 5:31 PM, Andy Pugh wrote: 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,

[Emc-users] Modbus primer [Was: Re: Homann Designs ModIO

2020-02-08 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 06.02.20 12:01, Kirk Wallace wrote: > I am currently building an off-grid solar generation and storage system > which have controllers using Modbus, so I may be active with Modbus again > soon. If so, I will try to address your issues below and add any new > information to the LinuxCNC wiki as