Re: [Emc-users] Laser control

2010-12-13 Thread Neil Baylis
So presumably, I could also use M67 or M68 to control the laser power as well. Let me see how to configure my hal code for that. Thanks, Neil -- Oracle to DB2 Conversion Guide: Learn learn about native support for PL/SQL,

Re: [Emc-users] Laser control

2010-12-13 Thread Viesturs Lācis
2010/12/13 Neil Baylis : >> >>  synchronized with the motion. >> >> yes, exactly >> >> this is why in my gluing machine I use M62->M65 to control the glue valve. >> I think here the problem is similar when you need to turn on/off the >> laser while moving. >> >> see :  http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html

Re: [Emc-users] Laser control

2010-12-13 Thread Neil Baylis
> > synchronized with the motion. > > yes, exactly > > this is why in my gluing machine I use M62->M65 to control the glue valve. > I think here the problem is similar when you need to turn on/off the > laser while moving. > > see : http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gcode_main.html#sec:M62-to-M65 > >

Re: [Emc-users] Laser control

2010-12-13 Thread yann jautard
Le 08/12/2010 18:07, Jon Elson a écrit : > dambacher-retrofit.de wrote: >> Hi Neil >> >> Am 07.12.2010 19:00, schrieb Neil Baylis: >> >>> What's the best strategy for controlling a laser? >>> >>> My machine uses 2 axes to move the laser optic to the right position. I've >>> got this much working sa

Re: [Emc-users] Laser control

2010-12-08 Thread Jon Elson
dambacher-retrofit.de wrote: > Hi Neil > > Am 07.12.2010 19:00, schrieb Neil Baylis: > >> What's the best strategy for controlling a laser? >> >> My machine uses 2 axes to move the laser optic to the right position. I've >> got this much working satisfactorily. Now I need to control the laser po

Re: [Emc-users] Laser control

2010-12-08 Thread Eric H. Johnson
Neil, >> What's the best strategy for controlling a laser? My machine uses 2 axes to move the laser optic to the right position. I've got this much working satisfactorily. Now I need to control the laser power. I was planning to use a 3rd axis for this, let's call it Z. My plan was to use the s

Re: [Emc-users] Laser control

2010-12-07 Thread dambacher-retrofit.de
Hi Neil Am 07.12.2010 19:00, schrieb Neil Baylis: > What's the best strategy for controlling a laser? > > My machine uses 2 axes to move the laser optic to the right position. I've > got this much working satisfactorily. Now I need to control the laser power. > I was planning to use a 3rd axis fo

[Emc-users] Laser control

2010-12-07 Thread Neil Baylis
What's the best strategy for controlling a laser? My machine uses 2 axes to move the laser optic to the right position. I've got this much working satisfactorily. Now I need to control the laser power. I was planning to use a 3rd axis for this, let's call it Z. My plan was to use the sign of the