Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-26 Thread Mark Pictor
--- Jon Elson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip comes back. But, that isn't how the regularly-scheduled RT processes work on EMC. If you give up control, you can't get it back until the next servo cycle. I need to send a command packet, wait for the encoder position to be returned in a

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-26 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Mark Pictor wrote: --- Jon Elson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip comes back. But, that isn't how the regularly-scheduled RT processes work on EMC. If you give up control, you can't get it back until the next servo cycle. I need to send a command packet, wait for the encoder position to

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-26 Thread Peter C. Wallace
Snip_ We - not quite. Unless they use the same clock source, there will be skew. Every once in a while, you'll get two packets in a single servo period, or you'll get none. That doesn't even take into consideration the

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-26 Thread Jon Elson
Mark Pictor wrote: --- Jon Elson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip comes back. But, that isn't how the regularly-scheduled RT processes work on EMC. If you give up control, you can't get it back until the next servo cycle. I need to send a command packet, wait for the encoder position to

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-26 Thread Jon Elson
Peter C. Wallace wrote: I've been thinking about a related problem with our RS-422 serial interfaced Amps and controllers, and the general problem of using the hardware for more precise timing, but leaving EMC in control of timing. With a FPGA, its possible to make a

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-26 Thread maintenance
. Wallace Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 9:55 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project Snip_ We - not quite. Unless they use the same clock source, there will be skew. Every once

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-26 Thread Jon Elson
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: I talked to some folks who had gotten RTNet to work for their application (power substation monitoring, I think it was). Apparently it wasn't quite right out of the box, and they had problems getting answers from the developer. This was about 18 months ago

Re: [Emc-users] starting a new project

2007-10-26 Thread Dave Keeton
Nope, Sorry..I am from Springfield, Ohio - Original Message - From: Stuart Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] starting a new project Are you the Dave Keeton that used to work at Thayer St

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-25 Thread Dave Keeton
, October 21, 2007 6:33 PM Subject: [Emc-users] Starting a new project Hello, I am new to both Linux and EMC. I am a maintenance supervisor in an aircraft manufacturing facility. We do landing gear. I have a Motenc-Lite servo board. I am pretty sure I won't have alot of problems

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-25 Thread Dave Keeton
- Original Message - From: Stephen Wille Padnos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project Dave Keeton wrote: Question - I know that classic ladder has modbus

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-25 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Dave Keeton wrote: Fantastic...The new version of classic ladder has the modbus option in the config. But the version with EMC 2.1.7 does not have this. This could open up alot of I/O for me for a solid operators station. Can the classic ladder in EMC be upgraded? If you could check the inputs

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-25 Thread Jeff Epler
the classic ladder in emc can't communicate directly to modbus -- it only communicates to HAL pins. That option should not appear. Jeff - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-25 Thread Dave Keeton
: Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project Dave Keeton wrote: Question - I know that classic ladder has modbus capability. Even though EMC does'nt use it, can classic ladder use it for additional I/O points for switches and coils? Darned good question. It won't matter for long. I have

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-25 Thread Dave Keeton
PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project Dave Keeton wrote: Fantastic...The new version of classic ladder has the modbus option in the config. But the version with EMC

Re: [Emc-users] starting a new project

2007-10-25 Thread Stuart Stevenson
Are you the Dave Keeton that used to work at Thayer St. Louis? - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-25 Thread Jon Elson
Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: I have an interest in getting serial, ethernet, and USB drivers that work in at least pseudo-realtime, but it's not the highest thing on my priority list at the moment. Wow! I have been looking at RT-ethernet, there is a package by Jan Kiszka that looks like it

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-25 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Jon Elson wrote: Stephen Wille Padnos wrote: I have an interest in getting serial, ethernet, and USB drivers that work in at least pseudo-realtime, but it's not the highest thing on my priority list at the moment. Wow! I have been looking at RT-ethernet, there is a package by Jan

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-22 Thread Ray Henry
On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 02:25 +, ben lipkowitz wrote: On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Dave Keeton wrote: I would suggest at least looking at the HAL system and pyvcp (virtual control panel) before trying to mess around with Tcl. If you want to use tkemc, a VCP would be a second window and would force

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-22 Thread Dave Keeton
-users] Starting a new project On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Dave Keeton wrote: How does this control handle 3d interpolated arcs? Anyone know? The reason I am asking is we have a machine that has a Fanuc10M control on it. It goes from 80ipm down to about 20ipm while cutting these arcs. Almost all

[Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-21 Thread Dave Keeton
Hello, I am new to both Linux and EMC. I am a maintenance supervisor in an aircraft manufacturing facility. We do landing gear. I have a Motenc-Lite servo board. I am pretty sure I won't have alot of problems with the motion control section of this but was wondering about how to use a

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-21 Thread Ray Henry
Hi Dave Welcome. This is a good place for help as is the IRC channel on freenode.net. There are both realtime and user space elements to ladder. The realtime stuff does the actual logic while the user space stuff shows and edits it. Both demo_step_cl and demo_sim_cl should start a user space

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-21 Thread Dave Keeton
interface...What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Dave - Original Message - From: Ray Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-21 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Dave Keeton wrote: Hi Ray, Glad to be here. Thank you for the fast reply. I can get classic ladder to come up in demo_step_cl and demo_sim_cl. I guess my question is more about the configuration files for Motenc card. When I look at the moten_io file it reads: # Just

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-21 Thread Dave Keeton
, 2007 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project Dave Keeton wrote: Hi Ray, Glad to be here. Thank you for the fast reply. I can get classic ladder to come up in demo_step_cl and demo_sim_cl. I guess my question is more about the configuration files for Motenc

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-21 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Dave Keeton wrote: We must be thinking the same..Scary thing is was I went looking through the motenc_io file. I figured that it was'nt finding what it was looking for, I copied the files over and renamed them. After getting errors here and there I finally got it working. The difference is

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-21 Thread Ray Henry
. Thank you for your help. Dave - Original Message - From: Stephen Wille Padnos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-21 Thread Dave Keeton
: [Emc-users] Starting a new project Dave Keeton wrote: Hi Ray, Glad to be here. Thank you for the fast reply. I can get classic ladder to come up in demo_step_cl and demo_sim_cl. I guess my question is more about the configuration files for Motenc card. When I look

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-21 Thread Stephen Wille Padnos
Dave Keeton wrote: A quick question (one of many to come!), would I change the line: # Just uncomment the following line if you want a Software PLC #loadusr -w classicladder --nogui ../configs/common/bridgeport.clp To: # Just uncomment the following line if you want a Software PLC #loadusr -w

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-21 Thread Dave Keeton
killing our job ratesgoing to bed now.Dave is tired! Thanks Again! - Original Message - From: Ray Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Starting

Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project

2007-10-21 Thread Dave Keeton
Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Starting a new project Dave Keeton wrote: We must be thinking the same..Scary thing is was I went looking through the motenc_io file. I figured that it was'nt finding what