Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-04 Thread Jack
Patrick, One more item, you need to make sure you ALWAYS keep some kind of load on the PC power supply when it is plugged in. Some of the older ones had real problems if you didn't have some reasonable load on them (problem like: stop working and let the magic smoke out!). So make sure you have

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread andyholcomb
I went through the setup; but no where was there a spot to put in the backlash. How/where so I set the backlash? Andy Andy Holcomb wrote: > I will have to reply to this later tonight, my machine is not here, I > do know that I installed that computer about 4,5,6 months ago from a > freshly dow

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread Andy Holcomb
Thanks John, I will check the house computer to see if anything is strange. I will keep more of an eye out for this also. Andy John Kasunich wrote: > Andy Holcomb wrote: > >> I only get one copy, there is no choice >> > > I just checked your list subscription - you have "Avoid duplicate

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread John Kasunich
Andy Holcomb wrote: > > I only get one copy, there is no choice I just checked your list subscription - you have "Avoid duplicate messages" turned on. This is the description of that setting: "When you are listed explicitly in the To: or Cc: headers of a list message, you can opt to not recei

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread Andy Holcomb
Jeff Epler wrote: > I believe that what John is doing is known as a "courtesy copy": he > sends a message to the list, and he sends a copy directly to you. > Depending which one you reply to (your personal copy or the list copy), > a different default reply address will be offered. > I only ge

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread John Kasunich
Jeff Epler wrote: > I believe that what John is doing is known as a "courtesy copy": he > sends a message to the list, and he sends a copy directly to you. > Depending which one you reply to (your personal copy or the list copy), > a different default reply address will be offered. > > The "courte

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread Jeff Epler
I believe that what John is doing is known as a "courtesy copy": he sends a message to the list, and he sends a copy directly to you. Depending which one you reply to (your personal copy or the list copy), a different default reply address will be offered. The "courtesy copy" is especially useful

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread Andy Holcomb
I will have to reply to this later tonight, my machine is not here, I do know that I installed that computer about 4,5,6 months ago from a freshly downloaded CD from EMC (latest version) and it sat in my house till I got it out to the machine a couple of weeks ago. I don't know what I used to s

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread Ray Henry
On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 09:17 -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: > These are the hal files that I got with the install cd. I went through > the hal setup gui and changed the pinout on the lpt port and that was > all I changed in the hal files. > > Let see if this one goes out right on the reply-to Looks

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread Andy Holcomb
John Kasunich wrote: > andyholcomb wrote: > >> Had it set to 12000, put it up 14000 to see if would fix the >> problem, didn't; have not changed it back; I just set it back to 12000. > > That change can't fix anything, but can make things worse. If you are > changing stuff without knowing wh

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread Andy Holcomb
These are the hal files that I got with the install cd. I went through the hal setup gui and changed the pinout on the lpt port and that was all I changed in the hal files. Let see if this one goes out right on the reply-to Andy Ray Henry wrote: > On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 08:58 -0500, Andy Holco

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread Ray Henry
On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 08:58 -0500, Andy Holcomb wrote: > John, if you look at your messages and everyone else's you will notice > that all of theres have a the reply-to set up to reply to emc, all of > your messages are set to you. So if you don't want people to reply to > you, you might think

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread Andy Holcomb
John, if you look at your messages and everyone else's you will notice that all of theres have a the reply-to set up to reply to emc, all of your messages are set to you. So if you don't want people to reply to you, you might think about fixing that. Be nice John if you are representing EMC.

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-03 Thread Jeff Epler
On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 12:24:00AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i just interesting, is pulse per revolution same as steps per revolution > (x something to get steps per inch)? can i say that 1 step/pulse = 0.3125 > nanoseconds and when it comes close to 12500-13000 is is too fast? > thanks Ye

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-02 Thread amtb
> andyholcomb wrote: >> core_stepper.hal >> http://pastebin.ca/1192190 >> pluto_pinout.hal >> http://pastebin.ca/1192191 >> sim_pinout.hal >> http://pastebin.ca/1192193 >> standard_pinout.hal >> http://pastebin.ca/1192194 >> stepper_inch.ini >> http://pastebin.ca/1192195 >> xylotex_pinout.hal >> ht

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-02 Thread John Kasunich
andyholcomb wrote: > core_stepper.hal > http://pastebin.ca/1192190 > pluto_pinout.hal > http://pastebin.ca/1192191 > sim_pinout.hal > http://pastebin.ca/1192193 > standard_pinout.hal > http://pastebin.ca/1192194 > stepper_inch.ini > http://pastebin.ca/1192195 > xylotex_pinout.hal > http://pastebin.

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-02 Thread andyholcomb
core_stepper.hal http://pastebin.ca/1192190 pluto_pinout.hal http://pastebin.ca/1192191 sim_pinout.hal http://pastebin.ca/1192193 standard_pinout.hal http://pastebin.ca/1192194 stepper_inch.ini http://pastebin.ca/1192195 xylotex_pinout.hal http://pastebin.ca/1192196 Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: >

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-02 Thread John Kasunich
andyholcomb wrote: > > John Kasunich wrote: >> Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: >> There's not much more we can do without knowing what we're chasing. >> >> >> Seconded - although you've provided some description of the symptoms, it >> is really rather vague and raises more questions than it answers

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-02 Thread andyholcomb
John Kasunich wrote: > Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > There's not much more we can do without knowing what we're chasing. > > > Seconded - although you've provided some description of the symptoms, it > is really rather vague and raises more questions than it answers. We're > discussing it on

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-02 Thread John Kasunich
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: There's not much more we can do without knowing what we're chasing. > Seconded - although you've provided some description of the symptoms, it is really rather vague and raises more questions than it answers. We're discussing it on IRC at the moment, and it seems like

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-02 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
andyholcomb wrote: > [snip] > >It works fine when the program is running but if I pause it or stop in >auto mode it sometimes goes nuts (Not so true I have had a axis mess up >while the file was running, the z was jittering while the code was >running on the x and y axises( z slowly went down))

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-02 Thread andyholcomb
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: > andyholcomb wrote: > > >> Hi John, just a reminded to not let you forget about me, please. Or any >> buddy else that can help; because I am still having the problems and >> have no idea where to start. >> >> Thanks >> Andy >> >> andyholcomb wrote: >> >> >>

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-02 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
andyholcomb wrote: >Hi John, just a reminded to not let you forget about me, please. Or any >buddy else that can help; because I am still having the problems and >have no idea where to start. > >Thanks >Andy > >andyholcomb wrote: > > >>When I get it to mess up the motor-pos-cmd is jittering a

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-09-02 Thread andyholcomb
Hi John, just a reminded to not let you forget about me, please. Or any buddy else that can help; because I am still having the problems and have no idea where to start. Thanks Andy andyholcomb wrote: > When I get it to mess up the motor-pos-cmd is jittering at the 4th 5th > 6th etc decimal p

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-08-31 Thread andyholcomb
When I get it to mess up the motor-pos-cmd is jittering at the 4th 5th 6th etc decimal place, so is the pos cmd and the pos cmd fdback. The dir is also bouncing back and fourth but the step appears to be fine. Andy John Kasunich wrote: andyholcomb wrote: This is a new and updated (today)

Re: [Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-08-31 Thread John Kasunich
andyholcomb wrote: > This is a new and updated (today) install. I am running steppers > motors. In manual mode it works great, MDI and Auto mode it will > randomly go nuts on on one or two varying axises. Nuts, sometimes > going back and forth about 10 or 20 degrees on a axis with no movemen

[Emc-users] Problems with axises in auto and mdi

2008-08-31 Thread andyholcomb
This is a new and updated (today) install. I am running steppers motors. In manual mode it works great, MDI and Auto mode it will randomly go nuts on on one or two varying axises. Nuts, sometimes going back and forth about 10 or 20 degrees on a axis with no movement on the digits on the scr