On 1 May 2014 05:25, Bill billbret...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks to your help, the configuration is working, (I've still to check out
the homing/limits and spindle) but I am working hard at trying to get the 2
wire ULN3003 driver to perform.
Do you have a strong reason for wanting to build a
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Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc stepper mill configuration
Hi Bill
Please dont apologize for asking questions. Were here to help you man. I
was not offended at all.
You are falling into a trap that many people seem to do when working
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From: Todd Zuercher zuerc...@embarqmail.com
To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 11:09:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc stepper mill configuration
I
On Sunday 13 April 2014 02:36:39 Bill Brettle did opine:
Sorry Marius,
I did read your message and I thought I had tried it together with a
multitude of other configs, but I must have either missed it put a typo
in the line somewhere, anyhow, my sincere apologies.
I thought I had it then
Hi Bill
Please dont apologize for asking questions. Were here to help you man. I
was not offended at all.
You are falling into a trap that many people seem to do when working
with a new setup. I have a golden rule that says - One thing at a time
Change and fix one thing at a time and start with
Sorry Marius,
I did read your message and I thought I had tried it together with a
multitude of other configs, but I must have either missed it put a typo in
the line somewhere, anyhow, my sincere apologies.
I thought I had it then I found I had some wiring problems (as Gene
said)(LM7805 and
On 2014-04-06 06:37, Bill Brettle wrote:
Thankyou both
First, the LOW on pin 1 was 0v sorry to muddy the waters.
Second, I corrected the -out-invert problem now I get this Error message
Debug file information:
Can not find -sec MOT -var MOT -num 1
Can not find -sec IO -var IO -num 1
Can
On Sunday 06 April 2014 03:38:15 Bill Brettle did opine:
Thankyou both
First, the LOW on pin 1 was 0v sorry to muddy the waters.
Second, I corrected the -out-invert problem now I get this Error
message Debug file information:
Can not find -sec MOT -var MOT -num 1
Can not find -sec IO
Hi all,
I've worked hard at my .ini and Hal but can't get rid of that error.
I realised that I can change the wiring on my spindle relay and get rid of
the offending line but that has moved the problem down to my setp enable
file and that one's got me beat it doesnt matter if I have the invert
On Sunday 06 April 2014 09:24:35 Bill Brettle did opine:
Hi all,
I've worked hard at my .ini and Hal but can't get rid of that error.
I realised that I can change the wiring on my spindle relay and get rid
of the offending line but that has moved the problem down to my setp
enable file
On 6 April 2014 14:14, Bill Brettle billbret...@gmail.com wrote:
I've worked hard at my .ini and Hal but can't get rid of that error.
The problem is still there and still the same cause.
You have:
setp parport.0.pin-01-out-invert
You should have:
setp parport.0.pin-01-out-invert 1
or, if you
I thought that was exactly what I explained. Make me think of Eric
Clapton - I must be invisible :)
On 2014-04-06 16:21, andy pugh wrote:
On 6 April 2014 14:14, Bill Brettle billbret...@gmail.com wrote:
I've worked hard at my .ini and Hal but can't get rid of that error.
The problem is still
Hi again everyone
Pin No. 01 on my BOB is enable, and unless it is on HIGH the motion
commands are blocked, I've discovered that the input from the computer on
this pin is 5v (ie HIGH) but the BOB inverts this so that the output is
about 2v (ie Low) so what I now want to do is to invert the
On 5 April 2014 12:42, Bill Brettle billbret...@gmail.com wrote:
computer. There are some example on how to do this in an LCNC document
titled Stepper Configuration. (with part of that document Attached) When I
put that into my HAL file I get an error message as shown on the top line
of that
On Saturday 05 April 2014 09:28:28 Bill Brettle did opine:
Hi again everyone
Pin No. 01 on my BOB is enable, and unless it is on HIGH the motion
commands are blocked, I've discovered that the input from the computer
on this pin is 5v (ie HIGH) but the BOB inverts this so that the output
Thankyou both
First, the LOW on pin 1 was 0v sorry to muddy the waters.
Second, I corrected the -out-invert problem now I get this Error message
Debug file information:
Can not find -sec MOT -var MOT -num 1
Can not find -sec IO -var IO -num 1
Can not find -sec LINUXCNC -var NML_FILE -num 1
Can
On 2 April 2014 05:51, Bill Brettle billbret...@gmail.com wrote:
1. how is Xenable triggered, it doesn't appear to be going high
Xenable isn't a HAL pin, so I assume that it is a signal that is
created in your HAL file.
You probably want to connect it to axis.0.amp-enable-out.
Hi everyone
If I sound confused, Good I am.
1. how is Xenable triggered, it doesn't appear to be going high
2. Attached is a file called uln2003.hal which is a file I downloaded and
have used as a basis for my .hal. It is for a 2 axis 4 wire connection and
sets out the pins for A B C an D
Bill
I looked at your files but I could see nothing obviously wrong with
them. Did you ever edit these files with a widows based editor?
It sometime helps to restart the terminal session if you get funnies
that just happen without explanation.
Please explain the other strange files in your
Sorry about the double posts my mail client said the message was not
sent and it could not save it so I redid the message.
On 2014-03-30 08:09, Marius Liebenberg wrote:
Bill
I looked at your files but I could see nothing obviously wrong with
them. Did you ever edit these files with a widows
On 29 March 2014 07:44, Bill billbret...@gmail.com wrote:
I rewrote my BillsMill.hal based on one in LinuxCNC forum Sept 2012
What did you edit it with?
The error message is:
BillsMill.hal:1: Unknown command 'Ôªø'
Which looks like the hal file is not a plain text file any more.
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atp
If
Having looked at the config which you attached, I am rather puzzled.
There seem to be many more files than I would expect, files named the
same as pins. Very peculiar.
On 29 March 2014 20:41, andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com wrote:
On 29 March 2014 07:44, Bill billbret...@gmail.com wrote:
I
On Saturday 29 March 2014 18:18:45 andy pugh did opine:
Having looked at the config which you attached, I am rather puzzled.
There seem to be many more files than I would expect, files named the
same as pins. Very peculiar.
How did you unpack that zip? I couldn't get anything out of it that
On 28 March 2014 02:50, Bill billbret...@gmail.com wrote:
I can't see how to do any of this with the stepconfig wizard, and if I just
edit the BillsMill.hal file it will revert when I sun stepcon
That's just the way it is if you have an unconventional setup. (ie,
not step-dir drives).
See
edit this confuguration.
Regards Bill
---Original Message---
From: Gene Heskett
Date: 03/08/14 14:40:52
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc stepper mill configuration
On Friday 07 March 2014 23:06:00 Bill did opine:
Hi Gene and Andy
I
On Friday 28 March 2014 00:47:59 Bill did opine:
Hi everyone
After three weeks I've got the latency down under 10,000 and received
and installed my breakout board. Now I'm trying to get it going.
With unipolar stepper motors and 2 wire uln2003 stepper drivers need to
alter the loadrt
Hi Gene
Well I sat down this afternoon and worked on the configuration from scratch
and it seemed to go OK . I can't try it yet because I am still waiting for
the Breakout boards, they are on a slow boat from China. I still have to
work out how to change the hal to make the stepconf type 5 as my
On Friday 07 March 2014 05:34:21 Bill did opine:
Hi Gene
Well I sat down this afternoon and worked on the configuration from
scratch and it seemed to go OK . I can't try it yet because I am still
waiting for the Breakout boards, they are on a slow boat from China. I
still have to work out
On Friday 07 March 2014 06:25:36 Bill did opine:
Hi Gene
Well I sat down this afternoon and worked on the configuration from
scratch and it seemed to go OK . I can't try it yet because I am still
waiting for the Breakout boards, they are on a slow boat from China. I
still have to work out
On 7 March 2014 04:35, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
I have minebea 17PM-M201-02 6wire HYbrid stepper motors driven by
ULN2003a 2 wire drivers unipolar.
This seems a bit puny to me, or your are geared down pretty slow, and with
the voltage limits imposed by those drivers, it is not
Gentlemen,
due to the automatic line feed and another error there are two dots
missing in the URL.
Correlctly it has to be:
http://www.robosoftsystems.co.in/roboshop/media/catalog/product/pdf/Minebea%2014PM-M201%20Unipolar%20Motor.pdf
Greetings
Peter
Am 07.03.2014 12:27, schrieb Gene Heskett:
of February this is not too bad.
Mostly night games.B
---Original Message---
From: Gene Heskett
Date: 03/07/14 21:30:12
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc stepper mill configuration
On Friday 07 March 2014 06:25:36 Bill did opine:
Hi Gene
Well I
On Friday 07 March 2014 19:22:40 Bill did opine:
Hi Gene
Sorry the link got mixed up in the email so here it goes again, I've
emailed it to myself as well so I can check it.
http://www.robosoftsystems.co
in/roboshop/media/catalog/product/pdf/Minebea%2014PM-M201%20Unipolar%20M
otor pdf
On 8 March 2014 00:44, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
http://www.robosoftsystems.co
in/roboshop/media/catalog/product/pdf/Minebea%2014PM-M201%20Unipolar%20M
otor pdf
Link still bummed here,
Using Peter Blodow's version of the link I found a truly tiny stepper.
Holding Torque Nm
Thanks Andy
How do I do speed/force/power calculations?
Bill
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On 8 March 2014 01:56, Bill billbret...@gmail.com wrote:
How do I do speed/force/power calculations?
Well, basically, you use Physics. Where do you want to start?
Binary question search 1: Do you know what torque is?
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If you can't fix it, you don't own it.
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To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc stepper mill configuration
On Friday 07 March 2014 19:22:40 Bill did opine:
Hi Gene
Sorry the link got mixed up in the email so here it goes again, I've
emailed it to myself as well so I can check it.
http
On 8 March 2014 02:27, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
And that 24 volts, that is 9 more than the ULN2003 will be happy at
No, the ULN is rated to 50V
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Hi Gene and Andy
I guess I'm convinced that I need bigger motors but until I see some
movement I don't want to do anything.
What Torque do you both Suggest
I'll carry on with calculations in the meantime then I can shop around.
Thanks again
Bill
http://pminmo.com/
this is a great site to find calculations and explanations on , i studied
it intently , good luck
jeremy youngs
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Bill billbret...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Gene and Andy
I guess I'm convinced that I need bigger motors but until I see some
On 03/07/2014 05:56 PM, Bill wrote:
Thanks Andy
How do I do speed/force/power calculations?
Bill
You could try to fit a pulley to where the hand wheels are now. Then
wrap with a string and hang a weight to the string. Keep adding weight
until the axis moves the way you want. The torque
On Friday 07 March 2014 22:46:26 andy pugh did opine:
On 8 March 2014 02:27, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote:
And that 24 volts, that is 9 more than the ULN2003 will be happy at
No, the ULN is rated to 50V
It might be rated at 50 volts Andy, but its also rated at .5 amps. It
doesn't
On Friday 07 March 2014 23:06:00 Bill did opine:
Hi Gene and Andy
I guess I'm convinced that I need bigger motors but until I see some
movement I don't want to do anything.
If you want to see movement without letting the smoke out, and here I am
assuming the + end of your 24 volt supply is
Hi Everyone
My Name is Bill, I'm an aged pensioner and new to cnc
When I open the linuxcnc configuration wizard and click modify a
Configuration I am sent to a Modify Existing configuration window.
I select the machine I wish to use and click open but nothing happens.
What am I doing wrong.
On Thursday 06 March 2014 19:54:11 Bill did opine:
Hi Everyone
My Name is Bill, I'm an aged pensioner and new to cnc
When I open the linuxcnc configuration wizard and click modify a
Configuration I am sent to a Modify Existing configuration window.
I select the machine I wish to use and
Bill
---Original Message---
From: Gene Heskett
Date: 03/07/14 11:03:08
To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Linuxcnc stepper mill configuration
On Thursday 06 March 2014 19:54:11 Bill did opine:
Hi Everyone
My Name is Bill, I'm an aged pensioner and new
On Thursday 06 March 2014 22:56:56 Bill did opine:
New first, we would rather not have to sort the order of reading a message,
so we discourage top posting.
Hi Gene
I building a DIY desktop mill (moving table) 420x300mm bed 3 axis
Nice size, could do, if its level enough, pcb etching
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