Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-09 Thread Curtis Dutton
Andy thanks so much! and thanks again! I'm very happy to see this beast released! Linuxcnc is truly a priceless system and I am excited to see where it goes next. -Curt On Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 5:50 PM Dave Matthews wrote: > Thank you for all the work that went into this. I am a retired >

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-09 Thread Dave Matthews
Thank you for all the work that went into this. I am a retired programmer and project manager. That many people working on that much code is a huge achievement. Dave On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 7:31 PM andy pugh wrote: > > I am pleased (and a little relieved) to announce the release of LinuxCNC >

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-09 Thread N. Christopher Perry
You guys are awesome! Thank you all! N. Christopher Perry > On Sep 8, 2020, at 9:34 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Tuesday 08 September 2020 19:28:13 andy pugh wrote: >> >> I am pleased (and a little relieved) to announce the release of >> LinuxCNC v2.8.0 >> >> This release has been a long

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC legacy or future

2020-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 09 September 2020 14:02:12 dave engvall wrote: > A most impressive list of worker bees. However, the english analogy > fails when referring to Andy. I just can't refer to him as Queen bee > or Drone. There must be a better word to describe herding programmers. > ;-) Great work

Re: [Emc-users] Another possibly silly Q for Peter or Andy.

2020-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 09 September 2020 13:41:53 Jon Elson wrote: > On 09/09/2020 12:16 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 09 September 2020 12:38:43 Jon Elson wrote: > >> On 09/09/2020 11:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> Is it possible to get an enable signal, per axis, from the mesa > >>> cards

Re: [Emc-users] Another possibly silly Q for Peter or Andy.

2020-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 09 September 2020 13:41:53 Jon Elson wrote: > On 09/09/2020 12:16 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 09 September 2020 12:38:43 Jon Elson wrote: > >> On 09/09/2020 11:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >>> Is it possible to get an enable signal, per axis, from the mesa > >>> cards

Re: [Emc-users] Another possibly silly Q for Peter or Andy.

2020-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 09 September 2020 12:54:45 andy pugh wrote: > On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 17:10, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Is it possible to get an enable signal, per axis, from the mesa > > cards that would become true, hopefully a couple micky-secs ahead of > > the first stepper pulse so no missed steps

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC legacy or future

2020-09-09 Thread dave engvall
A most impressive list of worker bees. However, the english analogy fails when referring to Andy. I just can't refer to him as Queen bee or Drone. There must be a better word to describe herding programmers. ;-) Great work everyone. Will upgrade as soon as I can get the rpi sorted. Dave On

Re: [Emc-users] Another possibly silly Q for Peter or Andy.

2020-09-09 Thread Jon Elson
On 09/09/2020 12:16 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 09 September 2020 12:38:43 Jon Elson wrote: On 09/09/2020 11:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: Is it possible to get an enable signal, per axis, from the mesa cards that would become true, hopefully a couple micky-secs ahead of the first

Re: [Emc-users] Another possibly silly Q for Peter or Andy.

2020-09-09 Thread N
> On 09/09/2020 11:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Is it possible to get an enable signal, per axis, from the mesa cards > > that would become true, hopefully a couple micky-secs ahead of the first > > stepper pulse so no missed steps would normally occur, losing its home, > > and go back false

Re: [Emc-users] Another possibly silly Q for Peter or Andy.

2020-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 09 September 2020 12:38:43 Jon Elson wrote: > On 09/09/2020 11:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Is it possible to get an enable signal, per axis, from the mesa > > cards that would become true, hopefully a couple micky-secs ahead of > > the first stepper pulse so no missed steps would

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC legacy or future

2020-09-09 Thread N
> On Mon, 7 Sep 2020 at 22:31, Rafael Skodlar wrote: > > > IMO it's extremely bad to attack those who come up with "it would be > > nice to have this or that" in existing product. Saying, "it's open > > source, go fork and write your own code" is plain STUPID! We are not all > > programmers! [1]

Re: [Emc-users] Another possibly silly Q for Peter or Andy.

2020-09-09 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 17:10, Gene Heskett wrote: > Is it possible to get an enable signal, per axis, from the mesa cards > that would become true, hopefully a couple micky-secs ahead of the first > stepper pulse so no missed steps would normally occur, I would look at the "locking indexer"

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-09 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 15:31, Greg Bernard wrote: > > It was heartening to see how many are quietly working behind the scenes on > this project. Well, it might just be an indication of how long this release has been gestating. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and

Re: [Emc-users] Another possibly silly Q for Peter or Andy.

2020-09-09 Thread Jon Elson
On 09/09/2020 11:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: Is it possible to get an enable signal, per axis, from the mesa cards that would become true, hopefully a couple micky-secs ahead of the first stepper pulse so no missed steps would normally occur, losing its home, and go back false when the last step

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-09 Thread Dave Cole
Awesome!   Thanks Andy and everyone who contributed! ___ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users

[Emc-users] Another possibly silly Q for Peter or Andy.

2020-09-09 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; I'd like to be able to use that quad pack of TB6560 based stepper drivers with these nema 17 driven harmonic drives I'm cobbling up. But, these things are dumber than a rock in that they have a 4 step current adjustment, but no provision for an idling current turndown. And at full

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-09 Thread Greg Bernard
It was heartening to see how many are quietly working behind the scenes on this project. Thanks to all! On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 9:24 AM Todd Zuercher wrote: > An additional thank you Andy for rolling the credits on this. The honor > of it is well deserved by all involved. It is great to see

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-09 Thread Todd Zuercher
An additional thank you Andy for rolling the credits on this. The honor of it is well deserved by all involved. It is great to see the names we can be thankful to. Todd Zuercher P. Graham Dunn Inc. 630 Henry Street  Dalton, Ohio 44618 Phone:  (330)828-2105ext. 2031 -Original

Re: [Emc-users] LinuxCNC 2.8.0 is released

2020-09-09 Thread andrew beck
Yeha! That just made my day! Reading this... So cool. You guys are all awesome So good. Thank you all so much. A job well done If you ever come to New Zealand look me up and I'll show you around! On Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 2:05 PM Peter C. Wallace wrote: > On Wed, 9 Sep 2020, andy pugh