Re: [Emc-users] who has used thin client pcs

2022-02-13 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/12/22 16:01, Thaddeus Waldner wrote: On using an ssd. Booting from an ssd is now supported by the pi but you need to configure the eeprom to enable it. This is pretty easy using the official raspberry pi imager. I have this usb3 adapter and an intel pro 5450 ssd. StarTech.com SATA to

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-ITX PD12ri horrible jitter

2022-02-11 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/11/22 18:19, andy pugh wrote: On Sat, 12 Feb 2022 at 00:07, Andy Howell wrote: Its no pretty. Jitter is about 8. I had a look through bios settings, but nothing jumped out at me. Any ideas to improve it? Which realtime system did you use? (at a guess, preempt-rt?) Are you

[Emc-users] Mini-ITX PD12ri horrible jitter

2022-02-11 Thread Andy Howell
I installed LinuxCNC 2.8.0 iso. on this: https://www.onlogic.com/pd14ri/  Its no pretty. Jitter is about 8. I had a look through bios settings, but nothing jumped out at me. Any ideas to improve it? Thanks. ___ Emc-users mailing list

Re: [Emc-users] who has used thin client pcs

2022-02-11 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/11/22 05:36, gene heskett wrote: Enter the 7i42TA, the protection magic for the 7i90HD, but it takes 3 of them. Now I think it would survive the EMP of a tactical nuke. Glad we have a post apocalyptic solution. :) ___ Emc-users mailing list

Re: [Emc-users] tests hanging?

2022-02-11 Thread Andy Howell
disabled what works, works... and if it works for you even better. On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 at 07:29, Andy Howell wrote: It turned out to be another application using port 5007, and linuxcncrsh not exiting when it could not bind to the port. On 2/11/22 00:54, Phill Carter wrote: On 11 Feb 2022, at 5

Re: [Emc-users] tests hanging?

2022-02-11 Thread Andy Howell
is a good example for me to learn the workflow of testing a patch and submitting a pull request. Regards Andy On February 10, 2022 11:39:58 PM MST, Andy Howell wrote: When I run the test suite there are a number of tests that seem to hang.  It could be I am just impatient. For example:

Re: [Emc-users] tests hanging?

2022-02-10 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/11/22 00:54, Phill Carter wrote: On 11 Feb 2022, at 5:39 pm, Andy Howell wrote: When I run the test suite there are a number of tests that seem to hang. It could be I am just impatient. For example: tests/linuxcncrsh-tcp tests/linuxcncrsh tests/mdi-queue/oword-queue-buster

[Emc-users] tests hanging?

2022-02-10 Thread Andy Howell
When I run the test suite there are a number of tests that seem to hang.  It could be I am just impatient. For example: tests/linuxcncrsh-tcp tests/linuxcncrsh tests/mdi-queue/oword-queue-buster Should I expect all the tests to run? I running this under Ubuntu 21.10 on an older laptop,

Re: [Emc-users] Trouble with arc error

2022-02-08 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/8/22 02:41, andy pugh wrote: On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 02:57, Andy Howell wrote: Maybe I'll set it up so when LinuxCNC starts, the tool table gets initialized with with just tool and pocket numbers. ... The init.ngc file does: ... G10 L2 P2 X0.484313 Y1.739985 ( Set jig offsets

Re: [Emc-users] Trouble with arc error

2022-02-08 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/8/22 08:43, Les Newell wrote: One problem is that the arc center has to be calculated based on the start and end points. Generally we round the g-code coordinates to 3 or 4 decimal places so there is often a tiny rounding error in these points. In most cases the error is very small and

Re: [Emc-users] Trouble with arc error

2022-02-07 Thread Andy Howell
and expect this is a typo when you entered this in the email. On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 11:12 PM Andy Howell wrote: We had been cutting with the same gcode when suddenly it came up with an error: Radius to end of are differs from radius to start: Start=(X1.4208,Y4.8728) Center=(X1.420

Re: [Emc-users] Trouble with arc error

2022-02-07 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/7/22 18:43, andy pugh wrote: On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 00:30, Andy Howell wrote: What I still don't understand is how it got set. We don't use the tool table. We manually touching off the Z. It's easy to touch-off the wrong dimension. Perhaps someone, at some point, jogged in Y just

Re: [Emc-users] Trouble with arc error

2022-02-07 Thread Andy Howell
: I see it in your gcode file listing On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 2:39 PM Stuart Stevenson wrote: Where is the decimal point in the X value of "End=(X1, Y0.8964)"? I would say it is X1. and expect this is a typo when you entered this in the email. On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 11:12 PM A

Re: [Emc-users] Trouble with arc error

2022-02-07 Thread Andy Howell
: Where is the decimal point in the X value of "End=(X1, Y0.8964)"? I would say it is X1. and expect this is a typo when you entered this in the email. On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 11:12 PM Andy Howell wrote: We had been cutting with the same gcode when suddenly it came up with

Re: [Emc-users] Trouble with arc error

2022-02-07 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/7/22 12:04, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 7 Feb 2022 at 17:55, Andy Howell wrote: I issued a G91.1 in the MDI as well. I also deleted moved emc.var to make sure it wasn't picking anything up from there. There was nothing suspicious in there though. I don't think there are any other files

Re: [Emc-users] Trouble with arc error

2022-02-07 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/7/22 04:21, andy pugh wrote: On Mon, 7 Feb 2022 at 10:10, andy pugh wrote: Have you accidentally switched between G90.1 and G91.1 ? Forget that, I see that you have an explicit G91.1 in the code. I suspect that you have accidentally introduced a Y _tool_ offset during touch-off,

[Emc-users] Trouble with arc error

2022-02-06 Thread Andy Howell
We had been cutting with the same gcode when suddenly it came up with an error: Radius to end of are differs from radius to start:     Start=(X1.4208,Y4.8728)     Center=(X1.4208, Y4.8964)     End=(X1, Y0.8964)     r1=0.0236     r2=4.0001 Its got to some config issue. The same file

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-itx 64bit mother board with parallel port

2022-02-06 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/4/22 22:15, John Dammeyer wrote: From: Andy Howell [mailto:a...@gamubaru.com] Thanks, I will keep that in mind for future projects. Performance is not really an issue for the CNC routers. 90% is what we cut is 0.062 or 0.090 aluminum sheet with 1/8" endmills. Can't take very aggre

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-itx 64bit mother board with parallel port

2022-02-04 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/4/22 13:06, Chris Albertson wrote: On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 4:25 PM Andy Howell wrote: Starting from scratch, I would likely stay away from parallel ports. Our current CNC router's controller uses the parallel port, so that is what I have to go with. Buy an Ethernet Interfaced Mesa

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-itx 64bit mother board with parallel port

2022-02-03 Thread Andy Howell
Watt quad-cord Intel CPUs. On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 3:35 PM Andy Howell wrote: On 2/2/22 16:31, gene heskett wrote: On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 4:42:22 PM EST Andy Howell wrote: I was hoping to update to a recent Debian and LinuxCNC version. However, I have a 32bit motherboard. This is fo

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-itx 64bit mother board with parallel port

2022-02-02 Thread Andy Howell
dp/B00QVK3ZPU/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1AAP9OO84LECA=mini+atx+pico+power+supply=1643862229=electronics=mini+atx+pico+power+supply%2Celectronics%2C124=1-6> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 7:32 PM Andy Howell wrote: I On 2/2/22 20:08, Chris Albertson wrote: I followed that link.Wow, that is a good deal. Esp

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-itx 64bit mother board with parallel port

2022-02-02 Thread Andy Howell
/ <https://www.amazon.com/Power-Supply-Htpc-Mini-box-Mini-itx/dp/B00QVK3ZPU/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1AAP9OO84LECA=mini+atx+pico+power+supply=1643862229=electronics=mini+atx+pico+power+supply%2Celectronics%2C124=1-6> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 7:32 PM Andy Howell wrote: OK, I have another mini-itx box tha

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-itx 64bit mother board with parallel port

2022-02-02 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/2/22 20:41, gene heskett wrote: There is however, one detail that would discourage me, its already EOL, came out in q4-15, lifespan 4 years, so its approaching 2 years since last shipped. Where is the support, I never got that page to load. Hmm, yeah that is worrying. I ordered it

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-itx 64bit mother board with parallel port

2022-02-02 Thread Andy Howell
, this will run 24/7. Like lights, the kids don't turn them off. I had a bunch of development servers in room in my garage. Noise and heat drove me to build the room. Thanks, Andy On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 3:35 PM Andy Howell wrote: On 2/2/22 16:31, gene heskett wrote: On Wednesday, February

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-itx 64bit mother board with parallel port

2022-02-02 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/2/22 16:31, gene heskett wrote: On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 4:42:22 PM EST Andy Howell wrote: I was hoping to update to a recent Debian and LinuxCNC version. However, I have a 32bit motherboard. This is for our school, so I'm trying to contain cost by just replacing the motherboard

Re: [Emc-users] Mini-itx 64bit mother board with parallel port

2022-02-02 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/2/22 15:49, andy pugh wrote: On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 at 21:45, Andy Howell wrote: Any suggestions for a 64bit mini-itx motherboard? Where are you? Try the board finder here: https://www.mini-itx.com/store/category?type=motherboard The left hand column lets you filter for p-port or p-port

[Emc-users] Mini-itx 64bit mother board with parallel port

2022-02-02 Thread Andy Howell
I was hoping to update to a recent Debian and LinuxCNC version. However, I have a 32bit motherboard. This is for our school, so I'm trying to contain cost by just replacing the motherboard. Any suggestions for a 64bit mini-itx motherboard? Thanks, Andy

Re: [Emc-users] 2.8 or 2.9?

2022-02-02 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/2/22 12:15, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 2/2/22 10:03 AM, Andy Howell wrote: I based my impression of it getting close from reading mails about progressing in the Debian new release queue. The project to get LinuxCNC included in the main Debian distribution is totally decoupled from

Re: [Emc-users] 2.8 or 2.9?

2022-02-02 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/2/22 04:20, andy pugh wrote: On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 at 05:38, Andy Howell wrote: I maintain a gantry style CNC router for our high school robotics team. Tonight our hard disk died. I need to decide what version to install. From reading the list, it looks like 2.9 is close to release. My

Re: [Emc-users] 2.8 or 2.9?

2022-02-02 Thread Andy Howell
On 2/2/22 02:24, gene heskett wrote: On Wednesday, February 2, 2022 12:15:59 AM EST Andy Howell wrote: Hello, I maintain a gantry style CNC router for our high school robotics team. Tonight our hard disk died. I need to decide what version to install. From reading the list, it looks like 2.9

[Emc-users] 2.8 or 2.9?

2022-02-01 Thread Andy Howell
Hello, I maintain a gantry style CNC  router for our high school robotics team. Tonight our hard disk died. I need to decide what version to install. From reading the list, it looks like 2.9 is close to release. My preference would be to go with that. Any reason I should go with 2.8.2

Re: [Emc-users] Feasibility of moving from 2.5 to 2.8

2019-09-22 Thread Andy Howell
On 9/21/19 8:27 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 09/21/2019 05:04 PM, John Dammeyer wrote:   What sort of tool bits, RPM, feeds, depth of cut do you use for 0.090 aluminium? I used to do a lot of control panels and such in .125" aluminum. My favorite cutter is a 4-flute solid carbide end mill, I get

Re: [Emc-users] Feasibility of moving from 2.5 to 2.8

2019-09-22 Thread Andy Howell
On 9/21/19 8:30 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: Hi Andy, Very cool. Thanks for the info. Any particular brand or do you just buy bulk from China? endmill for most of the cuts. We just can't push the 1/8" ones very hard. Higher quality endmills might help too, but each year we have new students

Re: [Emc-users] Feasibility of moving from 2.5 to 2.8

2019-09-21 Thread Andy Howell
On 9/21/19 5:04 PM, John Dammeyer wrote: The school does offer a java based computer science course, but I'm not involved in that at all. For robotics, the kids use National Instruments LabView and their roboRIO controller. Other mentors handle that. I mainly work in the shop, helping the

Re: [Emc-users] Feasibility of moving from 2.5 to 2.8

2019-09-21 Thread Andy Howell
On 9/18/19 4:55 PM, andy pugh wrote: On Wed, 18 Sep 2019 at 18:27, Andy Howell wrote: I don't have a specific need for 2.8 over 2.7. I want to avoid installing 2.7 and having 2.8 come out soon after. Are there any reasons I should not attempt 2.8? Not that I can see. It has a few subtle

Re: [Emc-users] Feasibility of moving from 2.5 to 2.8

2019-09-18 Thread Andy Howell
On 9/18/19 2:27 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Wednesday 18 September 2019 12:46:15 Andy Howell wrote: Our high school has a couple gantry based CNC routers running version 2.5. From perusing the list, it seems like 2.8 is fairly stable even though its not released. I've got a pendant and some

[Emc-users] Feasibility of moving from 2.5 to 2.8

2019-09-18 Thread Andy Howell
Our high school has a couple gantry based CNC routers running version 2.5. From perusing the list, it seems like 2.8 is fairly stable even though its not released. I've got a pendant and some other add-ons I want to install. I'd rather put the effort into getting them working on a new system

Re: [Emc-users] Building sim on Ubuntu 15.04

2015-07-01 Thread Andy Howell
On 07/01/2015 02:29 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: On 06/30/2015 07:16 PM, Andy Howell wrote: I just built the simulator on Ubuntu 15.04. It was pretty straight forward, but I had to add a few missing packages: Ubuntu 15.04 also needed: apt-get install bwidget apt-get install libtk-img

[Emc-users] Building sim on Ubuntu 15.04

2015-06-30 Thread Andy Howell
I just built the simulator on Ubuntu 15.04. It was pretty straight forward, but I had to add a few missing packages: Ubuntu 15.04 also needed: apt-get install bwidget apt-get install libtk-img apt-get install Tclx I modified linuxcnc/debian/configure: diff configure configure.org 90,93d89

[Emc-users] Following error after upgrade from 2.4 to 2.5.2

2013-04-26 Thread Andy Howell
Hello, After upgrading from 2.4.6(?) to 2.5.2, I'm getting a following error on my Z axis. This is a open loop stepper setup. The only way I could fix this is by setting MIN_FERROR=1. Previously is was 0.01. The SCALE for Z is twice that of X and Y. I tried reducing the MAX_VELOCITY

[Emc-users] erratic behaviour at low feed rates

2011-07-15 Thread Andy Howell
Hello, I purchased a used Sieg X2 mill. The previous owner retrofitted it for CNC using the plans from Hossmachine. Its using a Gekko 540 to drive the steppers. I've been having problems with it a low feed rates. I was attempting to do a pocketing operation to create a 0.6 inch hole

Re: [Emc-users] erratic behaviour at low feed rates

2011-07-15 Thread Andy Howell
On 07/15/2011 09:40 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Friday, July 15, 2011 10:37:53 AM Daniel Rogge did opine: If you swap the X and Y drivers it will be fairly easy to determine whether the problem is with the driver (as Gene suspects) or with friction or mechanical linkages (as Jan suspects).

Re: [Emc-users] Python code to read gcode?

2011-06-09 Thread Andy Howell
On 06/09/2011 10:21 AM, Karl Cunningham wrote: I have need to parse a gcode file and I'd like to do it in Python. It seems that wheel must have already been invented and I'd rather not reinvent it. I got the source for grecode, written in c++. I could adapt from that but I think it would be

Re: [Emc-users] No-kidding CAD/Cam package for milling

2011-06-01 Thread Andy Howell
Gene, I built it from source, What tarball version? I grabbed the latest from the source repository, following the instructions here: http://code.google.com/p/heekscad/wiki/BuildWithCmakeOnUbuntu At the bottom of that link there is a script that does it all. If your not using

Re: [Emc-users] No-kidding CAD/Cam package for milling

2011-05-31 Thread Andy Howell
On 05/31/2011 03:03 AM, gene heskett wrote: On Tuesday, May 31, 2011 03:09:57 AM Andy Howell did opine: On 05/30/2011 07:52 PM, Igor Chudov wrote: I am aware that this is a can of worms. I will ask, nevertheless. I am becoming constrained by my approach of just write G code for anything I

Re: [Emc-users] No-kidding CAD/Cam package for milling

2011-05-30 Thread Andy Howell
On 05/30/2011 07:52 PM, Igor Chudov wrote: I am aware that this is a can of worms. I will ask, nevertheless. I am becoming constrained by my approach of just write G code for anything I want. Is there an inexpensive CAD/CAM package that is EMC2 compatible, designed to work with milling

[Emc-users] Z axis shows relative position 1.000 after homing, machine position 0.000.

2011-05-11 Thread Andy Howell
I'm setting up an X2 mill for the first time, starting with getting the Z axis limit / home switch working correctly. I am using the limit switch as both home and limit. It seems to be working correctly. However, after homing, Axis shows the 'Relative position' as 1.000. and the 'Machine