Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-30 Thread dave
On 06/29/2017 09:08 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 06/29/2017 10:43 PM, dave wrote: On 06/25/2017 12:32 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 06/25/2017 09:21 AM, dave wrote: .warning: gcode exceeds machine limits. I classically set my limits at -.2 ..18, -.2, ..9 and 0 ... -3. Moving to -9 ... 9, -4 .

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-29 Thread Jon Elson
On 06/29/2017 10:43 PM, dave wrote: On 06/25/2017 12:32 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 06/25/2017 09:21 AM, dave wrote: .warning: gcode exceeds machine limits. I classically set my limits at -.2 ..18, -.2, ..9 and 0 ... -3. Moving to -9 ... 9, -4 ... 4 for x and y and it still gave me the

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-29 Thread dave
On 06/25/2017 12:32 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 06/25/2017 09:21 AM, dave wrote: .warning: gcode exceeds machine limits. I classically set my limits at -.2 ..18, -.2, ..9 and 0 ... -3. Moving to -9 ... 9, -4 ... 4 for x and y and it still gave me the same error message. and yes I sh

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-28 Thread dave
On 06/26/2017 02:32 PM, dave wrote: On 06/26/2017 01:46 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 26 June 2017 at 21:03, dave wrote: "home" carefully nestled between the - and + jog buttons. Now you have me curious; not certain where you are headed. Curious that you don't have a "home all" button, but

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-26 Thread dave
On 06/26/2017 01:46 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 26 June 2017 at 21:03, dave wrote: "home" carefully nestled between the - and + jog buttons. Now you have me curious; not certain where you are headed. Curious that you don't have a "home all" button, but where I was heading was that if you had

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 June 2017 at 21:03, dave wrote: > "home" carefully nestled between the - and + jog buttons. > Now you have me curious; not certain where you are headed. > Curious that you don't have a "home all" button, but where I was heading was that if you had been using "touch off" to zero the axes

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-26 Thread dave
On 06/26/2017 12:24 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 26 June 2017 at 19:29, dave wrote: On 06/26/2017 08:05 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 26 June 2017 at 15:36, dave wrote: I'm homing in the easiest manner possible; Move all axes to machine (mechanical) zero and click mouse. What are you clicking w

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 June 2017 at 19:29, dave wrote: > > > On 06/26/2017 08:05 AM, andy pugh wrote: > >> On 26 June 2017 at 15:36, dave wrote: >> >> I'm homing in the easiest manner possible; Move all axes to machine >>> (mechanical) zero and click mouse. >>> >> >> What are you clicking with the mouse? >> >> >

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-26 Thread dave
On 06/26/2017 08:05 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 26 June 2017 at 15:36, dave wrote: I'm homing in the easiest manner possible; Move all axes to machine (mechanical) zero and click mouse. What are you clicking with the mouse? yes. -

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 June 2017 at 15:36, dave wrote: > I'm homing in the easiest manner possible; Move all axes to machine > (mechanical) zero and click mouse. What are you clicking with the mouse? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mecha

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-26 Thread dave
On 06/26/2017 03:45 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 26 June 2017 at 02:53, dave wrote: The shift in G55 didn't disappear every loop through a pocket shifted about 1 cm. Is the machine absolute position shifting? ie, if you set your display to "machine coordinates" and jog to the home position, doe

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-26 Thread dave
On 06/25/2017 08:48 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 06/25/2017 06:51 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 25 June 2017 at 15:21, dave wrote: I suspect that this is a thermal problem Whereas I consider the idea that it is a _Computer_ thermal problem almost inconceivable. Yes, for a CPU to foul up ONLY the

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-26 Thread andy pugh
On 26 June 2017 at 02:53, dave wrote: > The shift in G55 didn't disappear every loop through a pocket shifted > about 1 cm. > Is the machine absolute position shifting? ie, if you set your display to "machine coordinates" and jog to the home position, does it show the right values? I can't see

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread Jon Elson
On 06/25/2017 06:51 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 25 June 2017 at 15:21, dave wrote: I suspect that this is a thermal problem Whereas I consider the idea that it is a _Computer_ thermal problem almost inconceivable. Yes, for a CPU to foul up ONLY the counting of one axis in ONE direction seems

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread dave
On 06/25/2017 04:53 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 25 June 2017 at 21:47, dave wrote: For right now I suspect cpu temp. Homing is manual Are you sure that you are doing this right? If you jog to your manual home position and re-home, does the problem go away? I've lost the thread As of thi

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 June 2017 at 15:21, dave wrote: > I suspect that this is a thermal problem Whereas I consider the idea that it is a _Computer_ thermal problem almost inconceivable. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical genius

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 June 2017 at 21:47, dave wrote: > For right now I suspect cpu temp. > Homing is manual > Are you sure that you are doing this right? If you jog to your manual home position and re-home, does the problem go away? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is desi

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread dave
On 06/25/2017 12:34 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 06/25/2017 12:44 PM, dave wrote: Multiple problems: Having cooled off the shop a bit the limits violation seems to have gone away for now. We'll see what later in the day brings. BTW the limit violations were consistent between axis and tklinu

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread dave
On 06/25/2017 12:32 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 06/25/2017 09:21 AM, dave wrote: .warning: gcode exceeds machine limits. I classically set my limits at -.2 ..18, -.2, ..9 and 0 ... -3. Moving to -9 ... 9, -4 ... 4 for x and y and it still gave me the same error message. and yes I sh

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread Jon Elson
On 06/25/2017 09:21 AM, dave wrote: .warning: gcode exceeds machine limits. I classically set my limits at -.2 ..18, -.2, ..9 and 0 ... -3. Moving to -9 ... 9, -4 ... 4 for x and y and it still gave me the same error message. and yes I shutdown linuxcnc and restarted homing on the

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread Jon Elson
On 06/25/2017 12:44 PM, dave wrote: Multiple problems: Having cooled off the shop a bit the limits violation seems to have gone away for now. We'll see what later in the day brings. BTW the limit violations were consistent between axis and tklinuxcnc. Multiple passes thru a small routine

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread Jon Elson
On 06/24/2017 06:20 PM, dave wrote: Thanks Jon, Tried that earlier in the day and didn't get anything. Just tried it again and what to my wondering eyes ... axis. :-) Still struggling with the interface but it seems to be giving me the same errors as tk. I can't quite figure out how I can be

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread dave
On 06/25/2017 07:21 AM, dave wrote: On 06/25/2017 02:55 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 25 June 2017 at 00:20, dave wrote: can't quite figure out how I can be in the middle of the bed with a small part and still get limit violations Is this actual limit-switch trips. or warnings that the

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread jeremy youngs
All machine move offs should be in the negative direction. I.e. I believe you have your scales backwards. There was an illustration pinned in the forum about this On Jun 25, 2017 9:28 AM, "dave" wrote: > > > On 06/25/2017 02:55 AM, andy pugh wrote: > >> On 25 June 2017 at 00:20, dave wrote: >>

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread dave
On 06/25/2017 02:55 AM, andy pugh wrote: On 25 June 2017 at 00:20, dave wrote: can't quite figure out how I can be in the middle of the bed with a small part and still get limit violations Is this actual limit-switch trips. or warnings that the G-code exceeds machine limits? The firs

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 June 2017 at 00:20, dave wrote: > can't quite figure out how I can be in the middle of the bed with a > small part and still > get limit violations > Is this actual limit-switch trips. or warnings that the G-code exceeds machine limits? The first is probably electrical noise. I seem

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-24 Thread dave
On 06/24/2017 02:20 PM, Jon Elson wrote: On 06/24/2017 03:52 PM, dave wrote: ps. In desperation I would try axis (again) but clicking on the sample configurations doesn't fill in the tree. 'a' and 'b' existed with the Duron also but I've never been this stalled. Pick any config that

Re: [Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-24 Thread Jon Elson
On 06/24/2017 03:52 PM, dave wrote: ps. In desperation I would try axis (again) but clicking on the sample configurations doesn't fill in the tree. 'a' and 'b' existed with the Duron also but I've never been this stalled. Pick any config that you like, and open the xxx.ini file in an ed

[Emc-users] Interp problems?

2017-06-24 Thread dave
Hi all, I recently switched from a Duron 1200 that has been running for years to a MW525. I thought by this time several problems would have been fixed. I'm still using tklinuxcnc but have plans to shift to gmocapy. I love the features in axis but do not interface well with the UI. dave@linu