Re: [Emc-users] inverted text

2011-10-11 Thread marc foster
Christian, it could be that you need to invert the axis. You could do this in the configuration wizard on the setup page for pinouts. I think that there is a checkbox labeled 'invert' Marc On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Cristian Ruiz contacto_ru...@yahoo.com.arwrote: inverted image and

Re: [Emc-users] settings

2011-10-06 Thread marc foster
Christian, my first guess would be that you have the settings on one of the steppers wrong. It could be either the number of steps per revolution or the lead screw pitch. This would cause the affected axis to scale the movement and would definitely cause a circle to come out as an ellipse.

Re: [Emc-users] stepper motors

2011-10-04 Thread marc foster
Cristian, When I set up my machine I had the speeds and accelerations set too high and the motors would just oscillate because they were not able to overcome the inertia of the leadscrews. Do they behave the same way when not coupled to the machine? Just a guess. Need more info to really

Re: [Emc-users] upgrade issue with 10.04 live CD

2011-10-01 Thread marc foster
and added 'acpi=off' to the grub file and I now have a functioning setup. I'm not sure what the relationship is between RTAI and the ACPI subsystems. If anyone has experience with this I would be happy to have an explanation. Thanks for all the prompt responses to my questions. marc foster On Fri

[Emc-users] upgrade issue with 10.04 live CD

2011-09-29 Thread marc foster
I have a recently upgraded to a new PC for my EMC installation and I am having difficulty getting EMC to run on the 10.04 Live CD. I know that it is not a hardware issue because I can run a 8.04 Live CD and everything works fine. The 10.04 CD boots and runs fine, however when I run the EMC it