On 2020-08-31 10:39, N wrote:
Anyone have any experience on where to find a good tool presetter? And/Or edge
detector?
As tool usually is a rather good conductor and sensor could be made of
conductive material most obvious would be simple spring loaded contact
meausurement for both.
I found
On 2020-02-13 18:32, Jon Elson wrote:
On 02/13/2020 04:53 PM, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
I shut down the system last night.
I can boot debian 7 (sda) and run linuxcnc from the distro. Everything
comes up and seems normal.
But, on boot into debian 10 (sdb), it drops into the console login. I
ild linuxcnc.
Any ideas of what I should do?
Tom Dean
== What happened today ===
After boot and startx,
linuxcnc-latency works.
> . ./RTAI/linuxcnc-dev/scripts/rip-environment
> linuxcnc -d -v
Debug mode on
+ getopts dvlhkr opt
+ case "$opt" in
+ tty -s
+ P
On 2020-02-12 13:44, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
On 2020-02-12 13:39, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
On 2020-02-12 00:03, Robert Murphy wrote:
Have you seen this on the forums
https://forum.linuxcnc.org/gmoccapy/36942-debian-10-dependencies?start=10#149669
I followed this series of emails.
python
On 2020-02-12 13:44, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
On 2020-02-12 13:39, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
On 2020-02-12 00:03, Robert Murphy wrote:
Have you seen this on the forums
https://forum.linuxcnc.org/gmoccapy/36942-debian-10-dependencies?start=10#149669
These two URL's show Error No such package
On 2020-02-12 13:39, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
On 2020-02-12 00:03, Robert Murphy wrote:
Have you seen this on the forums
https://forum.linuxcnc.org/gmoccapy/36942-debian-10-dependencies?start=10#149669
These two URL's show Error No such package.
packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/python
/amd64/libboost-python1.62.0/download
How do I access sid packages?
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On 2020-02-12 00:03, Robert Murphy wrote:
Have you seen this on the forums
https://forum.linuxcnc.org/gmoccapy/36942-debian-10-dependencies?start=10#149669
I saw this last night. I plan to try this, today.
Thanks,
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On 2020-02-05 01:57, andy pugh wrote:
On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 at 04:25, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
How do I do a clean install of buster rtai and llinuxcnc?
Experimental at the moment. But:
1) Install Buster
2) Download the .debs at www.linuxcnc.org/temp
3) Install the Linux-image and Linux-headers
On 2020-02-08 20:50, R C wrote:
I saw linuxcnc 2.9.x mentioned a few times.
where can it be downloaded from?
thanks,
I was building from sources.
Next week, I have time to try it again. Need to repair my computer,
first...
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On 2020-02-05 01:57, andy pugh wrote:
On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 at 04:25, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
How do I do a clean install of buster rtai and llinuxcnc?
Experimental at the moment. But:
1) Install Buster
2) Download the .debs at www.linuxcnc.org/temp
3) Install the Linux-image and Linux-headers
On 2020-02-03 03:34, andy pugh wrote:
On Mon, 3 Feb 2020 at 07:07, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
The hang was on initial linuxcnc startup. No toolpath was loaded.
I can only think of a few possibilities. (I am not saying that there
are not many others, I am saying that my imagination is limited
do I do a clean install of buster rtai and llinuxcnc?
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On 2020-02-02 17:00, Jon Elson wrote:
On 02/02/2020 05:04 PM, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
On 2020-02-01 20:46, Jon Elson wrote:
On 02/01/2020 08:35 PM, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
I have been using linuxcnc 2.9.0~Pre0 from sources, run in place.
Until today, it has worked, mostly. Before today, about
On 2020-02-02 22:06, N wrote:
Pretty sure I use buster on several machines.
You use linuxcnc with buster?
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to it. After the install, I
upgraded linuxcnc from 1:2.7.14 to 1:2.7.15 via apt.
Linuxcnc 1:2.7.15 'wheezy' works fine.
Max Jitter:
Servo 4727
Base 8773
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On 2020-02-01 20:46, Jon Elson wrote:
On 02/01/2020 08:35 PM, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
I have been using linuxcnc 2.9.0~Pre0 from sources, run in place.
Until today, it has worked, mostly. Before today, about 2x per week
it would freeze and I had to cycle power to get it working. Now
13303807 12771328 6.1G 83 Linux
What is going on?
What OS are you using?
I have never used mc. How much room do you have on sdf1? Can you
create a file on sdf1? Mount it and use something like touch.
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On 2020-02-01 20:46, Jon Elson wrote:
On 02/01/2020 08:35 PM, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
I have been using linuxcnc 2.9.0~Pre0 from sources, run in place.
Until today, it has worked, mostly. Before today, about 2x per week
it would freeze and I had to cycle power to get it working. Now
4.14.148-RTAI-AMD64 #2 PREEMPT ...
> from /etc/os-release the kernel is buster.
How do I fix this?
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I am attempting to understand feed, etc.
G91 G01 X 0.5000 F6
With feed override set to 50%, do I get an actual feed rate of F3?
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to muck with anything that is working...
Be careful to not upgrade the OS. 'sudo apt-get upgrade' may want to
upgrade the kernel and then, you may not have the real time kernel.
Maybe try 'sudo apt-get --simulate upgrade' to see what is to be done.
Tom Dean
On 12/20/19 3:59 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 at 11:57, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
The conversion tool failed to convert my old sherline lathe config.
Can you attach the zipped-up converted config? (That should contain
the original config in an "old" directory)
I will t
On 12/20/19 3:59 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 at 11:57, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
The conversion tool failed to convert my old sherline lathe config.
Can you attach the zipped-up converted config? (That should contain
the original config in an "old" directory)
I will t
On 12/20/19 2:43 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 at 03:34, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
I did a 'git pull' and built the 'run in place' version.
I modified the SherlineLathe_inch.ini file to have 2 axis and removed
the [Y Axis] and [joint_1] sections. I changed the [Z Axis] [joint_2
button works.
Thanks.
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Y=axis
COORDINATES=X Z
KINEMATICS=trivkins coordinates=XZ
Starting LinuxCNC server program: linuxcncsvr
Loading Real Time OS, RTAPI, and HAL_LIB modules
Starting LinuxCNC IO program: io
Removing HAL_LIB, RTAPI, and Real Time OS modules
Removing NML shared memory segments
To
On 12/19/19 2:38 PM, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
I installed linuxcnc from git sources.
The mill config seems to work OK with my old 'wheezy' config as
converted by linuxcnc_2.9.0~pre0_amd64. Manual control seems to work.
MDI seems to work.
The lathe config from 'wheezy' would not work after
: 2258 cycles, min=0.53, max=0.202663, avg=0.010238, 2 latency
excursions (> 10x expected cycle time of 0.01s)
This worked with the 'stretch' and 'wheezy' versions of linuxcnc.
Any ideas?
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is not installed.
I removed linuxcnc and used apt-get to install the above packages, as
well as an equal number required by these. As noted before, python-vte
seems broken.
Now, when I install the linuxcnc .deb, only python-vte is not resolved.
Linuxcnc 2.9.0~pre0 works.
Tom Dean
-vte, known to
not work.
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into warnings
[!] depends-versionTurn dependency version problems into warnings
so you could try:
$ dpkg --force-depends --install yourpkg.deb
I have been looking for something like this.
Thanks.
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On 12/18/19 9:35 PM, bari wrote:
"Gmoccapy and Gscreen want python-vte, but you should be able to run
other GUIs without it."
On 12/18/19 11:26 PM, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
Now, if the problem with python-vte can be fixed, I can install linuxcnc.
Again, I can run the 'run in plac
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This looks good.
Now, if the problem with python-vte can be fixed, I can install linuxcnc.
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I built linuxcnc from git sources. Build was OK. Install was not.
The problem is still python-vte and mismatched version of libvte-common.
Tom Dean
Here is what I did.
Building linuxcnc in debial 10 from linuxcnc/tmp:
linux-image-4.14.148
On 12/18/19 2:43 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 at 10:18, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
--with-realtime=uspace
Build for any realtime platform, or for non-realtime. The resulting
LinuxCNC executables will run on both a Linux kernel with Preempt-RT
patches (providing realtime
On 12/18/19 1:14 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 at 03:19, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
I have buster installed and
rtai-modules-4.14.148_5.2.3-linuxcnc_amd64.deb
I built linuxcnc, running the buster rtai kernel, from the git sources.
...
linuxcnc-uspace_2.9.0~pre0_amd64.deb
linuxcnc
I have buster installed and
rtai-modules-4.14.148_5.2.3-linuxcnc_amd64.deb
I built linuxcnc, running the buster rtai kernel, from the git sources.
dpkg-checkbuilddeps found most of the needed packages. It missed 5,
bwidgit, libtk-img, tclx, python-gtk2, and python-yapps.
After build-in-place,
this with apt winds up in a circle.
Am I missing something? Is it possible to get the .deb files
regenerated with current sources?
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all the deb's
cd ~/RTAI
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
The part I am most unsure about is the dpkg command. Does that look
reasonable?
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says this is a no=no.
Question: Will installing a PCI video card likely to reduce the latency
and eliminate the warnings?
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*.iso
079ba1fae48861b0814187b8048d6f2f299f943427d8c4806b65519f3a560d48
linuxcnc-2.7.14-wheezy.iso
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/ and choose
LinuxCNC 2.7.14 Debian 7 Wheezy
This installs the PREEMPT-RT kernel.
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On 11/25/19 4:38 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 at 05:17, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
What does AXIS do when a file is opened, but, not run?
Axis runs the program in simulation to create the preview plot.
If the code contains an endless loop, then Axis takes an infinite time
to create
is simulating the file, or something. But, what?
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2019 21:44:20 Thomas D. Dean wrote:
I measured several rotations of the Z-axis lead screw on my Sherline
4400 CNC lathe.
The BACKLASH setting is 0.0035
Thats bordering on looking to see if it can be tightened up. Start by
checking the screws end play. I've added reynolds wrap between the o
indicator +0.5080
> G1 Z -0.530 F6
dial indicator -0.0215
> G1 Z +0.530 F6
dial indicator +0.5080
> G1 Z -0.530 F6
dial indicator -0.0215
> G1 Z +0.530 F6
dial indicator +0.5080
Looks like the BACKLASH setting is good.
I just need to remember to allow sufficient movement to clear th
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-Original Message-
From: Thomas D. Dean
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2019 12:30 AM
To: Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [Emc-users] Axes Names, Backlash and Overshoot
I have a Sherline CNC Lathe
On 11/8/19 4:13 AM, andy pugh wrote:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 at 05:53, Thomas D. Dean wrote:
The config file has a strange entry:
AXES = 3
COORDINATES = X Z
Should there be names for 3 axes?
Not with a lathe. This apparent oddity is no longer required in 2.8.
I am using LinuxCNC 2.7.14
the
distribution file.
How do I fix this?
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On 2/10/2015 3:00 AM, Gene Heskett wrote:
snip
The diode checker of the modern meter reads the voltage drop, fwd
direction on this type of diode s/b under .15 volts, while the reverse
of the probes should show a much higher voltage, maybe even off-scale
for reverse. Right where they sit
think I will give up on the repair Idea and leave it to
someone who really knows what they're doing.
You guys are great and I really want to thank you for all the help you
provided.
Dean
Dive into the World
and direction timing numbers or
will the Leadshine numbers work fine? I've read some opinions out there
that the cheap Chinese knock-offs are a far cry from the actual
Leadshine drivers.
Thanks again.
Dean
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On 2/9/2015 1:46 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote:
On 02/09/2015 06:36 AM, Dean Posekany wrote:
Thanks everyone for your insight. Its really been helpful. I think
I'm going to pick up one of the cheap MA860H's, install it and use the
pulled Parker drive for a back-up. That way I can give it a spin
After the comments/recommendations to think about attempting a repair to
the Parker drives, I popped several open and took a good look around. On
the top surface I could find no obvious problems. Not popped caps, no
burn marks, nothing. On the bottom, I found what looks to be a problem
on two
Thanks John. Never have seen the Leadshine drivers. I'll take a look.
On 2/8/2015 12:16 PM, John Alexander Stewart wrote:
Dean;
Personally - my location makes my situation different than yours.
I have 3 CNC builds - two with Gecko 540s, one with Leadshine stepper
drivers ordered from
, are there any performance issues in mixing drive components, say
Parker and Gecko?
On 2/8/2015 12:25 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
On 02/08/2015 10:40 AM, Dean Posekany wrote:
Here's my question for the worldly experience of the group. I'm retired
and this is a serious hobby machine and I don't have
experience with this stuff to feel like I can make a good decision.
If it was your problem, what direction would you go?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
Dean
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Starturn lathe came with a smaller drive that failed, the
repair was about £4 for a chip, it can be very cheap to do your own
drive repair.
Dave
On 08/02/2015, Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com wrote:
On 02/08/2015 10:40 AM, Dean Posekany wrote:
Here's my question for the worldly experience
On 2/8/2015 2:01 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
Yes, I am a Certified Electronics Technician. And I like to teach. And
being both 80 yo, and long retired myself, I do consider the costs in
the long view if I can.
Thanks Gene. I'm a loong way from an electronics technician. So, if
you're
On 2/8/2015 2:16 PM, Kirk Wallace wrote:
On 02/08/2015 10:11 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
... snip
I'm wondering why they are failing on you?
Do you have the drives heat sinked?The back of the drives are smooth
aluminum and are designed to be
heatsinked to a backplane or the heatsink that
On 2/8/2015 1:11 PM, Dave Cole wrote:
I'm wondering why they are failing on you?
Do you have the drives heat sinked?The back of the drives are smooth
aluminum and are designed to be
heatsinked to a backplane or the heatsink that Parker sold (use heat
sink compound).
Hi Dave:
Yea, I
Yep, sorry, thought they had the high helix in the small size.
They do have pretty good prices otherwise. I've bought quite a bit of stuff
from them in the past and had good experience. - NVI
Get the short flute length if you can tolerate it.
-Original Message-
From: Mark Cason
Check out shars.com
I think they have high helix 2 flute aluminum bits at pretty good prices.
Also the long cutting area is why they are breaking. Get a stubby length.
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Thanks for the link. Much appreciated.
I have a machine that was formally a CNC router. The gantry ways are pretty
parallel with the table surface to begin with. The real problem comes in
the pcb mouning to the table. You need to make sure that the PCB does not
bow upwards. I try to pre-flex
I wanted to try circuit board routing on my machine
and I was having trouble finding the proper bit to use.
The little carbide mills I had broke too easily.
I finally found these on ebay: http://tinyurl.com/6xwrctm
Yes, they are from China, but they seem get the job done
and are reasonably
You guys are reading this all wrong.
Make no mistake, Anonymous investor is looking to make some money.
That should come as no surprise.
Heck, I think a lot of us have been trying to come up with a business plan
that involves EMC in one way or another. Some of us have made some money
using
You need to go to the manufacturer's website to see if they have a Linux
driver for their particular touch screen.
X does support some touch screens natively, Microtouch and ELO etc..
It's hit or miss with some of these imports.
And I don't see anything specific about drivers on lilliput's
Here's a 7 touch screen that does work in Linux
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12561
And here is how you make it work
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:kiddshoptouchscreenunderxandros
-Original Message-
From: Colin Kingsbury [mailto:ckingsb...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 23,
Thanks Chris and Kirk. EMC will load on my desktop with the change. Now
I'm headed out to the shop to see if I can make this work in the real world.
Thanks again.
Dean
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From: Kirk Wallace [mailto:kwall...@wallacecompany.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:43 AM
the .hal and .ini
files. I'm a rank beginner here and don't know where to go next. I can't
seem to find anything to help me in the Hal docs either.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Dean
Kirk:
That statement was already in my .hal file. But, I did comment out the
'motion.motion-inpos' line in the postgui.hal file and that did allow EMC to
run. Thanks for the suggestion and I'll keep plugging away.
Dean
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From: Kirk Wallace [mailto:kwall
Writing CD image or files of that size to USB memory is not practical
for a trade show. Simply too slow.
Agreed. Not worth your time. Plus your assuming that anyone who is seriously
interested to try
EMC will just happen to have a USB pen on them.
Just burn some CD's. Charge a minimal
I remember seeing somewhere on the web that the best way to create a true bas
relief
from a grayscale to g-code program is to paint the object in question white and
then submerge the object into water that is slightly dyed.
You then photograph the item from above.
With a little tweaking in
Your are allowed to charge a minimal cost of copying for open source software.
Like a dollar or so..
Bring enough CD's to pay for the booth.
Just don't make a career out of it...:)
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Like the others said. But to clarify, some CD burning software calls this
operation Burn Image to Disc
The iso file IS the CD image. Not a file you end up seeing on the CD once it
is burned.
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From: Jim Fleig - CNC Services j...@cncservices.ws
To: Enhanced Machine
Jon, that is overkill for PCB routing.
I have a pcb routing spindle motor right here in front of me
and it is not much more than a hobby dc motor.
- Original Message -
From: Jon Elson el...@pico-systems.com
Well, the ultimate motors for this are Westwind air bearing spindles or
I did this in EMC 1. At that time I had to write a special program to do this.
The program talked to emc through NML and wrote out the g-code file.
However I believe this can now be done in EMC2 with just a g-code sequence.
Be advised that it takes a long time to probe even a small area in
http://www.deskam.com/deskengrave.html
The above comes with it'a own stick font, but I don't use that.
Instead I use TT fonts that are very thin.
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To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent:
it be
useful in a future version? Not a show-stopper for my current EMC
application.
P.S. Successfully recompiled EMC in simulator mode under Ubuntu Hardy.
EMC's an impressive free (as in speech, not beer) control application.
Thanks for all your hard work..Dean
Terry wrote:
A lot more got put
Ian, I think it's great that you would build your own driver.
But to do so is not for the sake of saving money.
Maybe as a learning excersize, but not to save money.
Once you figure in your time and effort, you won't beat the cost of an off the
shelf unit as Dave has indicated below.
If your
Dean! I placed an order with them. I like the fact that they are
family owned and operated. Wish they had 10pc combo packs for end mills
though.
Andy
Dean Hedin wrote:
Andrew,
Since you are using a dremel then you will need to go with the tiny
milling
bits.
Something like these:
http
Andrew,
Since you are using a dremel then you will need to go with the tiny milling
bits.
Something like these:
http://drillbitcity.com/catalogue/special_tools.asp
You usually go with ball nose when you are profiling a surface in 3d.
I was wondering...
Is there any benefit to be found with the real time kernel by disabling apm
or other features with the kernel parameters?
For example acpi=off apm=off etc?
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From: Alex Joni [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
You should'nt have any problems with the ELO touchscreen.
I have used Elo under Linux in the past.
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From: Carl Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a 3-axis router that needs a new control system. It is now running
on
orphaned, buggy, proprietary control software under an
Sean,
If your on a budget then go with one of the Allegro chipset based controllers
(Hobbycnc etc..)
Try to get motors that are rated at 2.5-3 amps (about the max that an Allegro
chip can drive) and are rated around 3-5 volts.
Also, make sure you run the highest voltage the controller can
Here's and idea:
Search the web for keytec touchscreen linux
Amazingly, the following shows up:
http://www.magictouch.com/login.html
They seem to have drivers for linux
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Interesting if you have the time..
But for six bucks and free shipping...
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6040
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To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008
, February 03, 2008 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Modbus RS-485 Transceiver
Good advice is never to buy non-isolated converters.
You will replace them regularly if you do.
This does not seem to be isolated.
Kirk Wallace wrote:
On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 03:06 -0500, Dean Hedin wrote
I have worked with touch screens in linux at a previous job.
Controllers that are Microtouch and ELO based are well supported.
These have either a serial or USB interface. Here is how to set them up.
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Touch-Screen-HOWTO.html#toc6
As for getting a hold of a
Thanks for posting that link.
After reading through it I'm thinking that ...
acpi=off apm=off on the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst would be a wise
idea.
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From: Matthew Glenn Shaver [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rtai.dk/cgi-bin/gratiswiki.pl?Latency_Killer
Chris make sure you are up to version 2.2.2
There are some bugs in the wizard regarding home/limit switch setup.
You may find it easier to just rewire the switches.
The most simple configuration is to put all the homes on one pin and
all the limits on another pin. Have a pull up resistor on
- Original Message -
From: William Scalione [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would suggest that if you plan to engrave metal with text or other
fine lines that you
try to find a spring loaded floating engraving spindle. They keep the
depth of cut at
an exact depth for the entire job. Doing
Has anyone tried apt-get install kubuntu-desktop on an emc install yet?
I'm off to give it a shot. Unless somebody tells me there are serious side
effects.
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I like the idea of rotary joints to eliminate linear bearings. But you are
now forced into a complicated drive mechanisim
at each rotary joint.
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Worked like a champ.
That was funny. I finally got all the pieces together on Sunday but homing
would'nt work and it was getting late.
I was reluctant to post to the list because I had done this before and
homing was the least of my problems.
Fired up the email and there, like an an oasis in
Disregard previous post, discovered your earlier email regarding repository
change.
- Original Message -
From: Jeff Epler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net;
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 11:04 PM
Subject: [Emc-users] Released: EMC 2.2.2
I'm
I guess it depends on the type of work you are doing.
I see these types of tranforms being handled in the relm of the cad/cam
application.
But for drill circles or other canned cycles I can see the utility.
Perhaps I could have saved you some time over the weekend. I have already
written a
If you don't mind etching a board yourself there are some good DIY options
here:
http://www.pminmo.com/
- Original Message -
From: Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 10:01 AM
Subject: [Emc-users]
There are a few 5114 drivers up there now.
Even if they are cw/ccw pulse driven I think I can just gate the
step and direction signals out of emc to arrive at a format the Vexta wants.
However am I correct in assuming that the Vexta drivers are
not constant current type drivers? Will I be
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