[Emc-users] M-code into Classic Ladder

2011-04-27 Thread David Winter
Dear All, Is it possible for a programmed M-code to affect a facility in Classic Ladder, e.g move a value into a register or set a flag or marker? Thanks in advance, David Winter. -- WhatsUp Gold

Re: [Emc-users] EMC2 10.04 sim problems

2011-01-16 Thread David Winter
Hello All, Please excuse my ignorance, but why would you want to install EMC2 in VirtualBox ? I would have thought, with my admittedly limited knowledge of Linux, that doing that would be like playing Russian Roulette with a loaded machine gun? David Winter

Re: [Emc-users] Expansion of EMC

2010-12-12 Thread David Winter
was to retrofit this machine, how would the board and all of the contributors feel about my using EMC as a control? I have some reservations about this as I don't feel it's right to profit from people's efforts which they have contributed for free. Comments anyone? David Winter. P.S. Keep up

Re: [Emc-users] Losing Mouse Cursor

2010-11-26 Thread David Winter
Hello All, Thank You for the replies, the article on how to create an xorg.conf worked so now I can use the Vesa driver, which seems to have fixed the invisible cursor problem. The SBC I am using is a ROBO-8712VLA, which has onboard graphics and an Intel chipset of some flavour,

Re: [Emc-users] needed things (imho) (David Winter)

2009-12-19 Thread David Winter
Dear All, I think the point about expensive hardware is a bit off. How much is a Mesa 5i20 board these days? Or if you are a real skinflint, a Pluto-P board, which is about $60 last time I looked. And how difficult is it to switch your computer off manually ? Keep up the

[Emc-users] Compact Flash card for Hard Drive

2009-11-21 Thread David Winter
. Thanks in advance, David Winter. P.S. Thanks to everyone who contribute to EMC2, only wish I was smart enough to contribute :-( -- Let Crystal Reports

[Emc-users] EU Mirror link broken

2009-10-23 Thread David Winter
Dear All, I'm getting a 404 Error when I try to download EMC from the EU Mirror site. To download it from the primary site will take 15 hours :-( ,which is OK, but a little bit slow. Thanks to everyone who contribute to EMC.

Re: [Emc-users] emc2 software

2009-02-20 Thread David Winter
and a Mesa 7i33T Does this machine already have a CNC control or not? I'm thinking about if it already has ballscrews and encoders or resolvers etc. David Winter -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25

Re: [Emc-users] HAL components and functions

2007-12-09 Thread David Winter
Steve, Thanks for owning up to not writing the man page for mod-dir but I would like to know what it does and how it works please. Thanks in advance, David Winter

Re: [Emc-users] Magnetic Geartooth Sensor for Spindle

2007-12-07 Thread David Winter
Dear All, By my calculations a 50 tooth gear at 3000 rpm gives a 2500 Hz signal, not 150 kHz. David Winter. - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out

[Emc-users] EMC2 2.2.1 CD

2007-12-01 Thread David Winter
CD with the same result and I'm using good quality CD-R's. Thanks in advance, David Winter

[Emc-users] EMC2 Reliability

2007-11-18 Thread David Winter
to everyone clever enough to write this sutff (not me unfortunately). Thanks, David Winter. P.S. Do you have to be invited to the CNC workshop or do you apply somehow

[Emc-users] EMC 2.2.1 Live CD

2007-11-13 Thread David Winter
, David Winter. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download

[Emc-users] Classic Ladder file

2007-11-04 Thread David Winter
please send me a copy so I can better understand how to do a toolchanger in CL. Thank you, David Winter

[Emc-users] M,S and T Codes

2007-10-28 Thread David Winter
. Thanks in advance, David Winter. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through

[Emc-users] Display Resolution

2007-07-08 Thread David Winter
Dear All, Installed EMC2 from Live CD to a Xycom Industrial PC, works fine except that the screen is 1024 x 768 and the only resolutions available in the screen resolution setup are 800 x 600 and 640 x 480. If I look in the file xconf in /etc/X11 there are 3 resolutions listed

Re: [Emc-users] Hardware Feedrate Override Control

2007-02-25 Thread David Winter
Hi Anders, Please ignore some of my previous post about the Feed Rate Override being on or off. Does the handwheel control the Feedrate when it is selected as the FRO ? David Winter

[Emc-users] Hardware Feedrate Override Control

2007-02-24 Thread David Winter
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